Tag: Art market
Crises and wars dampen the art markets
During Classic Week at Christie’s in London The sophisticated composition of a painter’s studio by Michael Sweerts was previously only known from copies. Christie’s auctioned off the rarity for a…
“You could never really trust the pictures”
Bonn A device no longer works in the AI and photography exhibition in the Kunstmuseum Bonn. Now Michael Reisch, the curator, has to move in. On this occasion I meet…
240,000 euros for the beautiful Helene
Joseph Karl Stieler A maximum of 120,000 euros was expected for the portrait of the shoemaker’s daughter Helene Sedlmayr. The Edith Haberland Wagner Foundation in Munich offered 237,500 euros. (Photo:…
Opportunities for rich and somewhat thrifty collectors
new York The motif should be known to almost everyone, it adorns countless posters in student shacks. René Magritte’s “L’Empire des Lumières” from 1951, painted in seventeen variants, is one…
How Helge Achenbach lost his inner compass
Dusseldorf Helge Achenbach stands in the narrow entrance of the Düsseldorf art film cinema “Cinema” and is completely in his element: he greets friends, acquaintances and strangers jovially and generously…
Katrin Stoll – Blown away the dust of the old-fashioned
Munich The Neumeister auction house is auctioning paintings by Lucas Cranach, but also the wardrobe of the late Hannelore Elsner. If you want to survive in the auction market, you…
Renaissance dealer Stefano Bardini: Highly competent but unscrupulous
Berlin He was one of the most important art dealers of the late 19th century and a taste pioneer of great influence. Stefano Bardini (1836 –1922) ran a prosperous trade…
Start-up Artoui collects one million euros
András Dobi (left), Benjamin Gibner, Caniel Cid Gómez The Artoui founders are raising capital to expand their art platform. (Photo: Artoui) Munich Three men, three completely different biographies, one common…
Art auction Max Beckmann: Sensational record price for Germany
Max Beckmann “Self-Portrait Yellow-Pink” Grisebach auctioned the impressive portrait from 1943 on Thursday evening for 23.2 million euros. This makes it the most expensive work of art ever sold in…
Stoschek Collection Düsseldorf: To play in the museum
Dusseldorf “BOB” smacks his lips while eating. It sounds horrible, like something out of a bloodthirsty horror movie. But the image that is displayed on the projection screen looks like…
Louvre scandal: suspected smuggling in Paris
Paris Advising on museum acquisitions is a real challenge,” said Jean-Luc Martinez in November 2017. He was at the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi as General Director of the…
Warhol’s “Marilyn” portrait costs $195 million
Andy Warhol “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” For the 1964 portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe, Christie’s achieved a record price of 195 million dollars. (Photo: Ted Shaffrey/AP/dpa) Dusseldorf/New York The radiantly…
War in Ukraine: Oligarchs on the sanctions lists
Vladimir Potanin The very rich art lover no longer “advises” the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Advising means, of course, supporting the museum’s events financially. (Photo: Chris J Ratcliffe/Bloomberg) Zurich…
“Rich with NFTs” by Mike Hager in the book review
Advertisement for NFTs in Times Square, New York In scene language, a “drop” refers to the first sale of NFTs. (Photo: Bloomberg) His story, his success and his knowledge are…
Gudrun and Robert Ketterer: The millionaire hunters
Munich The large two-part design work “The Gates” by the wrapping artist Christo was one of the last lots in Ketterer’s evening prize fireworks last week. When the idea, fixed…
Gifts to smile, enjoy or shine
Dusseldorf The Christmas days are approaching again much faster than expected and with them the prospect of long cozy evenings with people and things that are close to your heart.…
Opportunities and pitfalls for novices
Dusseldorf Art is a good investment, one hears and reads everywhere. In fact, amazing returns consistently outperform other forms of investment by far. As for example Pablo Picasso’s painting “Les…
“The aura grows through digitization”
Berlin In his adopted home of Florence he is known as a “Direttore Pop”, in the museum scene he sometimes enjoys the reputation of an “enfant terrible”. Born in Freiburg,…
Banksy’s shredder plant auctioned for £ 16 million
London Nine bidders fought for ten minutes on Thursday evening for Banksy’s shredded balloon girl “Love is in the Bin”. The audience held their breath as chief auctioneer Oliver Barker…