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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POSITIONS Art Fair brings fresh focus to Berlin
30 August 2024This year’s POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair (September 12-15) will showcase works brought by 111 galleries from 24 countries
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Soho gallery celebrates 50th anniversary of David Bowie album
28 August 2024David Bowie's 'Diamond Dogs' was released in 1974 and Muphoria in Soho is marking the occasion with a Pop Art show
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Kasper König, influential German curator dies aged 80
20 August 2024Known as the 'James Bond' of the art world, König was as colourful and controversial as the art and sculpture he supported
Tasmanian artist scoops the AUS$100,000 Hadley's Art Prize
12 August 2024Zoe Grey's depiction of Preminghana, a seaside mountain in her home town, secured two cash prizes and critical acclaim
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Works from Mayfair home of Maleki family head to Dreweatts
25 July 2024Auction house Dreweatts has secured a consignment of works from the Mayfair home of Eskandar and Fatima Maleki. It will offer the collection in a dedicated sale on September 25.
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Abstract artist Barrie Cook’s studio sale to be held at Lay’s
24 July 2024Painter and educator Barrie Cook (1929-2020) was an adopted son of Cornwall.
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Ray Atkins and his art as a force in nature
01 July 2024An exhibition of work by Ray Atkins is at Belgrave St Ives. A Painter’s Odyssey will coincide with a new book about the artist’s life by Peter Davies.
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California dreaming as rediscovered Hockney drawing brings £320,000
25 June 2024A large prime period ‘California’ drawing by David Hockney, recently rediscovered by Chiswick Auctions, has sold for £320,000.
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Fine Art Society hosts a major exhibition of British pop artist Gerald Laing
21 June 2024Pulling together the works of Gerald Laing (1936-2011) from 1962-2011, an exhibition at the Fine Art Society has a focus on the illusions of stardom and the fabled creation of muses.
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Fewer European exhibitors to stand at Frieze Seoul Masters section
10 June 2024Frieze Seoul returns for its third edition this autumn at COEX from September 4-7. Once again, it will be showcasing a Masters section dedicated to more historic works.
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Painting by Frank Auerbach recovered from money launderer to be sold
01 May 2024Artwork and gold seized from a “prolific money launderer” as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation are to be sold.
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New Messums gallery to aid Lowestoft regeneration
22 April 2024Messums, the modern and contemporary art dealership in London and Wiltshire, plans to open a new premises in the east of England next spring.
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Schendel powers into London venue
08 April 2024An untitled ink on rice paper work by Brazilian artist Mira Schendel (1919-88) is among the works starring at the exhibition 'Live With It', staged at Battersea Power Station, where it is offered for $18,000.
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Calder’s tapestries – the South American versions
01 April 2024Alexander Calder (1898-1976) first produced designs for tapestries made at the Aubusson factory in the early 1960s.
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Otto Piene smoke painting detected at Berlin sale
18 March 2024In 1959, some two years after the German painter Otto Piene founded the ZERO group of artists together with his colleague Heinz Mack, he began producing his so-called 'Rauchbilder' (Smoke Paintings).
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Magritte leads Modern art auctions in London as overall totals fall
09 March 2024A surrealist painting by René Magritte (1898-1967) led the latest series of Modern and Contemporary art sales in London although overall the auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips were rather flat compared to previous years.
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TEFAF Maastricht Showcase: Tommaso Calabro
04 March 2024Despite specialising in Modern art, Tommaso Calabro hopes to snag some Old Master collectors at his first TEFAF.
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First-time fair exhibitor makes a tasty sale at London Art Fair
29 January 2024The oil painting 'Four Pears' (1976) by British artist William Scott (1913-89) was one of the stand-out sales at London Art Fair.
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Hanley out of the mist at Portland Gallery show
22 January 2024'Misty Landscape' (1987) is a characteristic work by British artist Liam Hanley (1933-2019) and one of the highlights in his retrospective at Portland Gallery next month.
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Artist Michael Morgan makes presence felt on auction market
18 January 2024West Country painter Michael Morgan’s (1928-2014) career as an artist took off rather late in life.
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