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Mayo · May 2016
Resultados de las subastas / Auction results
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> Bonhams. 19thC. European Paintings / Made in California / Imp and Mod Art /  Post-War & Contemp Art / Africa Now
> Christie’s. Bound To Fail / Post-War and Contemp Art Evening Sale + Morning Session + Afternoon Session / Imp & Mod Art Evening Sale + Day Sale / 19ThC. European Art / American Art / Photographs / Old Masters & 19thC. Art / Latin American Art /  Design / Asian 20thC & Contemp Art Evening Sale + Day Sale / 30 Years: The Sale /  Fine Chinese Modern Paintings  
> Dorotheum. Modern Art
> Heritage. Print and Multiples
> Heffel. May Live Auction
> K Auction. May Hong Kong Sale
> Phillips. 20thC. & Contemp Art Evening Sale + Day Sale / Latin America
> Sotheby’s. African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Art / Imp & Mod Art Evening Sale + Day Sale / Contemp Curated / Contemp Art Evening Auction + Day Auction / Contemp Curated / American Art /  19thC. European Paintings
> Tajan. Contemp Art
> Abalarte. Pintura
> Alcala. Pintura y decorativas
> Ansorena. Pintura, Gráfica, Escultura y Decorativas 
> Balclis. Arte oriental / Arte Africano y diseño + Arte ruso y antigüedades / Pintura y escultura de los siglos XIX y XX + hasta 1800 
> Duran. Sesión de Arte
> Segre. Pintura y escultura

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· Frieze New York Reflects a Cooled Down Art Market artnet

· Why $361 Million for 11 Artworks Is a Disappointment bloomberg

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· Resultados / Results

4May
> 19th Century European Paintings . Bonhams
· SOLD:
$ 40,000 –M Rico y Ortega, A Venetian canal (43)
$ 35,000 –R Blanco Merino, Moors in a courtyard… (30^¤)
$ 5,250 –A. M. de Reyna Manescau, La Giudecca, Venice (46)
$ 521,000 –Sir George Clausen, The spreading tree (81)
$ 509,000 –Edwin Lord Weeks, Start for the Hunt… (24)

> Made in California . Bonhams
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7May
> African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Art . Sothrby’s
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8May
> Bound To Fail . Christie’s
· SOLD:

Maurizio Cattelan, ‘Him’, 2001. Wax, human hair, suit, polyester resin and pigment, 101 x 43.1 x 63.5 cm. Artist’s proof from an edition of three plus one artist’s proof / Christie’s

$ 17,189,000-Maurizio Cattelan, Him (39A)
$ 15,285,000 –Jeff Koons, One Ball Total Equilibrium… (21A)
$ 6,997,000 –Bruce Nauman, Henry Moore Bound to Fail (15A)
$ 3,637,000 –Richard Prince, Drink Canada Dry (8A)
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8&10 May
> 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale . Phillips
> 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale . Phillips
· SOLD:
$ 5,989,000 –Brice Marden, Star (for Patti Smith) (17)
$ 5,765,000 –Jeff Koons, Naked (25)
$ 3,077,000 –Dubuffet, Barbe des rites (5)
$ 2,517,000 –Marlene Dumas, Night Nurse (14)
$ 2,045,000 –Yayoi Kusama, Iinfinity Nets (24)
$ 1,925,000 –Louise Bourgeois, Untitled (6)
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9-10May
> Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale . Sotheby’s
· Sale total: $144,546,000
> Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale . Sotheby’s
· Sale total: $41,945,000
> Contemporary Curated . Sotheby’s
· Sale total: $20,075,750
· SOLD:

Auguste Rodin, ‘L’eternel Printemps’, 1884 and carved in 1901-03. Marble, height: 66.6 cm / Sotheby’s

$ 20,410,000 –Rodin, L’eternel Printemps (17)
$ 16,378,000 –Maurice de Vlaminck, Sous-Bois (14)
$ 10,666,000 –Signac, Maison du Port… (8)
$ 9,882,000 –Monet, Marée Basse aux… (25)
$ 9,434,000 –Monet, Camille à L’ombrille vert (36)
$ 7,082,000 –Monet, Près Monte Carlo (59)
$ 4,730,000 –Bonnard, Nù a la Fenêtre (28)
+ Renoir; Léger; Chagall; Giacometti; Schiele; Magritte; Tolouse-Lautrec; …

Pablo Picasso, ‘Paloma’, 1952. Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm / Sothrby’s

$ 4,506,000 –Picasso, Paloma (20)
$ 3,890,000 –Picasso, Buste de Femme (16)
$ 490,000 –Picasso, Tête de Femme (167)
$ 346,000 –Picasso, Nu et Homme Assis (393)
$ 225,000 –Picasso, Le Picador (310)
$ 346,000 –Dalí, Aliyah (346)
$ 334,000 –Dalí, Cheval avec la Montre… (341)
$ 93,750 –Dalí, Nu de Dos sur… (345)
$ 72,500 –Julio González, Main Couchée (206)
$ 50,000 –Genovés, Ascensión II (333)
$ 50,000 –Gris, Le Pain (313)
$ 18,750 –Gris, Verre, Pipe et Boites (312)
· UnSold
–Picasso, Buste d’Homme Lauré (34) $8,000,000-12,000,000
–Picasso, Femme dans un Fauteuil (41) $5,000,000–7,000,000
–Picasso, Mousquetaire (51) $5,000,000–7,000,000
–Picasso, Tête d’Homme III (193) $1,800,000 –2,500,000
–Joan Miró, Oiseau (19) $6,000,000–8,000,000
–Joan Miró, Femme et Oiseau (58) $2,000,000–3,000,000
–Joan Miró, Tête (324) $600,000–800,000
–Lobo, Jeune Fille… (322) $250,000–350,000
–Gris, Nature Morte Cubiste (166) $150,000–250,000
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10May
> Pintura y escultura . Segre
· SOLD:
€ 32.000 –Asensio Juliá. Hombre meditabundo… (67)
· UnSold:
–Jorge Oteiza. Caja vacía (175) €78.000

> Post-War & Contemporary Art . Doyle
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10-11May
> Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale . Christie’s
· Sale total: $318,388,000
> Post-War And Contemporary Art Morning Session . Christie’s
· Sale total: $50,290,750
> Post-War And Contemporary Art Afternoon Session . Christie’s
· Sale total: $32,395,250
· SOLD:

Jean Michel Basquiat, Untitled, 1982. Acrylic on canvas, 238.7 x 500.4 cm / Christie’s

$ 57,285,000 –Basquiat, Untitled (36B)
$ 3,189,000 –Basquiat, Untitled (41B)

Mark Rothko, ‘Nº 17?, 1957. Oil on canvas, 232.5 x 176.5 cm / Christie’s

$ 32,645,000 –Rothko, No. 17 (17B)
$ 3,189,000 –Rothko, Untitled (46B)
$ 28,165,000 –Clyfford Still, PH-234 (25B)
$ 9,125,000 –Clyfford Still, PH-66 (21B)
$13,605,000 –Christopher Wool, If You (5B)
$ 10,693,000 –Agnes Martin, Orange Grove (25B)
$ 9,797,000 –Joan Mitchell, Noon (18B)
$ 9,685,000 –Richard Prince, Runaway Nurse (38B)
$ 4,757,000 –Richard Prince, Untitled (Jokes) (53B)
$ 9,349,000 –Robert Ryman, Venue (22B)
$ 8,677,000 –Lichtenstein, Sailboats (34B)
$ 7,445,000 –Jeff Koons, Smooth Egg with… (55B)
$ 6,885,000 –Jeff Koons, Lobster (42B)
$5,765,000 –Calder, Sumac 17 (10B)
$ 5,317,000 –Mark Tansey, Invisible Hand (43B)
$ 4,869,000 –Dubuffet, Rue de l’Entourloupe (27B)
$ 3,301,000 –Calder, Leaves (153)
$ 2,517,000 –Ai Weiwei, Map of China (441)
$ 2,045,000 –Frank Stella, For Picabia (166)
$ 1,805,000 –Philip Guston, Branch (130)
+ De Kooning; Sam Francis; G. Richter; Klein …
$ 221,000 –Valdés, Retrato de mujer con mancha azul (505)
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> Pintura, Gráfica, Escultura y Decorativas . Ansorena
· Inclu:
€ 96.800 –Picasso, La Tauromaquia, o Arte de Torear, por José Delgado Pepe Illo (184)
€ 38.000 –Claude Joseph Vernet, Naufragio en … (585)

11May
> Impressionist and Modern Art . Bonhams
· SOLD:
$ 1,061,000 –Rodin, Eve, petit modèle… (30)
$ 425,000 –Oskar Kokoschka, Sitzender bärtiger Mann (21)

11-12May
> Contemporary Art Evening Auction . Sotheby’s
· Sale total: $242,194,000
> Contemporary Art Day Auction . Sotheby’s
· Sale total: $54,939,375
> Contemporary Curated . Sotheby’s
· Sale total: £2,753,063
· SOLD:

Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1968. Oil based house paint and wax crayon on canvas, 152.4 x 173 cm / Sotheby’s

$ 36,650,000 –Cy Twombly, Untitled-NYC (21)
$ 15,370,000 –Cy Twombly, Untitled-Bachus… (25)
$ 34,970,000 –Bacon, Two Studies for a Selfportrait (8)
$ 13,914,000 –Christopher Wool, Untitled (14)
$ 11,842,000 –Sam Francis, Summer #1 (17)
$ 9,210,000 –David Smith, Zig I (28)
$ 8,314,000 –Calder, Untitled (5)
$ 2,170,000 –Calder, Mobile with Nine… (111)
+ Kline; Warhol; Burri; Basquiat…
$ 212,500 –Valdés, Claudette Sentada (508)
£ 25,000 –Luis Feito, Untitled (122)
£  3,125 –Ángela de la Cruz, Painting for a Bookcase (39)

> Subasta de Mayo / Pintura . Abalarte
· SOLD:
€ 60.000 –Bernardo Cavallino. Virgen del Rosario con … (182)
€ 50.000 –Att. Frans Snyders. Paisaje con lucha de aves (1097)
€ 21.000 –J. Romero de Torres. Retrato de caballero en un paisaje (1137)
€ 15.000 –Pareja de cabinets en ébano, marfil y hueso, Nápoles (367)
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12May
> Post-War & Contemporary Art . Bonhams
· SOLD:
$ 509,000  –Yue Minjun, Post-Modern Garden (34^W)
$ 269,000 –Botero, Woman on a Horse (18)
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12-13May
> Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale . Christie’s
· Sale total: $141,532,000
> Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale . Christie’s
· Sale total: $24,939,000
· SOLD:

Monet, ‘Le bassin aux nympheas’, 1919. Oil on canvas, 99.6 x 103.7 cm / Christie’s

$ 27,045,000 –Monet, Le bassin aux nymphéas (27C)
$ 11,365,000 –Monet, Au Petit-Gennevilliers (16C)
$ 12,765,000 –Modigliani. Jeune femme à la rose… (7C)
$ 10,245,000 –Braque, Mandoline à la partition… (19C)
$ 8,005,000 –Frida Kahlo, Dos desnudos en el bosque… (21C)
$ 8,005,000 –Picasso, Homme assis (9C)
$ 3,077,000 –Picasso, Buste d’homme (44C)
$ 1,325,000 –Dali, Le mausolée d’Halicarnasse (1221)
$ 449,000 –Dali, L’oeil fleuri (no 6), décor pour … (1215)
$ 209,000 –Miro, Maquette de l’Arc de la Fondation Maeght (1216)
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17May
> 19Th Century European Art . Christie’s
· SOLD:
£ 8,125 –F. Ribera Gómez, The land maidens (125)
£ 5,250 –S. Sánchez Barbudo, The first steps (79)
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18May
> Contemporary Art . Tajan
· SOLD:
€ 356.220 –Georg Baselitz, Un Giorno Particolare (18)
€ 84.572 –Niki de Saint Phalle, Angel Vase (13)
€ 1.960 –Angel Alonso, Terre et vert (92)
€ 910 –Angel Alonso, Plissé noir (91)
€ 1950 –Miguel Berrocal, Romeo e Giulietta (76)
€ 520 –José Luis Sanchez, Sans titre (77)

> American Art . Sotheby’s
· Sale total: $27,132,500
· SOLD:
$ 6,858,000 –J. Singer Sargent, Poppies (A Study… ) (8)
$ 4,058,000 –J. Singer Sargent, Starcase in Capri (14)
$ 4,730,000 –Norman Rockwell, Road Block (24)
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19May
> American Art . Christie’s
· Sale total: $42,737,500
· SOLD:

Georgia O’Keeffe, ‘Lake George Reflection’, 1921-22. Oil on canvas, 147.3 x 86.4 cm / Christie’s

$ 12,933,000 –Georgia O’Keeffe, Lake George Reflection (14)
$ 4,533,000 –Georgia O’Keeffe, Red Hills with… (10)
$ 3,301,000 –Georgia O’Keeffe, The Barns, Lake… (16)
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20May
> Photographs . Christie’s
· SOLD:
£ 266,500 –Hiroshi Sugimoto, Baltic Sea (39)
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23 May
> Latin America . Phillips
· Sale Total: $4,646,125
$ 418,000 –Gabriel Orozco, Samurai Tree 21k (9)
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24May
> Modern & Contemporary Print and Multiples . Heritage Auctions
· SOLD:
$ 802,000 –Willem de Kooning, East Hampton II (69217)

> Old Masters & 19th C. Art (includ Dutch Impressionism) . Christie’s

> Arte oriental . Balclis
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25May
> Arte Africano y diseño . Balclis
> Arte ruso y antigüedades . Balclis
· SOLD:
€ 25.000 –Enrique García, Guitarra española (1255)
€ 16.000 –Lámpara china S XX (644)

> Africa Now . Bonhams

> Latin American Art . Christie’s
·  Sale total: $19,145,750
· SOLD:
$ 2,165,000 –Rufino Tamayo. Maestros Cantores (16)
$ 1,205,000 –Diego Rivera. Niña con Rebozo (11)
$ 785,000 –Wilfredo Lam. Le Sabbat (33)

> 19th Century European Paintings . Sotheby’s
· Sale total: £5,205,875
· SOLD:

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, ‘Playa de Valencia’, 1910. Oil on canvas, 48 by 56cm / Sotheby’s

£ 323,000 –Sorolla. Playa de Valencia (10)
£ 149,000 –H. Anglada-Camarasa. Gitana poniendose flores… (11)
£ 87,500 –H. Anglada-Camarasa. Paisaje con Almendros (9)
£ 137,000 –Santiago Rusiñol. Pedres Velles, Raixa IV (8)
£ 22,500 –J. Gallegos y Arnosa. Gondolas on a Canal (23)
· UnSold:
–Darío de Regoyos. Vista de Madrid… (12) £40,000–60,000

> Design Vente Du Soir . Christie’s
· SOLD:
€ 721,500 –Claude Lalanne. Love seat (250)
€ 685,500 –D. Giacometti. Paire de Feauteuiles… (212)

> May Live Auction . Heffel
· SOLD:
CN$ 2,183,000 –Lawren Stewart Harris. Laurentian Landscape (142)
CN$ 1,593,000 –Edward John. The Post Ofice… (018)
CN$ 1,180,000 –Alexander Colville. Swimming Dog and Canoe (027)

25-26May
> Pintura y decorativas . Alcalá
· SOLD:

Joaquín Sorolla, ‘San Francisco Javier’, 1891. Óleo sobre lienzo, 80 x 52 cm / Alcalá Subastas

€ 115.000 –Sorolla. San Francisco Javier (399)
€ 60.000 –Sorolla. Playa de Zarauz (395)
€ 42.500 –Joan Hernández Pijoán. Xiprés sobre blanc (1089)
€ 30.000 –Eugenio Cajés. Trinidad en la tierra (374)
€ 25.000 –Doug & Mike Starn. Structure of Thought 19… (1046)
€ 20.000 –Martín Chirino. Cabeza (21). Crónica … (1078)
€ 13.000 –Úrculo, Sin título (Jazz-Gerswhin-Blues) (1076)
€ 7.500 –Manolo Quejido. Sin título (1035)

26May
> Sesión de Arte . Durán
· SOLD:
€ 27.500 –Esc. filipina S.XIX. Retratos de la familia Azcárraga (132)
€ 11.000 –José Benlliure. Posada del Sol (149)
€ 10.000 –José Vela Zanetti. Figuras indígenas (440)
€ 6.500 –Mariano Fortuny. Desnudo masculino (134)

> Pintura y escultura de los siglos XIX y XX . Balclis
> Pintura y escultura, hasta 1800 . Balclis
· SOLD:
€ 30.000 –José Camarón. Las vírgenes sabias y necias (1644)
€ 19.000 –Igor Mitoraj. Torso ferito (2087)
€ 18.000 –Eliseo Meifrén. Paisaje costero (1737)
€ 16.000 –Luca Giordano. Hércules y el toro de Creta (1535)
€ 12.000 –Luca Giordano. Hércules libera a Prometeo (1532)
€ 7.500 –Ricard Opisso. Jóvenes (1916)

28-29-30May
> Asian 20th C & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) . Christie’s
· Sale total: HK$458,237,500
> Asian 20Th C Art (Day Sale) . Christie’s
· Sale total: HK$139,375,000
> 30 Years: The Sale . Christie’s
· Sale total: HK$ 631,560,000
· SOLD:
$ 9,144,769 –Zao Wuo-Ki, Untitled (24)
$ 5,232,236 –Chu Teh-Chun. Nº 132 (32)
$ 3,928,059 –Zeng Fanzhi. Meat Nº 3: Nativity (64)
$ 2,913,698 –Wu Guanzhong. The Yulong Mountains… (16)
$ 2,551,427 –Yayoi Kusama. Cloud Considering (6)
$ 859,101 –Yayoi Kusama. The Sea in the Evening… (1)

Blue and white dragon jar, Guan. Five-clawed dragon amidst scrolling clouds, below four monster masks and a four-character Xuande mark, 48.5 cm. high / Christie’s

$ 20,447,642 –Blue and white ‘Dragon’ jar, Guan (3012)

29May
> May Hong Kong Sale . K Auction
· SOLD:
HK$ 5,400,000 –Picasso, Clown et Femme (51)

31May
> Fine Chinese Modern Paintings . Christie’s
· Total sale: HK$375,249,000
· SOLD:
$ 6,534,105 –Zhang Daquian. Guanyin in Early Tang… (1340)
$ 4,216,386 –Xu Beihong. Scenes Inspired… (1381)
$ 2,333,239 –Pan Tianshou. Bamboo Valley (1368)

> Modern Art . Dorotheum
· SOLD:
€ 1,022,500 –James Ensor. Baptême de masques (404)
€ 344,600 –Fernando Botero. Bather (418)
€ 68,275 –Miró. L’enfance d’Ubu (421)
€ 23,750 –Dalí. Study for “La Madonna de Port Lligat» (472)
€ 15,000 –Dalí. Retrato da Gala (473)
€ 18,750 –Julio González. Personnage assis (469)

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· Info

5May
> Frieze New York Opens With Uncertainty, But Measured Sales Prevail blouinartinfo
> Collectors Are Still Buying, But Frieze New York Reflects a Cooled Down Art Market artnet
> Frieze New York 5-8May

> Phillips Continues International Expansion of 20th Century and Contemporary Art Team phillips

> Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga: Aço especial para angriaçao de fundos para adquisiçao da “A Adoração dos Magos” do pintor Domingos António Sequeira museudearteantiga

6May
> Rich pickings in New York. Frieze Week; busy month in Europe; Middle Eastern sales ft

9May
> Oliver Barker on the Sotheby’s sale that changed his life telegraph

> What Sold at Frieze New York artsy

10May
> Record-Breaking Basquiat Painting Leads Christie’s $318 Million Contemporary Sale artnet

> Sotheby’s sold $144.5 million of Impressionist and modern art, its worst showing at a sale in the category since the 2009 recession bworldonline
> Sotheby’s Sale Plunges 61% as High-End Art Market Cools Off bloomberg
> Sotheby’s Sales Weaken Amid Thinning Market nyt

> How Screwed Is Sotheby’s? observer

> The Latest Art Market Trends barrons

> New Museum Plans Expansion After Raising $43 Million nyt

11May
> Japanese Online Retailer Maezawa Buys $57.3 Million Basquiat bloomberg

> Sotheby’s Rebounds With $242.2 M. Contemporary Auction, Anchored by Big Sales of Twombly, Bacon artnews
> Cy Twombly Canvas Leads Sotheby’s $242 Million Contemporary Art Sale artnet
> Sotheby’s bounces back with steady contemporary art sale tan

> The Scheepvaart Museum purchase ‘Gezicht op het IJ met ‘s Lands Zeemagazijn’ by Reinier Nooms hetscheepvaartmuseum

12May
> Impressionist and Modern Works at Christie’s Stir Little Excitement nyt
> Christie’s Imp-Mod Auction Totals $141.5 M., Secures Record With $8 M. Frida Kahlo artnews

> Cheyenne Westphal has been hired by Phillips in the latest fallout from Sotheby’s corporate shake-up wsj

> Japanese Collector Scoops Up $98 Million of Art in Two Days bloomberg
> Japanese art enthusiast Yusaku Maezawa in $98m art spree bbc

> The New Power Couple: Paddle8 & Auctionata paddle8
> Auctionata And Paddle8 Join Forces forbes
> Auctionata and Paddle8 Will Merge, Marking a Shift in the Online Art Market artnews
> Auctionata and Paddle8 merge to better serve global aspirational market luxurydaily

> The unsold Warhol: Liz, 1964 blakegopnik

13May
> Spring art sales in New York are a deviation from the norm wsj

> Why $361 Million for 11 Artworks Is a Disappointment bloomberg

> Tepid Impressionist and Modern sale at Christie’s concludes New York auction week tan
> Christie’s Mild-Mannered Imp/Mod Closer blouinsrtinfo

> Heritage auctions has now recorded more than $500 million in online auction ha

15May
> In Gun-Shy Art Market, Bellwether Auctions Decline More Than 50% twp-bloomber

16May
> Panama Papers Reveal Offshore Holding Companies of Art World A-Listers Dominique Lévy and Ella Fontanals-Cisneros artnet

> Experts Weigh In on the Complexities of New York Auction Week artnet

17May
> Steve Cohen Boosted Sotheby’s Stake to $86 Million Last Quarter bloomberg

> Art Sales: there’s more to Dubuffet than art brut telegraph

18May
> Sotheby’s Holder Shanda Gets Antitrust Approval on Stake blommberg

> Contemporary Art Sales: What a Difference a Year Makes nyt

19May
> Modern Art: experts predict a huge clean-out judithbenhamouhuet

20May
> Phillips auction house says a Diego Rivera’s painting has sold privately for $15.7 million usnews-ap

> Troubled Malaysian Investor Jho Low Sells Off Masterpieces Amid International Investigation artnet

> David Zwirner announce its exclusive representation of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation davidzwirner

> Millions of dollars and dozens of works diverted in Ace Gallery bankruptcy case, accountant finds tan

21May
> Hong Kong auctions a first test for Rebecca Wei, Christie’s new president of Asia scmp

23May
> Millennials are looking at art as an investment, a U.S. Trust survey said thestreet

> Morris Zukerman, onetime Morgan Stanley energy group chief, used sham art sales and backdated documents bloomberg

24May
> Will the Launch of ARCO Lisboa Perk Up Portugal’s Sleepy Art Market? artnet

> Top 10 Most Expensive Women Artists at Auction 2016 arnet

28May
> The superrich have stashed millions of works in tax-free storage. So what does that mean for the art? nyt

29May
> Liza Minnelli quietly selling off Andy Warhol collection pagesix

31May
> Sotheby’s pulls back curtain on secretive deals in Bouvier case nypost

> Feds: Cherry Hill man has our painting courierpostonline