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Phillips has announced Beuys 100, a unique Contemporary Art and Editions sale this June commemorating the 100th birthday of Joseph Beuys.
A who’s who of over 50 artists are to sell artworks in a silent, closed bid auction online to raise… Read More
Fans of the action-packed ’80s hit The A-Team will be delighted to learn that an officially licensed version of the A-Team van is now up for auction.
On the heels of Sotheby’s successful summer sales in May and June 2020, Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Day Auction is to present artworks by leading post-war and contemporary artists, including Helen Frankenthaler, Alexander Calder, Tom Wesselmann, Ed Ruscha, Albert Oehlen, Haring, Basquait and Yoshitomo Nara.
The School for Curatorial Studies Venice is back with the project ‘Whatever it takes’ — a three-day barter market. Visitors will be able to secure the exhibited artworks at one condition: no money is allowed.
On October 6th, Christie’s will offer one of the largest, most complete and widely studied Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever discovered. Endearingly named “STAN”
Dear Keith will present 140+ works of art and objects from Haring’s personal collection, all on offer from the Keith Haring Foundation – an organization established by the artist shortly before his death in 1990 from HIV/AIDS-related causes. Haring’s collection features works gifted to, purchased by and traded with Haring among friends and artists in his community, including Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, and many more.
Due to the devastating news from the region, Christie’s will offer its support for the art community in Lebanon and stage a charity auction to benefit the efforts to rebuild the cultural scene in Beirut under the title: WE ARE ALL BEIRUT – A Charity Auction. The online auction will be held late October to the first half of November 2020.
Christie’s have announced a partnership with Stadium Goods to host Original Air: Michael Jordan Game-Worn and Player Exclusive Sneaker Rarities, a landmark online sale offering the most comprehensive sneaker record of Michael Jordan’s era-defining Chicago Bulls career.
Christie’s have partnered with cancer charity, Maggie’s to present a selection of artworks that have been donated by 48 leading international artists, designers and architects.
Mick Rock, British born and bred, now living in New York, has been raising funds to help the NHS since the covid-pandemic crisis started. After his initial 5 never-before-seen prints of David Bowie, Kate Moss, Freddie Mercury, Syd Barrett and Bryan Ferry, MICK ROCK has decided to release 5 more exclusive images of pop culture icons and the stories behind each.
Phillips are hosting an online sale of works from Albion Barn, the renowned exhibition space situated in Oxfordshire. Land, Sea, Sky features works from a number of the collecting categories including Editions, Photos, Design, and 20th Century and Contemporary Art.
Christie’s continues to expand its online-only auction calendar. VICE and VIRTUE, the latest in a series of thematic online auctions from the Post-War and Contemporary Art department.
Sotheby’s presents “Manga,” the largest Manga assemblage ever to be offered at auction in Hong Kong, alongside a selling exhibition at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery.
On Thursday 16th January a very rare etching by Pablo Picasso is to be unveiled by Phillips, it is set to be the highest value print ever to have been sold by them.
SANTA KAWS is an online-only sale of 33 collectable figurines by KAWS. The inaugural online-only sale for Phillips in London, SANTA KAWS is now live and will run through to 13th December
The Amelie and Daniel Linsey Foundation announced their charitable art auction in support of local victims of the Sri Lanka Easter Sunday attacks. It will take place 1st July, from 18.00 to 22.00.
This June, British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel (BFAMI) will honour artist Rachel Feinstein at the art organisation’s longstanding renowned Women in Art Lunch.
An impressive list of contemporary artists have generously donated to the 2nd ‘ART on the Mind’ exhibition to raise funds for Cardboard Citizens.
Both Sotheby’s (S) and Christies (C) have major London auctions this week, head to head in impressionist, modern and surrealist categories.
Sotheby’s and the Italian winery Ornellaia joined again this year for the tenth edition of the Vendemmia d’Artista. The famous winery from Bolgheri called upon William Kentridge to design the labels for this anniversary. The benefit auction raised €140,000 that will be donated to the Victoria & Albert museum.
What’s the value of early or atypical work by a highly marketable artist? Such work is doubtless consigned for sale in the hope that some of the repute of more characteristic work will rub off.
Phillips kick off the 2018 auction season in New York with its New Now sale. Offering nearly 250 lots, this auction will bring together works by emerging contemporary artists and those with firmly established careers
A Saudi Arabian prince, Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud, has been identified as the buyer of the most expensive ever painting, Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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