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art market stories: 46 news summaries

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London Art Sales Soar

Bacon tops Sotheby's contemporary auctions; London shows new art-market clout

Jun 25, 07 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Francis Bacon took top honors and Damien Hirst became the highest-priced living artist—beating out Jasper Johns—at Sotheby's contemporary auctions in London last week. A 1971 Bacon self-portrait went for $43.2 million, and the Hirst pill cabinet called "Lullaby Spring" for $19.4 million. "Hirst is... More »

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art market • London • art • Sotheby's • Damien Hirst • Francis Bacon • auction

$72M Sale Shatters Warhol Record

Auction madness continues
as contemporary-art market sizzles

May 17, 07 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Andy Warhol painting sold for $71.7 million last night at Christie's, more than quadrupling the previous record price for a work by the pop artist. The price for "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)," part of Warhol's "Death and Disaster" series, more than doubled... More »

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art market • contemporary art • art • Andy Warhol • Sotheby's • Christie's • painting • pop art • Mark Rothko • art auction

Rothko Fetches $73 Million

Record price for seminal modern work marks trend in art purchases

May 16, 07 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sotheby’s sold a Mark Rothko painting last night for $72.84 million, a record price for a piece of art created after World War II and a signal of a new boom in the market. Seller David Rockefeller bought the 7-foot-tall "White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender),"... More »

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art market • contemporary art • globalization • art • Andy Warhol • Sotheby's • Christie's • Damien Hirst • painting • Mark Rothko • Jasper Johns

I Bought Andy Warhol  

Pop artist's mass-produced work climbs in price, prestige worldwide

Apr 30, 07 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hipsters have known it forever, and buyers are catching on: Andy Warhol is the hottest artist around. The Times reports that his sales, including a projected $35 million for a painting at Christie’s next month, are second only to Picasso's. One expert calls Warhol "the most important international... More »

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art market • art • Andy Warhol • auction • painting • pop art • artist

Can Chinese Art Stay Hot?

It's all the rage in Europe, but will Chinese-themed art lose its market power?

Apr 20, 07 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a year of high excitement and higher prices, Chinese artists are hot at influential European fairs. But the bubble may have grown too fast, and Portfolio's Alexandra Wolfe reports on speculation that it's about to burst. One curator says Chinese art is "a consumer category, not a collector... More »

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China • art market • Chinese art • art • collecting • art collector

Art Market Fuels Boom in Private Museums

Contemporary collectors keep architects busy designing special exhibition spaces

Mar 18, 07 10:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Contemporary art collectors, no longer content to hang the Julian Schnabel over the sofa, are commissioning celebrity architects to design special exhibition spaces, complete with soaring ceilings, professional lighting, and temperature controls. With the art market booming, so is the market for private museums, worrying some observers that important works... More »

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art market • contemporary art • private museums • Richard Gluckman • Rene Gonzalez • Richard Meier • Michael Matzan • Julian Schnabel • architecture • art • art collector

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