Pop art comes to Swindon
Filed in Other Auction Houses, Pop Art on Jun.19, 2008
Swindon is about to get its taste of “affordable art” as Swindon’s local auctioneers, Kidson-Trigg at Highworth, are holding an [...]
Archive for the ‘Paintings’ Category
Picasso’s Sylvette smashes auction record
Filed in Abstract, Other Auction Houses on Jun.19, 2008
Pablo Picasso’s Sylvette has become the most expensive painting ever sold at auction in Australia. The brightly coloured portrait sold [...]
Banksy’s U.K. Street-Art Rival Nick Walker Sells $1.5 Million of New Works
Filed in Pop Art on May.30, 2008
April 19 (Bloomberg) — Nick Walker, an old spray-mate of fellow British street artist Banksy, sold 750,000 pounds ($1.5 million) [...]
New hurdle for art forgers as A-bomb fallout is used to identify the fakes
Filed in Paintings on May.30, 2008
A new and not very subtle weapon is helping art collectors in the battle against forgers: the Bomb. Russian scientists [...]
The Economy is Tanking. Why is Sotheby’s Doing So Well?
Lee Rosenbaum has an insightful interview on New York Public Radio to help explain how the art market is supporting [...]