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• Sotheby's Milano to Hold First Design Auction with Postwar Italian Masters market-auction

  Sotheby's Milano will host its inaugural design auction, Design Edit Milan, from June 21 to 27, with public viewing from June 23 to 27 at Palazzo Serbelloni. The sale celebrates…

• Francesco Solimena's 2.3-Meter Model for Naples Fresco Heads to Tajan Auction market-auction

  Tajan will auction a monumental 2.3-meter preparatory model by Francesco Solimena (1657–1747) on June 22, 2022, in Paris. The work was created for his 14 x 5 meter fresco on the…

• Italian artists dominate Dorotheum's contemporary art auction in Vienna market-auction

  Dorotheum's evening sale of Contemporary Art I on June 1, 2022, in Vienna featured a strong Italian contingent, with over twenty Italian artists driving the auction's success. Key…

• Christie's Milano Online Sale Totals €6.9M, Led by Fontana and Dorazio market-auction

  Christie's Milano held its 20th/21st Century Online Sale from May 25 to June 16, 2022, split into two sessions. The auction achieved a total of €6,895,122, with many lots selling…

• London Summer Auction Season 2022 at Christie's and Sotheby's market-auction

  The 2022 summer auction season in London features major works by Alberto Giacometti and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Sotheby's will offer Giacometti's "Portrait d'Annette" (1952, est.…

• Fashion's creative director shuffle: LVMH and Kering's chess game market-auction

  The rapid turnover of creative directors at major fashion houses is driven by financial uncertainty in global markets, despite strong sales. In 2022, stock markets in Milan,…

• Christie's Hong Kong 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale totals HK$1.4 billion market-auction

  On May 26, 2022, Christie's Hong Kong held its 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale, generating HK$1.4 billion (€167 million) from 59 lots, a decline from HK$1.6 billion from 73…

• Valentino Vintage Takeovers: Luxury Brand Expands Circular Fashion Initiative market-auction

  Valentino has launched the second phase of its Valentino Vintage project, coinciding with Milan's Salone del Mobile. The initiative, which began in October 2021, originally…

• Pandolfini Auction House Launches NFT and Digital Art Department market-auction

  Pandolfini, the Italian auction house, has launched a new department dedicated to NFTs and digital art, named Dipartimento NFT | DIGITAL ART. The initiative expands the company's…

• One Stop Art: New Art Consulting Firm Launches in Padua market-auction

  A new art consulting company, One Stop Art, has been established in Padua with an international focus. The firm offers specialized services to art market operators including…

• EU, UK, US, and Switzerland ban luxury goods trade with Russia, hitting art market market-auction

  The art market has been affected by the international reaction to the Ukraine conflict, particularly due to a luxury goods trade ban imposed by the US, UK, EU, and Switzerland.…

• Il Ponte Spring Auctions Feature Prampolini, De Pisis, Carrà, Accardi market-auction

  On May 24-25, 2022, Il Ponte Casa d'Aste will conduct its spring auctions for modern and contemporary art at Via Pontaccio 12 in Milan. The auction showcases 20th-century…

• Repetto Gallery leaves London for Lugano after Brexit market-auction

  Italian gallerist Carlo Repetto has closed his London space and opened a new gallery in Lugano, Switzerland, citing Brexit and the pandemic as key factors. The decision was driven…

• Christie's New York Evening Sales Total $843.7 Million, Led by Anne Bass Collection market-auction

  Christie's New York held a record-breaking evening sale on May 2022, generating $843.7 million across three sessions, bringing the three-night total to $1.26 billion. The sale…

• Asta benefica di arte contemporanea per riforestare Prato market-auction

  L'asta 'Arte per la Riforestazione', promossa dall'Associazione Arte Continua, coinvolge oltre 15 artisti sia italiani che internazionali per finanziare la riforestazione a Prato.…

• Michelangelo drawing sells for €23.2 million at Christie's Paris, setting record market-auction

  A rare nude drawing by a young Michelangelo Buonarroti sold for €23.2 million at Christie's single-lot sale in Paris, setting a new record for the Renaissance master and the…

• Hector the Raptor Sells for $12.4 Million at Christie's, Second Most Expensive Dinosaur Ever Auctioned market-auction

  Christie's New York auctioned Hector, a Deinonychus antirrhopus skeleton, on May 12, 2022, for $12,412,500, making it the second most expensive dinosaur ever sold at auction. The…

• Man Ray's Le Violon d'Ingres becomes most expensive photograph ever sold at auction market-auction

  Man Ray's iconic 1924 photograph Le Violon d'Ingres sold for $12.4 million at Christie's New York, setting a new world record for the most expensive photograph ever auctioned. The…

• Christie's New York 21st Century Evening Sale Totals $103 Million market-auction

  Back in May 2022, Christie's New York held its 21st Century evening auction, raking in an impressive $103 million, part of a total of $420 million from two nights of sales. The…

• Sotheby's Hong Kong Spring Sales Total Over €155 Million for Modern and Contemporary Art market-auction

  From April 27 to 30, 2022, Sotheby's Hong Kong spring auctions generated over €155 million, with modern art pieces accounting for more than €50 million. Despite the absence of a…

• Gen Z artists making millions from NFTs outside traditional galleries market-auction

  Generation Z artists, born between 1995 and 2010, are leveraging NFT platforms like OpenSea, SuperRare, and Nifty Gateway to bypass traditional galleries and achieve significant…

• Andy Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn Sells for $195M at Christie's market-auction

  Andy Warhol's 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' (1964) sold for $195 million at Christie's New York on May 9, 2022, becoming the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever auctioned and the…

• Finarte moves to Palazzo Capranica del Grillo in Rome market-auction

  Finarte, the Italian auction house, has relocated its Rome operations from Palazzo Odescalchi to a new modern space at Palazzo Capranica del Grillo. The move, announced by Georgia…

• Christie's auctions and exhibition raise funds for Ukrainian cultural heritage market-auction

  Christie's has launched a fundraising campaign for the World Monuments Fund (WMF), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and Sean Penn's nonprofit, CORE, which supports Ukraine. The…

• Cambi Casa d'Aste holds charity auction for Ukraine in Milan market-auction

  On May 9, 2022, Cambi Casa d'Aste will host a charity auction named 'Un'Arca per l'Ucraina' at its location in Milan. This event, in collaboration with Fondazione Progetto Arca…

• Christie's Deploys Degas Hologram to Bypass Art Logistics Crisis market-auction

  Christie's has used a hologram of Edgar Degas's bronze sculpture 'Petite danseuse de quatorze ans' (1928) for a pre-auction tour between San Francisco and Hong Kong in mid-April,…

• Major donations fuel expansions for museums in Melbourne and Tampa market-auction

  The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne has received a $74 million donation from Lindsay and Paula Fox to fund a new contemporary art building. This is the largest gift from…

• Picasso's Portrait of Dora Maar Heads to Sotheby's Hong Kong Auction market-auction

  A 1939 portrait of Dora Maar by Pablo Picasso will be the highlight of Sotheby's Modern Evening Auction in Hong Kong on April 27. The painting, with a starting price of $17.6…

• Luxury fashion bets on metaverse: Morgan Stanley predicts 50 billion euro market by 2030 market-auction

  According to Morgan Stanley, by 2030, video games and NFTs could account for 10% of the luxury goods market, translating to a value of 50 billion euros and enhancing the sector's…

• Bass Collection from Anne Hendricks Bass to be Sold at Christie's New York market-auction

  Christie's has announced the sale of twelve works from the prestigious collection of Anne Hendricks Bass, to be offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale in May 2022 in New York.…

• Rare Michelangelo drawing to be auctioned at Christie's Paris in May market-auction

  Christie's has announced the sale of Michelangelo Buonarroti's drawing 'A nude young man (after Masaccio) and two figures behind' for May 18 in Paris, where it will be the sole…

• Russian Oligarchs' Art Investments: Soft Power and Kleptocracy market-auction

  Russian oligarchs have long used art as a vehicle for wealth opacity and soft power. Roman Abramovich spent $122.9 million in two days on Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor…

• Louvre blocks Chardin still life sale, claims national treasure status market-auction

  The Louvre has exercised its right of preemption to halt the sale of Jean Siméon Chardin's "Il cestino di fragole selvatiche" (1761), which was auctioned by Artcurial for over €24…

• Sotheby's Returns to Live Auctions in Milan with Gnoli, Schifano, Burri, and Hirst market-auction

  On April 13, 2022, Sotheby's is set to conduct its first live auction in Milan since the onset of the pandemic, taking place at Palazzo Serbelloni, with a preview scheduled for…

• Artemisia Gentileschi's Madonna and Child up for auction in Rome market-auction

  A rare autograph replica of Artemisia Gentileschi's Madonna and Child will be auctioned by Babuino Auction House in Rome from April 5 to 7, 2022. The oil on canvas (117×100 cm) is…

• Abu Dhabi Revealed as Buyer of $32M T-Rex 'Stan' market-auction

  The buyer of the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton 'Stan', sold by Christie's in 2020 for $32 million, has been revealed as the Department of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi. The fossil…

• Rare Mickey Mouse Charlie Hebdo tribute cover goes to auction in Turin market-auction

  A rare Mickey Mouse comic book cover dedicated to Charlie Hebdo, never officially published, will be auctioned by Little Nemo Art Gallery in Turin on April 30, 2022. The cover,…

• Blindarte Milano's EUK Selling Exhibition Supports Ukraine market-auction

  Blindarte Milano is hosting EUK, a selling exhibition supporting Ukraine, opening March 29, 2022 at Via Palermo 11. The show combines the acronyms of European Union and Ukraine to…

• Christie's and OpenSea Launch NFT Collection fRiENDSiES by FriendsWithYou market-auction

  Christie's has partnered with OpenSea to auction a new NFT collection called fRiENDSiES, created by the artist duo FriendsWithYou. The collection features colorful, whimsical…

• Rare Fang Ngil mask to auction in Montpellier market-auction

  A rare Fang mask from the Ngil secret society, known as the "Gouverneur Fournier" mask, will be auctioned at Hotel des Ventes in Montpellier on March 26, 2022, with an estimate of…