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ArtfixDailytm News Feed
- Thursday, May 17 2012
Stand-outs in the American Art Auctions
Following the record prices achieved for post-war and contemporary art last week, sales of historic American art this week have started off with several high-flying lots. Highlights include a vibrant...
Basquiat Record Rounds Out Blockbuster Auction Series
May has so-far ushered in a record-smashing season of auctions. Nearly $1.5 billion of art was sold in 2 weeks at three New York auction houses: Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips de Pury.
The latest headliner is Jean Michel Basquiat's ‘Untitled”...
Lichtenstein Retrospective Opening Delayed Due to Members' Demands
A retrospective of the work of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, whose “Sleeping Girl” set an auction record of $45 million last week, will open May 22 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Proving the artist's current popularity, on onslaught of...
Leica Brings Record Price for Camera at Auction
A prototype Leica camera from 1923 brought an auction record of 2.16m euros ($2.8 million) in Vienna, Austria.
One of only 12 Leica A prototypes known to survive, the camera went to...
Artist Robert Indiana Sued over Sculptures
A Monaco-based art dealer is suing renowned Pop artist Robert Indiana, who is celebrated worldwide for his LOVE sculptures. The dealer bringing the suit...
Lichtenstein, Bacon Boost Sotheby's $266.6 million Sale
Led by $44.9 million final bids for Francis Bacon and Roy Lichtenstein, Sotheby's took in a grand total of $266.6 million with its Contemporary art evening sale on Wednesday. Nearly half of the offered lots went above estimates with 46 of 57 lots selling.
Lichtenstein's "Sleeping Girl"...
Sales Highlights from New York's First Frieze
An overall success, the first annual Frieze Art Fair in New York wrapped up this Monday.
Held on Randall's Island in Manhattan, the fair featured 180 galleries from 30 countries, representing the crème de la crème of the contemporary art scene. There were several major standouts...
Christie's Sale Shatters Records for Post-war Masters
Works by modern art giants from Rothko and Pollock to Calder and Klein sparked furious bidding at Christie's on Tuesday. A number of record-breaking prices sent the Post-war and contemporary art sale to $388.5 million, the highest total ever for the category, with 59 offered lots.
From the estate of David Pincus, Mark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow of 1961 blazed to $86.9 million...
Experts Examine a Possible Rediscovered Turner
Art and antiques dealer Frank Faryab believes he is the owner of a lost J.M.W. Turner masterpiece, and so far he has spent over $3 million to prove it.
Faryab purchased the painting, a mid-size oil on panel depicting a seascape, through...
Metropolitan Museum of Art Goes Contemporary
The Metropolitan Museum is Art is steadily becoming a contender in the contemporary art scene, notably with last year’s Alexander McQueen show which drew 660,000 visitors.
This move into the 21st century is being hastened by...
Koch Revives Wine Dispute with Christie's
Billionaire art and wine collector William Koch is appealing a court decision that threw out his lawsuit against Christie's in which he claimed the auction house sold him counterfeit wine.
Munch's 'The Scream' Lands Record Price for Art
Edvard Munch's iconic "The Scream" went for a staggering sum at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sale on Wednesday to become the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.
Naval Flag Collection Fetches $784,500 at Auction
Eleven rare and historic naval flags brought a total of $784,500 at a Freeman's auction in Philadelphia, according to reports.
Banners that flew over the course of two centuries from the USS Constitution...
Estate of Artist Lucien Freud Valued at $156 Million
itish portrait painter Lucien Freud left 96 million pounds ($156 million) in his will. According to the Mail on Sunday newspaper, the amount is a record for an artist's estate in the UK. Freud, who died last year, bequeathed...
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