Source: luxury-insider.com On 30 November and 1 December 2008, the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre will play host to Christie’s Autumn sales of Asian Contemporary Art. The sale includes more than 420 works valued in excess of US$30 million from acknowledged contemporary masters from China, Japan, South Korea and India. More than 30 works […]
Source: news.dphotographer.co.u Delaye | Saltoun is delighted to announce its new program of international contemporary art, opening with London’s first solo exhibition by Indian artist Samit Das.Presenting an in-depth investigation into the inexorable growth of the cities of Bombay, Kolkata and Delhi, Das’s subjective archive of archaeological and architectural fragments is a series of conceptual […]
Berlin – Berlin is locked in art fever, with four powerful exhibitions going ahead including work by Jeff Koons and Paul Klee. At the Mies van der Rohe-designed New National Gallery, US contemporary artist Koons is parading a glittering array of huge sculptures and paintings.On a lower floor is a superb selection of work by […]
Sotheby’s, the auction house, has become the latest victim of the financial crisis after failing to make the high estimates it predicted for its contemporary art sales. By Urmee Khan Last Andy Warhol’s series of 10 skull paintings sold for £646,750 Photo: EPA The sales made a total of £43.9 million, down £11.4 million on […]
By Katya Kazakina and Scott ReyburnOct. 20 (Bloomberg) — The annual frenzied sales at London’s Frieze Art Fair evaporated this year as collectors felt no pressure to make expensive purchases instantly, dealers said.People are shell-shocked by the world economy,” said New York gallerist Marianne Boesky, who had a booth at the five-day fair, which ended […]
The following interview was made with Marek Claassen, the director of artfacts.net and served as a starting point for an online research and a series of interventions with the purpose of giving higher visibility to the participants of Periferic 8. The results of this intervention can be viewed at . Zsuzsa Laszlo: How do you […]
I would really like to see the response to the auction market in the coming few weeks. Frieze has bought all the art frenzy on their feet once again with a much improved fair.” – Aashu Maheshwari Works by big names were still selling: Subodh Gupta’s Still Steal Steel #9, 2008, at Hauser & Wirth […]
The miniature market, long overshadowed by contemporary art, is making a long-awaited comeback In the fluorescent-lit basement of Jehangir Art Gallery, Deepak Natesan, a soft-spoken dealer of bronze figures, stone sculptures and other artefacts, is unwrapping his most precious stock. The Nainsukh of Guler that sold for $2.22 million at a Christie’s auction.The Nainsukh of […]
New Delhi, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) For the first time ever Cuban art is displayed at the Fair of Traditional and Home Products in Pragati Maidan Fair palace in Delhi until Saturday.Ramon Alfian, head of the Cuban stand, says they try to boost exchange and open space for Cuban art in India coordinated by its […]
Christie’s auction house in London hopes to raise more than 57 million pounds at an upcoming auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art auction. As banks go bust and the world’s stock markets reel, Christie’s unveiled the works that are up for grabs. The auctioneer hails the collection as the most valuable and comprehensive autumn sale […]
