Impressionism & Modern Art
A conspiracy to sell forged works by Picasso, Goya, Manuel Viola, Menchu Gal, and Benjamín Palencia has led to arrests in three major cities in Spain, the Spanish news site Informador reports. Since May, officers from the National Police in...
Denise René, whose galleries in Paris, New York, and Düsseldorf are credited with bringing canonical movements of postwar art to the public, has died at the age of 99. Over the weekend, news sources throughout France including Le Parisien ...
LONDON — Packed with more desirable works than its arch rival Sotheby’s, Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale delivered a solid and reassuring £92,583,550 ($145,541,341) tally with 56 of the 70 lots offered finding buyers. The total came...
Pablo Picasso's "Woman in a Red Armchair" has become the latest masterwork to be defaced while hanging on a museum wall. Last Wednesday at around 3 p.m., a man approached the 1929 canvas, which hangs in Houston's de Menil Collection, and stenciled a bull and...
Australian auction house Menzies Art Brands sent out a press release last week regarding their upcoming 20th June auction of Important and International Fine Paintings and Sculpture in Melbourne which stated that: “With 4 paintings that could potentially sell...
SALE: Impressionist and Modern Evening SalesLOCATION: Sotheby's and Christie's LondonDATE: June 19-20ABOUT: With most of the big New York sales behind us for the season, the art market moves to London, where a whirlwind of trophies is about to hit auction...
Bonhams Australia May series of auctions reflected the usual Bonhams approach to the sale of art and antiques which is characterised by high volume for both the number of sales and the number of lots being sold. An intensive six-catalogue auction series...
PARIS — Under the watchful eye of auctioneer François de Ricqlès, Christie's totaled €12.9 million ($16.5 million) during two sales in Paris this week: The Moch collection and another, unnamed private collection were auctioned off on Tuesday, while Wednesday...
PARIS — It may seem risqué to put on a show of nudes at the Arab World Institute, especially considering the prevalence of fundamentalism in Arab countries today, but once preconceived notions are set aside it makes perfect sense. "The Uncovered Body" is an...
NEW YORK — Edvard Munch’s angst-filled masterpiece "The Scream" rocketed to a record $119,922,500 at Sotheby’s Wednesday evening. The 1895 pastel, expected to fetch in excess of $80 million, became the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction and the...
