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AN Old Master drawing discovered on the wall of a Somerset bungalow has sold for £16,000. The artwork attributed to Giovanni Francesco Barbieri - known as Guercino (1591-1666) - was snapped up at auction by a French buyer It is now off to Paris following a two-day sale by auctioneers Charterhouse this month. Auctioneer Richard Bromell said: "Bidding across all sections was frenetic despite the lockdown and a global pandemic. "We initially thought the small Old Master drawing could se...

An artwork at the Alte Pinakothek museum in Munich. Photo: Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images. The German government has announced that it will hand out €32 million ($38 million) this year to national cultural institutions undertaking modernization projects, including updating security systems. More than 73 cultural venues across Germany will benefit from the grant. “Preserving our cultural infrastructure is one of the most important cultural policy goals of the federal governm...

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Hot properties like Amy Sherald’s The Bathers (2015) are favourites for new billionaire buyers © Amy Sherald This month, Sotheby’s will be offering what it describes as the “ultimate Renaissance portrait” in its annual sale of high-value Old Masters in New York. It hopes this $80m-plus work will reinvigorate top-end demand in a market that since March has been battered by the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Bloomberg News, Sandro Botticelli’s Yo...

Jean-Etienne Liotard’s Portrait of Philibert Cramer — a masterpiece of the Enlightenment From London to Constantinople, Liotard was the portraitist of choice for princes, popes and kings. Still owned by the descendants of the sitter, this depiction of Voltaire’s publisher is a sublime example of why his skills were in such great demand Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789) is occasionally referred to as a ‘journeyman’ artist. However, it would be entirely wrong to ima...

Fine Art PhotographicGetty Images Online auctions are gold mines for finding one-of-a-kind items, often at one-of-kind prices too. Art, design, and history enthusiasts also receive unique opportunities to speak with a specialist who has comprehensive knowledge of everything up for sale at any prestigious auction to deepen their understanding of a certain period, movement, or style. “What I love about auctions is that you can get great pieces you won’t find anywhere else,” says Elizabeth ...

Spring 2021 Laura Owens, Untitled (2016). Courtesy of the artist; Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, Rome; Sadie Coles HQ, London; and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, This exhibition is a homecoming of sorts for Laura Owens. The wide-ranging and experimental painter grew up close to Cleveland in Norwalk, Ohio, and spent many hours exploring the Cleveland Museum of Art’s encyclopedic collections as a teenager. Owens, who has been based in Los Angeles for the past three decades, has devel...

Coveted masterpiece by Gian Giacomo Caprotti known as Salai sells for 2M, a new world record price for the artist Gian Giacomo Caprotti known as Salai, The Penitent Magdalene, circa 1515-1520. Softwood panel. Sold 1 745 000 € / 2 076 550 $ including premium. PARIS .- The Old Master and 19th Century Art department at Artcurial recently caused a stir when it sold an exceptional painting, the Penitent Magdalene by Salai, Leonardo de Vinci’s closest collaborator. Identified by art historians, thi...

Aguttes Auction House keeps its 4th position on the French market with sales of 47 Million Euros Exceptional automaton box awarded to the Rochat Brothers. Result: €392,780 sold in Neuilly-sur-Seine on October 20. PARIS .- In 2020, Aguttes totaled 47 million euros (including costs, after-sales and private sales) and retained its position as the fourth largest auction house in France for the fourth year in a row. After an average annual growth of +30% since 2017, the crisis, linked to the pande...

Ernst Ludwig Kirchners Our House, sold for €1.7m Courtesy of Ketterer Kunst As his train went through a tunnel, one bidder briefly lost his signal while taking part in a live auction online at Munich-based Ketterer Kunst earlier this year. Luckily, the train emerged in time for him to rejoin the bidding. It is the kind of challenge that auctioneers and their customers have had to adapt to during the pandemic year, with most buyers outside the auction room and an increasin...