Palate or palette? 04 February 2013 It looks too good to eat, doesn’t it? This is Sotheby’s Surrealist Tea, concocted by the Sotheby’s Cafe as a cheeky marketing gimmick (albeit a tasty one) to promote their Surrealist Art evening sale on February 5 at New Bond Street. News
Artist’s Resale Right: good intentions, bad law 31 October 2012 PERSONAL VIEW: Simon Stokes, who has just published his updated legal guide, puts the whole issue of the Artist’s Resale Right in context. News
Urban art on the block 27 June 2012 Among the star attractions at Bloomsbury Auction’s ‘Urban Contemporary’ sale, a 120-lot auction held on July 3 in Mayfair, London is ‘Moona Lisa’, a unique rendition in gold by Bristol-based artist Nick Walker.
Damien Hirst skull drawing at Gloucestershire sale 17 May 2012 Chorley’s of Prinknash Abbey Park in Gloucestershire are offering this sketch by Damien Hirst at their sale on May 24.
Viewing for ‘The Scream’ attracts long queues 23 April 2012 IS this the longest queue ever to view a single lot coming up at auction? Art Market
Art-related professionals set up their own networking association 28 February 2011 Professional Advisors to the International Art Market (PAIAM), a new networking association to promote business interests and share ideas and information, launches next month in London.
Sotheby’s see fall in revenue in skewed third quarter results 09 November 2009 DAMIEN Hirst and juggled dates have severely skewed Sotheby’s third quarter results for 2009, contributing to a fall in revenue of 41 per cent year-on-year to $44.9m.
ATG Comment: Government to decide on Resale Right extension 01 December 2008 IN the next week or so, the British Government must decide whether 2010 or 2012 is the right time for the Artist’s Resale Right to be extended to the heirs of artists who have been dead for less than 70 years.
Damien Hirst market soars even as the banks crash 22 September 2008 As experienced art dealers discussed the £95.6m sale of 233 new works by Damien Hirst (b.1965), it was the word 'celebrity' that cropped up the most to explain the phenomenal prices seen at the Beautiful Inside my Head Forever sale.
Tate’s £63.1m in gifts for 2007/8 22 September 2008 The Tate announced a record year for acquisitions in their 2007/8 Annual Report. The Tate Collection aquired 494 works, valued at £63.1m, of which 320 were gifts and bequests from collectors and artists.
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