International
About 80% of the global art market by value takes place outside the UK. The largest art market in the world is the US with China in third place (after the UK) followed by France, Germany and Switzerland.
Many more nations have a rich art and antiques heritage with active auction, dealer, fair, gallery and museum sectors even if their market size by value is smaller.
Read the top stories and latest art and antiques news from all these countries.

The $4m house record for Vienna Secession picture
01 March 2021An evocative interior scene by one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession movement set a landmark price at Freeman’s of Philadelphia.

Pick of the week: Irish exuberance brings the big bucks in North Carolina
01 March 2021Bidders were out in force at a recent sale in North Carolina for a collection of 136 lots consigned from the estate of the late Robert K Johnson, a finance and telecommunications executive.

‘Fake’ coin proves to be the €210,000 real deal
01 March 2021Gold coin rejected at first but now identified as once owned by renowned Russian collector

Young boy and a baby destined to be emperors one day
01 March 2021This watercolour and pencil drawing from 1833 which became the star lot at a recent sale at Nusser (25% buyer’s premium) in Munich had an imperial connection.

Collectors vie for Breguet gold watch which belonged to a Tolstoy
01 March 2021Abraham Louis Breguet is generally considered to be the greatest watchmaker of all times, responsible for numerous inventions, which revolutionised the art.

De Belle clock emerges in Munich
01 March 2021Among the works of art on sale at Hampel in Munich on March 25-26 is a so-called Pendule au Manège from the early 19th century.

‘The father of international law’ immortalised in glass form
01 March 2021Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, was a Dutch philosopher, political theorist and theologian. His publication 'On the Law of War and Peace' in 1625 earned him the status as the ‘father of international law’.

Brandt battle scene rides into Stuttgart auction
01 March 2021One of the attractions of the March 24-26 sale at Siebers in Stuttgart is a collection of 18 paintings by 19th century Polish artists who primarily belonged to the Munich school. The works were the property of a family of textile merchants, who moved from south Germany to Lodz, south west of Warsaw, in the 1930s.

Winnie The Pooh set signed by ‘Christopher Robin’ emerges in San Francisco
01 March 2021A 50th anniversary edition of the much-loved AA Milne and EH Shepard books, a boxed set published in the appropriate years of 1974-78, is shown below.

Vigée-Lebrun returns from exile
01 March 2021Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842) was one of the most prolific painters of her era, creating up to 1000 works of art, the majority of them portraits.

Swiss tribute to the beautiful Dordogne
01 March 2021In June 1925, only six months before his death, the Swiss painter Felix Vallotton and his wife visited the Périgord for the first time, which he declared to be “the most beautiful countryside on earth”.
ATG letter: Sculpture association's EU ivory trade ban concerns
01 March 2021MADAM – We are concerned about the imminent imposition of restrictions to limit the trade of ivory works of art within the European Union (front page, ATG No 2480).

Sotheby’s to offer a van Gogh as Bonhams unveil a Picasso
27 February 2021Two major consignments of Impressionist and Modern art have been announced in the last week.

$150m art collection of a US cattle rancher, oil magnate and philanthropist comes to auction at Sotheby’s
25 February 2021The art collection of the late Anne Marion (1938-2020), a cattle rancher, oil magnate and philanthropist, will be offered at Sotheby’s in May.

Unique Pablo Picasso puppet tile offered at Paris auction
22 February 2021The Madoura pottery founded by Suzanne and Georges Ramié in Vallauris, a village in the south of France renowned for pottery production, was a popular place for many artists in the post-war years. From 1948-55 Pablo Picasso lived in Vallauris and divided his time between painting and creating ceramics at Madoura.

Christie's to offer Karel Appel painting in France
22 February 2021On March 30 Christie’s France is offering a selection of around 70 Modern and Post-war works from an unnamed Parisian collector that have been assembled over four decades.

Heartfelt work of Joseph Beuys
22 February 2021Legendary yarn explains how this material became a key component of the artist’s designs

Seven bidders compete for Soulages with a presidential provenance
22 February 2021A painting by Pierre Soulages (b.1919) sold at Caen Enchères (20% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in Normandy featured a particularly notable provenance.

Contemporary fair heavyweights count on digital for now
22 February 2021As the pandemic continues to upend the art market calendar, two heavyweights of the Contemporary art and design fair scene are going digital.

Art from collection of Mrs Henry Ford II offered at Christie's and Doyle
22 February 2021Property from the collection of Mrs Henry Ford II is being offered by more than one auction house this year. Christie’s has sales in New York on March 30 and London on April 15, and Doyle (26/21/15% buyer’s premium) held a single-owner selection in its New York rooms on January 25.

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