Fine Art

Gray’s auctioneers in Cleveland are to offer Painting, Prints, Drawings & Sculptures on October 28, at 1pm. Notable highlights of the auction include Lot No 20, an evocative hunting scene A Hunting Morning, oil on canvas by Heywood Hardy (1843 – 1933), the British painter most well-known for his hunting and sporting [Read More]

Bonhams next sale of South African art on October 27th in London will provide a clear guide as to which black South African artists are the most collectable. Top names which have seen significant growth in value include Gerard Sekoto, George Pemba, Gladys Mgudlandlu, Ephraim Ngatane, John Koenaakeefe Mohl, Welcome Koboka, Lucas [Read More]

Sotheby’s New York presents the inaugural sale of Important Russian Art on 4 November 2010, alongside the major autumn auctions of Impressionist & Modern Art. The sale includes select works by many of the greatest names in 20th-century Russian art. Highlights from the sale will be on view in Moscow 21-23 October [Read More]

Jeff Koons Balloon Flower (Blue) will highlight Christie’s New York’s November 2010 Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale. The work, executed from 1995-2000 is estimated from $12,000,000 to $16,000,000. Jeff Koons, Balloon Flower (Blue), 1995- 2000. High cromium stainless steel, mirrored polish finish with transparent color coating, 133 7/8x 112 1/4x 102 3/8in [Read More]

Sotheby’s fine art auctioneers have announced the sale of Francis Bacon’s Figure In Movement, the most significant painting by the British artist to appear at auction in several seasons, in its Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on 9 November 2010 in New York. The 1985 portrait of a man twisting and writhing, [Read More]

Christie’s New York announced the sale of The Collection of Robert Shapazian. Shapazian’s passion for the arts was reflected in his life-long dedication to the field, his friendships with those in it and his personal, yet masterful collection which Christie’s will offer in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening and Day Sales [Read More]

Seoul Auction held its Modern & Contemporary Art Autumn Sale in Hong Kong at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. 60 works by celebrated Western, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese artists were offered and a total of HK$78.52 million/ US$10.21 million was achieved. Discerning collectors from around the world congregated to compete for artworks [Read More]

Sotheby’s London will offer for sale, on December 8, 2010, arguably the finest painting by the British master George Stubbs (1724-1806) ever to come to the market: Brood Mares and Foals, estimated at £10-15 million. Painted in 1767, at the height of the artist’s career, the mares and foals scene is a [Read More]

Coker’s $1.82 million sale of the former Eastman Kodak CEO’s Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art collection contained 83 paintings, each offered without reserve. This added enticement attracted bidders from points as far afield as Germany and California. “There were retail dealers, private collectors and representatives from several institutions, as well as a few [Read More]

Christie’s will offer The Walter and Phyllis Shorenstein Collection as part of its major fall 2010 and spring 2011 sales in New York and Hong Kong. Assembled over more than four decades by Walter Shorenstein, the San Francisco real estate mogul, and Phyllis Shorenstein, founder of the city’s Asian Art Museum, the [Read More]

After the recent successes achieved in the field of Islamic Art at Sotheby’s, the company’s forthcoming biannual Arts of the Islamic Works Sale in London, which presents more than 400 lots, on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 will be the company’s strongest ever staged. The auction contains a fine selection of rare objects, [Read More]

Phillips, famous for his striking photo articles in the American Life Magazine, discovered it in Israel. Lea Grundig’s work “Holocaust (Aufstand)“ came via New York to Ketterer Kunst in Munich, where it will be auctioned off on 22 October. A work from the 1940s like this, made by one of the most [Read More]

Sotheby’s New York Asia Week auctions have concluded with the South Asian Art sale which made $7,547,250 to bring the overall total for the week to $27,649,251 well within the $ 21.9/31.2 million estimate. The sales stated on Tuesday with the Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles which brought $4,931,626 and [Read More]

Skinner, Inc’s American & European Paintings & Prints sale takes place on Friday, September 24th at noon in the Boston galler . Many fine works come to the sale from private collections, including pieces from New England artists, bronzes, sculptures as well as multiples. Also being offered is an extensive collection of [Read More]

A work by Ahmed Moustafa Egypt’s leading contemporary artist will be one of the star lots in Bonhams next sale of Middle Eastern Contemporary art in Dubai on October 11. ‘Man in a rocking chair’ was executed early on in the artist’s early career and is estimated to sell for $180,000-$240,000 at [Read More]

John Moran Auctioneers, the Southern California auction house known as pioneers in auction sales of California Impressionism, is pleased to announce their third and final California and American Paintings Auction of 2010, scheduled for October 19th. The sale will offer a diverse selection of over 200 paintings from the first half of [Read More]

Sotheby’s auction of Scottish Pictures on Wednesday, 29 September, 2010, in London offers a selection of works spanning over a century, from the Glasgow Boys through the Scottish Colourists, to modern works by living artists. The 152 lots are expected to bring in the region of £2.4 million. Peter Howson, Hotel Imperial [Read More]

Sotheby’s have announced that it’s second Greek Sale of 2010 will take place in London on Monday, 22 November, 2010 and it will presenting rare and important works by eminent names in the field such as Nicos Hadjikiriakos-Ghika, Spyros Papaloukas and Constantinos Volanakis. Nicos Hadjikiriakos-Ghika, Mistras, oil on canvas, 129 by 194cm., [Read More]