□ Tuesday, 1 Jul 2008

Antonio Lopez Sets World Auction Record for a Living Spanish Artist at Christie's
An early highlight of this evening’s auction was Madrid desde Torres Blancas by Antonio Lopez (b. 1936) which sold for Ј1,385,250 / $2,760,803 / €1,744,030, becoming the most expensive work by a living Spanish artist sold at auction. More...

Christie's Sells Francis Bacon's Triptych for $34.5 M. and Balloon Flower by Jeff Koons for $25.8 M.
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale took place this evening (30 June 2008) and realised $171,879,508 - the highest total for the category at Christie’s in Europe. More...

Archaeological sites in south Iraq have not been looted, say experts
Despite widely publicised fears of damage to ancient sites, a team of specialists found that eight of the most important have not been touched after 2003 More...

□ Monday, 30 Jun 2008

Boston's MFA Raises A Record $500 Million
The Museum of Fine Arts has reached its $500 million fund-raising goal, the largest sum for a campaign by an arts institution in Boston history. More...

Bacon, Freud and Koons Lead Christie's Auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art in London
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale which will take place on 30 June 2008 and is led by four exceptional highlights; Naked Potrait with Reflection by Lucian Freud (b.1922), one of the most important works... More...

□ Saturday, 28 Jun 2008

Exceptional Contemporary African American Art on Sale at Christie's Open House
Christie's June 30 Open House sale features an exciting assortment of Post-War and Contemporary art works to match both new and established collectors’ tastes and budgets. Leading the sale are two exceptional collections of African American paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture. More...

French Man Living in Florida Indicted for Conspiring to Sell Stolen Paintings
A French citizen who lives in Cooper City has been accused of trying to broker the multimillion-dollar sale of four stolen masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts in Nice, France, the U.S. Attorney's Office said today. More...

□ Friday, 27 Jun 2008

Sotheby's June 2008 Series of Impressionist & Modern Art Sales Realises $255 Million
Sotheby’s series Impressionist and Modern Art sales concluded yesterday, having realised Ј129,530,507 ($255,072,281) – almost exactly the combined high estimate for the series (Ј93.5 – 132.8 million)... More...

□ Thursday, 26 Jun 2008

Sotheby's Sale of Contemporary Art to Feature Works by Leading Indian Contemporary Artists
Indian artists such as Subodh Gupta (b. 1964), Bharti Kher (b. 1969), Anish Kapoor (b. 1954), Raqib Shaw (b. 1974) and T.V. Santhosh (b. 1968) are an ever-growing force in Sotheby’s international sales of Contemporary Art... More...

□ Wednesday, 25 Jun 2008

Monet Lilies Painting Sells for Record $79 Million
A Claude Monet painting of water lilies sold tonight for a record 40.1 million pounds ($79 million) with fees at Christie's International in London. More...

□ Saturday, 21 Jun 2008

Property from the Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal to be Sold at Sotheby's
In the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009, Sotheby’s New York will have the privilege of offering for sale Property from the Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal, distinguished collectors and philanthropists. More...

□ Friday, 20 Jun 2008

Three Paintings by Boris Grigoriev to be Sold by The Berkshire Museum at Sotheby's
On November 4, 2008, Sotheby’s New York will present for sale three important paintings by the Russian artist Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev on behalf of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. More...

The proposed new law is a nightmare for artists
US Congress is currently debating legislation which will remove the penalty for copyright infringement if the creator of a work, after a diligent search, cannot be located. More...

□ Thursday, 19 Jun 2008

'Rembrandt Laughing' is self-portrait
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing. More...

Oil price peaks as art imitates life $6.9m
THIS 1954 Picasso became the most expensive painting sold in Australia when it went under the hammer last night for $6.9 million. More...