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By Adrian Darmon
WORKS BY DODO BURGNER AT THE BEN URI GALLERY IN LONDON The Ben Uri gallery in London is staging from June 22 until September 9, 2012 an exhibition titled “The Inspiration of Decadence: Dodo Rediscovered - Berlin to London 1907-1998”,featuring Berlin émigré artist, Dodo Burgner (1907-1998) in the broader context of her émigré peers. Link
CHRISTIE'S JUNE 20, 2012 SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART IN LONDON TheImpressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale at Christie's Londonon 20 June 2012 realised £92,583,550 / $145,541,341/ € 114,618,435, selling 80% by lot and 84% by value. The auction had a pre- sale estimate of £74.5 million to £108.7 million. Link
SOTHEBY'S SALE OF THE MUENSTENBERGER COLLECTION Link
SOTHEBY'S MAY 10 2012 SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART YIELDS OVER 63,9 MILLION USD Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day Auction on 10 May 2012 in New York brought over $63.9 million. The highlight of the sale was Alexander Calder's standing mobile, The Orange Table, which sold for over $2.5 million - the highest price achieved for a work in a Contemporary Art Day sale at Sotheby's since May 2008. Link
CHRISTIE'S COMBINED SALES OF POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART TOTAL OVER 465 MILLION USD
Christie's sales of Post-War and Contemporary art held on May 8 and 9, 2012 in New York totalled 465,315 million USD, the best-ever result recorded at auction in two days.
SPATE OF WORLD RECORDS AT CHRISTIE'S SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN NEW YORK Christie's recorded a quite impressive series of 14 new world records at its May 8, 2012 sale of Post-War and Contemporary evening sale in New York, notably regarding works by Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Gerhard Richter, Yves Klein and Alexander Calder. The sale totalled 388.5million USD(£240.9 million/€299.1 million), markingthehighest total everin auction Link
CHRISTIE'S SPRING AUCTIONS OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART ACHIEVE 150,7 MILLION USD
Christie's Impressionist and Modern ArtDayandWorks on Papersales held in New York on May 2, 2012 achieved $33,655,375 (£20,866,333/EUR25,578,085) with 83% of lots sold .
This sale crowned Christie's auctions of the week which saw Henri Matiss'es Fauvist still life “Les Pivoines” (The Peonies) and Paul Cézanne's watercolour study of the “Card players” each reach 19,1 million USD. This brought the grand total for Christie's spring Impressionist and Modern Art sales in New York to $150,741,375 (£93,459,653/ EUR114,563,445).
ART EXPERS IN THE EYES OF A CYCLONE By Adrian Darmon
Without a authentication certificate delivered by an established art expert any work of art would have strictly no value but following a series of scandals the specialists endowed with the monopoly of exerting a godly power during many years have met resistance from many collectors.
CHRISTIE'S POST WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART SALE TOPS THE £80 MILLION MARK Christie's evening
auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art held on February 14, 2012 in
London totalled £80,576,100 ($126,504,477 / EUR96,127,287) selling 95% by value
and 89% by lot.
CHRISTIE'S AUCTIONS OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART AND THE ART OF THE SURREAL IN LONDON The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
and the auction of Art of the Surreal held on February 7, 2012 at Christie's in
Londonn realised £134,999,400 / $213,299,052 / €162,269,279 selling 86% by
lotand 93% byvalue.Thesaleshadacombinedpre-saleestimateof£86.2millionto£127.1 million.
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WORKS BY DODO BURGNER AT THE BEN URI GALLERY IN LONDON
