□ Thursday, 31 Jul 2008

Complaint threatens auction business
OVER the past 10 years, Melbourne businessman Rod Menzies has worked assiduously - some might say ruthlessly - to build his art auction empire. More...

□ Wednesday, 30 Jul 2008

Sotheby's Announces Dancing into Glory: The Golden Age of the Ballets Russes
On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Ballets Russes, and based on an original idea by Ravenscourt Galleries, Sotheby’s is pleased to announce the staging of an exceptional exhibition of works lent mainly by French, British and Russian private collectors... More...

The Claremont Museum of Art Receives $10 Million Gift
The Board of Directors of the Claremont Museum of Art announced today that the Museum has received a donation of $10 million... More...

Sotheby's Releases More Details on Damien Hirst Sale
Work on Beautiful Inside My Head Forever – a major auction of new works by Damien Hirst - has progressed and the full scope of this ground-breaking auction can now be revealed. More...

□ Monday, 28 Jul 2008

China Takes On The Art World
I AM searching for a new art gallery in central Shanghai called Bund 66. Its name stakes a claim to the majestic 19th-century river-fronted Bund which is now home to glamorous shops, bars and restaurants... More...

□ Saturday, 26 Jul 2008

Francisco de Zurbarбn Painting Sells for 210,000 Euros at Ansorena Auction House
The painting “Entierro de Santa Catalina”, made by Francisco de Zurbaran around 1635, has been sold for 210,000 Euros to a private collection at the last auction held by Ansorena. More...

□ Thursday, 24 Jul 2008

Sotheby's Amsterdam to Sell Works From European Private Collections
On 29 and 30 September 2008 Sotheby’s Amsterdam will offer a wonderful selection of sculpture, furniture, paintings, ceramics, silver and works of art from selected European collections. More...

□ Wednesday, 23 Jul 2008

An Important Collection from the Ping Y. Tai Foundation to be Offered at Christie's
Christie’s is delighted to announce the sale of Property from the Collection of the Ping Y. Tai Foundation in its Fall 2008 season of sales at Christie’s in Hong Kong and New York. More...

□ Tuesday, 22 Jul 2008

Christie's Holds First Ever Contemporary Design Sale in New York
On September 8, Christie’s will launch its first ever sale dedicated exclusively to works by international contemporary designers. More...

□ Sunday, 20 Jul 2008

Dying art form is alive and well
When they put a little flash in the ash, there's no limit to what boutique morticians can urn More...

□ Saturday, 19 Jul 2008

Two Warhols and Three Lichtensteins Stolen from The Arbergs Museum in Sweden
Two Warhols and three Lichtensteins were stolen from the Abergs Museum. More...

□ Friday, 18 Jul 2008

Christie's International Announces Worldwide Sales of $3.5 Billion For First Half of 2008
Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, announced today worldwide sales of Ј1.8 billion ($3.5 billion) for the first six months of 2008, an increase of 10% by Ј on last year’s figure of Ј1.6 billion for the same period. More...

Sotheby's Sets New Record For Any Book Illustration Sold at Auction
LONDON.- Today at Sotheby’s London, Beatrix Potter’s original watercolour illustration for the final scene from “The Rabbit’ Christmas Party” sequence sold for the remarkable sum of Ј289,250 – almost five times its pre-sale high estimate (est. Ј40,000-60,000)... More...

□ Sunday, 13 Jul 2008

Collector Shelby White to Return Two Antiquities to Greece
New York philanthropist and art collector Shelby White agreed to return two antiquities from her private collection to Greece. More...

□ Saturday, 12 Jul 2008

Old Master portrait sells for Ј7m
Artist Frans Hals' painting, Portrait of Willem van Heythuysen, has exceeded its estimated price and sold for Ј7m at a Sotheby's auction in London. More...