31 March 2015 • Mark Westall
Sotheby’s Exclusive Art and Collectibles will be Available to eBay’s 155 Million Active Buyers In Real Time Anywhere Around the Globe from tomorrow.
22 March 2015 • Staff
works by artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nick Cave, Rashid Johnson, Glenn Ligon, Wangechi Mutu, David Hammons, Kara Walker, and Kehinde Wiley, among others will be on view.
9 January 2015 • Mark Westall
The ‘1 in 11’ campaign will raise funds through individual donations and a major art auction at Sotheby’s in London on Thursday 12th February, featuring donated works by renowned artists including Takashi Murakami, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra and Shirin Neshat.
6 January 2015 • Paul Carey-Kent
Armin Boehm: ‘Gravity’, 2015 – oil and fabrics on wood: 110 x 70 cm Assessment of a curation has two… Read More
1 January 2015 • daniel barnes
In order to combat this, contemporary art has developed jargon that purports to explain every nuance of the artworld, but it often only deepens the mystery.
6 November 2014 • daniel barnes
Sotheby’s has been sued over the misattribution of a painting which experts now say is a genuine Caravaggio
24 October 2014 • daniel barnes
In November 2011, Jerry Saltz announced on his Facebook page that he would pay anyone $155 to make him a fake Richter, Ryman, Flavin, Fontana, Duchamp, Hirst, Guyton, or Agnes Martin.
20 October 2014 • Mark Westall
31 donated art works for Parasol unit’s 10th Anniversary realised a total of £2,092,250 at Sotheby’s this weekend.
27 September 2014 • Mark Westall
During the month of October you have the chance to view Vincent van Gogh’s Still Life, Vase with Daisies and… Read More
1 July 2014 • Staff
The jewel in the crown was Francis Bacon’s Three Studies for Portrait of George Dyer..
30 June 2014 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan brings you five art exhibitions in London that you should visit during the week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
2 June 2014 • daniel barnes
On the evening of 15th September 2008 three completely unrelated events occurred, which determined this precise moment in time. This is the story of how art survived recession in spectacular fashion and how a philosopher, an artist and a bank unwittingly crossed paths.
12 May 2014 • Mark Westall
Sotheby’s New York Evening Auction of Contemporary Art is to sell a massive, shinny, 7ft Popeye by Jeff Koons.
9 May 2013 • Mark Westall
$37 million for a bowl of fruit
30 May 2012 • Mark Westall
Sotheby’s New York is to offer an Apple I- an exceptionally rare working example of the first Apple computer with the original cassette interface, operating manuals and a rare BASIC Users’ Manual.
25 March 2012 • Mark Westall
Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on 9th May 2012 will feature Roy Lichtenstein’s Sleeping Girl from 1964.
22 February 2012 • Mark Westall
$80 million SCREAM
15 February 2012 • Mark Westall
Thirty years ago, artist Jean-Michel Basquiat secretly signed one of his paintings in invisible ink.
13 December 2010 • Mark Westall
Image:Frank Auerbach, Head of Helen Gillespie II. Estimate: £300,000-500,000. Photo: Sotheby’s Following the success of The Robert Devereux Post-War British… Read More
24 November 2010 • Mark Westall
Image: A future fair for all, by Peter Brookes, the leader-page cartoonist for The Times. This cartoon appeared on 31… Read More
25 June 2010 • Mark Westall
Image:Ali Omar Ermes, The Fourth Ode, acrylic and ink on paper, 250 x 300cm, est. $250,000-350,000. Photo: Sotheby’s. Sotheby’s announced… Read More
1 June 2010 • Mark Westall
Erró (n.1932), “Baby Rockefeller”, 200 x 300 cm; 78 ¾ x 118 1/8 in. Exécuté en 1962-1963. Executed in 1962-1963…. Read More
21 April 2010 • Mark Westall
Sotheby’s has exhibited key works in London ahead of their sale in New York next month. The lessons of recent… Read More
21 March 2010 • Mark Westall
ImageBoris Grigoriev’s charming “Still Life with Cat and Onions”, circa 1928, a work that has been extensively published and exhibited… Read More
