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ART & DESIGN
Warhol Art: Baffling ‘Soup Can’ Prints Heist at Springfield Art Museum
Andy Warhol: Campbell’s Soup Cans on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York is one of the important Warhol art series. Photo: Scalleja – via Wikimedia Commons Full Article »
ART & DESIGN
Frank Auerbach Art Tops Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary Sale
Frank Auerbach (British, born 1931), E.O.W. on her Blue Eiderdown V, 1963. Oil on board 57.5 by 83 cm. Sold for £2,042,500. Image courtesy of Bonhams ART AUCTION: Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Modern Africa Auction Reveals Demand for African Art
High auction prices at Bonhams Modern Africa Auction reveal an upward trend in the demand for African Art and the progress made by African artists in the global art market space
ART AUCTION
Taubman Art Collection Goes to Sotheby’s and Detroit Loses
Willem de Kooning, Untitled XXI 1976. Estimate US$25-35 million / HK$195-273 million. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s ART AUCTION: Alfred Taubman art collection at Sotheby’s expected to make in excess of US$500 Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Cartier Designs Top Sotheby’s Jewel Auction in Geneva
Sunrise Ruby, a rare ruby and diamond ring weighing 25.59 carats, Cartier. Estimate: CHF 11,700,000 – 17,500,000. Price Realized: CHF 28,250,000 (US$ 30,335,698). Image courtesy of Sotheby’s ART AUCTION Sunrise Full Article »
ART AUCTION
AUCTION: Rothko Leads Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sale
Roy Lichtenstein, The Ring (Engagement), Oil on canvas sold at Auction. Price Realized: $41,690,000 (£26,762,100). Image courtesy of Sotheby’s ART AUCTION Sotheby’s May Contemporary Art Evening Sale Totals $380 Million Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Record Auction Prices at Christie’s Evening Sale in New York
Christie’s Global President Jussi Pylkkanen at the rostrum during the auction of Picasso’s Les femmes d’Alger, Version O from 1955 that made auction record selling for $179,365,000. Record Auction-Image courtesy Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Aston Martin Convertible Makes Record Price at Auction
1966 Aston Martin DB5 Convertible to ‘Vantage’ specification. Sold for £1,524,700 (US$ 2,350,090) inc. premium. Image courtesy of Bonhams ART AUCTION Bonhams archives new record at the annual Aston Martin Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Evening Post Covers Lift American Art at Heritage Auctions
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971), Polar Expedition, 1944, oil on canvas 34 x 44 inches (86.4 x 111.8 cm). Estimate: $200,000 – $300,000. Sold: $605,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions ART Full Article »
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Animation Art Collector Pays $47,800 for Wicked Queen
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Old Hag Production Cel and Key Master Background Setup animation (Walt Disney, 1937). Sold for $47,800 Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions ART AUCTION: Heritage Full Article »
ART
Video Details ‘Pointing Man’ Sculpture by Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti Pointing Man (L’homme au doigt). Estimated at $130 million. Courtesy of Christie’s Images Ltd. 2015 © 2015 Alberto Giacometti Estate Licensed by VAGA and ARS, New York VIDEO/ART Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Edward Hopper Leads Christie’s American Art Sale With ‘Two Puritans’
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Two Puritans, oil on canvas, painted in 1945. Estimate: $20,000,000 – 30,000,000. Image courtesy of Christie’s Images Ltd ART AUCTION Two Puritans by Edward Hopper expected to Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Giacometti Pointing Man Sculpture Expected to Surpass Auction Estimate
Giacometti Pointing Man appears at Christie’s Auction House to challenge the current auction record for any sculpture
ART AUCTION
Iraqi Modernism: Iraqi Artists Shine at Bonhams Auction
Shakir Hassan Al Said (Iraq, 1925-2004), Cubist Cockerel, oil on board, framed, 53 x 56cm (20 7/8 x 22 1/16in). Estimate: £25,000 – 35,000/US$ 38,000 – 53,000. Sold for £194,500 Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Bonhams Restructures ‘Africa Now’ to Attract Collectors
Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994), Africa Dances, oil on canvas, 105 x 114cm (41 5/16 x 44 7/8in). Estimated at £60,000 – 90,000-US$90,000 – 140,000. Image courtesy of Bonhams Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Nigerian Artists Gain And Thrive With A Focus On Contemporary African Art
Nigerian artists gain at modern and contemporary African art auctions as their works attract wealthy art collectors in the global art market
ART AUCTION
South African Artists Put African Art on Higher Pedestal
Contemporary African art continues to make an enormous impact in the global art market as works by South African artists achieve record auction prices.
ENTERTAINMENT
Marilyn Monroe Quotes Bare Her Philosophy of Life
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the 1953 20th Century Fox movie is a musical comedy/romance directed by Howard Hawks starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, with Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Christie’s Auction House Sells ‘Love’ for $626,296
Kazuo Shiraga Untitled, oil on canvas, painted in 1965. Sold for $269,152. Image courtesy of Christie’s auction house ART AUCTION At the auction of Eastern and Western contemporary art in Full Article »
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Aston Martin Convertible Sets World Record at Paris Auction
1965 Aston Martin DB5 Convertible sets new world record at Bonhams Grand Palais sale in Paris, after an intense bidding war among rare car collectors. Image courtesy of Bonhams auctions Full Article »
