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Assorted Artist Proofs, Fine Lithographs, and Rare Sculptures Available at Art Showcase
This April, Art Showcase of Las Vegas, NV will present over 850 lots of fine art, including mixed media, paintings, prints, multiples, and more. The live event will begin at 2:45pm EDT on April 21, 2023. Online bidding will be available through Bidsquare. Jean-Michel Basquiat Original Sculpture Head Leading the…
Art Fairs
Korea News: Frieze Art Fair Successfully Landed in Seoul
Autumn in Korea opened with art. With the opening of a large art market, autumn light became a little brighter with a high chroma. Although the COVID-19 pandemic remains, attention turned to Seoul with the opening of the world-class Frieze art fair. At Frieze Seoul, visitors are looking at the…
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Around the Auction World: August 2022
What’s new from around the auction world this August? A Mickey Mantle trading card sold with Heritage Auctions for a staggering USD 12.6 million this month, setting a new record for the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia of all time. Overall, auction houses settled into the dog days of…
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Basquiat’s Bold Masterpiece Leads Poly Auction Hong Kong’s Decennial Celebration
Warm Spring in the Mountain Village by Wu Guanzhong sold for HKD 28.2 million (USD 3.5 million). Image courtesy of Poly Auction Hong Kong. Hong Kong-based seller Poly Auction started its journey in 2012. Within ten years, it has secured a leading position in an industry reigned by centuries-old auction…
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Bonhams Highlights the Influence of Pop Art on Culture and Luxury
Banksy, Girl with Balloon, 2004. Image courtesy of Bonhams. Pop Art and culture have intertwined for a few decades now. Starting in the 1950s, artists have used popular culture to influence political perceptions and make art more accessible to everyone. The history of Pop Art can be traced back to…
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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…
Artists, Auction Industry
Artist to Know: Lady Pink
Shapiro Auctions Offers ‘Queen Matilda’ Graffiti Painting in Upcoming Sale When Sandra Fabara joined the underground graffiti scene of 1980s New York, she never set out to be an inspirational figure. She took to the streets while in high school and processed her tumultuous adolescence using cans of spray paint.…
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Around the Auction World: May 2021
This time last year, the auction industry was at a standstill, hoping to wait out a pandemic. As it became clearer that those efforts were futile, the focus turned to bidding online, adapting to live streams, and building all-digital viewing rooms. May 2021 offered a sneak peek at how the…
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Keith Haring’s Legacy and History at Auction
“Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times,” Keith Haring said. “It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.” That principle applies to his own life. Despite his short career, Keith Haring’s legacy endures. Haring rose to fame during the 1980s with…
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Around the Auction World: April 2021
Images from around the auction world this month. Photo credit from left to right: University of Aberdeen, Sotheby’s, and Phillips. Collage by Pranit Dubey (Auction Daily). A month after Beeple and Christie's record-breaking sale, the auction industry may now have a more realistic understanding of where digital art fits into…
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Early Jean-Michel Basquiat Painting Could Fetch Nearly $50 Million at Sotheby’s
Known for his gestural style inspired by graffiti, Jean-Michel Basquiat was one of the leading American artists of the 20th century. His works include references to historical art movements, religious iconography, and pop culture. Despite his short career, Basquiat holds an important place in the history of American art. Unlike…
Exhibitions
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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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Warrior” Comes to Auction in Hong Kong
“I want to make paintings that look as if they were made by a child.” These words by Jean-Michel Basquiat are reflected in his painting Warrior, created at the peak of his artistic career. We Are All Warriors – The Basquiat Auction, presented by Christie’s Hong Kong, will feature Warrior…
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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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From the Walls of Keith Haring
Sotheby’s Offers Works from the Artist’s Personal Collection in a Benefit Sale “I love paintings too much, love color too much, love seeing too much, love feeling too much, love art too much, love too much,” Keith Haring said shortly before receiving his fatal AIDS diagnosis in 1988. Though Haring’s…
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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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Basquiat with provenance leads LAMA's new hybrid-format auction
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, 1987. Colored pencil and charcoal on paper. Signed and dated in charcoal sheet verso. Composition/sheet: 42” x 29.5”. Estimate: $80,000-120,000. LOS ANGELES, CA.-Los Angeles Modern Auctions announced that its new, hybrid-format fall auction will take place October 18, 2020 with both timed and live bidding components. As LAMA’s…
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Artworks by Haring, Frishmuth, Basquiat, others are in Nye & Company's online-only Estate Treasures auction, September 2
Disparate material comprises the first fall auction and has pieces coming to sale from all over the Tri-State area. The auction will start at 10 am Eastern. Keith Haring, Untitled, Chalk on Paper, Subway Drawing BLOOMFIELD, NJ, UNITED STATES, August 18, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Nye & Company Auctioneers’ upcoming Estate…
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5 Fine Art Pieces to Hit the Auction Block This July
Auctions presented by Phillips, Sotheby's, Bonhams, and Christie's will include works by Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, and Rembrandt, among others. Several major auction houses have announced their events for this month. Fine art collectors will have many pieces to consider, including works by 20th-century artists Roy Lichtenstein and Pablo Picasso.…
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A Full Month of Fine Art Sales at Swann Shows Strength
Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, silver print, 1985, printed 1997. Sold June 11, 2020, in Fine Photographs for $27,500. New York—Swann Galleries offered four sales of Fine Art this June, each one proving audiences are undeterred by the remote bidding format due to social distancing guidelines. Feral Benga, cast bronze,…
