Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
View of the Acropolis is high point at Roseberys
24 April 2023This oil depicting the Acropolis in Athens by Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844-1905) was taken to £13,000 at Roseberys (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).
Tesson’s delicacies in line with bidders’ taste
24 April 2023French artist Louis Tesson (1820-70) is best known for his genre paintings in the Middle East and north Africa.
European Art: Freshness and pitch combine to create market bright spots
24 April 2023While demand for 19th century European art remains selective, recent sales have enjoyed good bidding on the ‘right’ material with appealing estimates
French artist’s nude makes four times estimate in Geneva
24 April 2023The stand-out lot offered at a recent sale at Piguet (23% buyer’s premium) of Geneva was a female nude by Jean Souverbie (1891-1981).
Elegant sitter ‘from the Fairfaxes’ catches the attention
27 March 2023A flurry of bids emerged at Mallams (25% buyer’s premium) in Oxford for a particularly fine 17th century portrait of a young woman.
Trade greets market fresh Wodehouse Old Master wonders
27 March 2023Middle market Old Masters, longstanding family ownership, market freshness... what’s not to like?
JJ Lally & Co lots span 5000 years of Chinese history
06 March 2023Bonhams will offer two single-owner collections as part of its programme for Asia Week New York.
Kuniyoshi masters woodblock prints
06 March 2023As its Asia Week New York offering, Egenolf Gallery presents Prints and Drawings by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Master of Graphic Storytelling.
Gallery shows unite Big Apple residents and visitors
06 March 2023Around 26 specialist dealers are taking part in the 2023 edition of Asia Week New York (AWNY) from March 16-24.
Dealers and auctioneers ready for action at New York Asia Week
06 March 2023Exhibitions and sales lined up for the 14th edition of the annual celebration of Asian art in New York
Array of traditional robes on offer
06 March 2023Three online sales make up the Asia Week New York programme presented by Lark Mason Associates via the iGavel Auctions platform.
Hokusai goes with the flow
06 March 2023Shown here is a highlight of The Art of Japan’s Asia Week New York exhibition, Fine Japanese Prints: 300 Years of Japanese Prints, Ukiyo-e -Modern.
Five plus three equals eight auctions both live and online
06 March 2023Christie’s celebrates Asia Week New York with eight auctions: five live and three online
Catching Hindu and Muslim court traditions
06 March 2023For its 13th annual Asia Week New York exhibition, dealership Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch will offer 44 paintings reflecting the Hindu and Muslim court traditions of India
Reach for the sky with a celestial single-owner collection
06 March 2023Headlining Sotheby’s Asia Week New York line up is the 23-lot single-owner auction Celestial Colors. The Cadle Family Collection of Chinese Monochromes.
The plum garden that inspired van Gogh
06 March 2023For Asia Week New York, Heritage will offer a collection of Japanese woodblock prints, cloisonné, Chinese textiles, Tibetan bronzes, jades and other items.
Japanese art at the end of the Edo period
06 March 2023Sebastian Izzard LLC celebrates 25 years with an exhibition of 19th century Japanese paintings and prints during AWNY from March 17-24 on East 76th Street.
Channel enlightening energies through sculpture
06 March 2023During Asia Week New York, local dealer Kapoor Galleries presents Divine Gestures: Channels of Enlightenment, an exhibition of sculptural works
Auction action moves from idyllic countryside to rugged mountains
20 February 2023Two Henry Lamb (1883-1960) landscapes, unseen in public since the early 1960s, attracted a flurry of bids
The web shop window: A Meiji period ‘living doll’
20 February 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.