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Kim Whan-ki's New York-Era Works to Sell at Auction
Works painted by Korean abstract artist Kim Whan-ki during his time in New York will soon appear at auction. Artist Kim is the highest-priced artist in Korean art auction history, and his work Universe was sold for about HKD 88 million (KRW 13.2 billion, excluding purchase fees) with Christie's Hong…
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10 Emerging Artists Who Reached New Heights in 2021
As auction houses big and small weathered another year of the COVID-19 pandemic, bidders raised their virtual paddles with undeniable enthusiasm. Many young artists achieved new auction records in 2020, including Amy Sherald, Amoako Boafo, and Mickalene Thomas. These artists continued their ascent in 2021. Now, Auction Daily examines ten…
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Reimagining the Art Market With Shlomi Rabi of Greenhouse Auctions (Part 2)
Greenhouse Auctions is a primary market auction house actively reimagining traditional models. Auction Daily recently caught up with founder Shlomi Rabi. In part one of our interview, we learned the backstory of the auction house and discussed its collaborations with Brompton, Crew Nation, and Cereus Art. In the second part…
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Championing Contemporary African & Diaspora Art With Freda Isingoma (Part 1)
Self Portrait by Amoako Boafo. Image from MutualArt. In 2020, the lack of diversity in auction houses and the art market was under increased scrutiny. Although many in the art world made changes over the last year, experts worry these organizations embraced tokenism over more robust, systemic changes. Freda Isingoma…
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Auction prices that take your breath away
Nicolas Party, Untitled (Landscape), 2013. Estimate: $60,000-80,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.by Ted Loos NEW YORK(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Sale prices that wildly exceed expectations give a jolt of excitement to art auctions. In the prepandemic days of live audiences, a gasp from the crowd might be heard. Though much of the action…
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Puzzles With Purpose Initiative Features Work of Top Artists In Puzzle Sales to Benefit Relief Efforts
A benefit sale of Collector Edition Jigsaw Puzzles featuring the work of today's leading artists has kicked off. More than 70 contemporary artists including Amoako Boafo, Will Cotton, Justin Lowe and Jonah Freedman, Nir Hod, Matthew Day Jackson, Idris Khan, Louise Lawler, Marilyn Minter, Carrie Moyer, Andres Serrano, Kenny Scharf, Kay…
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Christie’s Event Provides New Model to Offer and Celebrate the Work of Black Artists
Tuesday June 23, 2020, Protester, Defund the Police Rally, City Hall by Accra Shepp. Photo courtesy of Christie’s. 22 Black artists are represented in Christie's "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I’m Proud)" event. The private sale and exhibition, which ends on August 21st, is different from most presented by…
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Virtual Fine Art Auction From Sotheby’s Reaches $192.7 Million
Unexpected results came in for one of the last major Sotheby’s auctions of the summer, held on July 28th, 2020, in London. 65 works came under the hammer, broadcast to bidders via live stream. The sale, called “Rembrandt to Richter,” brought together many leading names in art from the last…
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Phillips New Now Sale to include works by Eddie Martinez, Oscar Murillo, Anish Kapoor, and Amoako Boafo
Karel Appel, Untitled. Executed in 1963. Paper collage, acrylic and oil stick on paper, 70.2 x 100.7 cm (27 5/8 x 39 5/8 in.) Estimate £10.000-15,000. Image courtesy of Phillips. LONDON.-Phillips announced highlights ahead of the New Now auction in London on 15 July 2020. Featuring 235 lots, New Now will…