□ Wednesday, 1 Feb 2012

Special contributions allow Knoxville Museum of Art to acquire masterpiece by Catherine Wiley
KNOXVILLE, TN.- Thanks to an outpouring of generosity from the community, the Knoxville Museum of Art has acquired a landmark 1913 Impressionist painting by East Tennessee native Anna Catherine Wiley (1879-1958). More...

Turner watercolour, lost from public view for 100 years, brought home to Brighton
A painting of Brighton by JMW Turner which was lost from public view for 100 years has found a home at the city's Royal Pavilion thanks to an Art Fund grant. More...

□ Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012

Possibly the greatest comics auction ever announced at Heritage Auctions in New York
The Billy Wright Collection, a newly CGC-pedigreed collection - featuring five of the top six comic books in the hobby, all unrestored and all offered without reserves - leads the way in Heritage's Feb. 22-24 Vintage Comics and Comic Art Signature(r) Auction... More...

□ Monday, 30 Jan 2012

I.M. Chait to host March 21 auction of Important Chinese Ceramics & Asian Works of Art during Asia Week
When the doors are opened to I.M. Chait’s elegant Manhattan gallery space during Asia Week New York (March 16-24), the management and staff of the family-owned southern California firm expect to welcome many old friends to their preview and March 21 auction of Important Chinese Ceramics & Asian Works of Art. More...

□ Sunday, 29 Jan 2012

58th Annual Winter Antiques Show in New York finishes first week with strong sales
The Winter Antiques Show finished its first week with strong sales and interest among buyers, including established collectors, design professionals and first-time buyers. More...

□ Saturday, 28 Jan 2012

Saffronart breaks new ground in western art with its inaugural auction of Impressionist and Modern art
Saffronart, India’s leading auction house announces its entry into Western art with its Inaugural Auction of Impressionist and Modern Art. More...

□ Thursday, 26 Jan 2012

Rothko & The Abstractionists: First major canvas by Rothko at a London auction in a decade
The first major canvas by Mark Rothko to be presented in a London auction in a decade, the spectacular Untitled was executed in 1955 (estimate on request). More...

□ Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012

Sotheby's forthcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction highlighted by desirable and fresh-to-market works
Following Sotheby’s third most successful year ever (2011) for global auctions of Contemporary Art, which totalled $1.17 billion, the company presents its forthcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction. The sale, which will be staged in London on Tuesday, February 15th, 2012, will include... More...

□ Tuesday, 24 Jan 2012

Sotheby's New York announces sale of the collection of Suzanne Saperstein in April
Sotheby’s announce that it will offer The Collection of Suzanne Saperstein in a dedicated sale on 19 April 2012 in New York. More...

Americana Week totals $17.9 million at Sotheby's New York; highest total since 2007
Sotheby’s Americana Week auctions concluded today in New York with a combined total of $17,900,261 – Sotheby’s highest total for this annual week of sales since 2007. More...

□ Monday, 23 Jan 2012

Bonhams to sell work by Hampstead based Indian artist "with a wonderfully sour colour sense"
One of India's most talented and prolific artists of the 20th century, Francis Newton Souza, spent a significant part of his career working in the UK, living for a while in Hampstead. More...

□ Sunday, 22 Jan 2012

Christie's announces new appointments to international team for Impressionist and Modern art
Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, announces new appointments to the firm’s global Impressionist & Modern Art team for 2012. More...

□ Saturday, 21 Jan 2012

Christie's host Generation Y: An innovative loan exhibition at The Museum of Mankind
Christie’s presents a group of free, public exhibitions dedicated to the theme of The Collector at The Museum of Mankind, London, from January 16th to 27th 2012. More...

□ Friday, 20 Jan 2012

Sotheby's to offer 13 works from the Forbes Collection depicting the Franco-Prussian War
Sotheby’s 27 January 2012 sale of Old Master & 19th Century European Art will feature a group of 13 works from The Forbes Collection that depict the Battle of Champigny, one of the final engagements of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. More...

□ Friday, 13 Jan 2012

Poster Auctions International to host specialty sale of over 400 food & wine related vintage posters
On Sunday, February 12, Poster Auctions International will host a specialty sale of over 400 food & wine related vintage posters. A veritable history of eating and drinking through advertising will be offered... More...