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Christie’s inaugural First Open auction presents a collection of post-war and contemporary artists and runs from July 9-21. Featured artists include Sam Gilliam, David Hockney, Alexander Calder, Georg Baselitz and more. Some of the collection’s highlights are a special section of Andy Warhol polaroid photographs, property from the collection of Litsa D. Tsitsera and color field paintings from the collection of Arthur K. Solomon. Prices in this auction range from $1,000 USD to $100,000 USD....

The First Art Newspaper on the Net   An ultra-Orthodox Jew looks at parts of a Second Temple period (516 BC-AD 70) public building considered to be one of the most luxurious found to date, as they are unveiled by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Jerusalem, July, 8, 2021. Israeli archaeologists unveiled new parts of a major public building in Jerusalem just metres from where the Second Jewish Temple is believed to have stood two millennia ago. The opulent hall used by elites is the latest di...

Christies announces online sales of contemporary art Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Vesuvius. Screenprint in colors, on Arches 88 paper, 1985. Sheet: 31⅜ x 39¼ in. Estimate: $80,000-120,000. © Christies Images Ltd 2021. NEW YORK, NY .- This July, Christie’s presents four online-only auctions spanning post-war and contemporary art and prints and multiples. The sales include: First Open, Contemporary Edition, Trespassing, and Superplastic: The Janky Heist. CONTEMPORARY EDITION | 9 – 20 JULY Chris...

arts Updated 14th May 2021 Emily Ratajkowskis reclaimed self-portrait sells for $175,000 Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Megan Hills, CNN In April, model and actress Emily Ratajkowski announced on Twitter that she was "reclaiming" her image by selling a photograph of herself through a major auction house, Christies. The "conceptual artwork," titled "Buying Myself Back: A Model for Redistribution" sold Friday in New York for $175,000 after fees. But it wasnt just any photograph. The picture -- f...

Written by Leah Dolan, CNN Sothebys has become the first major auction house to introduce cryptocurrencies as a payment method for physical artworks, following its prior sales with digital NFT art last month. "Love is in the Air" (2003), one of street artist Banksys most recognizable works, is the first piece that Sothebys will make eligible for purchase via either Bitcoin or Ether. Its estimated to sell for $3 million to $5 million (between 35 and 53 Bitcoin) when it goes up for auction May 12...

NFT prices are plummeting. What could this mean for the art world? Written by Anny Shaw This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. Scam, pyramid scheme and tech speculation bubble -- such have been the more cynical responses to the meteoric rise of the NFT (non-fungible token) market. So has the boom gone bust already? Perhaps, according to recent figures published by Nonfungible.com, which show that the average price of NFTs plummeted almost ...

Christies Post-War and Contemporary Week totals $98,323,250 Keith Haring (1958-1990), Untitled. Vinyl paint on vinyl tarpaulin with metal grommets. 73 x 73 in. (185.4 x 185.4 cm.). Painted in 1983. Price realized: $3,000,000. © Christies Images Ltd 2021. NEW YORK, NY .-Christie’s kicked off the week of Post-War and Contemporary Art Sales in New York with a live Post-War to Present auction, which totaled $23,087,875, selling 86% by lot, 92% by value and 123% hammer over low estimate. The top l...

Christie’s £50m NFT Milestone Digital Art Collecting Comes Of Age Update: Metakovan, the founder of ‘crypto-exclusive fund’ Metapurse, has been identified as the buyer of Beeple’s $69.3m. NFTDigital art has an established history dating back to the 1960s. But the ease of duplication traditionally made it near-impossible to assign provenance and value to the medium. On March 11, 2021, Christie’s concluded its single lot online sale of Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5000 Days, achievi...

Christies Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale Week kicks off with Post-War to Present Elaine de Kooning (1919-1989), Red Bison/Blue Horse. Oil and charcoal on canvas. Painted in 1985-1986. Estimate: $250,000 - 350,000. Price Realized: $562,500. © Christies Images Ltd 2021. NEW YORK, NY .-Christie’s kicked off the week of Post-War and Contemporary Art Sales in New York with a live Post-War to Present auction, which totaled $23,087,875, selling 86% by lot, 92% by value and 123% hammer over low e...

Christie's is auctioning its first 'purely digital' artwork for millions of dollars this week, shining a spotlight on non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. Could this blockchain-based technology transform how we buy, sell and value art?