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By Adrian Darmon
U.S EXPERT AND DEALER ACHIM MOELLER ACCUSED OF PERJURY BY THE POMPIDOU MUSEUM Pompidou Museum has accused New York expert and dealer Achim Moeller of perjury for having refused to authenticate a work by German Expressionist artist Lyonel Feininger which he later recognised as genuine after the museum got rid of it. Link
ANDY WARHOL KING OF NEW YORK
Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale held in New York on May 11, 2011 realized $301,683,630 (£184,026,630/€211,178,100),
exhibiting a thriving and healthy market for art, in which buyers
fiercely competed for works of utmost quality, provenance and beauty.
The auction's selling through rates — 95% sold by lot and 99% sold by value — reaffirmed Christie's position as market leader for the category.
GOOD RESULTS FOR CHRISTIE'S IN NEW YORK Christie's
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on May 4, 2011 achieved
$155,995,500 (£93,597,300/€104,516,985), demonstrating the continuing appeal of
this category among collectors worldwide. Three works sold for over the US$20
million mark, and two new artist records were set for the Fauve artist Maurice
de Vlaminck and the neo-Impressionist artist Maximilien Luce. In total,
sell-through percentages were strong, with 82% sold by lot and 81% by value. Link
EUROPAUCTION BRACING UP FOR ITS HISTORICAL SALE IN LONDON The team of the rising
Paris-based auction group Europauction is now bracing up for its
important sale of works of art and 18th Century furniture due to be held
at the Claridge Hotel on May 5 and 6, 2011 in London.
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"BEGINNERS", A TRULY ARTISTIC MOVIE By Mike Mills
Due to be released in Paris in June 2011, Mike Mills' movie "Beginners" is a rare gem bringing some new fresh air in the world of U.S films.
PARISIAN AUCTION GROUP SET TO CONQUER LONDON by Adrian Darmon Europ
Auction, a rising Paris-based auction group, is set to stage an important sale
of works of art and 18th Century furniture at the Claridge Hotel on
May 6, 2011 in London. Link
A GOOD FEB 9 2011 EVENING FOR CHRISTIE'S
The
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale and the auction of Art of the
Surreal which took place on February 9, 2011 at Christie's in London
realized £84,879,800 / $136,316,959 / €99,903,525 selling 79% by lot and 84% by value. The sales had a pre-sale estimate of £72,580,000 to £107,060,000.
RECORD YEAR FOR CHRISTIE'S Christie's International, the world's leading art business,announced worldwide sales for 2010 of £3.3 billion/$5.0 billion, up 53% by £ on last year's figure of£2.1 billion (Figures include buyer's premium).
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SOTHEBY'S DEC 8, 2010 OF OLD MASTERS Sotheby's recorded a series of high prices during its
december 8, 2010 day and evening sales in London with a painting by George
Stubbs sold at over 10 million GBP though under its low estimate. Link
SCANDAL OVER THE REDISCOVERY OF MAJOR WORKS BY PICASSO The heirs of Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973) have challenged the ownership of some 271 of his works purportedly
offered to a man working as an electrician in his properties in Southern France
during the last three years of his life, the daily “Liberation” revealed on
November 29, 2010. Link
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