New York philanthropist and patron of the arts Brooke Astor auction to offer 800 items Sotheby’s will offer some 800 items from Brooke Astor’s estate, Astor’s Park Avenue duplex and a mansion in Westchester County. Philanthropist Brooke Astor’s 800 personal items up for New York auction will include pieces of precious jewellery and a vast … Read more
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
Sotheby’s to Offer Roy Lichtenstein’s Iconic Sleeping Girl From 1964 in New York on 9 May 2012 Roy Lichtenstein’s Sleeping Girl (1964) – one of the high-points of the artist’s comic book inspired paintings and an icon of Post-War American art, is expected to fetch up to $40 million when it is sold at Sotheby’s … Read more