· Info
> IX Berlin Biennale 4Jun-18Sep
7Jul
> Le budget de la culture sera « prioritaire » en 2017, annonce François Hollande lemonde
8Jul
> British Art Fairs: One Country, but Worlds Apart nyt
> Rubens puts Christie’s on top during Old Masters week in London tan
10Jul
> London Old Master sales (post-sale) arthistorynews
11Jul
> The Ugly Battle –a half-billion dollar tax bill– Over the Wildenstein Art Empire bloomberg
> Old Masters Sitting Pretty ft
> Un dessin de Degas volé par les nazis adjugé 462.500 euros lefigaro
12Jul
Jusepe de Ribera, ‘A philosopher holding a mirror’. Oil on canvas, 114.4 x 80 cm. Sold by Colnaghi during London Art Week. The asking price was in the region of £1.25m / Colnaghi
> London Art Week highlights telegraph
> June 2016 London post-sale recaps athena-art
13Jul
> Did Abramovich buy the £44m Rubens? ahn
14Jul
> London Art Week: a round-up of sales antiquestradegazette
15Jul
> Optimism for the Old Masters apollo
> Can we prove that a painting of a man in a black cravat is by Lucian Freud? bbc
> Met Job Cuts Could Exceed 100 in a Move to Steady Finances nyt
18Jul
> Masterpiece reaffirms its top people’s top fair status masterart
> Sotheby’s YTD 2016 Auction Sales Results shareholder
> Artcurial. Results fot the 1st semester of 2016 artcurial
> The Bundestag approved the Kulturgutschutzgesetz – designed to control the movement of ‘goods of cultural interest’ to and from Germany antiquestradegazette
> 91 pieces in Gurlitt art trove likely looted art wtop
> Jeff Koons Lays Off Workers Amidst Reports of Unionization artfcity
> MoMA exhibits recent acquisition: Faith Ringgold’s American People Series #20: Die moma
19Jul
> Gagosian Gallery failed to pay New York State sales tax on hundreds of art transactions over a decade nyt
20Jul
> Christie’s Half Year 2016 Results christies
> Christie’s sales down 27% – is this an art market slump? antiquestradegazette
> Christie’s Sees Sales Volume Dip From Last Year blouinartinfo
21Jul
> Prosecutors seize some of Jho Low’s collection, including a $35 million Monet and a van Gogh wsj
> Can Sotheby’s Earnings Survive a Sales Decline? madison
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· RESULTS / RESULTADOS
6Jul
> Old Master Paintings . Bonhams
· SOLD:
£ 218,500 –J. de Ribera. San Sebastian (9wt)
£ 43,750 –Aftr Murillo. The Infant Saint John the Baptist (31wt)
£ 11,250 –Spanish Schl. Portrait of a gentleman… and… (59)
£ 8,750 –J. A. de la Vega. A bull fight (8)
£ 7,500 –Crcl Valdés Leal. Saint Sebastian tended… (58wt)
£ 1,106,500 –William Dobson. Portrait of the artist (14)
6-7Jul
> Old Masters Day Sale . Sotheby’s
· Sale Total: £3,229,625
> Old Masters Evening Sale . Sotheby’s
· Sale Total: £16,463,500
· SOLD:
£ 4,405,000 –Jean-Etienne Liotard. A Dutch Girl… (36)
£ 3,845,000 –Jan Brueghel the Elder. Still Life of Flowers in (11)
£ 1,145,000 –P. P. Rubens. The Chariot of Apollo (7)
£ 1,061,000 –M. van Cleve the Elder. An Outdoor Wedding Dance (1)
£ 293,000 –J. de Ribera. ST Francis of Paola (31)
£ 52,500 –J. Carreño de Miranda. Retrato de Carlos II (180)
£ 22,500 –Fllwr. of Goya. La Forja (194)
7-8Jul
> Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale . Christie’s
· Sale Total: £65,390,100
> Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale . Christie’s
· Sale Total: £3,541,350
· SOLD:
£ 6,466,500 –Pieter Brueghel II. The Four Seasons (6)
£ 506,500 –Pieter Brueghel II. The Payment of the Tithes (8)
£ 3,554,500 –Bernardo Bellotto. Venice: The Entrance to… (41)
£ 1,538,500 –Jacob van Ruisdael. View of Haarlem (19)
£ 1,314,500 –P.P. Rubens. Venus supplicating Jupiter (14A)
Luis Meléndez, ‘An earthenware pitcher and copper pail, with a bread roll, figs, quinces and cherries on a stone ledge’, Oil on canvas, 40.3 x 35.3 cm / Christie’s
£ 698,500 –Luis Meléndez. An earthenware pitcher… (27)
£ 698,500 –Luis Meléndez. Grapes and plums on… (28)
£ 74,500 –Jacopo Amigoni. Apollo and the Muses (212)
12Jul
> 19th Century European & Orientalist Art . Christie’s
· SOLD:
£ 55,000 –C. Pujol de Gustavino. The dispatches of the day (69)
£ 32,500 –M. Fortuny. In the garden, Granada (52)
13Jul
> The Claudio Bravo Collection . Christie’s
· SOLD:
£ 27,500 –Oteiza. Homenaje a los Vkhutema (72)
£ 23,750 –Picasso. Quatre femmes nues… (94)
£ 16,250 –Valdés. Perfil V (96)
> Pintura y escultura, hasta 1800 . Balclis
> Pintura y escultura de los siglos XIX y XX . Balclis
> Antigüedades, arte africano y diseño . Balclis
· SOLD:
€ 29.000 –Eliseo Meifrén. Fuego a bordo (1479)
€ 20.000 –J. M. Subirachs. Comunicaciò (1898)
€ 7.200 –J. Clarà. Estàtica (1599)
€ 5.000 –J. Gutiérrez Solana. Un Âme (1567)
€ 3.750 –Picasso. Taureau (1264)
13-14Jul
> Pintura y Decorativas . Abalarte
· SOLD:
€ 70.000 –Marcos Ortega. Vistas de Manila City (47)
€ 27.500 –Pieter Barbiers III. Paisaje fluvial con personajes (1165)
€ 27.000 –Ignacio Zuloaga. Retrato de Carlos Beistegui (1112)
€ 12.000 –Darío de Regoyos. Vista de Hendaya ( 140)
€ 12.000 –Eliseo Meifrén, Paisaje con figuras (130)
€ 11.000 –Gonzalo Bilbao, Jardín de un palacio francés (1174)
14Jul
> Modern & Contemporary Art . Veritas
14-27Jul
· online > First Open | Post-War and Contemporary Art . Christie’s
15-30Jul
· online> Made in America: American Realism 1960–2000 . Sotheby’s
· online > Made in America: 19th Century Paintings . Sotheby’s
21Jul
> Sesión de Arte . Durán
· SOLD:
€ 50.000 –J. Romero de Torres. Marichu Begoña (173)
€ 16.000 –Oswaldo Guayasamín. Flor de alcachofa (209)
€ 2.500 –Sorolla. Estudio de roleos (142)
20-21Jul
> Pintura, Gráfica y Decorativas . Ansorena
· SOLD:
€ 47.000 -Julio Romero de Torres . Retrato de la bailaora Conchita Triana (784)
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· Upcoming / Próximas
24Jul
> Tableaux et sculptures modernes, design, photographies . Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
27Jul
> Living with Art . Christie’s
28Jul
> Contemporary Living . Sotheby’s
2Aug
> California and Western Paintings & Sculpture . Bonhams