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Sotheby’s auction of Southeast Asian Paintings in Singapore on the 30th of September 2001, raised a total of $ 3,260,344 (€ 3,564,880), its best sale in this category since 1996. After competitive bidding Walter Spies’ Balinesische Legende (Balinese Legend) was sold for $ 889,013 (€ 972,100). Die Schlittschuhlaufer ...
(Andrew Moore)
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The contemporary art collection known as the TI Group is to be sold at Sotheby’s, Olympia in London on Wednesday, the 14th of November 2001. The collection built up by TI plc (an engineering firm which has now been merged with the Smiths Group) consists of 238 works including Chris Ofili, Tracey Emin and Jake ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Tracey Emin's neon light Be Faithful to your Dreams |
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According to BBC news, the British government has placed an export ban on Michelangelo’s drawing The Risen Christ from going to the United States. The drawing was sold at Christie’s, London in July 2000 for a world record price of $ 11.8 million (€ 13.1 million), the highest sum ever paid for an Old Master ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Risen Christ |
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Despite Sotheby’s and Christie’s postponing their US art sales until October, the first auction to take place in New York since the World Trade Center attacks was held at Swann galleries on the 21st of September. The sale provided precious optimistic news for the art market. Two Modigliani drawings sold ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Amedeo Modigliani, Tete de Femme |
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Christopher Elwes, former Managing Director of Bonhams and Indian art expert Paddy Bowring (who also worked at Bonhams) are to open a new fine art auction house in India. The new firm to be called Bowring's Fine Art Auctioneers is backed by Indian and European shareholders, with the firm’s board of directors ...
(Andrew Moore)
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Concern over the strength of the world art market heightened on the 25th of September when US consumer confidence, a key economic indicator, fell sharply from August’s 114.0 to 97.6, twice what Wall Street had predicted. With the US art market the biggest in the world, the knock on effects for global auctions ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Troubled times ahead for US |
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A recently discovered painting by Nicholas Poussin (1594-1665) will be offered for sale at the Swiss auction house Galerie Koller in their sale of Old Master and 19th century paintings on the 5th of October in Geneva. Entitled The Holy Family with St. John the Baptist, this oil on canvas measuring ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Nicholas Poussin, The Holy Family with St. John the Baptist |
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A cash prize of between $ 2,850 and 4,760 (€ 3,100-5,160) will be competed for in the 41st edition of the Premio Suzzara. Founded in 1948 and dedicated to the theme of “Work and Workers in Art”, the prize is divided into two sections. The first is selected by a committee, while the second is an open selection. A third of ...
(Elena Balzani)
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| Logo of 41° Suzzara Prize |
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Now that the expansion of Sotheby’s York Avenue headquarters is finished, the company is to fill its premises with exhibitions as well as what's coming up for sale. From October the 8th to the 22nd, Sotheby's will present an exhibition of emerging artists, including the winner and finalists of Beck's Futures 2 ...
(James Goulder)
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The five joint winners of the “Praemium Imperiale 2001” have been announced as Korean painter Lee Ufan, the French sculptress Marta Pan, the architect Jean Nouvel, the musician Ornette Coleman and the US playwright Arthur Miller. The award was instituted in 1987 by Tokyo’s Japan Art Association in memory of ...
(Elena Balzani)
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| Praemium Imperiale 2001: commemorative medal |
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