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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 Contemporary Edition sale runs from July 9-20 and features over 200 prints and multiples from...

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 discovery to be made public by the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) from what it refers to as the W...

Christie's 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. © Christie's 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 Christie’s July Contemporary Edition sale features over 200 striking Prints and Multiples from leading...

arts Updated 14th May 2021 Emily Ratajkowski's '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, Christie's. The "conceptual artwork," titled "Buying Myself Back: A Model for Redistribution" sold Friday in New York for $175,000 after fees. But it wasn't just any photograph. The picture -- for which the bidding started at $2,000 -- shows Ratajkowski with her arms crossed in front of a...

Written by Leah Dolan, CNN Sotheby's 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 Banksy's most recognizable works, is the first piece that Sotheby's will make eligible for purchase via either Bitcoin or Ether. It's estimated to sell for $3 million to $5 million (between 35 and 53 Bitcoin) when it goes up for auction May 12 in New York. Though Sotheby's will stick to conventional bids in USD, the winning buyer will ha...