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Spring Contemporary Art Auction week brings a decent selection of noteworthy lots and a large...

Spring Contemporary Art Auction week brings a decent selection of noteworthy lots and a large number of auction guarantees, which are expanding across auction categories and are now being secured for works at day sales as well.

Not exact matches

For Christie's, the week started with the $ 179.4 million sale of Pablo Picasso's Women of Algiers (Version 0), the most ever paid for a work of art at auction.

I also got to go to an amazing art auction at Seattle Center and we picked up a few amazing pieces to add to our collection and explored decades of style in some silly spirit week posts.

This past week Dr. Coudrai attended a live art auction to benefit Lilo's Promise Animal Rescue.

Christie's has decided to hold its Impressionist and Modern art evening auction in the second week of May, instead of the first week per usual.

An enormous round of applause rang out in the Sotheby's salesroom following its contemporary art evening sale tonight in New York, as the auction house wrapped perhaps the first solidly positive sale of the past week, totaling $ 294.9 million, over a low... Read More

This week Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips are holding their spring modern and contemporary art auctions in New York.

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Expectations are high for this week's Contemporary Art auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's in London.

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A GUIDE TO EXHIBITION OPENINGS, TALKS AND EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN BLACK ART: Tuesday, April 1 @ 10:00 a.m. and 2 p.m. Phillips Photography Auction, New York The auction house Phillips is holding a Photography sale in NeAuction, New York The auction house Phillips is holding a Photography sale in Neauction house Phillips is holding a Photography sale in New York.

As Euros and New Yorkers were en route to Miami for Art Basel at the start of this week, the Swiss Institute in SoHo held their annual benefit dinner and auction in their galleries on Wooster Street.

Finally, the last, sixth auction that we will follow next week will be Urban Art: Grafitti and Street Art auction at Galartis auction house in Lausanne — Crissier Switzerland (Art Urbain: Graffiti Et Street Art).

Sighs of relief at Christie's Postwar & Contemporary sale Following the mixed results of this week's first clutch of New York auctions, Christie's Postwar & Contemporary evening sale last night produced a consistently «strong» result, reports The Art Newspaper.

This week, highlights include news from Frieze London and the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair; sales of African and African American art at auctions in New York,Art Fair; sales of African and African American art at auctions in New York,art at auctions in New York,...

Pitted against big auction house events this art week, the director of the Armory Show discusses how his fair is staying ahead of the competition.

It's the star of Dallas Arts Week, which kicked off with Dallas MTV re: Define auction and benefit last Friday.

In the week when the jurying of this exhibition took place, another art fair, Frieze, was in town, the contemporary auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's were bringing in tons of money and mega galleries in Chelsea were featuring gigantic shows of globally branded artists.

Last week Sotheby's took over a gallery in the Katara Art Center — a collaborative cultural village of galleries with an open - air theater — where it showed highlights from next month's important contemporary art auctions in New YoArt Center — a collaborative cultural village of galleries with an open - air theater — where it showed highlights from next month's important contemporary art auctions in New Yoart auctions in New York.

As was the case at the Impression and modern art sales a week earlier, Sotheby's, helped by more expansive guarantees, mounted the highest - grossing auction.

Plus: London Art Week Helena Newman to chair Sotheby's Europe Bowie Collection comes to auction Timothy Taylor Goes Stateside

Indiana University Press» Slideshow, Art from NADA 2012,» Blouin Artinfo, May 8 Herman, Sasha, «NADA New York 2012 Preview,» NY Observer.com, April 30 Miller, Michael H., Rozalia Jovanowitz, Andrew Rosseth «Gallerist's Frieze Week in Pictures,» NY Observer.com, May 7 D'Agostino, Paul, «Big Art Fairs Swarm NYC This Weekend,» The L Magazine «Something for NADA,» Art + Auction, May «Interview with Dan McCarthy» (commissioned catalog interview), «Dan McCarthy,» Suzanne Tarasieve Gallery, Paris

The grand total for the sale was $ 262,839,500, which alone surpassed the previous record for any Asian Art Week series in auction history.

Christie's dedicated Evening Sale of Important Chinese Art from the Fujita Museum realised a grand total of $ 262,839,500 / HK$ 2,032,755,075, which alone surpassed the previous record for any Asian Art Week series in auction history.

The Economist summarizes London's Asia week shows and sales as the leading dealers in the Chinese art trade and three major auction houses held strong sales.

NEXT WEEK, SWANN AUCTION GALLERIES is selling African American art from the 1960s and 1970s.

Dealers said sales were strong at FIAC, the main attraction of a modern and contemporary art week in Paris, which followed a buying spree in London at auctions, galleries and the Frieze Art Faart week in Paris, which followed a buying spree in London at auctions, galleries and the Frieze Art FaArt Fair.

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January 25, 2015 Scott Alario in SLIDELUCK NYC XVIII at Photoville, curated by Gideon Jacobs and Matthew Leifheit, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Fri, Sept 26, 7 pm http://slideluck.com/nyc-xviii/ Gallery to exhibit in «Untitled» art fair, Miami Beach, Dec 1 - 7, 2014, http://www.art-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-eventsArt Fair,» in Artnews, featuring works by Josh Slater, Goldschmied & Chiari, and Peter Rostovsky, http://www.artnews.com/2014/12/08/a-look-around-the-untitled-art-fair-in-miami-beach/ Peter Rostovsky featured in Ben Davis's article «Hidden Gems of Miami's Satellite Art Fairs «ArtnetNews, Dec 5, 2014, http://news.artnet.com/art-world/hidden-gems-of-miamis-satellite-art-fairs-189968 Gallery featured in Paddy Johnson's article «Untitled Continues to Make Gains in Miami,» ArtFCity Dec. 4, 2014http: / / artfcity.com/2014/12/04/untitled-continues-to-make-gains-in-miami/ Goldschmied & Chiari in ICI Annual Benefit & Auction https://artsy.net/feature/ici-benefit-auction-2014 Goldschmied & Chiari in The Kitchen fall 2014 benefit art auction https://paddle8.com/work/goldschmied-chiari/41755-untitled-portrait Goldschmied & Chiari solo exhibition «La democrazia e» illusione,» at the Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy, November 14, 2014 - January 25, 2015 Scott Alario in SLIDELUCK NYC XVIII at Photoville, curated by Gideon Jacobs and Matthew Leifheit, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Fri, Sept 26, 7 pm http://slideluck.com/nyc-xviii/ Gallery to exhibit in «Untitled» art fair, Miami Beach, Dec 1 - 7, 2014, http://www.art-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-eventsart-fair-in-miami-beach/ Peter Rostovsky featured in Ben Davis's article «Hidden Gems of Miami's Satellite Art Fairs «ArtnetNews, Dec 5, 2014, http://news.artnet.com/art-world/hidden-gems-of-miamis-satellite-art-fairs-189968 Gallery featured in Paddy Johnson's article «Untitled Continues to Make Gains in Miami,» ArtFCity Dec. 4, 2014http: / / artfcity.com/2014/12/04/untitled-continues-to-make-gains-in-miami/ Goldschmied & Chiari in ICI Annual Benefit & Auction https://artsy.net/feature/ici-benefit-auction-2014 Goldschmied & Chiari in The Kitchen fall 2014 benefit art auction https://paddle8.com/work/goldschmied-chiari/41755-untitled-portrait Goldschmied & Chiari solo exhibition «La democrazia e» illusione,» at the Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy, November 14, 2014 - January 25, 2015 Scott Alario in SLIDELUCK NYC XVIII at Photoville, curated by Gideon Jacobs and Matthew Leifheit, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Fri, Sept 26, 7 pm http://slideluck.com/nyc-xviii/ Gallery to exhibit in «Untitled» art fair, Miami Beach, Dec 1 - 7, 2014, http://www.art-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-eventsArt Fairs «ArtnetNews, Dec 5, 2014, http://news.artnet.com/art-world/hidden-gems-of-miamis-satellite-art-fairs-189968 Gallery featured in Paddy Johnson's article «Untitled Continues to Make Gains in Miami,» ArtFCity Dec. 4, 2014http: / / artfcity.com/2014/12/04/untitled-continues-to-make-gains-in-miami/ Goldschmied & Chiari in ICI Annual Benefit & Auction https://artsy.net/feature/ici-benefit-auction-2014 Goldschmied & Chiari in The Kitchen fall 2014 benefit art auction https://paddle8.com/work/goldschmied-chiari/41755-untitled-portrait Goldschmied & Chiari solo exhibition «La democrazia e» illusione,» at the Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy, November 14, 2014 - January 25, 2015 Scott Alario in SLIDELUCK NYC XVIII at Photoville, curated by Gideon Jacobs and Matthew Leifheit, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Fri, Sept 26, 7 pm http://slideluck.com/nyc-xviii/ Gallery to exhibit in «Untitled» art fair, Miami Beach, Dec 1 - 7, 2014, http://www.art-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-eventsart-world/hidden-gems-of-miamis-satellite-art-fairs-189968 Gallery featured in Paddy Johnson's article «Untitled Continues to Make Gains in Miami,» ArtFCity Dec. 4, 2014http: / / artfcity.com/2014/12/04/untitled-continues-to-make-gains-in-miami/ Goldschmied & Chiari in ICI Annual Benefit & Auction https://artsy.net/feature/ici-benefit-auction-2014 Goldschmied & Chiari in The Kitchen fall 2014 benefit art auction https://paddle8.com/work/goldschmied-chiari/41755-untitled-portrait Goldschmied & Chiari solo exhibition «La democrazia e» illusione,» at the Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy, November 14, 2014 - January 25, 2015 Scott Alario in SLIDELUCK NYC XVIII at Photoville, curated by Gideon Jacobs and Matthew Leifheit, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Fri, Sept 26, 7 pm http://slideluck.com/nyc-xviii/ Gallery to exhibit in «Untitled» art fair, Miami Beach, Dec 1 - 7, 2014, http://www.art-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-eventsart-fairs-189968 Gallery featured in Paddy Johnson's article «Untitled Continues to Make Gains in Miami,» ArtFCity Dec. 4, 2014http: / / artfcity.com/2014/12/04/untitled-continues-to-make-gains-in-miami/ Goldschmied & Chiari in ICI Annual Benefit & Auction https://artsy.net/feature/ici-benefit-auction-2014 Goldschmied & Chiari in The Kitchen fall 2014 benefit art auction https://paddle8.com/work/goldschmied-chiari/41755-untitled-portrait Goldschmied & Chiari solo exhibition «La democrazia e» illusione,» at the Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy, November 14, 2014 - January 25, 2015 Scott Alario in SLIDELUCK NYC XVIII at Photoville, curated by Gideon Jacobs and Matthew Leifheit, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Fri, Sept 26, 7 pm http://slideluck.com/nyc-xviii/ Gallery to exhibit in «Untitled» art fair, Miami Beach, Dec 1 - 7, 2014, http://www.art-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-evAuction https://artsy.net/feature/ici-benefit-auction-2014 Goldschmied & Chiari in The Kitchen fall 2014 benefit art auction https://paddle8.com/work/goldschmied-chiari/41755-untitled-portrait Goldschmied & Chiari solo exhibition «La democrazia e» illusione,» at the Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy, November 14, 2014 - January 25, 2015 Scott Alario in SLIDELUCK NYC XVIII at Photoville, curated by Gideon Jacobs and Matthew Leifheit, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Fri, Sept 26, 7 pm http://slideluck.com/nyc-xviii/ Gallery to exhibit in «Untitled» art fair, Miami Beach, Dec 1 - 7, 2014, http://www.art-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-evauction-2014 Goldschmied & Chiari in The Kitchen fall 2014 benefit art auction https://paddle8.com/work/goldschmied-chiari/41755-untitled-portrait Goldschmied & Chiari solo exhibition «La democrazia e» illusione,» at the Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy, November 14, 2014 - January 25, 2015 Scott Alario in SLIDELUCK NYC XVIII at Photoville, curated by Gideon Jacobs and Matthew Leifheit, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Fri, Sept 26, 7 pm http://slideluck.com/nyc-xviii/ Gallery to exhibit in «Untitled» art fair, Miami Beach, Dec 1 - 7, 2014, http://www.art-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-eventsart auction https://paddle8.com/work/goldschmied-chiari/41755-untitled-portrait Goldschmied & Chiari solo exhibition «La democrazia e» illusione,» at the Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy, November 14, 2014 - January 25, 2015 Scott Alario in SLIDELUCK NYC XVIII at Photoville, curated by Gideon Jacobs and Matthew Leifheit, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Fri, Sept 26, 7 pm http://slideluck.com/nyc-xviii/ Gallery to exhibit in «Untitled» art fair, Miami Beach, Dec 1 - 7, 2014, http://www.art-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-evauction https://paddle8.com/work/goldschmied-chiari/41755-untitled-portrait Goldschmied & Chiari solo exhibition «La democrazia e» illusione,» at the Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy, November 14, 2014 - January 25, 2015 Scott Alario in SLIDELUCK NYC XVIII at Photoville, curated by Gideon Jacobs and Matthew Leifheit, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Fri, Sept 26, 7 pm http://slideluck.com/nyc-xviii/ Gallery to exhibit in «Untitled» art fair, Miami Beach, Dec 1 - 7, 2014, http://www.art-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-eventsart fair, Miami Beach, Dec 1 - 7, 2014, http://www.art-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-eventsart-untitled.com/index.php/exhibitors/ Gallery group exhibition «Site / Displace,» in ArtFCity's «This Week's Must - See Art Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-eventsArt Events: Death to Normcore, by Whitney Kimball, Corrina Kirsch, and Andrew Wagner, July 21, 2014 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-eventsart-events-6/

The work, titled Civilian Drone Strike, was auctioned alongside contributions by feminist activist group Guerrilla Girls and photomontage artist Peter Kennard, at the five - day Art The Arms Fair held last week in London in protest against the annual Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair.

New York City is preparing to enter the frenzied art selling state of its May auctions week and, as usual, nothing short of record - breaking, earth - shattering bids will satisfy the hungry...

This week at The L Magazine, I talk to Phillips auction attendees and market experts to try and gage the success of the first digital art auction, Paddles On.

Helena Newman, the worldwide co-head of Impressionist and Modern Art for Sotheby's, had presided over the first sale of the spring season in London last week, bringing $ 63.7 million for Picasso's «Femme Assise» (1909), the most expensive Cubist painting ever sold at auction.

This October, Christie's Frieze Week auctions of Post-War and Contemporary Art will bring together a selection of works by more than 200 of the most exciting artists in the contemporary art worArt will bring together a selection of works by more than 200 of the most exciting artists in the contemporary art worart world.

The Exhibition is confirmed to take place at the Institute of Contemporary Arts during Frieze week from Monday 13th October to Friday 19th October with an auction taking place at Bonham's on Friday 17th October.

«Art market superbrat makes his auction debut this week,» wrote The Independent.

Christie's Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York Totals $ 388.5 Million (# 240.9 Million / $ 299.1 Million) Most Valuable Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction Ever Top Prices Of The Week - Mark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow Soars to $ 86.9 Million (# 53.9 Million / $ 66.9 Million) Setting a New Record for Any Post-War and Contemporary Work Sold at Auction 21 New World Auction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the caAuction Ever Top Prices Of The Week - Mark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow Soars to $ 86.9 Million (# 53.9 Million / $ 66.9 Million) Setting a New Record for Any Post-War and Contemporary Work Sold at Auction 21 New World Auction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the caAuction 21 New World Auction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the caAuction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the caauction history for the category.

Finally, the last of ten upcoming auctions next week that will be in our focus is Contemporary Art Day Sale in Phillips New York, that will happen on Friday, May 15, at 11 AM.

Just like the case was during the last auction giga - week that happened in November, the political and economic backdrop of the international art scene is in an exceptional state, so chances are we're about to witness a real spectacle in terms of art purchases.

Also, we will give you some info on what was left unsold at major auctions in last couple of moths — it is reasonable to assume that many of those will find their place at New York art week.

Scheduled to take place on the 15th of May, the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale will probably be the week's highlight in terms of Christie's auctions.

New York City is preparing to enter the frenzied art selling state of its May auctions week and, as usual, nothing short of record - breaking, earth - shattering bids will satisfy the hungry masses.

For one week, we will be displaying a selection of the artworks that have been specially commissioned for inclusion in this year's auction (WANDERLUST), giving our members and the public an opportunity to preview the works and leave absentee bids before the event.The gala, which is chaired by Contemporary Art Society Trustee Antje Geczy and sponsored by Boucheron, will take place at the Old Vic Tunnels in Waterloo on 13 March and the auction will be conducted by Sotheby's.

Contemporary Art Evening Auction at Sotheby's London will be the most important auction this week, as 59 lots are estimated at $ 225,683,212 — $ 322,451,861, or $ 4,65 million pAuction at Sotheby's London will be the most important auction this week, as 59 lots are estimated at $ 225,683,212 — $ 322,451,861, or $ 4,65 million pauction this week, as 59 lots are estimated at $ 225,683,212 — $ 322,451,861, or $ 4,65 million per lot.

The first auction to open the New York auctions week this May was Christie's — Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on May 15th.

In the top art stories this week, we found some rather interesting art news.Overall, the week was replete with strong auction house report cards and discoveries...

The Met Gala, Important Impressionist and Modern auctions, the third edition of Frieze Art fair on Randall's Island, and of course the Contemporary Art evening sales which are coming only next week but already making the news with their major lots and hefty guarantees.

The painting, sold at Christie's New York salesroom this week has become the most expensive work of art sold at auction to date.

Earlier tonight Phillips ended the week of contemporary art auctions in New York with a small sale that saw new records for Danh Vo, Tauba Auerbach and Rashid Johnson but brought in just $ 51.96 million with premium, below the evening's... Read More

It was a week of huge contemporary art auctions in London.