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By Adrian Darmon
CHRISTIE'S 2007 GLOBAL ART SALES Christie's International, the world's leading art business, announced 2007 art sales totals of £3.1 billion/$6.3 billion, a 25%increase in £ and 36% increase in $ over 2006 sales.Theresults were achieved through more than 600 sales in 14 saleroomlocations worldwide and include auction premiums plus private sales of £268 million/$542 million.For the year, Christie's sold a total of 793 works of art at auction for over $1million. Link
DAVID PRENTICE: CITY PAINTINGS John Davies' new gallery
in Moreton-in-Marsh, England is presenting an exhibition of David
Prentice's London cityscapes from April 19 until May 10, 2008. Link
RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER AT SOKA UNIVERSITY The
Founders Hall Art Gallery at Soka University, 1 University Drive, Aliso
Viejo, California, presents an exhibition of Richard Artschwager works
from January 18 until April 18, 2008. Link
EDWARD STEICHEN: IN HIGH FASHION From 11
January to 30 March 2008 Kunsthaus Zurich will be offering a glimpse at
an unknown facet of the work of the great 20th-century American
photographer Edward Steichen. Link
R.B KITAJ: PASSION AND MEMORY The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles (2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90049)presents R. B. Kitaj: "Passion and Memory—Jewish Works from His Personal Collection". On view from January 11 through March 30, 2008. The exhibition is devoted to the work of American painter R. B. Kitaj, one of the most celebrated and controversial artists of our time, who recently died at the age of 74. Created in cooperation with the artist over the course of two years, this rare presentation focuses on Kitaj's intimate exploration of Jewish identity, history and culture and his efforts to establish a "Jewish Art." Link
BARANOFF-ROSSINE AT THE STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM IN SAINT PETERSBURG For the first time in Russia, the State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg is showing the works of painter Vladimir Baranoff-Rossiné until April 21, 2008 Link
EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK OF NEARLY 100 WORKS BY LUCIAN FREUD EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK OF NEARLY
100 WORKS BY LUCIAN FREUD EXPLORES THE CRUCIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIS
ETCHINGS AND WORKS ON CANVAS Link
SOTHEBY'S SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN LONDON Held on Dec 12, 2007 with some good results recorded for emerging artists Link
RECORD BREAKING SALES FOR CHRISTIE'S IN ASIA Hong Kong–Christie's, the world's leading art business, concluded five daysofrecord-breaking sales during the last week of November 2007 with themost significant and strongest series of sales ever held in Asia,totaling HK$2,106,117,250 (US$ 270,425,455/£ 130,158,046/€ 182,389,754). This is the highest ever achieved in a sales season in Asiaand is a 28% increase over Christie's record-breaking Autumn 2006 sales(HK$1.64 billion/US$211 million/£101.5 million/€ 143 million). Link
CHRISTIE'S SALE OF RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART: A SUCCESS The Christie's sale of Russian works of art held in London on November 28 2007 went far beyond expectations Link
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