A canvas that sold for over a million dollars was shredded by its frame but no one is sure if it was destroyed or simply transformed.
Tag: Sotheby’s
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The World’s First Movie Poster Goes to Auction
The rare 1896 graphic work advertised the world’s first public screening of a film by the Lumière brothers.
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Victoria Beckham Spices Up Her Mayfair Boutique with Old Masters from Sotheby’s
Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham’s London shop is hosting an art display of paintings from Sotheby’s Old Master sale.
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Amid Protests, Berkshire Museum Sales Bring Over $40M, and Trustees Want More
Sales of the most prized works from the museum’s collection netted over $40 million, but more will hit the auction block if the institution pursues its goal of making $55 million.
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Court OKs Berkshire Museum Plan to Sell Art by Calder, Bierstadt, Picabia, and Others
Today’s ruling in the Supreme Judicial Court of Suffolk County clears the way for Sotheby’s to auction off over three dozen works from the museum’s collection.
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Sotheby’s Takes Down Richard Meier Exhibition After Sexual Harassment Allegations
“Under the circumstances, and in consultation with the Meier family, the decision has been made to close our exhibition early,” a Sotheby’s representative told Hyperallergic.
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Berkshire Museum Resolves Dispute with Norman Rockwell’s Sons, But Legal Battle Rages On
Museum leaders and the Massachusetts Attorney General reached an agreement to keep Norman Rockwell’s “Shuffleton’s Barbershop” on public display, but opponents of the sale are petitioning the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
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Two Dalí Paintings, Bought by a Countess in the 1930s, Finally Head to Auction
Dalí’s Freudian delusions of love might make you feel better if you’re having a lackluster Valentine’s Day.
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Opponents of Berkshire Museum Sales Protest Sotheby’s
After a judge halted the sale of works from the museum’s collection, nearly a dozen protesters gathered in front of Sotheby’s to demand the return of the deaccessioned pieces.
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From a Table of Phalluses to a Ménage à Trois Watercolor, Erotic Art Heads to Auction
Sotheby’s first-ever auction of erotic artworks, timed to Valentine’s Day, features a delightful range of objects, including a rare homoerotic painting from 18th-century Turkey.
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Lessons from the Unfolding Old Masters Forgery Scandal
The authenticity of recently “discovered” works purported to be by Frans Hals, Lucas Cranach the Elder, and Orazio Gentileschi has been called into question, and they might only be the tip of the iceberg.
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Old Masters Paintings Worth a Combined $250 Million May Be Forgeries
In what’s being called “the biggest art scandal in a century,” French police are investigating about $255 million worth of paintings attributed to Old Masters that they suspect are forgeries.