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Pierre Soulages: an artist who defied time [01 Nov 2022]
Pierre Soulages, one of France’s most respected 20th century artist, died on 26 October at the age of 102. A major figure in the Abstract art, in recent years he had acquired the status of France’s most sought-after (and most expensive) living artist. Dedication to an essential artistic project Originally from Rodez in the south […]
Joan Mitchell, the art market’s leading female artist… [26 Feb 2021]
The 17th most successful artist in the world (by 2020 annual auction turnover), Joan MITCHELL is above all the highest ranked female artist (after 16 men). Her annual total for last year exceeded that of hot signatures like Yoshitomo NARA (id: 171599), Yayoi KUSAMA and BANKSY. In the current health crisis, Joan Mitchell has […]
Takis the magician – The Eileen and I.M. Pei collection – Bouguereau for sale in Lyon [06 Sep 2019]
Takis the magician (1925-2019) The art world lost two of its most illustrious representatives this summer: Carlos CRUZ-DIEZ (1923-2019) and then Vassilakis TAKIS (1925-2019) who died at the age of 93. A nail floating motionless in space; a cylinder and a ball that seem to dance to the sound of a dreamlike music… works that seem to […]
A strong start to the new season in New York and Hong Kong [26 Sep 2017]
Hundreds of top-bracket artworks are up for sale in New York during this last week of September, and the sales catalogues already suggest some of the major trends for the coming year. Meanwhile Hong Kong is testing a number of “new” signatures. Christie’s is hosting its first Post-War & Contemporary Art sale of the new […]
Cy Twombly: a market bulls-eye [16 Aug 2016]
The Centre Pompidou in Paris is preparing a large-scale Cy TWOMBLY exhibition that will run from 30 November 2016 to 24 April 2017, with around 140 works.
THE TOP TEN OF THE 50s [14 Mar 2014]
Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top ten sales of works from the 1950s.
Top Ten American Abstract Expressionists [03 Jan 2014]
Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the Top Ten bids for American Abstract Expressionists
Flash News [11 Jul 2013]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.
Major fairs and prestige sales in New York [07 May 2013]
The calendar of New York’s big art fairs is pegged to that of city’s prestige sales.
The Top Ten French Artists [04 Jan 2013]
Friday Top! Every alternate Friday Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the ten highest bids for the works of living French artists.
New York: historical records for sales of Post-War and Contemporary art [20 Nov 2012]
Flouting the generally unfavorable economic mood, this year’s autumn sales in New York managed to post a new all-time high. Far more buoyant than the Impressionist and Modern Art sales a week earlier, the Post-War & Contemporary segment once again posted the better results: proof that nothing seems capable of undermining the vitality of this safe-haven market.
Flemish and English old masters, French abstract art: prices soar! [13 Dec 2011]
New records for Bruegel the Younger and de Stael, new million-euro result for Pierre Soulages… sales in London and Paris confirm inflation on the market’s safe-bet classics.
10th anniversary of Art Basel Miami Beach [06 Dec 2011]
Created in 2002, Art Basel Miami Beach (Florida, USA) has just celebrated its 10th anniversary.
The New York School [26 Jun 2008]
The European artists who sought refuge in New York during the Second World War helped stoke up a simmering US art scene. A resurgence in US painting was in the making. A resurgence that would be abstract and manifest in two key movements: Action painting, consisting of gestural painting that emphasised the physical act of painting, and Color Field painting, characterised by large, flat areas of vibrant colour conducive to meditation.
The New York School [02 Jan 2007]
After World War II, American painting was revived by a number of young artists. Influenced by surrealism, they eschewed reality and began a free style of painting that developed into two basic trends: “Action painting” and “Colorfield painting”.
Top prices for 4,614 artists since the start of 2005 [27 Jul 2005]
Prices of fine artworks continued on an exceptionally strong growth trend in the first half of 2005, and logically enough, the general increase in art prices of 4.1% also generated a sharp rise in the number of auction records.
Contemporary art market: Christie’s beats the record for an art auction with USD 133.7 million [12 May 2005]
On 12 May 2005, Christie’s set a new record for a contemporary art auction, generating USD 31.7 million more than the existing record of USD 102.7 million also set by Christie’s last year. It only took 65 lots to reach USD 133.7 million. As spectacular, 17 records were beaten during this evening session alone. The record-breakers include notably Franz Kline, Edward Hopper, James Rosenquist, Elizabeth Peyton, Richard Prince and Peter Doig.
Abstract expressionism: the spearhead of Christie’s auction of contemporary art [13 Mar 2005]
Willem DE KOONING, Mark ROTHKO, Arshile GORKY, Franz KLINE, Robert MOTHERWELL, the core artists in the abstract expressionism movement, also known as the “New York School”, will feature at the “Post-War and Contemporary Art” auction at Christie’s on 11 May 2005.
Abstract expressionism, fetching the highest prices at contemporary art auctions [18 May 2004]
Abstract expressionism, the most influential American art movement of the 1960s, is topping the bill at the most prestigious contemporary art auctions. After occupying pride of place at the MoMA (New York) for over fifty years, Number 12 (1949), a “drip painting” on paper by Jackson POLLOCK found a buyer at Christie’s on 11 May 2004 at USD 10 million. The next day, the euphoria continued with more extremely high bids including an artist’s record for Clyfford STILL’s 1960-F which went under the hammer at USD 2.8 million.
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