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artinvestment.ru
Jeff Koons's Flower - balloon (Magenta) is slated for auction at Christie's in London on June 30, with experts suggesting bids could reach $23.5 million; the sale is tied to the Rachovski collection in Dallas. The article notes related Koons works and past auction records, including a 23.5 million sale for Hanging Heart and 11.8 million for Blue Diamond.
artnews.com
Francis Bacon’s Triptych, 1976 sold for $86.3 million at Sotheby’s New York sale, setting a new record for Bacon and for a contemporary artwork at auction. Yves Klein works from the Helga and Walther Lauffs collection also performed strongly, with MG 9 selling for $23.6 million and IKB 1 selling for $17.4 million. The sale totaled $362 million for contemporary art, surpassing pre-sale estimates and Sotheby’s own previous contemporary art high.
artnews.com
No usable Maegis blog-specific headline fields could be determined from this blue-chip news page. The article discusses spring art market sales totaling $1.57 billion across Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips, with breakdowns by contemporary, Impressionist, and modern art, but does not present Maegis blog headline fields.
independent.co.uk
The article discusses Siegmund Nissel, who was the second violin in the Amadeus Quartet, a renowned string quartet formed in London after World War II. It covers his origins, escape from Austria, internment in the Isle of Man during World War II, and his later musical development and collaborations with fellow quartet members.
thetimes.com
The Sunday Times review discusses Tan Dun’s Pipa Concerto performed by Wu Man, Hikaru Hayashi’s Viola Concerto-elegia played by Yuri Bashmet, and Takemitsu’s Nostalghia performed by Bashmet; the Moscow Soloists perform three extracts from Takemitsu’s film music. The article is by Stephen Pettitt and published May 25, 2008.
genuinclassics.com
The GENUIN release Vuelta al Mundo - a musical journey around the world (GEN 88109) features Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) and Elsbeth Moser (bayan). The disc contains works by Astor Piazzolla, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel de Falla, Igor Stravinsky, and S. Zinzadse, with a release date of 23 May 2008 and a price of EUR 16.90.
auctionpublicity.com
Francis Bacon's Study for Head of George Dyer, 1967, is highlighted as an exceptionally rare portrait in Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Contemporary Art in London. The work was acquired by its current owner from Marlborough Gallery and has a pre-sale estimate in excess of £8 million. It references Bacon’s relationship with Dyer and Tate Britain’s retrospective of Bacon in 2008.
irishexaminer.com
Bacon’s Triptych, 1976, sold for $86.3m, surpassing the previous record of $52.7m for Study for Innocent X (1962). The three-panel work depicts a headless figure with three vultures and two disfigured portraits, and is linked to myths of Prometheus and The Orestia; the sale was at Sotheby’s and the seller was a private EU collector. The article also notes a separate record for a living artist by Lucian Freud, selling for $33.6m at Christie’s in New York.
nytimes.com
Francis Bacon’s 1976 Triptych sold for $86.3 million at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive contemporary artwork sold at auction; the sale totaled $362 million with 83 works, and 18 artist records were set. The painting was sold by the Moueix family. Yves Klein and other artists such as Piero Manzoni, Tom Wesselmann, and Takashi Murakami were mentioned in relation to the auction.
artforum.com
Sarah Thornton at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale discusses the sale, including Takashi Murakami’s My Lonesome Cowboy (1998) which sold for $15.2 million, and Yves Klein’s MG9 from circa 1962 as part of the event that totaled $362 million.
artforum.com
Sarah Thornton at Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale; the article discusses the Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale and notes the sale of Tom Wesselmann’s Smoker #9 and Andy Warhol’s Double Marlon, including prices achieved.
thetimes.com
Lucian Freud’s life-size portrait Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, depicting Sue Tilley, sold at Christie’s in Manhattan for $33.64 million, a new record for a living artist. The painting was painted in 1995 and is part owned by Christie’s. The buyer was not disclosed.
Christie’s
Christie’s announced seventeen Impressionist and Modern works from the J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Collection for its June London sale, expected to exceed £40 million. Monet’s 1919 Le bassin aux nymphéas led a group that also included Matisse, Bonnard, Chagall, Picasso, Kandinsky and Pissarro.
telegraph.co.uk
The article reports that Sotheby’s achieved record prices for Leger and Munch paintings during an evening auction, with Leger’s Study for the Woman in Blue selling for $39.2 million and Munch’s Girls On A Bridge selling for $30.8 million; Monet’s The Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil sold at Christie's New York for nearly $41.5 million. It notes mixed signals for the market and that nearly one in five lots failed to sell.
npr.org
The NPR article reports that Grammy-nominated violinist Philippe Quint left his $4 million Stradivarius in a Newark taxi and that taxi driver Mohammed Khalil recovered and returned the instrument to Quint. Quint later rewarded the cabbies for their honesty with a private concert.
nytimes.com
The New York Times article covers violinist Philippe Quint thanking a Newark cabdriver after Quint’s Stradivarius violin, valued at $4 million, was returned after being left in a cab; the story notes Quint’s gratitude and describes the cabdriver’s honesty and the moment of the return.
cbsnews.com
Claude Monet’s painting Le Pont du chemin de fer a Argenteuil sold at Christie's for $41,481,000, setting a new auction record for the artist. The sale exceeded an estimated range of $35 million to $40 million and the buyer’s identity remains anonymous; the Nahmads were reported as possible sellers. A second Monet work from the Nympheas series sold for $11,689,000.
Christie’s
Christie’s New York reported $277.3 million from its Impressionist and Modern Art evening auction, its third-highest category total at the time. Monet’s Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil set a $41.48 million record, while works by Rodin, Giacometti and Miró also established new artist benchmarks.
artinvestment.ru
The article reports that the buyer of Mark Rothko's White Center, sold at Sotheby's New York on May 15, 2007 for 72.8 million dollars including commission, was a Qatari sheikh. It also notes the same auction included Francis Bacon's The Theme of Pope Innocent X for 52.7 million dollars, and mentions Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani as a prior significant buyer.
dailynewsegypt.com
The article reports violinist Philippe Quint plans a private 30-minute performance at Newark Liberty International Airport to thank Mohamed Khalil, the Egyptian-born taxi driver who returned Quint's 1723 Antonio Stradivari Ex-Kiesewetter violin valued at $4 million. The instrument had been on loan from philanthropists Clement and Karen Arrison of Buffalo, New York; Khalil will also receive tickets to Quint's New York performance at Carnegie Hall on Sept. 23.
auctionpublicity.com
Edward Hicks is the artist of The Peaceable Kingdom with the Leopard of Serenity. The work is part of Sotheby’s American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture sale in New York on May 22, 2008, with an estimated price of $6 to $8 million.
artobserved.com
The article reports that the Qatari ruling family, Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Kalifa Al-Thani and his wife, purchased Rothko’s White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) for $72.8 million and Francis Bacon’s Study from Innocent X for $52.7 million, with Damien Hirst’s Lullaby Spring selling for £9.7 million; purchases occurred through Sotheby’s in 2007, with further plans for museums and galleries in Doha and related Gulf region cultural expansions.