Lucian Freud’s Portrait On A White Cover (2002) sold at Sotheby’s London in the Post-War and Contemporary Evening auction on 26 June 2018. The painting was purchased for £19.7 million, excluding buyer’s premium. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s London.
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Peter Paul Rubens, Lot and His Daughters (c. 1613-14). Oil on canvas. From a distinguished private collection. Sold for £44,882,500 at Old Master Evening Sale on 7 July 2016 at Christie’s London. Image courtesy of Christie’s.
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ArtTactic and ValueMyStuff partner to publish the inaugural Valuations and Appraisals Market Report, which provides insider data on 49 different collector categories.
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Troops find loot hidden in church German loot stored in church at Ellingen, Germany found by troops of the U.S. Third Army on April 24 1945. Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Original Image: Bathers (1874-75) by Paul Cézanne. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, 1955
by Richard Avedon (1923–2004) sold this month at Christie’s NYC for $456,500. Courtesy of Christie’s.
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The view of Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, where the 6th Edition of Art Basel Hong Kong took place.
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Peter Doig’s The Architect’s Home in the Ravine (1991) was the second highest earning lot of the London sales, selling at Sotheby’s for a hammer price of £13.2 million.
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Photograph of Shirin Neshat’s Stories in Martydrom (From Women of Allah) (1994). Featured in Sotheby’s 2018 Contemporary Art Day Auction in London.
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A still image of “Symmetry” by Vishal Kumar, a work of data art created using computer software. The algorithm used to produce this work uses the parametric equations of 12 circles to draw and connect their X and Y coordinates. Randomisation is then added so the interactions between the coordinates is never the same. Image courtesy of Vishal Kumar.
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