Contemporary art sale at Sotheby’s posts $250m total 15 May 2013 Barnett Newman (1905-70) and Gerhard Richter (b.1932) starred at Sotheby’s evening sale of Contemporary art last night as the run of strong performing sales in this sector showed little sign of abating. Art Market
£125,000 grant to fund advisers for national online art archive 07 May 2013 The ambitious project that made 210,000 publicly-owned oil, tempera and acrylic paintings available to view online for free has taken another important step forward thanks to winning £125,000 funding. NewsArt Market
Birley sale: eclectic mix from nightclub owner’s London home 19 April 2013 “Sales like this do not come along often,” said Sotheby’s specialist David Macdonald after the auction of Mark Birley’s collection from his South Kensington home. Auction Reports
Bauhaus chess set and Martin Brothers highlight New Jersey auction 09 April 2013 Rago Auctions’ recent modern auction in Lambertville, New Jersey featured a Josef Hartwig-designed chess set of the 1920s. International
Customs figures reinforce UK’s status in international art market 25 March 2013 The annual cross-border customs figures have reinforced the United Kingdom’s status as one of the world’s two leading entrepot markets for art and antiques. News
Bromsgrove Guild garden statue takes £35,000 19 March 2013 This lead copy of Louis Weingartner’s 19th century bronze ‘Dryad and Boar’ was found hidden away in an overgrown garden before it was recently consigned to auction. Auction Reports
TEFAF Maastricht gets ready for its latest outing 08 March 2013 Showing up at TEFAF Maastricht in the southern Netherlands with a stand cobbled together from stale, lacklustre stock is tantamount to professional suicide, the sort of nightmare that has dealers waking up in a cold sweat. Dealer News
Asia Week in New York: full of Eastern promise 01 March 2013 For the art and antiques world, New York in the spring increasingly means turning attention to the East. InternationalDealer News
Lichtenstein print offered as part of film producer’s collection 28 February 2013 Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein and Erró are just some of the artists whose works are included in the collection of the late film producer Hercules Bellville to be offered on March 5 at Holloway’s of Banbury.
Crown Estate to sponsor Master Paintings Week 25 February 2013 The Crown Estate is to sponsor this year’s ‘Master Paintings Week’ (MPW), now in its fifth year. Dealer News
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