Among the guest lecturers Archduke Dr. Géza von Habsburg discusses princely treasures from Kunstkammern, and former FBI Agent Robert Wittman shares tales of art heists and masterpieces that remain hidden.
The sale of the Estate of Ernst Beyeler, the late Swiss art connoisseur and dealer will include art works Ernst and his wife Hildy lived with at their private home as well as significant paintings and sculptures from the Galerie Beyeler in Basel.
"Twenty-four countries and 195 art galleries were showing works which went from the absurd to the widely extravagant," writes Patricia Boccadoro from the annual art market show devoted to modern and contemporary art in Paris.
Will major collectors and dealers prefer instant messaging and virtual booths to private jets and extravagant parties in Basel, London and Miami Beach?
Giacometti, Klimt and Cézanne headlined a record-breaking sale of art works totaling £146,828,350 / $235,659,502 / €167,575,324 - making it the highest value sale ever staged in London.
While there is undeniably big money to be made in the contemporary art market, it is rarely made by those who buy the works. Don Thompson's new book explores the labyrinthine and perilous path of art as investment.
Standard Chartered First Bank has teamed up with Phillips de Pury & Company’s auctioneers and the Saatchi Gallery in London to create a market in the West for Korean Contemporary Art.
The lavish and somewhat baroque Art Basel Miami Beach continues its pitch as the North American winter edition of Art Basel. Book Tip: Geoffrey Bradfield: Defining Millennium Modern.
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