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...The 1945 painting’s title references seventh-century king of the Franks Dagobert, “whose taste for sexual excess was matched by a love of luxury”, Sotheby’s says....
...Among Bonhams’ top 10 prices in 2023 were the 18th-century bedchamber sword of Tipu Sultan (£14mn), an early 15th-century figure of Virupaksha (HK$38mn, £4.1mn) and a 2014 painting by Yoshitomo Nara (“Three...
...“I’m also really excited that we have a painting by Sahara Longe (£40,000-£60,000),” says Lord of the London-based artist who was classically trained in portrait painting in Florence and currently has a...
...“I’m still painting and going to parties with friends.”...
...Three of five paintings by Paul Klee sold for below their low estimates while an early painting of Marie-Thérèse Walter by Picasso, estimated at between $15mn and $20mn, sold for $8.4mn ($10mn with fees)...
...He opens on June 2 with a survey of recent work by the American artist Christopher Wool, including new paintings — something of a coup as the gallery does not officially represent Wool....
...Some investors are hoping that unlike that sale, when a pre-arranged buyer ended up winning the oil painting after collectors in the room refused to bite, a topping bid will emerge....
...Its phone demos explore augmented reality, virtual graffiti painting and 3D printing....
...Last year, he paid a record price for work by an American artist at auction by purchasing Jean-Michel Basquiat’s skull painting for $110.5m....
...Sotheby’s said it had launched proceedings in the High Court against Mr Weiss and Mark Weiss Ltd in order to recover the payment they received from the sale....
...If you buy 100 shares of each Picasso painting, that will be a portfolio for Picasso.” The investors would profit if the artwork rose in value, Mr Chen adds....
...Hundreds more can also be saved with carbon technology, new painting techniques and changes to sealant, according to PPG, a coatings company....
...Van Gogh, after all, sold only one painting in his whole life. Those capable of genuine new ideas are few and far between. I only know two: one a poet and the other an inventor....
...- A great European painting has just been unveiled in Britain. It feels like forbidden fruit....
...And there is a surprise new entry: Mexico, which imported £52.2m of paintings from the UK last year....
...More than $1bn was transferred to a Swiss bank account held by Good Star Ltd, which was owned by Mr Low, prosecutors allege....
...lunerougeibiza.org, parra-romero.com Photographs: Jerry Metellus; Gladstone Gallery, New York & Brussels; Michel Zabé Slideshow photographs: VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015; Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co Ltd...
...They took home what antiquities they could find, as well as “Old Master” paintings and drawings, and mementoes in the form of portraits and detailed view paintings....
...Painting a bleak picture of the food situation around the globe, he said obesity would become a leading economic issue by 2030. “Malnourishment isn’t just about the lack of food,” he said....
...Five paintings by Claude Monet with a combined estimated value of £70m will be auctioned today at Sotheby’s in London....
...Bonham’s revenues last year were also boosted by selling the most expensive Russian painting sold at auction: the “Madonna Laboris”, by Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich, fetched £7.9m....
Formula 1 technology has been harnessed to reduce the weight of cars
...It is not just a case of shoving in an eco-friendly Aga and painting the walls eau de nil, either....
...This season the Gucci glamazon swapped her mid-century modern penthouse for a windswept castle – the kind where the paintings have moving eyes....
...“The auto market is very sluggish in general,” says Pierre Vareille, chief executive of Constellium, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of semi-finished aluminium products, such as bodywork for cars...
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