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Roy Lichtenstein:
How Pop Changed the Rules September 18, 2025 Roy Lichtenstein took images from the everyday world and showed that they could carry the weight of fine art. Comics,... Read more -
Tamara de Lempicka:
Style, influence and the market now September 1, 2025 Tamara de Lempicka’s paintings are the visual shorthand for Art Deco glamour: cool, polished surfaces, sculptural bodies modelled like chrome,... Read more -
From Hong Kong to London:
The Autumn Sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips August 21, 2025 Here’s a clear run-through of the key modern and contemporary auctions landing over the next couple of months, with London’s... Read more
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Picasso’s 1938 Maya portrait:
context and value July 10, 2025 Picasso’s 'Fillette au bateau, Maya' is one of those paintings that tells you exactly what it is about within a... Read more -
Art Basel Switzerland 2025
a measured fair with clear bright spots June 30, 2025 Art Basel’s flagship returned to Messe Basel with 289 galleries from 42 countries and roughly 88,000 visitors, a shade down... Read more -
Claude Monet:
a five-year auction market review (2020–2025) May 22, 2025 Key takeaways The period’s peak price was $75.96m for Le Parlement, soleil couchant (1900–03) at Christie’s, New York, 12 May... Read more
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London’s spring auctions:
Steady hands win the day April 1, 2025 Q1 2025 hinged on London’s March auctions, and the picture that emerged was one of careful buying and sensible selling.... Read more -
Lucio Fontana:
Opening the Canvas March 12, 2025 To begin, Lucio Fontana was an Argentine Italian artist who moved between sculpture, painting and environments. In the late 1940s... Read more -
George Condo in Pastel:
A New York Double Bill February 27, 2025 George Condo’s two-venue exhibition, “Pastels”, ran concurrently at Sprüth Magers (Upper East Side) and Hauser & Wirth (SoHo) in New... Read more
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From £500 to £2,000,000:
The rediscovery of Turner’s Rising Squall January 9, 2025 In 2024, a modest looking landscape appeared at Dreweatts in Newbury, catalogued simply as the work of a “follower of... Read more -
Frieze London 2024:
Highlights and Market Realities October 24, 2024 This year’s edition of Frieze London introduced its biggest redesign in over a decade. Instead of placing mega-galleries at the... Read more
