Share:Sales of traditional Chinese paintings and old masters notched up firm results at Christie’s autumn sales in Hong Kong, outshining Chinese contemporary art. Christie’s, hit by anemic spring sales due to the financial crisis, had been banking on the current autumn sales in Hong Kong, now the firm’s third biggest arts hub after New York […]
Share:But at Pared-Down New York Auctions, Buyers Seek the Rare and Discounted The week of Asian art auctions that ended Thursday afternoon in New York offered early signs that some collectors, largely from China and India, are returning to the market in search of rare or discounted artworks. An anonymous Indian collector paid Christie’s $1.2 […]
Share:Jitish Kallat, Dawn Chorus- 7, 2007. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd 2009. Jitish Kallat, Dawn Chorus- 7, 2007. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd 2009. Source – Artdaily.org New York Christies South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art sale will feature over 100 works from the leading 20th and 21st century artists from […]
Share: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts managed to keep some important 13th-century Indian sculptures. By MARY ABBE, Star Tribune The Minneapolis museum feared it would lose three prized sculptures at auction, but through a fluke they are back on view. “Shiva and Uma”Charles Walbridge,Minneapolis Institute Of Arts After 55 years on loa n to the […]
Share:NEW YORK—As if Sotheby’s 87 percent drop in profits in the second fiscal quarter, announced Tuesday, wasn’t sobering enough, the firm also got walloped by its archrival Christie’s in the auction sales arena in the first half of 2009, with its $995 million tally falling far behind Christie’s $1.5 billion. The gap can be largely […]
Share:Uttara Choudhury Thursday auction saw more lively bidding than Sotheby’s Indian art sale of modern paintings & miniatures which undersold at $6.3mn NEW YORK: Christie’s keenly eyed sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art on Thursday fetched a respectable $10.1 million falling fractionally short of higher expectations. The Christie’s sale focused on artists from […]
Share:By Alexandra A. Seno HONG KONG— Held May 24, Christie’s Hong Kong spring sale of Asian contemporary and Chinese 20th-century art saw healthy results, due in large part to its more careful selection of works, smaller scale, and tighter focus on what old-money Chinese art collectors covet. Quality works by Chinese masters from the 1950s […]
Share:Source – ET KOLKATA: Christie’s South Asian Modern & Contemporary Art sale in New York has achieved total numbers of $2.412 million. Of the 72 lots offered, 63% have been sold out, embracing 45 pieces. In value terms, the auction achieved 54% sales. The top highlights include a VS Gaitonde Untitled, picked up at $482,500 […]
Share:Bid rival planned to return sculptures to China By Andrew Johnson The Chinese businessman who sabotaged the controversial Paris sale of two sculptures claimed by the Beijing government from Yves Saint Laurent’s art collection last week may have had the best of intentions. But in preventing the sale as a “political protest”, Cai Mingchao may […]
Share:Jenny Barchfield A Chinese bronze rabbit head, (R) and bronze rat head (L), which sold for 14 million euros each. Photo / AP PARIS – An auction dispersing the vast art collection of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent lived up to expectations billing it as the “sale of the century”. The auction exceeded […]
