□ Thursday, 23 Oct 2008

Impressionist and Modern Art and Works on Paper Sales at Christie's NY this Fall
The cover lot of the sale is Joan Miró’s Femmes devant la lune (estimate: $600,000-800,000), coming directly from the family of Pierre Matisse, the artist’s dealer who launched the artist’s career to America. More...

Hirshhorn Museum Presents Recent Acquisitions From the Collection of Count Giuseppe Panza
The Hirshhorn Museum presents an exhibition featuring 39 important artworks from the late 1960s and early 1970s that were recently acquired from Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, one of the world's foremost collectors of American and European contemporary art. More...

Christie's to Offer the Private Collection of the Late Roger Warner in January 2009
Christie’s announce that they will offer the fascinating private collection of Roger Warner at South Kensington on 20 and 21 January 2009. More...

□ Wednesday, 22 Oct 2008

Sotheby's 20th Century Art Sale Triumphs, Realising 13,583,725 Pounds
Sotheby’s annual October Sale of 20th Century Italian Art realised the second highest sale total ever of Ј13,583,725 for a sale in this category at Sotheby’s London. More...

Christie's Fall Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale to be Led by Picasso, Kandinsky and Giacometti
On November 6, Christie's New York Fall Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale will follow the November 5 sale of The Modern Age, enticing the international collecting community with exceptional pictures... More...

Sotheby's to offer Yves Klein's Archisponge (RE 11) in Sale of Contemporary Art
Yves Klein’s Archisponge RE 11 (est. in the region of $25 million) from 1960, measuring 78 ľ x 65 in (200 x 165 cm), will be offered on November 11th, 2008 as the cornerstone of the Evening sale of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s New York. More...

□ Monday, 6 Oct 2008

Top Lots Shunned in Post-Lehman Art Sale at Sotheby's Hong Kong
Buyers shunned the priciest lots and chose cheaper paintings and sculptures at Sotheby's Hong Kong auction, Asia's biggest art sale since the credit crisis grew last month. More...

Sotheby's Print Auction on October 30 and 31 to include Edvard Munch's Iconic Work The Scream
Sotheby’s fall Print auction will take place on October 30 and 31, 2008. The approximately 560 works being offered in the sale will be on view in Sotheby’s New York galleries beginning on October 26. More...

□ Sunday, 5 Oct 2008

Christie's New York Announces European Decorative Arts Month
Christie’s New York is pleased to announce European Decorative Arts Month, a series of six sales throughout October that will showcase furniture, sculpture, porcelain, and silver from the 18th century to the modern period. More...

Sotheby's New York Sale of 19th Century European Art to be Held on October 23
Sotheby’s New York sale of 19th Century European Art including The Orientalist Sale on October 23 features a tightly curated selection of choice, high-quality works across the range of artistic genres which flourished at the time. More...

Impressionist Masterwork by Edgar Degas to be Sold By Sotheby's in November in New York
Sotheby’s November 3, 2008 Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York will feature an outstanding group of six works by an artist who is among the most celebrated and loved artists in all art history, Edgar Degas. More...

Sotheby's To Auction One of the Greatest Modern Paintings Ever Offered for Sale
On the evening of November 3, 2008, Sotheby’s will present for sale, Suprematist Composition from 1916 by Kazimir Malevich, a work renowned as a premier painting from one of the most sophisticated and innovative artistic movements of the 20th century. More...

Christie’s sells miniatures stolen from public gallery
The auction house consulted stolen art databases but was not made aware of theft More...

□ Saturday, 4 Oct 2008

Christie's Spanish Art Sale in Madrid Totals $7.7 Million
Yesterday's Spanish Art Sale held in Madrid totaled €5.575.450/Ł4,404,606/$7,749,876. The sale's top lot was the painting Matisse como pretexto by Manolo Valdés, which achieved €505.000 and set new a world record for the artist. More...

□ Wednesday, 1 Oct 2008

Lynda and Stewart Resnick Donate $55 Million to LACMA
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced today it has received a gift of $55 million from Los Angeles-based philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick, including $45 million toward LACMA’s ongoing Transformation... More...