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Tag: Willem de Kooning

  • Auction Industry

    What Made the Macklowe Collection So Successful at Auction?

    The second round of modern and contemporary masterpieces from the collection of Harry and Linda Macklowe just smashed records at Sotheby’s. This second installment brought in USD 246.1 million. Combined with the results from the first sale last November ($676.1 million), the Macklowe Collection is now worth a total of…

    Willem de Kooning, Untitled, 1961, on display during Sotheby’s traveling public exhibition. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s.
  • Auction Result

    Phillips announces the first private selling sculpture exhibition to be sold online through Phillips X

    Willem de Kooning, Seated Woman on a Bench, 1972. Image courtesy of Phillips. NEW YORK, NY.-Phillips announced Ground / Breaking, the first dedicated sculpture exhibition to be sold online through Phillips X, Phillips’ private selling exhibition platform. This curated selection of 39 pieces explores the trajectory of 20th and 21st century…

    Phillips announces the first private selling sculpture exhibition to be sold online through Phillips X
  • Auction Industry

    Christie’s Private Sale Explores the Human Figure in Contemporary Art

    "Framing the Figure" by Christie’s is an attempt to commemorate contemporary arts and boost its private sales platform. The sale highlights the prominence of human figures in contemporary work. The online sale will be live until 12th March, with auction lots on view at Christie’s headquarters in New York. Image…

    Christies Private Sale Explores the Human Figure in Contemporary Art4
  • Art World

    How Did the GameStop Short Squeeze Affect Art Collectors?

    In late January of 2021, an unlikely connection emerged between Reddit users, GameStop, and some of the biggest names on Wall Street. Steve Cohen and Kenneth Griffin, two of the art world’s wealthiest collectors, were affected by a newsmaking stock market short squeeze. Both billionaires have placed record-breaking bids at…

    How Did the GameStop Short Squeeze Affect Art Collectors4
  • Auction Result

    Fang-Betsi Ancestor Head leads $16 million Clyman Collection of African and Contemporary Art at Sotheby's in New York

    Fang-Betsi Artist, Head of an Ancestor. The first work of Classical African art to be presented in any Contemporary Art Evening Sale achieves $3.5 million. Courtesy Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Sales featuring property from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman concluded Tuesday, achieving $16 million across four auctions held during Sotheby's marquee…

    Fang-Betsi Ancestor Head leads $16 million Clyman Collection of African and Contemporary Art at Sotheby's in New York
  • Artists

    Artist to Know: Elaine de Kooning

    Doyle to Present Abstract Expressionist Painting at Auction Elaine de Kooning refused to spend her career in the shadow of her better-known husband, Willem de Kooning. An artist in her own right, she participated in Abstract Expressionism and many of the movements that followed. Her contributions to art history include…

    Elaine de Kooning
  • Auction Industry

    £1.2 Million Irish & International Art To Be Sold On 9 March

    On Monday 9 March 2020 two hundred lots of Irish & International art will be offered for auction at the RDS Dublin. Viewing takes place at the RDS, Saturday to Monday 7-9 March from 10am to 6pm daily. DUBLIN.- When the hammer fell at €1.4 millon for Yeats’ painting Reverie (Ernie…

    On Monday 9 March 2020 two hundred lots of Irish & International art will be offered for auction at the RDS Dublin. Viewing takes place at the RDS, Saturday to Monday 7-9 March from 10am to 6pm daily.