Tate Modern launches a major retrospective of German artist Gerhard Richter’s work

LONDON (REUTERS).- Gerhard Richter is one of the world’s most prized living artists, and one of his famous “Candle” series is expected to fetch 6-9 million pounds ($9-14 million) at auction in London next week. That is the highest price expected for a single work at the upcoming series of contemporary art sales, yet the man behind the image said he found such figures bewildering. “It’s just as absurd as the banking crisis,” said the 79-year-old German, speaking to reporters on [...]

Keynote lectures, panel debates and discussions announced for Frieze Talks 2011

LONDON.- John Bock, Daniel Buren, Adam Curtis, Alison Knowles and Taryn Simon, are all part of the international line-up of highly respected artists, filmmakers, curators and cultural commentators taking part in Frieze Talks 2011. Frieze Talks is a daily programme of keynote lectures, panel debates and discussions that take place in the auditorium at Frieze Art Fair. It is presented by Frieze Foundation and programmed by the editors of frieze magazine, Jennifer Higgie, Jörg Heiser and Dan Fox. Keynote lectures will be [...]

Sotheby’s annual modern and contemporary Arab and Iranian art sale

LONDON.- Sotheby’s London announced a sale of Modern and Contemporary Arab and Iranian which will take place on Tuesday, 4th of October, 2011. Comprised of 123 lots, the sale will include major works by leading Modern masters such as Louay Kayyali, Fateh Moudarres and Aref el Rayess, as well as key pieces by some of the foremost Contemporary artists, among them Farhad Moshiri, Ziad Antar and Yousef Nabil. The sale will also be highlighted by seven Iraqi works, including a work by [...]

Sotheby’s October Evening Sales of 20th Century Italian Art and Contemporary Art Total $48.8 Million

LONDON.- This evening, Sotheby’s Sales of 20th Century Italian Art and Contemporary Art, brought a combined total of £30.4 million/$48.8 million (Est. £22.3-30.5 million*) – substantially more than in the equivalent sales last year (£20 million). Commenting on the 20th Century Italian Art Sale results, Claudia Dwek, Co Chairman Sotheby’s Italy, said: “We are delighted with the results of this evening’s sale. The auction achieved the above-estimate sum of £17 million representing the highest ever total for a sale in [...]

Exceptional Public Exhibitions, Events and Auctions at Christie’s During Frieze Week

LONDON.- Christie’s will host an exciting series of public exhibitions, events and auctions from today until 18 October in London coinciding with the Frieze Art Fair. The leading highlights of the public exhibition are celebrated masterpieces by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Gerhard Richter, none of which has been seen before in the UK. These works will be offered at the evening auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York on 10 November 2010 and have a combined value [...]

Sotheby’s October Sale of Contemporary Art to be Headlined by Gursky and Warhol

LONDON.- Sotheby’s Contemporary Art evening auction on Friday, 15 October, 2010, which coincides with the Frieze Art Fair in London, will present for sale 40 artworks that are estimated to realise in excess of £10 million. In addition to the outstanding pieces by leading artists such as Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach in the auction from the Collection of Jerry Hall, the world-famous American supermodel and actress, the sale will also feature important works by established artists such as Andy [...]

Sotheby’s to Sell Group of Exceptional Paintings from the Collection of Supermodel Jerry Hall

LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that it will offer for sale a group of 14 outstanding and revealing Contemporary artworks from the Collection of Jerry Hall, the world-famous American supermodel and actress, in its forthcoming October 2010 Contemporary Art sales, which coincide with London’s Frieze Art Fair. The artworks, together estimated to realise in excess of £1.5 million, will be offered in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Friday, 15 October and Contemporary Art Day Auction on Saturday, 16 October. This exceptional [...]

New Art Fair to Be Hosted by Christie’s During Frieze Week

LONDON.- Christie’s announced Multiplied – an exciting new fair in the field of contemporary art. The fair will be held during the week of the Frieze Art Fair, 15-18th October, providing a platform to promote emerging talent in two and three-dimensional contemporary editions. Christie’s has invited over thirty of the most exciting galleries to showcase a selection of the most challenging, cutting-edge work being produced today. Exhibiting a wide range of publishers under one roof, Christie’s aim to help them [...]

After Success at Frieze, Philipp Goldbach Opens Exhibition at Annely Juda Fine Art

LONDON.- After sell-out success of his work at the Frieze Art Fair, Annely Juda Fine Art holds the first UK one-man exhibition of the young German artist Philipp Goldbach. The show comprises two linked but independent bodies of work: Blackboards and Micrographs. In his series of Blackboards Goldbach has taken photographs of the chalkboards in various German University rooms in which intellectuals such as Theodor A. Adorno, Martin Heidegger and Carl Friedrich Gauß once taught. The blackboards rubbed blank show [...]