Mounir Fatmi "Save Manhattan 01"; Books, strings, spotlight and table 68.5 by 150 by 90cm.; 27 by 59 1/8 by 35 1/3 in. 2004-2010
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Posts Tagged ‘Sotheby’s’
April 16, 2013, 5:05 pm
Contemporary Arab And Iranian Art Shines In Upcoming Sotheby’s And Christie’s Sales
April 11, 2013, 11:20 am
Here We Go Again: Auction House Superlatives Test The Art Market
Do they ever stop? I mean, if the sale of this year’s Francis Bacon portrait of lover Peter Lacy is “the greatest,” what will Sotheby’s say when they try to sell another one? “Second-greatest”? Who wants to buy that? Yet Sotheby’s London has announced an invitation to photograph “1/4 Billion [sic] Dollars of Impressionist, Modern, & Contemporary Art” at its London headquarters, including the above-mentioned Bacon, along with a “Sensational Modigliani portrait” and “one of the most famous sculptures of all time” — Rodin’s “Thinker” — not to mention “one of Cezannes’ most perfect still lifes” (as opposed to one of his “less-perfect” ones?).
November 15, 2012, 2:31 pm
Sotheby’s And Christie’s Record Contemporary Sales: Is Anyone Really Surprised?
Mark Rothko,"Number 1 (Royal Red and Blue)" image courtesy Sotheby's
November 4, 2012, 4:53 pm
Why New York’s Art Scene Will Be Just Fine After Sandy. Here’s Help.
photo Tom Chen, Artinfo
October 13, 2012, 5:29 pm
Eric Clapton’s $34 Million Gerhard Richter And The Provenance Problem
Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild 804-9
