Top-ranked artists of 2012: Warhol, Picasso and Richter Top-Selling Artists of the year Warhol, Picasso and Richter are the “top-selling artists for 2012“, according to Artnet, an internet-based resource for the international art market. Art is a business whose numbers are carefully counted each year. Which artists performed best at auction last year? Take a look … Read more
Jeff Koons designs 2010 Mouton Rothschild label Modernist American artist Jeff Koons has been commissioned to design a wine label for Chateau Mouton Rothschild’s 2010 vintage, one of Bordeaux’s premier cru red wines. The artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such as Balloon animals produced in stainless steel, continues the annual tradition to … Read more
Until his death in 1973, Pablo Picasso, an outstanding artist, both painter and passionate writer, created more than 50,000 works, ranging from drawings and ceramics to poems, sculptures and paintings. Montblanc, the German manufacturer of luxury writing instruments, watches and accessories, brings together the two arts, painting and literature, in a limited edition that pays … Read more
Picasso’s phantasmagorical etchings from the 1930s, which go on display at the British Museum next week, delve into the deepest, darkest corners of the artist’s psyche
Top 10 Artists: Zhang Daqian, Qi Baishi, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Xu Beihong, Wu Guanzhong, Fu Baoshi, Gerhard Richter, Francis Bacon, Li Keran Having emerged as the world’s strongest art marketplace last year, it comes as no surprise to find China’s two leading artists now holding the top two places in Artprice’s global ranking of artists by auction revenue. … Read more
Picasso takes lead in big New York art sales Christie’s and Sotheby‘s hold their big autumn art sales in New York starting next week, with both houses looking to to excite a robust market. The prominence of important works by Picasso, Matisse and other modern masters in the impressionist and modern art sales at Christie’s … Read more