Share: In a recent auction at Sotheby’s in New York, a masterpiece by Pablo Picasso titled “Femme à la montre” has set a new benchmark, selling for an astounding $139.4 million. This remarkable sale not only claims the title of the most valuable artwork auctioned this year but also secures its position as the second […]
Share:By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Down a quiet Hong Kong lane beside the century-old masonry of a colonial-era prison, the 10 Chancery Lane Gallery is abuzz as staff hang bright, bold canvasses and hand-painted photos by three female Indian artists. The past few years have been golden for hundreds of such modish art […]
Share:By Christopher MichaudNEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Impressionist and modern art stumbled again on Thursday when Christie’s $147 million auction fell well short of estimates, most of which were set before the crisis gripping world financial markets.Seeking to put a positive spin on the result, Christie’s honorary chairman Christopher Burge noted that its “$200 […]
Share: Jean (Hans) Arp, Sans titre, vers 1926. Huile sur bois, 75 x 106 cm. Musée Collection Berardo, Lisbonne. Crédit photographique : DR – © ADAGP, Paris, 2008. PARIS.- José Berardo, born in 1944 on the island of Madeira, is one of the biggest Portuguese entrepreneurs. Barely aged 19, he emigrated to South Africa where […]
