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The Queen of the Leica: Ilse Bing Print Sets Pace for Summer Curated and Groll Estate Auction
Ilse Bing started her photographic journey sometime in 1931 with just a small Leica camera. Bing is also known as Queen of the Leica for being the first professional to wholeheartedly adopt the innovative technology of the 35mm single-lens camera. She wasn’t shy to experiment and be bold while shooting…
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Phillips’ Valentine’s Day Sale Celebrated Love and Compassion the Kawaii Way
This February, love and compassion reigned during Phillips’ Valentine’s Day sale. The Japanese culture of kawaii, the cute or lovable factor, inspired the My Kawaii Valentine auction. The week-long sale started on February 14, 2022, marking Valentine’s Day in the West and the Lantern Festival in the East. Offerings included…
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State of the Market: Auction Houses and Art Fairs Plow Ahead in 2021’s Third Quarter
The art world finished the summer season flush with high sales results and the enthusiastic return to live art fairs. New market reports offer a clearer view of the COVID-19 pandemic’s long-term impact on the art world. Additionally, the strengths and weaknesses of NFTs have come under increased scrutiny. After…
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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth ‘Crest of the Wave’ Bronze Sculpture Available With Pook & Pook
Leading the second session of Pook & Pook, Inc.’s upcoming Americana & International auction is Crest of the Wave. It is a bronze sculpture by Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, a leading sculptor of early 20th-century America. She is known for her energetic pieces that capture athletic nudes in motion, like Joy…
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David Bowie’s Legacy as an Artist and Collector
In the summer of 2020, a bargain hunter visited a Canadian landfill north of Toronto. The facility happened to run a donation center of salvaged items. Workers cleaned up interesting pieces and presented them in the informal ‘Machar Mall’ for visitors to buy with a small donation. This particular shopper…
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Palm Beach Modern Auctions Offers Spring Editions & Photography Event
The Guardian described The Cremaster Cycle by filmmaker and artist Matthew Barney as “one of the most imaginative and brilliant achievements in the history of avant-garde cinema.” Three signed stills from Cremaster 2: The Ballad of Gary Gilmore will be available in the upcoming Spring 2021 Editions & Photography sale,…
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Artworks by Old Masters and 21st-Century Icons Share the Spotlight in Upcoming Evening Sale
Edvard Munch was an Expressionist painter best known his iconic painting titled The Scream. The Norwegian artist explored the human psyche to create symbolic scenes. Munch’s artworks mainly captured human emotions like love, fear, anxiety, and death. The upcoming Sotheby’s evening sale will feature artworks by Old Masters and 21st-century…
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Thiebaud, Ruscha, & Dumas: Major Works Available at Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated Sale
Works by Wayne Thiebaud, Ed Ruscha, and Marlene Dumas will go under the hammer this month. These influential artists who shaped the postwar art scene will take the lead in Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated auction. Contemporary art collectors will find 176 lots associated with Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Modernism, and more.…
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Akiba Antiques Will Offer Spring Fine Arts Auction in March
Akiba Antiques will welcome spring with a fine arts auction on March 2nd, 2021. Collectors can find over 650 lots in the auction catalog, including paintings, decorative art, Asian art, and silver items. Live bidding will start at 12:00 PM EST on LiveAuctioneers. Damien Hirst (British, b.1965) Original Spin Painting…
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Fine Art, Asian Antiques, and Furniture Highlight Latest Akiba Sale
Akiba Antiques will kick off March with fine art, Asian antiques, furniture, and more in this auction. Among the highlighted fine art pieces is an original spin painting by Damien Hirst. The artist’s spin paintings are known for their vibrant colors, accessibility, and playfulness. In 1993, Hirst even dressed up…
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Gifts of enduring value: Whyte's announces Christmas online auction
Graham Knuttel (b.1954), Red Cat. Oil on canvas. Size: 9.45 x 14in. (24 x 35.56cm). Framed Size: 13.25 x 17.25in. (33.66 x 43.82cm). Estimate: €1,000 - €1,500. DUBLIN.- Looking for inspiration this Christmas? Why not decorate that home office? Whyte’s online only auction on 11-16 December will offer shoppers a chance to acquire…
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Spin Art, Sketches, and Sculpture at Rago
The Cuban artist collective known as Los Carpinteros dismissed individual authorship to embrace the ideals of artisans and laborers. To Los Carpinteros, art is always a collaborative effort. Several of the collective’s works are up for bid in the upcoming 20 | 21 Art auction, offered by Rago. Also in…
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Chanel by Warhol Brings $225,000; Applause by Banksy Sells for Seven Times the Estimate for $57,500
Heritage Auctions’ $2 million Prints & Multiples event sparks intense bidder interest, Oct. 20 Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Chanel, from Ads, 1985. Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board. 38 x 38 inches DALLAS, Texas (October 21, 2020) – Bidders’ appetites for big-name artists exceeded all expectations in Heritage Auctions’ $2 million Prints…
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World’s First Mixed Reality Artwork from Marina Abramović Comes Under the Christie’s Hammer
In February of 2019, visitors to London’s Serpentine Galleries found themselves face-to-face with a holographic version of Marina Abramović. The Serbian conceptual artist had created her first Mixed Reality (MR) performance to be viewed through a headset. Audience members were able to watch as a digital Abramović walked around an…
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Christie's announces London Editions Prints & Multiples Online Sales
Banksy, Morons (Sepia), 2007. Estimate: £20,000-30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. LONDON.- London Editions presents three online-only sales dedicated to prints, multiples and editions tracing artistic production from modern to contemporary artists, all of which are open for bidding from 10 September 2020. Prints & Multiples: Modern to Pop (10-22 September…
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Prints & Multiples Monthly Online Auction
Every month, Heritage Auctions features a collection of Prints & Multiples of well-known and highly collectible artists. In this month’s sale are several pieces by Victor Vasarely, including the colorful and illusory Three Spheres. Vasarely was a Hungarian-French artist who was widely considered a leader of the Op Art movement,…
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American Friends of Museums in Israel Fine Art Online Auction hosted by Artsy September 9-23, 2020
The American Friends of Museums in Israel represents eight exceptional and diverse museums: Design Museum Holon, Haifa City Museum, Haifa Museum of Art, Hermann Struck Museum, Mané-Katz Museum, National Maritime Museum, Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, and the Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem. Auction Info60 works…
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Cadogan Tate, Heritage Auctions Lock Arms for The Heart of Art & Design
Charity auction to benefit American Nurses Foundation’s Coronavirus Response Fund Angela China & Sergio Barrale Frontline Warriors DALLAS, Texas (August 24, 2020) – Heritage is pleased to partner with Cadogan Tate on The Heart of Art & Design, a charity auction to benefit the American Nurses Foundation’s Coronavirus Response Fund. Opening Aug. 31 for bidding,…
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HOFA Gallery brings major summer exhibition to Mykonos with Kaws, Banksy, Hirst, Condo and Jeff Koons headlining
HOFA Gallery, in collaboration with ARTCELS, has announced the hugely successful blue-chip contemporary art exhibition, 'XXI', will make its long-awaited arrival in Mykonos this summer. Launching on 27 August in the heart of Mykonos Town, it will be the first time artists of this calibre have ever been exhibited together…
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Drawings from the Marron Collection co-presented by Acquavella Galleries, Gagosian, and Pace Gallery
Jasper Johns, Two Paintings, 2006. Pastel and graphite pencil on paper, 22-13/16" × 31-1/8" (57.9 cm × 79.1 cm) 28-1/2" × 36-1/2" × 1-1/2" (72.4 cm × 92.7 cm × 3.8 cm), frame. © 2020 Jasper Johns/licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Courtesy the Donald B. Marron…
