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Basquiat to Chagall: Hong Kong's international auction houses turn to household names during art week

The Art Newspaper

As mainland Chinese art buying continues its post-pandemic contraction, Christies and Sothebys are pivoting fromultra-contemporary Western artists towards tried-and-tested 19th- and 20th-century big hitters

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Magritte painting could bring more than $95m at Christie's marquee New York sales this autumn

The Art Newspaper

If it goes for the auction house's estimate, "L'empire des lumières" (1954), from the collection of late interior designer Mica Ertegun, would set an auction record for the Surrealist artist

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Nine-year-old’s exhibition opens at Christie’s

The Art Newspaper

The show by the aspiring artist is supported by the auction house and the charity Art of Wishes

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Shoptalk: Art Dealer Paula Cooper Slams Auction Houses and Reveals Trade Secrets

Artnet News

Some artists are too young to be at auction,' she says in Part 2 of a wide-ranging interview. They're destroying these young kids by auctioning them.' The post Shoptalk: Art Dealer Paula Cooper Slams Auction Houses and Reveals Trade Secrets appeared first on Artnet News.

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The art market slump, the artist freed in the US-Russia prisoner swap, Max Ernst in Paris — podcast

The Art Newspaper

What’s behind the troubles facing auction houses and galleries? Plus, Sasha Skochilenko recounts her experience of being arrested—and incarcerated—in Russia, and the story behind a 1937 Surrealist painting by Ernst

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Auction house record for Dame Laura Knight painting

Antique Collecting

A painting by one of the leading female artists of the 20th century has recently sold for a record £74,000 The post Auction house record for Dame Laura Knight painting appeared first on Antique Collecting.

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Hanging with Alasdair Nichol

Maine Antique Digest

Alasdair Nichol, auctioneer, executive vice president, and deputy chairman of the auction house Freeman’s | Hindman, artist, bon vivant, father of three, does more in a week than many folks do in a season. Ask a busy person, the saying goes. For example, the week M.A.D. had the opportunity to hang