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Christie’s
Christie’s examines Heavenly mandate and self-cultivation: imperial scholar’s objects from the Ai Lian Tang Collection and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
an-art.com
Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–16) from Leonard Lauder’s collection is valued at more than $150 million and leads Sotheby’s November sale in New York. The sale also includes two Klimt landscapes and works by Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch, and Agnes Martin among a total of 55 pieces from Lauder’s holdings.
observer.com
Pablo Picasso’s Buste de femme (1944) sold for HK$197 million at Christie’s Hong Kong, setting an Asia auction record. In the same week, Christie’s total for the 20th/21st Century Evening Sale was HK$565,649,000 ($73,038,183); Phillips achieved HK$160 million ($20.5 million) and Sotheby’s HK$335,701,000 ($43,040,000) for their evening sales.
Phillips
Christie’s examines PHILLIPS’ MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE IN HONG KONG ACHIEVES HK$160 Million/ US$20.5 Million and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
press.christies.com
Yves Klein’s California, (IKB 71), 1961, is highlighted as the leading work in Christie's autumn season in Paris. The work is described as the largest monochrome by Klein in private hands and is set to be offered at auction for the first time during Christie's Avant-Garde(s) including Thinking Italian sale in Paris on 23 October. The press release notes the work’s measurements, medium, and its significance within Klein’s exploration of International Klein Blue. Christie's previously sold Anthropométrie de l'époque bleue, (ANT 124), for £27.2 million in London on 28 June 2022.
Christie’s
Christie’s examines How Fondation Opale became a haven for Indigenous Australian artists and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
Christie’s
Christie’s examines An interview with Piet Oudolf on Philadelphia’s new Calder Gardens and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
cremonasera.it
The article discusses the Stradivari Stauffer ex Cristiani (1700) restored under Riccardo Angeloni with Bruce Carlson's work, sharing the stage with four cellos made by Silvio Levaggi, Primo Pistoni, Francesco Toto, and Alessandro Voltini, winners of the Triennale di Liuteria competition. The event, titled Violincellos for Charles Beare, serves as a concert and tribute to Beare, with remarks by Virginia Villa and remarks from Alessandro Tantardini and others about Beare's influence on the city and luthier tradition.
stauffer.org
Ulisse Mazzon, a former Stauffer student of Salvatore Accardo, has been granted a one-year loan of the Guarneri del Gesù Violin “Muntz” (1736), valued at over €10 million and owned by the Nippon Music Foundation. Mazzon, a Venetian violinist, has won competitions including Premio Postacchini 2025 and has performed with major orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that MondoMusica Cremona, founded in 2002, will host an international exhibition for handcrafted string instruments from September 26–28, 2025 in Cremona, Italy, in collaboration with CremonaFiere and the Italian Trade Agency. The event will feature violins, violas, cellos, and double basses from many makers, with lectures, concerts, masterclasses, and the Electric Sound Village; Midori and Bruno Canino will receive Cremona Music Awards.
codex.vasari.art
Christie’s in Paris has secured Yves Klein’s California (IKB 71), a 1961 work measuring 14 feet wide with an estimate of €16–25 million ($18–29 million) for its October 23 sale. The painting, the largest Klein IKB format, has a newly uncovered provenance tracing from Virginia Dwan in Los Angeles to Leo Castelli in New York before returning to Paris, and it has been in a New York collection since 2005 with a long loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 2005 to 2008.
Christie’s
Christie’s examines Suzanne Valadon, feminist artist of the Parisian avant-garde and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
ilgiorno.it
The article reports on the return to life of the Stradivari cello Stauffer ex Cristiani, built in 1700, after a conservation intervention. On September 25, at 5:30 pm, cellist Paolo Tedesco, a student of the Stauffer Academy, will perform on the instrument for the first time since the restoration at the Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi in Cremona.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that violist Norbert Merkl’s collection, including one viola by Francesco Mantegazza, two violins by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume and Enrico Marchetti, and 61 bows, was stolen from his Gröbenzell, Germany home on August 18. The collection also included certificates and valuation reports, with Merkl offering a €50,000 reward for information leading to recovery.
laprovinciacr.it
Event in Cremona during Cremona Musica featuring original instruments by master Cremonese luthiers. Three lunchtime sessions focus on Guarneri del Gesù, Bergonzi, and Stradivari violins with named players and speakers.
cremonaoggi.it
The Stradivari cello Stauffer ex Cristiani belonging to the Foundation Stauffer, restored at the Museo del Violino in Cremona, is set to be heard again. Paolo Tedesco, a young cellist and student of the Stauffer Academy, will perform Bach Suite No. 1 and Eugène Ysaÿe’s Cello Sonata on September 25 in Cremona, accompanied by the Stauffer Cello Quartet. The quartet will include Davide Cellacchi, Giada Moretti, Mattia Midrio and Christiana Coppola, and will feature instruments by Cremonese luthiers winning the Stradivari International Violin Making Competition; the concert is organized by the Museo del Violino with partners and is free until seats run out.
collectorcanvas.co.uk
The heirs of Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy sue Sompo Holdings over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (1888-89), seeking restitution valued at $250 million; the case cites Nazi-era forced sale and provenance issues, with appeals ongoing in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The painting is housed at the Sompo Museum of Art in Tokyo and is one of three Sunflower canvases from 1888-89.
concertisticlassica.com
The article discusses Einstein’s 1894 violin made by Zunterer, nicknamed Lina; it was estimated at £300,000 and later exceeded £1 million at auction. The instrument was personally owned by Einstein and later donated to Max von Laue in 1932, and it has connections to his key scientific years.
press.christies.com
Artist(s) mentioned include Claude Monet. Artwork referenced: Nymphéas, oil on canvas, 36¼ x 29 in. (92 x 73.6 cm.), painted in 1907. The sale/collection is Property from the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, with works by Monet, Renoir, Chagall, Matisse, Moore among others; price not stated.
art-insider.com
Pauline Karpidas auction at Sotheby’s fetched $100 million with a white glove status. The sale of 55 items from Pauline Karpidas’ collection included works by René Magritte, Andy Warhol, and Claude LaLanne, with several pieces selling for well above estimates; Magritte’s Tête sold for $1.2 million, Warhol’s The Scream (After Munch) for $9 million, and LaLanne works totaling $18.5 million. The auction overall exceeded expectations and achieved a 100% sell-through rate by the end of the night.
artnews.com
Christie’s will consign works from the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, and Henry Moore, with Monet’s Nymphéas (1907) highlighted at a low estimate of $40 million; other works include Chagall’s Le songe du Roi David (1966) and Le soleil rouge (1949) and Renoir’s Baigneuse (1891).
news.artnet.com
Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–16). The painting is expected to sell for as much as $150 million at Sotheby’s New York. The work comes from the collection of Leonard Lauder and is part of the events surrounding Sotheby’s New York flagship opening; it was previously loaned to the National Gallery of Canada and the Neue Galerie for Klimt exhibitions.
news.artnet.com
René Magritte’s La Statue Volante (1958) is noted as part of Sotheby’s Pauline Karpidas sale in London, which yielded around $100 million across 55 lots and achieved a 100 percent guarantee-backed, white-glove result with strong bidding. The report discusses Surrealism demand and the overall healthy activity in this major fall sale, including high sell-through and women bidders accounting for about a quarter of bidders.
Christie’s
Christie’s examines Christie's specialist's Post-War to Present highlights and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s reports on Sotheby's Unveils The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection | Press Release. Its source account states that sotheby's Unveils The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection | Press Release | Sotheby’s.
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Vincent van Gogh, Romans Parisiens (Les Livres jaunes) (1887) is highlighted in the sale led by a $40 million Van Gogh, with works by Max Beckmann, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, and Joan Miró. The collection is valued at up to $120 million and will be offered at Sotheby’s marquee Impressionist and Modern sale at its new Madison Avenue location.
theartnewspaper.com
Sotheby’s has secured two major private collections for its autumn New York sales: the Jay and Cindy Pritzker collection, estimated to bring in around $120m, and the Leonard Lauder collection, estimated to sell for around $400m. The Lauder trove includes works by Gustav Klimt, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch and Agnes Martin, with Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–16) estimated over $150m and other works estimated at $80m–$100m and $70m–$90m respectively; Vincent van Gogh’s Romans Parisiens (Les Livres jaunes) (1887) leads the Pritzker portion at an estimated $40m.
news.artnet.com
Sotheby’s reported a 2024 pre-tax loss of $248 million, more than double its 2023 loss, with revenue from commissions and fees down 18%. Elaine Wynn’s art collection, valued at over $75 million, will be auctioned at Christie’s in New York in November, featuring works by Richard Diebenkorn and Joan Mitchell. Christie’s closed its digital art department and cut ties with Nicole Sales Giles. Chef Daniel Humm will curate Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated auction in New York on September 26.
bbc.com
The article discusses a full-size 1894 Einstein-owned violin expected to fetch up to £300,000 at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in South Cerney, Gloucestershire, on 8 October. It notes the violin, named Lina by Einstein, was among artefacts given to Max von Laue and later to an acquaintance, with history linking to Einstein’s life and work.
Christie’s
Christie’s examines Explore the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
Christie’s
Christie’s examines Arp, Dubuffet, Kandisky from curator & collector Daniel Abadie and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
english.elpais.com
The article discusses the 1709 Stradivarius Mendelssohn violin once owned by Lilli von Mendelssohn-Bohnke, looted during the Nazi era and later found in Japan under the name Stella. It references a preliminary report by Carla Shapreau of UC Berkeley and notes that such looted violins have a well-documented history of theft, sale, and restitution.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that Dominic Winter Auctioneers will auction a 1894 Anton Zunterer violin once owned by Albert Einstein. The instrument, believed to be Einstein's first purchased violin, could fetch up to £300,000 and has a backstory tracing its ownership through Max von Laue and Margarete Hommrich. Einstein nicknamed his violins “Lina.”
econique.art
Bradford Frieze Seoul: a Mark Bradford triptych titled Okay, then I apologize (2025) sold for 4.5 million dollars at Frieze Seoul VIP day, reported by Vivienne Chow and sold by Hauser & Wirth to a private Asian collection.
classicfm.com
The article reports that violinist Patrick Roberts was denied boarding by Transavia Airlines after declining to check in his rare Golden Period Stradivari violin, which was on loan from an anonymous donor. He ultimately boarded by moving the violin to a different case and carried his other violin, with bows checked to the hold.
artnews.com
Jean-Michel Basquiat's Self Portrait (1982) sold for $8,332,500 and Red Man One (1982) for $22,002,790 in an online US Marshals Service auction. Pablo Picasso's Tête de taureau et broc (1939) fetched $5,007,502 and Diane Arbus's Child with a Toy Hand Grenade sold for $500,150. The sale, conducted by Gaston and Sheehan in Pflugerville, Texas, netted about $36 million in total.
theartnewspaper.com
Pablo Picasso’s La lecture (Marie-Thérèse) (1932), Mark Rothko’s No. 31 (Yellow Stripe) (1958), and Henri Matisse’s Figure et bouquet (Tête ocre) (1937) are among 80 works from the Weis family that Christie’s will auction in November, with the collection anticipated to fetch more than $180 million.
Phillips
Christie’s examines Phillips to Present 'Visual Language: The Art Of Irving Penn', A Landmark Auction in Partnership with The Irving Penn Foundation and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.