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Around the Auction World: November 2021
Images from around the auction world in November of 2021. Image credit from left to right: Bonhams, Phillips, and Bertoia Auctions. Collage by Heemin Moon (Auction Daily). For many, November signaled autumn’s twilight and the beginning of winter. It was also another exciting month in the auction industry as major…
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Around the Auction World: October 2021
Images from around the auction world in October of 2021. Image credit from left to right: Milestone Auctions, Sotheby’s, and Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion GmbH. Collage by Heemin Moon (Auction Daily). The fall auction season started to heat up this October. Several consignments drew headlines as auction houses lined up rare works…
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Top 5 Most Expensive Works by Latin American Artists at Auction
Frida Kahlo, Diego y yo (Diego and I), 1949. Image from Sotheby’s. Frida Kahlo’s Diego y yo (Diego and I) painting from 1949 is poised to break multiple records this fall. Sotheby’s recently announced that the piece is starring in the Modern Evening Sale in November. It is expected to…
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Diego Rivera’s Art and History at Auction
In 2018, Christie’s set a new auction record for a work by a Latin American artist. Diego Rivera’s The Rivals achieved USD 9.76 million in the sale, surpassing the record set by Rivera’s former partner and fellow Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. Decades after his passing, Rivera remains one of the…
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Stair Brings the Art of the Exquisite Corpse to Auction
This March, Stair will offer an unusual auction that borders on the macabre. Collectors will find drawings of the human body in every style imaginable, from the realist to the absurd. The auction, held live on March 3rd, 2021, highlights the ‘Exquisite Corpse’ game of the Surrealists. Annette Lemieux, Doug…
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Artist to Know: Ndidi Emefiele
Leonard Auction to Present Mixed Media Painting from Rising Nigerian Artist Among the leading voices of contemporary Nigerian art is Ndidi Emefiele, a painter in her early 30s who is working to subvert Western expectations of African art. The women shown in her paintings have wide eyes protected by colorful…
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Artworks done in the style of, or are attributed to, master artists will be in 500 Gallery's online-only auction June 17
Multiple artworks attributed to Vincent van Gogh and Maurice Prendergast are just a few expected highlights in the June 17th online-only Summer Fine Art Sale. Two sketches attributed to Vincent van Gogh (Dutch) 1853-1890) will be offered as one lot. Both were done with materials van Gogh used, on 19th…
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Artist to Know: Imogen Cunningham
Three Flower and Portrait Prints Available in Swann Auction Galleries Sale Imogen Cunningham, Self Portrait with Korona View, 1933. Image from the Imogen Cunningham Trust. Imogen Cunningham, a photographer who rose to prominence in the early 20th century, was faced with the challenge of establishing herself in a traditionally male-dominated…
