The Last Leonardo da Vinci – Salvator Mundi | Christies Christies 2026-09-22 | The Last Leonardo da Vinci – Salvator Mundi | Christies
The History of Pearls Christies 2024-05-08 | 🔊 Join Max Fawcett, Head of Jewellery in Geneva, as he highlights the history of pearls.Coveted by both Eastern and Western collectors for centuries, pearls have been a mark of extravagance for monarchs and society figures throughout history.Featured here are two extraordinary natural pearl sautoirs with the longest comprising 171 oval and button-shaped natural pearls, ranging approximately from 12.55 to 4.45 mm.Magnificent Jewels | Geneva, 15 May#jewellery #pearls #christies #shorts
Christie’s Hong Kong Spring Auctions 2024: Chinese Paintings Christies 2024-05-08 | Christie’s Hong Kong presents Chinese paintings.Featuring over 200 exceptional pieces, Pan Tianshou’s ‘Scholar under Pine Tree’ is a leading highlight of the Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings sale, followed by a selection of important early works by Zhang Daqian.Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy includes an array of 94 renowned paintings and calligraphy works with impeccable provenance, spanning from the 8th to the 19th centuries. 📅 Preview: 25-31 MayHong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre📅 Live Auctions:Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings: 31 MayFine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy: 1 June#christies #christieshk2024
Pearl Jewellery Collecting Guide | Christies Christies 2024-05-07 | Join specialist Max Fawcett as he explains why pearls have been coveted by both Eastern and Western collectors for centuries. Pearls have been a mark of extravagance for monarchs and society figures throughout history. Famous wearers of pearl jewellery include royals from King Henry VIII to Princess Diana, and style icons such as Coco Chanel, who wore cultured pearls, and Elizabeth Taylor — whose 16th-century natural pearl La Peregrina set two world auction records when it sold for $11,842,500 at Christie’s in 2011.Find out more: christies.com/stories/cultured-and-natural-pearls-collecting-guide-2fc0c41709ad47dea220942abb84362cchristies.com/events/luxury-week/what-is-on
Robert Rauschenberg’s groundbreaking ‘Combines’ series | Christies Christies 2024-05-06 | Rauschenberg was the man who in this century had invented the most since Picasso.” -Jasper Johns A rare-to-market and important work from Robert Rauschenberg’s groundbreaking ‘Combines’ series, ‘Hawk’ exemplifies the artist’s radical influence on the postwar canon. By infusing art with “objects from life,” Rauschenberg created a revolutionary new language of artistic expression that captured the immediacy and energy of everyday life. In 1960, a group of seven ‘Combines,’ including the present work, was presented at Leo Castelli’s seminal exhibition in New York. ‘Hawk’ is the only example from the series remaining in private hands, coming from the Collection of Senator Herb Kohl, a businessman, politician, collector and philanthropist, who acquired the work in 1974 from Allan Stone Gallery
Brice Marden’s monumental masterpiece ‘Event’ | Christies Christies 2024-05-05 | Brice Marden’s monumental masterpiece ‘Event’ leads the 21st Century Evening Sale. Executed between 2004 and 2007, ‘Event’ is one of only six works from the artist’s ‘The Propitious Garden of Plane Image’ series. In ‘Event’, Marden embraces his notion of the ‘plane image’, in which he explores the optical depth of paint. The brushstrokes are bold and expressive, conveying a sense of movement which reflects the rhythms of nature. Marking the highpoint of Marden’s ‘summation paintings’, ‘Event’ is a culmination of all the strides this extraordinary artist took throughout his groundbreaking career. ‘Event’ is view in New York at our Rockefeller Center galleries on 4–14 May. 21st Century Evening Sale | New York | 14 May
Rare Watches Including the Property of Michael Schumacher Christies 2024-05-03 | Marking the 30th anniversary of Michael Schumacher’s first Formula 1 Drivers Championship win in 1994, Christie’s is delighted to present selected timepieces from the private collection of one of the most successful drivers in F1 history.🗓 Rare Watches Including the Property of Michael Schumacher: 13 May 2PM CEST | Geneva#schumacher #michaelschumacher #rarewatches #watches #christies #shorts
The Ten Perfections – Qing Imperial Ceramics from the Wang Xing Lou Collection | Christies Christies 2024-05-02 | The Ten Perfections – Qing Imperial Ceramics from the Wang Xing Lou Collection The 10 bright, jewel-like masterpieces to be offered this season in the single-owner live auction were produced during the reigns of Yongzheng (r. 1723-1735) and Qianlong (r. 1736-1795), essentially spanning just over 70 years of imperial ceramic production. Visit us at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre to see these magnificent works and more. 📅 Preview:25-29 MayHong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre 📅 Live Auction:30 MayImportant Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art #christies #christieshk2024 #wangxinglou #porcelain #qingdynasty #auction
Franz Kline’s monumental ‘Washington Wall | Christies Christies 2024-05-01 | Franz Kline’s ‘Washington Wall,’ a highlight in this season’s 20th Century Evening sale.One of only two from the series of ‘Wall’ paintings that contains color, this monumental canvas from 1959 is an ode to the city of Washington, in the artist’s native Pennsylvania, which was once the heart of a booming coal mining industry.Profoundly influenced by the Pennsylvanian landscape’s vast “walls” of coal, in the mid-to-late 1950s, Kline overcomes the dominance of black and white within his brooding compositions, arriving at innovations in both color and scale on full display in this work. At the request of his new dealer Sidney Janis, he turns to more versatile and higher quality paint that broadens his palette. Simultaneously, he is deeply engaged in an artistic exchange with close friend and master colorist, de Kooning. These shifts, as well as the freedom his commercial success grants him to work on a grand scale, result in a dramatic and innovative triumph in gesture, color and volume.Originally commissioned by the distinguished member of Washington, D.C. society, Mrs. Jane Wheeler, and acquired twenty years ago from the collection of Edward R. Broida, ‘Washington Wall’ is one of many highlights from ‘Vital Line: A New York Collection’ on view at Christie’s this May.
Livestream | The 20th Century Evening Sale | New York Christies 2024-04-30 | Join us at 7pm EDT on Thursday, 16 May, to watch the 20th Century Evening Sale live from New York. The sale will be livestreamed around the globe from our saleroom at Rockefeller Center. Experience the thrill of sitting front row at the auction and view an exceptional range of masterpieces from the era, from Van Gogh to Warhol, as they go under the hammer. Please note that there is a slight delay in this streaming broadcast. To bid in the auction or review auction results, please visit christies.com
Livestream | The Rosa de la Cruz Collection & 21st Century Evening Sales | New York Christies 2024-04-30 | Join us at 7pm EDT on Thursday, 14 May, for the livestream of The Rosa de la Cruz Collection Evening Sale, followed by the 21st Century Evening Sale at 8pm EDT, from our saleroom at Rockefeller Center in New York. Watch the action live as masterworks from the 1980s to today’s most important artists go under the hammer. The art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Peter Doig, Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Brice Marden are among the highlights this season. Please note that there is a slight delay in this streaming broadcast. To bid in the auction or review auction results, please visit christies.com
Michael Schumachers Personal Collection of Watches | Christies Christies 2024-04-30 | Formula One legend Michael Schumacher's personal collection of watches, including timepieces by F.P. Journe and Audemars Piguet, is among a selection of haute horology coming to auction in Geneva on 13 May.Voice of motorsport, Will Buxton, takes a closer look at the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak chronograph, 2003 and the F.P. Journe Vagabondage 1, circa 2004. Highlights from Rare Watches Including the Property of Michael Schumacher will be on view at Christie’s in New York, 3-5 May, ahead of the sale in Geneva on 13 May.christies.com/stories/watch-highlights-from-the-property-of-michael-schumacher-52167d63074144bcb9b57fb30c1d975a
René Magrittes Les eaux profondes | Christies Christies 2024-04-29 | Les eaux profondes is an iconic, enigmatic work within René Magritte’s oeuvre, steeped in the intense sense of mystery that defined his work during one of the most intriguing periods of his career. Created during the dark days of the German Occupation of Belgium in the Second World War, the painting plunges the viewer into the artist’s idiosyncratic world of poetic Surrealism, its confluence of familiar yet strange objects conjuring an uncanny, disquieting atmosphere. While Magritte had previously used the title Les eaux profondes ("Deep Waters") for a photographic portrait of his wife from 1934, here the phrase adds to the inscrutable atmosphere of the composition—the scene is at once eerily still and silent, yet brimming with a simmering tension beneath the surface. David Sylvester dated this work 1941, due to its inclusion in an exhibition held in November-December of this year at the Galerie Dietrich, Brussels. Magritte later inscribed 1942 on the reverse of the canvas. As we mark 100 years since the publication of the Surrealist Manifesto, we look at the Belgian artist who reconfigured commonplace objects in his quest to ‘establish a profound link between consciousness and the external world’Learn more about the artist: christies.com/en/stories/10-things-to-know-about-rene-magritte-1b9558962cc34e10a9bb303b116dbb33
Last Treasures of an Extraordinary Wine Cellar: The Avery Collection | Christies Christies 2024-04-29 | Join Richard and Mimi Avery as they describe the origins of the Avery family wine business - and how it feels to part with its treasures today. Established in 1793, the Avery family’s wine business has fuelled interest in wines grown all over the world, from New Zealand to Napa Valley. A landmark sale of around 6,000 bottles at Christie’s in London on 6 and 7 June represents ‘the swan song of one of the great English collections’, according to Christie's wine specialist Noah MayFind out more at:christies.com/en/stories/treasures-from-the-avery-wine-collection-fef6e3f6fca04744b837203af3ac96f6
Jasper Johns ‘0 through 9’ | Christies Christies 2024-04-27 | Mary and John Pappajohn sought out the renegade and the bold, choosing pieces in which artists push at the boundaries of art. Actively seeking art that challenged them— the couple shaped a collection far ahead of its time. From Jasper Johns’ now iconic 1961 painting ‘0 through 9’ where the artist used layering to challenge our ways of looking to Bruce Nauman’s Hanged Man, a playful neon the artist fashioned into a provocative, sexually charged image during the height of the AIDS crisis, the collection breaks down the demands of beauty, realism, and subject matter that had constrained artists for centuries. Discover the groundbreaking Property from the Collection of Mary & John Pappajohn, on view on 4–14 May at our Rockefeller Center galleries.
Exceptional Handbags Christies 2024-04-25 | Christie’s Paris presents Handbags Online.From timeless classics to limited editions, the auction caters to every collector’s taste and style.🗓️ Handbags Online: The Paris Edit | 12-25 April#handbags #shorts
Rosa de la Cruz saw into the future of what art could be | Christies Christies 2024-04-24 | Drawn to daring artists from Ana Mendieta to Hernan Bas long before they achieved worldwide acclaim, the Miami maven set global market trends.Around 200 works from her singular collection are coming to Christie’s, beginning with 20th and 21st Century Sale Week in New York this May. The collection is a testament to Mrs. de la Cruz’s astounding foresight and fearlessness. As Head of Rosa de la Cruz Collection Sale, Julian Ehrlich, notes, ‘Rosa may have lived in Miami, but this is far from a strictly Miami collection. She was a truly global collector.’Learn More: christies.com/stories/rosa-de-la-cruz-contemporary-art-collection-fac7b679a64a4f7181862a060dcc42a3
Venice Biennale 2024: Must See Exhibitions Christies 2024-04-24 | The 60th International Art Exhibition, “Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere” curated by Adriano Pedrosa, officially opens to the public today, April 20, and runs until November 24, 2024.Discover a preview of all the unmissable exhibitions beyond the Arsenale and Giardini:• Reza Aramesh: Number 207 at Chiesa di San Fantin• Sarah Sze at Victoria Miro• Willem de Kooning and Italy at Gallerie dell’Academia di Venezia• Julie Mehretu: Ensemble at Palazzo Grassi• Berlinde De Bruyckere: City of Refuge III at Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore• Ewa Juszkiewicz: Locks with Leaves and Swelling Buds at Palazzo Cavanis• Pierre Huyghe: Liminal at Punta della Dogana#venicebiennale #venicebiennale2024 #shorts
‘Nigeria Imaginary’ at The Venice Biennale 2024 Christies 2024-04-23 | The Nigeria Pavilion presents ‘Nigeria Imaginary’ at The Venice Biennale 2024.Curated by Aindrea Emelife, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at MOWAA (Museum of West African Art), the Nigeria Pavilion showcases commissioned, site-specific works by a cross-generational group of artists—Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Ndidi Dike, Onyeka Igwe, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Abraham Oghobase, Precious Okoyomon, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, and Fatimah Tuggar—who were selected to respond to the theme and exhibition title Nigeria Imaginary.Using mediums that include painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, installation, sound, AR, and film, the artists explore the many Nigerias that live in their minds, whether as moments of history, nostalgic moods, or visions of a Nigeria that is yet to be.Christie’s is delighted to be a sponsor of the Nigerian Pavilion.#venicebiennale #venicebiennale2024 #venice #biennalearte #shorts
Monet’s ‘Moulin de Limetz’ | Christies Christies 2024-04-22 | In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, step into the enchanting world of Monet’s ‘Moulin de Limetz’, painted in 1888. Composed of a dazzling array of colours, this luminous canvas depicts the mill at Limetz, a small village near Monet’s beloved home in Giverny. This Impressionist masterpiece showcases Monet’s singular ability at capturing the sparkling reflections of light on the water and the warm atmosphere of a summer’s day.Property from The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Heirs of Ethel B. Atha, Sold in Part to Benefit the Museum’s Future Art Acquisitions20th Century Evening Sale | New York | 16 May
Handbags at Christies Paris 👜 Christies 2024-04-22 | Christie’s Paris presents the highly anticipated spring auction of handbags 👜✨Discover an exquisite array of the most coveted handbags from esteemed luxury brands such as Hermès, Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, and more.From timeless classics to limited editions, the auction caters to every collector’s taste and style.🗓️ Handbags Online: The Paris Edit.📍 Public Exhibition from 18 - 24 April | 9 Avenue Matignon, 75008.#handbags #shorts
Venice Biennale 2024✨ Christies 2024-04-18 | The 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia features work by more than 330 artists from 90 countries. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa, this year’s Biennale explores the theme Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, spotlighting artists from diverse backgrounds and marginalized groups.Discover a snapshot highlight of the exhibitions on view at the national pavilions and historic venues across the city!🗓 Public View: 20 April - 24 November 2024#venicebiennale #venicebiennale2024 #venice #biennalearte #christies #shorts
John Akomfrah’s British pavilion at the Venice Biennale Christies 2024-04-17 | John Akomfrah’s British pavilion has been unveiled at the 60th International Art Exhibition – The Venice Biennale 2024.Exploring post-colonialism, environmental devastation and the politics of aesthetics, ‘Listening All Night To The Rain’ is Akomfrah’s boldest and most ambitious commission to date.Organised into a series of song-like movements or ‘cantos’, the exhibition, curated by Tarini Malik, brings together eight interlocking and overlapping multimedia and sound installations into a single and immersive environment that tell stories of migrant diasporas in Britain.The immersive installation is the result of decades of extensive research by the artist and his team, using historical records to contextualise our experience of the present day.📍John Akomfrah’s British Council Commission for the British Pavilion will run from 20 April – 24 November 2024.Christie’s is delighted to return as a sponsor of the British Pavilion.#venicebiennale #venicebiennale2024 #venice #biennale #biennaleart #christies #youtubeshorts
The Big Picture - Vivienne’s Playing Cards: Collect the cards. Connect the cards. Christies 2024-04-16 | In 2017 Dame Vivienne Westwood designed a pack of playing cards as ‘A Strategy 2 Save the World’ — Vivienne’s blueprint for the preservation of the planet.Christie’s is honoured to have been entrusted with the sale of this significant work which has been realised by The Vivienne Foundation to raise funds for Greenpeace, as was Dame Vivienne’s wish.The Big Picture - Vivienne’s Playing Cards: Collect the cards. Connect the cards. | London 25 June
The Big Picture - Vivienne’s Playing Cards #VivienneWestwood Christies 2024-04-15 | In 2017 Dame Vivienne Westwood designed a pack of playing cards as ‘A Strategy 2 Save the World’ — Vivienne’s blueprint for the preservation of the planet. Christie’s is honoured to have been entrusted with the sale of this significant work which has been realised by The Vivienne Foundation to raise funds for Greenpeace, as was Dame Vivienne’s wish. 'THE BIG PICTURE - Vivienne's Playing Cards: Collect the cards. Connect the cards' | London 25 June#VivienneWestwood #ViviennesPlayingCards
“I want you to help me save the world, I can’t do it all on my own” - Dame Vivienne Westwood. Christies 2024-04-08 | Marking the birthday of the trailblazing British fashion designer and activist, Christie’s is honoured to announce ‘THE BIG PICTURE – Vivienne’s Playing Cards: Collect the Cards. Connect the Cards’, a landmark legacy project from The Vivienne Foundation for Greenpeace.Working with energy and impact until the end, one of Vivienne’s final acts was to sign 100 sheets of Hahnemühle Museum Etching paper, with the wish that ten of the most important graphics designed to highlight her messages as an activist would be printed onto large-scale autographed ‘cards’ after her death, to raise funds for Greenpeace.These limited-edition playing cards have been produced in a deluxe edition of ten portfolios, the first of which will be presented in a unique linen-covered hand-embroidered box, coming to auction at Christie’s on 25 June.#VivienneWestwood #ViviennesPlayingCards
🌀 Welcome to the disorienting world of Man Ray, the most eclectic figure of Surrealism! Christies 2024-03-29 | ...
Rediscovered: André Derain’s portrait of Henri Matisse and their fellow artist Etienne Terrus Christies 2024-03-25 | Christie’s Paris is excited to unveil this complete discovery: Matisse et Terrus, painted by Derain during the summer of 1905 in Collioure, a small French sea harbour on the Mediterranean. With its electric palette and the freshness and spontaneity of its thick brushstrokes, this artwork is representative of Fauvism.Do not miss this special occasion to see an artwork that has been tucked away for almost 120 years, and join us in our Parisian galleries!Presented on April 9 in the Oeuvres choisies sale in Paris, this artwork is accompanied by other outstanding artworks from famous artists such as Matisse, Sisley or Renoir.Art Impressionniste & Moderne : Œuvres choisies 📍 Auction in Paris, 9 April 2024📅 Exhibition in Paris from 3 to 11 April 20249 Avenue Matignon, Paris 8e
World Auction Record! Bidding Battle for Pauline Botys tribute to Marilyn Monroe | Christies Christies 2024-03-21 | Watch two phone bidders battle it out for Pauline Boty's powerful tribute to Marilyn Monroe, Epitaph to Something’s Gotta Give, which realised a world auction record for the artist (£1,310,500) in the Christie's Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale.The sale realised a total of £23,781,300 / $30,226,032 / €27,776,558, a 23% increase year on year. Registered bidders from 15 countries highlight the global appeal of Modern British and Irish artists. The sale was led by L.S. Lowry’s masterpiece Sunday Afternoon, which sold for £6,290,000, the second highest price achieved for a work by Lowry at auction. The painting was presented from the Collection of Sir Keith and Lady Showering and had not been exhibited publicly for 57 years.The demand for sculpture was evidenced in the result for Henry Moore’s Head (circa 1930), offered for the first time in over 50 years, which achieved £5,122,000 (estimate: £800,000-1,200,000), a record for a unique work by the artist. Lynn Chadwick’s Sitting Couple on Bench sold for £1,613,000, while Moore’s Helmet Head No. 1 realised £302,400 after bidding in the room, online and via telephone.The appeal of female artists continued as Women’s History Month is celebrated. As well as Pauline Boty’s Epitaph to Something’s Gotta Give, Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, a unique hand-carved work that fuses the constructivist principles Hepworth had pioneered in the late-1930s and a newly awakened sensibility towards her local landscape in Cornwall, achieved £3,549,000. Find out more about Pauline Boty's painting here: christies.com/en/stories/pauline-boty-and-marilyn-monroe-829251bda28e4ff485b471c953e547ce
The Real Life Layla: 60s Icon Pattie Boyd Christies 2024-03-18 | Photographed by some of the best known photographers of the 20th century, Pattie Boyd appeared on the cover of Vogue no less than four times.Boyd, former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, is regarded by many as rock’s most legendary muse and has inspired some of the greatest love songs of all time.📍Visit the free exhibition on view now until 21 March at Christie’s London! Explore a number of personal letters, photographs, ephemera and mementoes.🗓 The Pattie Boyd Collection | Online, 8 - 22 March#christies #youtubeshorts
L.S. Lowry Masterpiece Unseen for 57 Years | Christies Christies 2024-03-15 | Explore the detailed brilliance of L.S. Lowry’s masterpiece Sunday Afternoon (1957, estimate: £4,000,000-6,000,000) with Christie's specialist Nicholas Orchard.The work is a leading highlight of the Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale, taking place at Christie's on 20 March 2024. Presented from the Collection of Sir Keith and Lady Showering, the painting has not been exhibited publicly in 57 years. Last sold in 1967 at Christie’s, during the artist’s lifetime, it realised a then record price for a painting by the artist. Christie’s has achieved seven of the current top ten prices for Lowry’s work at auction. Sunday Afternoon’s epic and highly populated industrial landscape exemplifies some of the most widely celebrated themes, landmarks and motifs from within Lowry’s oeuvre, something incredibly rare to see within a single composition. Thought to be one of around 12 works created on this, his largest scale, with almost all similar paintings of this size now held in prominent public museums including The Lowry, Salford; Tate, London; and National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. The painting will be on view for all to see, at Christie’s headquarters on King Street in London, from 13 to 20 March.
NOW ON VIEW: Modern British and Irish Art Sale Highlights Christies 2024-03-14 | Visit Christie’s and discover the breadth and diversity of British and Irish Art from the 20th century to the present day. Explore exceptional paintings by L.S. Lowry, Pauline Boty and William Scott and dynamic sculptures by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and Barry Flanagan.📍On view at Christie’s London until March 22🗓 Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale: 20 March | Live Auction: 6.30PM GMT.🗓 Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale: 21 March | Live Auction: 2PM GMT.#britishart #irishart #youtubeshorts #artexhibition
Auction Highlight: Watch bidding for Monet reach eight figures | Christies Christies 2024-03-12 | Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition, the sale of Claude Monet’s Matinée sur la Seine, temps net (1897) achieved £14,397,500, demonstrating the appetite for masterpieces above £10 million in Christie’s unique auction category — placing artists across periods in dialogue with one another. Offered at auction for the first time in 45 years, it belongs to the artist’s celebrated series ‘Mornings on the Seine’, a cycle of 21 canvases made across two summers, in which he captured the same view of the river at Giverny from his bateau-atelier (boat studio).Read more about our March 20th and 21st Century London sale results here: christies.com/stories/20th-21st-century-london-sale-results-march-2024-7a31e0db104a4840b0c58203beb67cf7
📣 Lot highlights from Christie’s 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sales Christies 2024-03-08 | 📣 Christie’s 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale and The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale realised a combined total of £196.7 million, up 17% from last year.Reflecting the strength of the London market, the 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale achieved strong prices for British artists, with Francis Bacon’s Landscape near Malabata, Tangier realising £19,630,000. David Hockney’s California, unseen in public for more than 40 years, sold for £18,710,000 during its worldwide auction debut. Michael Andrews’ School III: Butterfly Fish and Damsel Fish realised a world auction record for the artist (£3,125,500).Claude Monet’s Matinée sur la Seine, temps net, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, was offered at auction for the first time in 45 years and realised £14,397,500.Evidencing continued global interest for works by female artists were two new auction records for Allison Katz as Snowglobe sold for £277,200 and for Jadé Fadojutimi’s The Woven Warped Garden of Ponder which achieved £1,552,500.
Livestream | 20th/21st Century Art sales in London Christies 2024-03-08 | Join us at 5pm GMT on Thursday, 7 March to watch the livestream of the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale followed by The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale at 7pm GMT. Experience the thrill of sitting front row at the auction and view exceptional works of modern masters and contemporary icons such as René Magritte, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Claude Monet and Lucian Freud as they go under the hammer.Please note that there is a slight delay in this streaming broadcast. To bid in the auction or review auction results, please visit christies.com
‘Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.’ - René Magritte 🥖 Christies 2024-03-07 | ‘Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.’ - René Magritte 🥖 Each of the various objects in this painting – the spherical bowler, the crystal-clear wine glass and the baguette – have been painstakingly rendered and with such hyperreal precision that each takes on a peculiar, individual sense of presence and sunlit clarity that transform this simple image into something wholly unexpected, mysterious and completely out of the ordinary. 🗓 The Art of The Surreal Evening Sale | London, 7 March.
Studio Visit with Artist Robert Alice | Christies Christies 2024-03-06 | Robert Alice traces the ‘pre-history’ of NFTs in a new work to celebrate Taschen’s On NFTs, the largest art historical study on the subject to dateLearn more: christies.com/stories/robert-alice-nft-source-taschen-f3dc715464c549b1909245ff71eef986
Tracey Emins Love Poem for CF (2007) Christies 2024-03-05 | Spanning four and a half metres in height, 'Love Poem for CF' (2007) is one of Tracey Emin's largest and most important neon sculptures.With its message of heartbreak, lust and longing illuminated in dazzling pink, it is based on lines of poetry that she wrote for her ex-boyfriend Carl Freedman in the 1990s.The present work was conceived for her presentation 'Borrowed Light' at the 2007 Venice Biennale: a landmark moment in her career, which saw her become the second ever female artist to represent Britain.➡️ On view now at Christie's London until 7 March.'Love Poem for CF' (Executed in 2007, this work is number two from an edition of three, plus two artist's proofs). Estimate: £200,000 – £300,000.
ON VIEW NOW: Christie’s 20th/21st Century London Art Christies 2024-03-05 | Discover works by Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Claude Monet, Tracey Emin, Alighiero Boetti and more.➡️ Auction Livestream | The 20th/21st Century Evening Sale followed by The Art of the Surreal | 7 March✨The Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works on Paper Sale | 8 March✨The Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale |9 March✨First Open | Online from 27 February - 12 March#contemporaryart #exhibition #christies #shorts
Step into the surreal ✨☁️ Christies 2024-03-04 | Celebrating the 100th anniversary of André Breton’s ‘Surrealist Manifesto,’ and the official birth of the movement, The Art of the Surreal Sale features works by many of the most innovative and leading figures of Surrealism, from René Magritte to Francis Picabia, Max Ernst to Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy to Joan Miró.The Sale will be led by René Magritte’s L’ami intime (The Intimate Friend), one of the finest of the artist’s iconic and mysterious paintings of the man in the bowler hat.🗓 The Art of The Surreal Evening Sale | London, 7 March.➡️ The pre-sale exhibition in London is officially open to the public and on view until March 7!
René Magritte’s ‘L’ami intime’ (The Intimate Friend) Christies 2024-03-01 | The anonymous man in a bowler hat is one of the most familiar icons of René Magritte’s art. A totemic figure, faceless and mysterious, he functions in Magritte’s paintings as a pictorial cipher: an apparently banal, metropolitan image of the norm and the everyday. 🗓 The Art of The Surreal Evening Sale | London, 7 March.➡️ The pre-sale exhibition in London will take place from March 1-7.#magritte #surrealism #shorts
A vision of life underwater by Michael Andrews Christies 2024-02-27 | A dreamlike vision of life underwater, ‘School III: Butterfly Fish and Damsel Fish’ (1978) is a rare masterwork by Michael Andrews.Andrews was one of the most singular and enigmatic artists in post-war Britain. His works range from bustling party scenes to metaphysical landscapes.🗓 20th /21st Century Evening Sale | London, 7th March.#contemporaryart #youtubeshorts
The inside track on Outsider Art | Christies Christies 2024-02-26 | First coined by the critic Roger Cardinal in 1972, the term ‘Outsider Art’ was originally employed as a synonym for ‘Art Brut’. That label was created by Jean Dubuffet in the 1940s to describe works produced beyond the boundaries of the mainstream art world. In the ensuing decades the label has broadened to encompass work by artists who have not had any formal training, and who have never been part of the art establishment. Some of those described as outsiders have come from difficult circumstances, having experienced poverty or mental illness.In recent years the popularity of Outsider Art has increased among both collectors and curators, with countless examples appearing at auction and in international exhibitions. Given its raw, democratic origins, Outsider Art has a universal appeal. Not only does the work transcend genres, it also serves as a powerful mirror of the artist’s state of mind and of the time in which he or she lived. ‘It is impossible to get Outsider Art that is removed emotionally and personally from its maker,’ says specialist Cara Zimmerman.Here, Zimmerman highlights the artists for collectors to look out for, with selected works from Outsider Art on 1 March 2024 in New YorkLearn more: christies.com/en/stories/the-inside-track-on-outsider-art-the-artists-to-know-6a21be5c96da4e5cace344d23ddba420
Claude Monet Painting Christies 2024-02-26 | Claude Monet’s ‘Prairie fleurie à Giverny’ celebrates the inherent beauty of the idyllic rural town the artist called home for the final four decades of his life.Painted during the opening months of 1890, the composition focuses on the broad meadow known as La Prairie adjacent to the artist’s house.➡️ The pre-sale exhibition in London will take place from March 1-7.🗓 20th /21st Century Evening Sale | London, 7th March.#claudemonet #impressionist #impressionistart #youtubeshorts
Pattie Boyd: rocks most legendary muse Christies 2024-02-26 | The Pattie Boyd CollectionA four-time Vogue cover-girl, Boyd is widely regarded as rock's most legendary muse – as the former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, she inspired some of the greatest love songs of all time. The sale is led by the original artwork chosen by Eric Clapton for the cover of Derek and The Dominos 1970 album Layla and original handwritten lyrics for George Harrison's Mystical One, alongside love letters, drawings, photographs, fashion, jewellery and watches. The full sale will be on public view at Christie's headquarters in London from 15-21 March! Lots open for browsing today, 26 February. #ThePattieBoydCollection
Livestream | The Collection of Sir Elton John: The Day Sale (Part II) Christies 2024-02-23 | Join us at 10am ET on Friday, 23 February, to watch The Collection of Sir Elton John: The Day Sale. The sale will be livestreamed around the globe from our saleroom at Rockefeller Center in New York. Experience the thrill of sitting front row at the auction and view a wealth of one-of-a-kind pieces owned by the iconic artist as they go under the hammer. Please note that there is a slight delay in this streaming broadcast. To bid in the auction or review auction results, please visit christies.com
A retrospective dedicated to Alighiero Boetti Christies 2024-02-23 | 🔊 Join Alessandro Diotallevi, Post-War and Contemporary Art Specialist as he presents a retrospective dedicated to Alighiero Boetti entitled ‘Mettere al Mondo il Mondo’.The exhibition will take place in Christie’s London Headquarters until 27 February in celebration of Boetti’s artistic legacy.Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Boetti’s death, the retrospective comprises more than 25 works spanning three decades of his career. The exhibition captures the extraordinary connoisseurly vision of a singular collector, assembled with an exceptional eye for quality, rarity and beauty, and includes major examples of Boetti’s Mappa, Aerei, Biro, Tutto and Arazzi, ‘Mettere al Mondo il Mondo’.🗓 A selection of works will be included in the 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale on 7 March and the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale on 9 March.#contemporaryart #youtubeshorts
Livestream | The Collection of Sir Elton John: The Day Sale (Part I) Christies 2024-02-22 | Join us at 10am ET on Thursday, 22 February, to watch The Collection of Sir Elton John: The Day Sale. The sale will be livestreamed around the globe from our saleroom at Rockefeller Center in New York. Experience the thrill of sitting front row at the auction and view a wealth of one-of-a-kind pieces owned by the iconic artist as they go under the hammer. Please note that there is a slight delay in this streaming broadcast. To bid in the auction or review auction results, please visit christies.com
A rare painting by Francis Bacon Christies 2024-02-22 | A rare seminal painting by Francis Bacon, ‘Landscape near Malabata, Tangier’ (1963) stands as a powerful and passionate memorial to his great love Peter Lacy.The painting will be a lead highlight of our 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale on 7 March. Created in London the year after Lacy’s tragic death in Tangier, the painting depicts the landscape where he was laid to rest. Here, the artist pays tribute to their relationship in a unique image of grief, desire, and longing.➡️Pre-auction view at Christie’s headquarters on King Street, London from 1 to 7 March.‘Landscape near Malabata, Tangier’ (1963). Estimate: £15,000,000-£20,000,000.#francisbacon #contemporaryart #shorts
Livestream | The Collection of Sir Elton John: Opening Night Christies 2024-02-22 | Join us at 5pm ET on Wednesday, 21 February, to watch The Collection of Sir Elton John: Opening Night. The sale will be livestreamed around the globe from our saleroom at Rockefeller Center in New York. Experience the thrill of sitting front row at the auction and view a wealth of one-of-a-kind pieces owned by the iconic artist as they go under the hammer.
