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November Auction Highlights: Picasso Portrait Appears at a Korean Auction for the First Time
A portrait painted by Pablo Picasso will be auctioned in Korea for the first time this November. It is expected to sell for around USD 2.32 million. Market watchers are paying special attention to the upcoming sale, especially since Picasso's Femme a la montre (1932) sold for $139.3 million at…
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October Auctions in Korea: 18th-Century Moon Jar Could Sell for $2.58M
An 18th-century moon jar, a style that currently boasts high popularity and prices in the global auction market, will be offered by Seoul Auction in October. The jar has a starting price of USD 2.58 million. Recent auctions have fetched even higher prices for Korean moon jars. At Christie's New…
Art Fairs
2023 Frieze Seoul: Results and Sustainable Progress
The 2023 Frieze Seoul, which painted Seoul's fall season with art in September, was held in a calmer atmosphere compared to last year. The 2022 event was noisy because it was the first time Frieze had come to the city, and the economic downturn was relatively light. Frieze Seoul, which…
Exhibitions
Kusama Before Kusama at Bilbao
No, the Guggenheim Bilbao is not drowning in Yayoi Kusama’s polka dots. This retrospective dedicated to Kusama probes the various facets of her creative explorations and relationship with the cosmic, particularly nature and vital energy. Over 200 paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations and archival documents address... Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Atomic Bomb, 1954, gouache,…
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Ice Age in the Korean Art Auction Market: Transaction Volume Down 44% From 2022
The Korean art auction market shrank significantly in the first half of 2023, reports show. The Korea Art Price Appraise Association said in a report titled "First Half of the Year 2023 Settlement of the Domestic Art Auction Market" that the total market transaction amount in the first half of…
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Will Seoul Leap to Become an Asian Art Market Hub in 2023?
While the domestic and foreign art markets are expected to fall in 2023, Korean analysts say that Seoul needs to reform its tax system to become an Asian art market hub. The Korea Art Authentication & Appeal Research Center (KAAARC) said in a recent 2022 Art Market Analysis Report, “Seoul…
Opinion
Kim Tschang-yeul Review: How Does Pain Become the Alchemy of Making Art?
Review of a documentary film (The Man Who Paints Water Drops), about Korean abstract art master Kim Tschang-yeul Yayoi Kusama is a world-renowned artist. She is referred to as a writer who sublimated her mental illness into art. She did not regard the visual or mental abnormalities that dominated her…
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Around the Auction World: October 2022
What were the top stories in the auction industry this month? Jaws VHS 1983 - IGS Box 9 MINT and Seal 9 MINT, Wraparound MCA HV Watermarks, MCA Home Video. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions. Auction Highlights This month, we explored some of the spookiest items and events available from…
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Korea News: Yayoi Kusama Expected to Net the Highest Korean Auction Price for the Third Consecutive Year
This year, the highest winning bid in the Korean auction market is very likely to be for a work by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. If this happens, the artist will receive the highest auction price in Korea for the third consecutive year since 2020. According to the Korea Art Price…
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Selling for $16.5 Million, 'Spider IV' by Louise Bourgeois Becomes Asia's Priciest Modern Sculpture
A major spider sculpture by Louise Bourgeois highlighted Sotheby's Contemporary Evening Auction in Hong Kong on April 27, 2022. It was the most expensive modern and contemporary sculpture ever to be offered in Asia and achieved a record HKD 129.2 million (USD 16.5 million). Louise Bourgeois, Spider IV. Conceived in…
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Around the Auction World: June 2021
Photos from around the auction world in June 2021. Image credit from left to right: Phillips/ Poly Auction, Artsy, and Sotheby’s. Collage by Heemin Moon (Auction Daily). Marking the halfway point of the year, June 2021 reaffirmed many of the industry trends that emerged in previous months. A pair of…
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Never-Before-Seen Yayoi Kusama Artworks from Dr. Hirose’s Private Collection Come to Auction
Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama’s artworks convey the story of her lifelong struggles and her heartfelt emotions. “With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars,” says Kusama about her repetitive, bright-colored polka…
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Mentoring Letters by Georgia O’Keeffe Come to Auction With Bonhams
This month, Bonhams will offer a collection of letters written by Georgia O’Keeffe to a younger woman artist. For nearly a decade, O’Keeffe offered practical suggestions, financial assistance, and emotional support to her recipient. The letters also fit into O’Keeffe’s long history of mentorship. Auction Daily looks back at O’Keeffe’s…
Art World
2021 Art Market Predictions From Art Advisor Elisa Carollo
Photo of Elisa Carollo. After witnessing the cancellation of almost every major art fair in 2020, making art market predictions for 2021 is an intimidating task. Elisa Carollo, art advisor and Milan Editor of Art She Says, was nonetheless up for the challenge when Auction Daily spoke with her earlier…
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China Guardian Hong Kong August Auction brings $ 1 million
Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Nets. Painted in 1993. Acrylic on canvas, 15.8 x 22.7 cm. HK$ 1,888,000 / US$ 242,051. World Auction Record for a Same-size Infinity Nets Series. HONG KONG.-China Guardian Hong Kong August Auction 2020 “To Youth: Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art” completed with outstanding results following the success…
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Yayoi Kusama Retrospective at Gropius Bau Postponed to March 2021
After debuting at Gropius Bau, the exhibition was scheduled to travel to Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Fondation Beyeler in Basel. Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirror Room – Phalli’s Field, 1965. © YAYOI KUSAMA, courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro & David Zwirner Yayoi Kusama is one of Japan’s most important…
