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Flying colours. Italian sales pass the market test
29/10/2001
The long awaited Christie’s and Sotheby’s Italian sales offered in London during the third week of October provided comforting results to a troubled market. But rather than going for "Arte Povera" there was a particular focus on classic works.
(Albert Fiz)
Nicola De Maria, Kingdom of flowers, 1985
The changing face of German Art sales at auction in London
22/10/2001
The results of the German and Austrian art sales that Christie’s and Sotheby’s held in London at the beginning of October not only gave an indication of the market for this category but also and more interestingly, showed that the two auction houses have diverging ideas on how to present their lots. Sotheby’s opted for a wide-ranging sale with drawings, oils, engravings and prints, dating from the early 20th century right up to post-war German names. By striking comparison Christie’s sale was a truly traditional German expressionist auction.
(Riccardo Sorani)
Franz Marc, Abstrakte rehformen (abstract deer forms)
Preview of the Italian Sale at Sotheby’s, London
17/10/2001
For the third year running Sotheby’s, London is devoting an evening auction to Italian art of the 20th century on the 22nd of October, with a sale of 58 lots chosen to cover a century of artistic production and offer a window onto emerging Italian art. The sale starts with Ottone Rosai and finishes with Maurizio Cattelan.
(Elena Balzani)
Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, 1954
Preview of the Italian Sale at Christie’s
04/10/2001
After being shown in Milan, Zurich (and Paris from the 10th to the 11th of October) the Christie’s Italian Sale, winds its way back to London for the auction on the 23rd of October in its King Street premises, London. Amongst the lots in contemporary art, Maurizio Cattelan and Elisa Sighicelli are worth noting.
(Elena Balzani)
Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Teatrino, 1964
Contemporary art at Ketterer Kunst, Berlin
25/09/2001
Continuing an auction in the present financial climate might be considered a risk, but the quality of works on offer and the low to medium estimates at Ketterer Kunst, Berlin should provide enough impetus for collectors to part with their money. In the fourth year of the auction house’s partnership with the Dresdner Bank, and coinciding with Berlin’s contemporary art fair Art Forum, the sale takes place in the Rotunda of the Dresdner Bank on the 8th of October.
(James Goulder)
Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild, 1983
Christie’s Contemporary sale, Sydney
03/09/2001
On the 26th of August at the Bryon Kennedy centre, Fox studios, Sydney, Christie’s held their largest contemporary sale ever. With presale exspectations predicting total sales of $ 582,200-793,900 (€ 636,150-867,450), Christie’s were attempting to follow their success in contemporary sales generated at their auction rooms in London and New York.
(Luisa Chiavacci)
Tracey Moffatt, Something more no.1, 1989
Modern and Contemporary Chinese art in Asia
27/08/2001
It is only very recently that Christie’s (in 1991) and Sotheby’s (in 1993) started auctions of Modern and contemporary Chinese art, the most important being in Taipei, Taiwan (Christie’s) followed by Hong Kong (Christie’s and Sotheby’s). It is still a new market, but has expanded very rapidly over the past 10 years. Some already established modern Chinese artists like Zhang Daqian, Zao Wou-Ki and Chang Yu saw their prices skyrocket during these years, while the work of contemporary Chinese artists began to receive unprecedented attention throughout the world.
(Pierre Martin)
Cai Guo Qiang, The century with mushroom clouds
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