Contemporary Art
The wide and varied world of Post-war and Contemporary art has become a major part of the art market and a key sector for the leading auction houses.
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Series idea born after a friend’s pregnancy
24 October 2022Since 1969, when it was sold at a gallery exhibition in Munich, one of Niki de Saint Phalle’s (1930-2002) well-known Nanas had belonged to a south German collector.
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Rage against the perfect machine
24 October 2022The complex and sometimes bizarre machines that the Swiss artist Jean Tinguely (1925-91) constructed during his long career belong to the most distinctive examples of kinetic art.
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Soulages from 1981 on offer
24 October 2022Among the potential highlights in Aguttes’ Contemporary Art auction in Neuilly on November 2 will be this work by Pierre Soulages (b.1919), 30 mai 1981.
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Take a seat and have a discussion
24 October 2022The central motif of Antoni Tàpies’ (1923- 2012) Personnage assis (Variation XI) has been the subject of many discussions among art historians.
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Regular Lake Como villa visits left Hockney full of beans
24 October 2022Watercolour given as thanks to his Heinz family host in 2003 now sells to a US collector.
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Feddens galore at British Art Fair
24 October 2022Works by the Modern British artist were abundant as the event returned to Chelsea.
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Bloody good or bloody bad
24 October 2022The Austrian artist and composer Hermann Nitsch, who died earlier this year at the age of 84, had as many detractors as followers.
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Check out Whitney’s spontaneous design
24 October 2022According to Munich saleroom Ketterer, the 3ft 4in (1.02m) square painting N. O. 9th . Ward, which is part of the sale on December 9, is the first work by the American artist Stanley Whitney (b.1946) ever to be offered at a German auction.
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The web shop window: Francis Bacon poster for Tate 1962 exhibition
17 October 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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Something in the Scottish air
01 October 2022Jon Scheuler, an American Abstract Expressionist known for his depictions of Scotland, is the subject of two Waterhouse & Dodd exhibitions next month.
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Modern and Contemporary specialist to head Lyon & Turnbull sale
26 September 2022Auction house Lyon & Turnbull is to add a new sale to its London calendar led by newly appointed Modern & Contemporary art specialist Simon Hucker.
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Freud viewed from inside out
26 September 2022Interior Life, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert’s exhibition celebrating Lucian Freud’s centenary, offers a glimpse at the artist’s collecting habits.
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Prints present affordable art options
26 September 2022Multiple editions can make Contemporary art more accessible to the masses.
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International interest boosts African art
26 September 2022The rise in Contemporary African art sales is reflected in the market and wider art world this autumn.
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A little contemporary thinking
19 September 2022Sections catering to primary market Contemporary art are launching at the British Art Fair and the Decorative Fair.
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Give it some STIK
12 September 2022'Laugh now but one day we’ll be in charge' is a Christie’s auction from September 7-21 celebrating editions created in the 21st century by ‘leading artists and sought after new talents’.
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Burlingham in tune with the house mix
29 August 2022Nestled in 400 acres of land in Hampshire is Heckfield Place, a Georgian manor house masterfully restored and renovated into a luxury hotel.
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British Art Fair sets out its fresh staging
22 August 2022The British Art Fair is boosting its Contemporary profile for its first outing under Ramsay Fairs next month.
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Contemporary works in demand at Cotswolds fair
22 August 2022A pair of Contemporary mixed media works by Yorkshire artist Susan Brown were among the standout sales at the Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair.
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