Picasso oil creates art auction record at $179mA Picasso oil painting from 1955 smashed the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction when it soared to $179.4 million at Christie's on Monday. The auction house had estimated "Les femmes d'Alger (Ve More… |
Sculpture drives Sotheby's biggest auction in its historySculptures by Alberto Giacometti and Amedeo Modigliani soared to $101 million and $70.7 million on Tuesday to lead Sotheby's biggest auction in its history, with Modigliani's "Tete" setting a new auction record for the artist. More… |
DP World auctions art for children’s centreLeading marine operator DP World recently raised funds for a training centre for children with special needs through auction of art. Children at Al Noor Special Needs Training Centre will benefit from the combined efforts of DP World and i More… |
Christie’s Mideast art sale nets $8mChristie’s auction of modern and contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art totaled $7,980,875 and set 42 world auction records for Middle Eastern artists. The highlight of the sale was when a group of six works from Edge of Arabia, were s More… |
Christie’s to hold fifth art sale in DubaiChristie’s, the world’s leading arts business, will hold their fifth auction of International Modern and Contemporary Art in Dubai, on October 30. The auction will present 157 exceptional paintings and sculptures from the leading artists o More… |
Christie’s to host art expo, auction in UAEChristie’s and Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) will stage an international exhibition in Abu Dhabi in October as part of Christie’s global exhibition programme. The program tours selected masterpieces to inter More… |