The evening sales this Summer were both as successful as ever, and certainly more promising than the equivalent sales in 2016 – they were both small yet well curated. The dispersed sale dates and diminished auction attendances did not take away from a rich vein of bidding at both week’s blue-riband events. I wondered …
Review: The June 2017 Impressionist & Modern Art Auctions in London Read More »
Given the paucity of choice on the market this June I thought the Sotheby’s Evening sale was a real triumph. Sadly Christie’s, with an Evening Sale totalling 25m GBP, will want to forget late June 2016 for a while (depending on the result of next week’s curated sale: Defining Britain). Sotheby’s leaned heavily on their …
The Impressionist & Modern Art Sales in London, 21st – 23rd June 2016 Read More »
Every Spring, in mid-March, the small town of Maastricht in the southern Netherlands comes alive as 280 exhibitors proffer their wares at The European Fine Art Fair. This year was a very, very good fair and the quality of the modern and contemporary works was as good as I can remember in ten years of …
TEFAF, Maastricht, 2016: 12th-22nd March 2016 – A Review Read More »