Banksy versus the classics
21 July 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Walking round an auction house the realities of market prices never cease to amaze me. At Christies recently, for example,… Read More
Tag: Christies
Christies sale featuring Kaws, Banksy, Yoshitomo Nara, Olive Allen & Daniel Arsham
14 July 2021 • Mark Westall
Christie’s has announced the second offering of Trespassing, a groundbreaking online sale curated together with Ronnie K. Pirovino.
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Monumental Skull Painting ‘In This Case’ for sale at Christie’s.
27 April 2021 • Mark Westall
Christie’s have announced the addition of artistic titan Jean-Michel Basquiat’s monumental “skull” painting In This Case to its upcoming 21th Century Evening Sale at Christie’s New York on 11th May (estimate in excess of US$50 million).
Lionel Messi’s record goal-scoring boots up for sale.
15 April 2021 • Mark Westall
Lionel Messi has donated his adidas record goal scoring boots to the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, and together they have decided to offer this historic item of sporting memorabilia in a charity sale to support the Arts and Health Project of the Vall Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona.
Beeple’s Purely Digital NFT-Based Work of Art Achieves $69.3 Million at Christie’s
11 March 2021 • Mark Westall
Today March 11th, 2021, will go down in art history, Christie’s have concluded its single lot online sale of Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5000 Days, achieving $69,346,250 and setting the third-highest price for a living artist at auction ever
Christie’s to auction a T.REX called STAN
17 September 2020 • Mark Westall
On October 6th, Christie’s will offer one of the largest, most complete and widely studied Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever discovered. Endearingly named “STAN”
Christie’s Vice and Virtue featuring Kaws, Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, Barbara Kruger
14 May 2020 • Mark Westall
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.
How are creatives reacting to the pandemic? My favourite initiatives – Part I
14 April 2020 • Irene Machetti
I have collated some of my favourite initiatives. and will interview the key players in this wave of change in the following weeks.
Marina Abramovic’s mixed reality artwork The Life to be presented by Christie’s in Los Angeles, New York and London.
27 January 2020 • Mark Westall
Christie’s to partner with Microsoft and its HoloLens 2 headset, to power Marina Abramovic’s seminal performance piece The Life – the world’s first mixed reality artwork.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in June
9 June 2019 • Tabish Khan
Bling, twins, caves, faceless figures, glass, landscapes and a giant rabbit.
What’s It Worth at Auction?
27 February 2019 • Paul Carey-Kent
Both Sotheby’s (S) and Christies (C) have major London auctions this week, head to head in impressionist, modern and surrealist categories.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
8 July 2018 • Tabish Khan
This week’s Top exhibitions to view includes:
A cow’s head, black history, fluttering decomposition, football, explosions, a rusted flag and minimalism.
The Auction as Show
16 May 2018 • Paul Carey-Kent
Unsurprisingly, the leading auction houses are all selling photographic work to coincide with Photo London (18-21 May). By way of a warm-up, I looked at them as exhibits rather than as potential purchases. Do they make for a good visit?
Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection, Part III
27 April 2018 • Mark Westall
The third and final auction from the estate of Audrey Hepburn will take place online next week. Following on from last year’s hugely successful sales, the auction includes over 200 further lots from the archive of one of the most beloved screen actresses of the 20th century.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi heading to the Louvre Abu Dhabi
7 December 2017 • Mark Westall
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.
Cy Twombly’s great clandestine masterpiece offered up by Christies
21 March 2017 • Mark Westall
Cy Twombly’s Leda and the Swan, 1962 will be a highlight of Christies May 17th Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale.
Leading International artists use materials recovered from The Glasgow School of Art fire to create new works for auction.
30 January 2017 • Mark Westall
25 leading international artists, including Simon Starling, Sir Antony Gormley, Grayson Perry, Cornelia Parker, Jenny Saville, David Shrigley and Douglas Gordon have used materials retrieved from The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh library after the fire to create original works of art to help raise money for restoration of the Mackintosh Building.
The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in London this week 22/08/16
21 August 2016 • Tabish Khan
Kissing, war, oil, flight and folk art
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
11 July 2016 • Tabish Khan
Infinity rooms, Old Masters, contemporary sculpture, giant teeth and Dismaland
EXCLUSIVE Interview: FAD caught up with Bianca Chu Head of First Open/LDN Christie’s ahead of its late opening this Wednesday
21 September 2015 • Mark Westall
First Open/LDN late opens this Wednesday – talks, demonstrations and a great live Auction
Christie’s launches +86 First Open “a fresh perspective on Chinese contemporary art”
9 September 2015 • Mark Westall
Christie’s has just announced the up coming launch of “+86 First Open”, a new initiative and sale providing a global platform and a fresh perspective on Chinese contemporary art.
Tabish’s Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
1 September 2015 • Tabish Khan
This week’s top 5 features giant slides, portraits, guns, a polar bear, water and flames.
Daniel’s Value and Ideas #81: Top Doig
7 August 2015 • daniel barnes
Artnet has published its list of the top ten most expensive living British artists at auction for 2015. The list betrays a gentle change in the current of British art,
INTERVIEW: Bianca Chu Head of FIRST OPEN/LDN.
17 March 2015 • Mark Westall
FAD managed to catch some time with Bianca Chu Head of FIRST OPEN/LDN ahead of its opening in March.