Sentences with phrase «major art auction houses»

The series stars Dennis Quaid, Christian Cooke, Cary Elwes and Kate Bosworth and focuses on the cutthroat behind - the - scenes world of major art auction houses.

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Mr. Lally's past practice has included successfully representing President George W. Bush before the Miami - Dade and Orange County Boards of Election at the 2000 Florida Recounts; handling numerous complex corporate reorganizations involving multi-jurisdictional assets; recovering priceless stolen art from an international auction house; restructuring of clients» business affairs to reduce their tax and liability exposure; successfully litigating major elections cases and appeals; representing media groups in domestic and international litigation; handling complex domestic relations, divorce, and custody matters; serving as general counsel to numerous corporations in the health care, media, manufacturing, and hospitality industries; and representing parties in multi-national litigation.

Nigel Freeman created Swann's African - American Fine Art department in 2006, the only one of its kind at a major auction house.

Rauschenberg, who died in 2008 and whose work is the subject of a major retrospective that opened this month at Tate Modern, was an outspoken critic of auction houses and the outsize profits from which artists were excluded, making Ms. MacLear, who will become a vice chair of Sotheby's fine arts division, an unusual choice.

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.

Previously, Alexis worked for over five years at a major international auction house in New York, focusing on research and writing for the Contemporary Art sales.

According to The Art Newspaper, the gallery claims the authentication board acted wrongly in neglecting to recognise the works in question, an omission which means that major auction houses will refuse to sell them as the artist's work.

Art dealers, collectors, auction houses, and major artists such as Gerhard Richter and Georg Baselitz spoke out strongly against the «German Cultural Property and Heritage Protection Law,» which would require that any work valued at or above $ 300,000 and older than 70 years be granted an export license before leaving the country.

In 2011, during the first year of exploding art sales among Mainland Chinese buyers, Zhang Daqian was the third most valuable artist by sales volume at the three major auction houses worldwide.

Checking in with art news, Tina Barney gets a spotlight, the fight over Norman Rockwell paintings continue and art sales from major auction houses continue to impact art communities in significant ways.

On Feb. 6, 2007, when the New York auction house held its inaugural sale dedicated to African American art, it was the first time a major auction house focused on the category.

With this exhibition, the curators suggest a narrative that serves as an alternative to the one told by the big auction houses, major art fairs and biennials, and mega-galleries.

Over the holiday, Georgina Adam had a recap of the year's major art market events that concluded with this observation that may end up being far more important than any of the auction house moves.

This has included working at the major auction houses, in leading contemporary galleries, events, PR and art consultancy.

The auction house's London evening sale of Impressionist and modern art on June 22, the eve of the historic Brexit vote, totaled 25.6 million pounds, its smallest tally for a major evening sale in the category in more than a decade.

When it first launched in 2003, Frieze was a lone ranger in the calendar, but the week's festivities have extended over time to include numerous other fairs, such as PAD London, 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, and Frieze Masters, not to mention the major sales at the international auction houses.

In Hong Kong, where just one major art museum is in operation, private art galleries and auction houses play an important role in art education by presenting museum - quality works.

The high - end items will probably continue to be sold through big auction houses, or via major galleries at the Art Fairs, where Gagosian, or David Zwirner write the rulebook; while the rest of the market could move online (luring the buyers offering purchase without premium, for example), but never entirely.

Sotheby's Christie's and Phillips produce healthy results This week has been an important one for the art market, with London's leading auction houses all hosting major contemporary art sales to coincide with Frieze week.

EARLY NEXT MONTH, major auction houses in New York and London are holding post-war and contemporary art sales.

Next stop on our Quest for Art is a trip to world famous auction house Sotheby's in London for a fascinating look behind the scenes at a major auction.

The reason that we have our sales of contemporary African art at Sotheby's is because we are representing artists that have not currently had a platform at a major auction house internationally.

David has particular experience in art litigation and related jurisdictional disputes, including the standard terms and conditions of all the major auction houses and London art dealers.