A Rolex Pussy Galore at Auction
The starting line included 130 collector’s watches. The race was comfortably won by several Rolexes, synonymous with reliability and elegance.
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Abstract Art at the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence
The Maeght Foundation is hosting about a hundred abstract artworks from the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art collection, from Martin Barré to Claude Viallat and many rediscoveries.
Magritte: Number One Among the Moderns
He now ranks alongside Picasso, Monet, Vinci, Giacometti, Matisse and Van Gogh in the select circle of 24 artists whose works have sold for over $79 M at auction.
Art in the Open Air at Le Muy
In this village in the department of the Var, private foundations and estates full of sculptures attract the cream of the art collecting crop each summer. It’s a different way of doing business.
€837,545 for A Precious Eighth-Century Umayyad Parchment!
Enriched with gold illuminations and intricate calligraphy, Islam’s holiest texts were available in sumptuous forms. However, it was a more sober version that attracted the most attention at a recent auction.
Art Market Overview: The Dutch Market
The Zeeuws Veilinghuis Auction House has just held the Netherlands’ first €2M sale.
The Edmonde and Lucien Treillard Collection: Man Ray and His Fellow Surrealists
In this second sale of the Treillard Collection, photos, screen prints and Surrealist objects by Man Ray will go hand in hand with pictures by several of his artistic collaborators, including Jacques-André Boiffard.
BRAFA: More Appealing Than Ever
For its 67th edition, BRAFA is leaving Tour & Taxis for Brussels Expo, while maintaining its highly successful eclectic, across-the-board approach.
Collector Simon Kidston’s Love for Mechanical Wonders
Impressive automobiles hold no secrets for him. Simon Kidston, a charismatic figure in the classic car world, divides his time between London, Geneva and Dubai.
Art Market Overview: Omar Ba, a Young Talent in the African Art Scene
Recently exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2019) and the Centre Pompidou in Paris (2020), Senegalese artist Omar Ba (b. 1977) is now considered one of the most promising artists in the African scene.
The Collection of Marie Bell: A Woman of the French Art Scene
From the theater to illustrated plates, Marie Bell’s life reflects a time when artists of all kinds performed together.
Retrogaming: A Booming Market
Eight years after starting up in France, the retrogaming (also known as classic gaming) market is consolidating and setting record sales. The tenth art is gradually carving out a niche in the auction room.
Fourth Sale of the Kahn Collection: Old Masters, 19th-Century Books and Surrealism
Before it closes in the first half of 2022, the Kahn library will be providing a fourth chapter full of discoveries, with Old Masters and books, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, paintings and collages from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Collecting Art: Morozov and the Russian Art Connoisseurs
On display at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris this fall, the Morozov collection is one of most remarkable, yet not the only one of its kind: the collection is in keeping with a long tradition of Russian art connoisseurs.
Nazy Vassegh: Reinventing the Traditional Art Fair with Eye of the Collector
We spoke to Nazy Vassegh in advance of the opening of the inaugural Eye of the Collector at the historic Two Temple Place in the middle of London. From auction house to advisor to art fair CEO, she has created a new model for collectors, where the artworks take center stage.
Mementos of the Yusupovs: A Major Dynasty of Collectors
This final sale features a hundred paintings, objet d’art, photographs, books and furniture from the Parisian home of Prince Felix and his wife Irina.
A Connoisseur’s Delight: 18 Rare 15th-Century Books of Hours Up for Auction
Connoisseurs will have their choice of several manuscripts illuminated in France, including a work by the Coëtivy Master.
The Cligman Collection at Fontevraud Abbey: The Art of Conversation
Martine and Léon Cligman have donated their 900-work collection to the Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud (Anjou), creating a unique modern art museum. How the works are displayed will determine sensitive formal, chromatic and intuitive harmonies.
Eli Broad, Los Angeles Loses One of its Most Important Patrons and Art Collectors
Born in the Bronx on June 6, 1933 to Jewish immigrant parents from Lithuania, Eli Broad, co-founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), died on Friday, April 30
Durjoy Rahman, Activist Bangladeshi Collector
The founder of the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation, collector Durjoy Rahman puts all his energy into promoting artists from his country and South Asia
Plundered Books: the “Shocking Dispersion”
Furniture and artworks were not the only items plundered during the Second World War. Books were also targeted and on a much larger scale.
Living with Modern Art: The Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection
On long-term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum, the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection encapsulates the enduring legacy of a collector fascinated with the experience of art.
