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Willem de Kooning

Mo Ostin Loved His Artists—and His Art Collection

Legendary record executive Mo Ostin's $120m art collection goes to Sotheby's for May, including works by Magritte, Twombly, Mitchell, Basquiat, de Kooning, Gorky, Picasso & Cecily Brown.

Marion Maneker

11 April, 2023

Art Market

The Art Market Is Stuck in 2nd Gear

Clare McAndrew's Art Basel UBS art market report says the art market was $67.8 billion in 2022, a 3% rise from the previous year.

Marion Maneker

10 April, 2023

Philip Guston

Christie's Has $50m Press Collection for May

Chicago commodities trader Alan Press and his wife Dorothy collected artists like Philip Gust and Ed Ruscha in depth. Their $50 million collection will be sold at Christie's in May, 2023

Marion Maneker

10 April, 2023

Christie's

Christie's Unveils Major Single-Owner Sale for May

Gerald Fineberg's $270 million art collection will be sold at Christie's including works by Gerhard Richter, Pablo Picasso, Christopher Wool, Barkley Hendricks and more.

Marion Maneker

20 March, 2023

Contemporary Art

The Market for Emerging Artists Defies the Odds

The New York Contemporary art sales totaled $95 million up from the previous year because of two single owner collections. Year over year, the market help up well.

Marion Maneker

14 March, 2023

Christie's

Double Visionary

Paul Allen's $1.62 billion sale saw strong results for Edward Hopper, David Hockney and Georgia O'Keeffe. Now Christie's is bringing seven additional works by the three artists to the May sales in New York.

Marion Maneker

09 March, 2023

Phillips

What’s the New Art Market Look Like?

The London sales were down by 30% from the previous year. The pullback surprised no one. The numbers may be lower at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips but the sales still emphasize artists with emerging markets.

Marion Maneker

08 March, 2023

Lot Announcement

Christie's Announces $144m Newhouse Single-Owner Sale

Christie's will offer 16 works from Si Newhouse Jr's art collection, including works by Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Lee Bontecou and Jasper Johns, in single-owner evening sale in New York in May 2023

Marion Maneker

21 February, 2023

Market Analysis

Some of the Biggest Names in the Art Market Are Seeing Huge Demand

LiveArt looked at the top artists of 2022 and identified 11 well-known artists with mature markets who are seeing strong demand at auction.

Marion Maneker

17 February, 2023

Lot Announcement

The Heroes of Abstraction

Phillips announces £7 million Willem de Kooning and £10 million Gerhard Richter for London sale on March 2nd.

Marion Maneker

14 February, 2023

Price Database

Can Wayne Thiebaud Win Big?

Wayne Thiebaud's paintings had $53 million in auction sales in 2022, with a new show at the Fondation Beyeler and growing international interest, how high can it go?

Marion Maneker

10 February, 2023

Lot Announcement

Restituted Kandinsky Seeks $45m at Sotheby's

Sotheby's will over Wassily Kandinsky's Murnau mit Kirche II from 1910 with expectations of $45 million sale on March 1, 2023

Marion Maneker

09 February, 2023

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