Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Christie’s in Hong Kong announces Asian 20th Century and Contemporary art sales

October 27, 2011 by  
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HONG KONG.- This autumn, leading global auction house Christie’s will mark another significant milestone in the auctions of Asian 20th century & contemporary art. Previously sold in a separate category, Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art will be integrated into the Asian 20th century & contemporary art sale, enjoying a new level of international exposure when placed alongside the art from China, India, Japan and Korea. This integration – a first for any international auction house – completes the consolidation of contemporary and [...]

Sotheby’s to offer works from the collection of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

October 2, 2011 by  
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NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announced that it will offer a group of works from the collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem across a series of sales throughout the upcoming autumn and winter auction seasons, in both New York and London. The group will be led by works in the New York sales of Impressionist & Modern Art this November, including canvases by René Magritte, Camille Pissarro, Chaïm Soutine and Georges Braque, among others. The Israel Museum, founded in 1965, houses encyclopedic collections [...]

Christie’s in New York to offer two exceptional photograph sales this October

September 19, 2011 by  
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NEW YORK, N.Y.- In October, Christie’s New York will present two remarkable Photograph sales comprised of important works by eminent photographers such as Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and Robert Frank. In addition to the various owners Photographs sale, Christie’s will offer The American Landscape, Black and White Photographs from the Collection of Bruce and Nancy Berman – the fifth auction of photographs from the illustrious collection, which includes an exceptional selection of black and white prints with a traditional American focus. The October [...]

Christie’s Hong Kong Spring 2011 Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art Achieves New Milestone

May 30, 2011 by  
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HONG KONG.- Christie’s concluded its Hong Kong Spring Evening and Day sales of Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art on 29 May, 2011, totaling HK$761,514,250/ US$97,854,581. The sales were 82% sold by lot and 94% sold by value. Five lots sold in excess of HK$30,000,000 /US$3,855,000 and seventeen lots over HK$10,000,000 /US$1,285,000. Eighteen world auction records were achieved for a broad range of works, including twelve lots by Chinese artists, three by Japanese artists, two by Koreans and one Indian [...]

Exhibitors Bring their Greatest Works to the World’s Most Influential Art Fair: TEFAF

MAASTRICHT.- Exhibitors at TEFAF Maastricht put their finest works of art to one side to bring to the world’s most influential art and antiques fair. Sometimes tracking them down has involved specialist knowledge and skilled detective work while in other cases their recent history has been more straightforward. But the one unifying factor at The European Fine Art Fair is quality. At the 24th edition of TEFAF, which takes place at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in Maastricht [...]

Christie’s Announces an Exhibition of Iconic Works by Zeng Fanzhi to Be Held in Hong Kong in May

HONG KONG.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, and the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai’s leading contemporary art museum, will present “BEING” (界線的共鳴), an exhibition featuring about 30 iconic works by Zeng Fanzhi (born in 1964), one of the world’s best known Chinese contemporary artists. Sponsored by the François Pinault Foundation and focusing on a theme that is close to the artist’s heart – the interaction between people and the environment – this exhibition will be held at the Hong Kong [...]

Exhibition in Valencia Marks the Centenary of the Birth of Artist Roberto Matta

February 16, 2011 by  
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VALENCIA.- This exhibition, organised by the IVAM, the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao and the Sociedad Estatal de Acción Cultural, commemorates the centenary of the birth of 20th century art. The exhibition comprises 32 paintings, some large-format, including a triptych and a polyptych. Matta has been considered the last great surrealist artist because of his importance in this movement during his stay in Paris. In his years of exile in New York, he was the link between surrealism and [...]

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914 Examines a Moment of Radical Experimentation in 20th Century Art

February 15, 2011 by  
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NEW YORK, NY.- The exhibition Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914 takes as its point of departure two works given to The Museum of Modern Art by Pablo Picasso in the early 1970s: Guitar, assembled from cardboard, paper, wire, glue, and string in 1912, and a second version made of sheet metal in 1914. Unexpectedly humble in subject and unprecedented in mode of execution, the two Guitar constructions resembled no artwork ever seen before. Within Picasso’s long career they bracket a remarkably brief yet [...]

Major Picasso Portrait of His Mistress and Muse to Lead Sotheby’s Sale in February

January 16, 2011 by  
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LONDON.- Sotheby’s forthcoming Evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art, to be held in London on Tuesday, 8th February 2011, will be led by a major painting by Pablo Picasso, depicting Marie-Thérèse Walter, the woman who transformed both his life and his art. Picasso’s La Lecture of 1932 (estimated at £12,000,000-18,000,000 / US$18,570,000 – $27,850,000*) relates closely to the legendary painting Le Rêve (The Dream), painted in the same year, and ranks among the stars of the big season of [...]

Pera Museum Presents Works by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from the Gelman Collection

December 24, 2010 by  
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ISTANBUL.- Between 23 December 2010 and 20 March 2011, the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from the Gelman Collection exhibition introduces to art lovers two of the most outstanding, globally renowned Mexican figures of 20th century art: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Generating wide interest as much with their unique characters, life stories, and intriguing relationship, as with their oeuvre, the two artists are welcomed in Turkey for the very first time in an exhibition of more than forty of [...]

Christie’s Once Again the International Market Leader in Asia, 5th Year in a Row

December 4, 2010 by  
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HONG KONG.- Christie’s concluded its Autumn season on December 2nd, 2010 with stellar results totalling HK$3.23 billion (US$414 million). These results, which include an off-season sale of fine wines from the SK Collection in September, stand as the largest auction series ever in Hong Kong and mark a 41% increase over its Spring total of HK$2.29 billion (US$294 million) and a 95% increase over its Autumn sale a year ago. Zhou Chunya (B. 1955), Stone Series, signed in Chinese; signed [...]

Asian Demand, Proved by Record-Breaking $390 Million Autumn Sales, Pushes Up Prices to Pre-Boom Levels

December 4, 2010 by  
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CHINA.- After the record-breaking $390 million autumn sales at Sotheby’s Hong Kong last month and China Guardian’s $620 million record sales last week – the overall Chinese art market is becoming very hot once again. Whilst other art markets are talking about the recovery, the Chinese art market is experiencing a second boom – strongly supported by regional buyers. Auction prices in certain traditional sectors, such as Chinese painting and calligraphy, as well as antique porcelain and ceramics, have been [...]

Christie’s Hong Kong Presents Masterpieces of Chinese 20th Century Art in November

November 9, 2010 by  
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HONG KONG.- Christie’s announced the Evening and Day Sales of Chinese 20th Century Art will be held on 27-28 November at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Together with the Asian contemporary art sales, over 450 highly sought-after pieces will be offered with a combined pre-sale estimate of HK$300 million (US$38 million). The market for Chinese 20th century is among the most robust. With strong prices and record results seen in Christie’s recent sales and a growing global appeal, [...]

Large-Scale Museum-Quality Asian Contemporary Art Leads Christie’s Fall Sales in November

November 9, 2010 by  
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HONG KONG.- Christie’s Evening and Day sales of Asian Contemporary Art on 27 and 28 November in Hong Kong will bring together the dynamic worlds of contemporary art from China, Japan and Korea. Christie’s continues to offer a platform showcasing the best in Asian contemporary and Chinese 20th Century art, and this season will present over 450 works with a pre-sale estimate in excess of HK$300 million (US$38 million) across three sales. Diverse in subject matter, styles and techniques, and [...]

Sotheby’s Presents Inaugural Selling Exhibition of Impressionist and Modern Art in Hong Kong

October 22, 2010 by  
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HONG KONG.- In response to the increasing interest throughout Asia and especially within China in the field of Impressionist and Modern art, Sotheby’s announced a major selling exhibition to be held this autumn. Modern Masters: Impressionism and Early 20th Century Art will comprise approximately 20 works representing many of the most important artists active in Europe from the late 19th and early 20th century and who left an indelible impression on art history, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Marc Chagall, [...]

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