Art Sales Put London in Catbird Seat
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The annual June art auctions have made London a more important art capital than it has been for more than 20 years.
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The market for contemporary and post-war art is continuing apace as evidenced by a healthy result, and in particular another record for Mark Rothko, at Sotheby's on Tuesday.
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LONDON, ENGLAND.- Damien Hirst reaffirmed his position as one of the leading contemporary artists of the 21st century this evening (October 18th, 2004), when all 168 lots of original items from the celebrated Pharmacy restaurant sold at Sotheby&#39;s London
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A series of paintings, by controversial artist Jack Vettriano, are sold at auction for more than Â£1m.
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When is a bag of rubbish not a bag of rubbish? When it&#39;s an integral piece of a high-profile exhibition at one of London&#39;s most famous galleries.
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Strong sales for impressionist and modern works were evident this week at New York's premier auction houses, with Paul Gauguin's "Maternite (II)" bringing in &#36;39.2 million and Claude Monet's "London, the Parliament, Effects of Sun in the Fog" &#36;20.1 million.
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MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - Russian art is gathering international attention and hefty price tags as the country's elite buy their motherland's masterpieces away from home.
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A rediscovered masterpiece by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele was to go under sale in a highly anticipated auction Tuesday, a highlight of a bumper week in the buoyant London art market.
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British artist Damien Hirst -- known for using dead animals in his works -- has sold the contents of his iconic London restaurant &quot;Pharmacy&quot; for 11.
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A record number of original works by Banksy are expected to fetch up to Â£300,000 in total at a London sale.
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NEW YORK  Â Art is hot. Despite turmoil in the financial markets, there are no signs that the art market is softening. The fall auction season in New York saw robust prices across most categories, with postwar and contemporary works in particular going through the roof. It seemed like a new record was being shattered every time an art auction was held.
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More than 100 million pounds worth of impressionist and modern art changed hands Monday evening at a Christie's auction that kicked off a week packed with sales.
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THE British art market has been booming for the past two decades. And, surely, its success has largely been achieved on the back of the Tate.
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A leading English art body is offering interest free loans to cash-strapped art lovers in the hope of enticing them to dabble in the market.
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A collection of artworks owned by John Paul Getty II sell for a total of Â£1.7m at Christie's in London.
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A rare watercolour painting by sculpture Modigliani sells for Â£423,000 at an auction in London.
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Prices for Russian works of art set a  series of new records at auctions in London this week as rich  Russians flexed their financial muscles.