The pioneering world of NFT art has found its first true Gen Z success in the form of teenage artist Victor Langlois, aka FEWOCiOUS. After making a name for himself across the online NFT space, particularly as part of the growing number of queer crypto artists, Langlois became the youngest artist ever to be featured…
Leonardo da Vinci’s Head of a Bear will be offered for sale at Christie’s Auction House in London as a highlight lot in the Exceptional Sale, taking place live on July 8, according to Christie's. The work, signed by da Vinci in the bottom left corner, is a 1480s drawing of the head of a bear…
Earlier this week, the Brooklyn Museum announced its plan to sell 12 historical paintings in order to pay for the maintenance of their full collection. The auctions will take place on October 1 and 15 at Christie’s, and includes lauded works by Courbet, Corot and Cranach, amongst others, with works ranging in estimated value from…
What are the top paintings sold in 2016? According to the most recent TEFAF Art Market Report, the top five artworks sold at auction in 2016 were sold at prices between $57 million - $82 million from artists such as Picasso, Monet, and Jean-Michel Basquat. Read all about the nail-biting auctions and the expensive bids below.…
IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE ART WORLD, though responsible for propagating spectacular, history-shaping movements, has been at best an uneven playing field for men versus women in the fight for respect and artistic reification. At worst it’s served as an unassailable fortress wherein institutionalized sexism is not just a latent function of the system…
The art market is a world in itself, and often goes unmentioned within the discussion of what art is being created, but it is an undeniable force which is driving what is being created now. In 2014, the market had a record year, with Christie's leading the way, having announced art sales of $8.4 billion,…
Pertwee Anderson & Gold Gallery 15 Bateman Street, Soho, W1D 3AQ Mon - Fri 11:00 to 18:00 Sat 12:00 to 17:00 or by appointment After a brief but welcome Summer hiatus, the gallery Pertwee Anderson & Gold Gallery will reopen to the public on Friday 6th September with two coinciding exhibitions. The first, 'Portraits from Mictlan', is an…
On Monday, May 13th Christie's and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation held the 11th Hour Auction which raised a record breaking amount of $38,827,000 million dollars selling 33 works by today's best contemporary artists. Many of the pieces that were auctioned were created specifically for this event and 100% of the pieces were sold. Over the…
Kunsthalle Zurich Chairy Auction Christie's - New York June 28th, 2012 Casey Kaplan is pleased to announce the participation of Liam Gillick and Trisha Donnelly in an auction to benefit the Kunsthalle Zürich. The auction will take place at Christie's on June 28th, in London. Proceeds from the sale will go towards the Kunsthalle's planned…
Hermès is celebrating its 175th anniversary with the opening of an exhibition entitled "Leather Forever" at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Managing director of Hermès Thierry Outin explained the fashion house's choice to put on this exhibit saying, "We are celebrating our 175th year, it's the Queen's Jubilee and the Olympics and Hermès wanted…
From May 18- June 22, 303 Gallery will be hosting their first exhibition with Richard Prince featuring new work he's done since 1991 called "14 Paintings." Richard Prince is an American painter and photographer who first rose to fame thanks to his "rephotographs," a series of photographs he took of other people's photographs including Garry…
