More on the subject Auction Market
Never exhibited Monet to be auctioned
For the 20th Century Evening Sale on November 9, 2023, Christie's has a real highlight: Le bassin aux nymphéas by Claude Monet is expected to fetch $65 million. It has been in the same collection for over 50 years and has never been shown publicly.
Historic auction at Christie's
On 9 and 10 November, the auction house Christie's auctioned off the collection of Paul Allen. The Microsoft co-founder passed away in 2018, and most of the proceeds are to go to charity. After the first evening, it was already clear that this auction was breaking records.
Dive deeper into the art world
»The 80s: Photographing Britain«
It was one of the most moving decades in the history of the United Kingdom: the 1980s, characterized by strikes, protests and AIDS. Photographers documented this period and in some cases became political activists themselves through their images. The exhibition The 80s: Photographing Britain opens on November 21 at the Tate Britain in London.
In search of poetry in urban spaces
It is in the context of functional architecture in urban spaces that Guido Klumpe finds the motifs that he stages with his camera as the poetry of the profane. His picturesque images unfold an opulent effect with a reduced formal language, showing us the beauty of the moment in the flow of everyday life.