Archive for April, 2013

Christie’s and Sotheby’s go head to head in China but avoid Russia

Apr 13th, 2013 | By

Whilst Sotheby’s have entered into a partnership with the government associated auction house GeHua Christie’s have managed to obtain a license to operate independently and are holding their first auction in Shanghai later in the year. It is very hard to obtain true figures of turnover in the Chinese art market because sales are often
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Russian buyer pre-empts Dallas Auction to buy Tsarist vases for US$2.7m

Apr 13th, 2013 | By

Two 4.5 foot Russian vases formerly belonging to Frank and Merle Buttram. Two large 19th-century Russian vases were sold for $2.7 million recently in a private sale less than a week before they were to be auctioned with a much lower estimate in a Dallas Auction.  This disappointed many Russian buyers who had been considering
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Classic Soviet paintings

Apr 12th, 2013 | By

Arkady Rylov (1870-1939)  The Blue Expanse. 1918. Oil on canvas. 109×152 cm. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.        Piotr Konchalovsky (1876-1956) A Green Wineglass. 1933. Oil on canvas. 36×47 cm. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.        Boris Kustodiev (1878-1927) The Bolshevik. 1920. Oil on canvas, 101x141cm. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.      
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From Russia with Luck – 60 Masterpieces return on exhibition from The Hermitage Museum to Houghton Hall, Norfolk – Spears magazine

Apr 8th, 2013 | By

Ivan Lindsay, Monday, 8th April 2013 Hot lust, cold hard cash and the fine art of a dirty deal… The story of how Britain lost, and will briefly regain, one of the greatest private collections of Old Masters ever assembled is cause for grief — and rejoicing, says Ivan Lindsay ONE OF THE more interesting events
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A canvas by Andrei Molodkin, showing  the logo of Gazprom, the giant Russian gas company, beneath a two-fisted Statue of Liberty.

Art Paris pays homage to Russia

Apr 2nd, 2013 | By

New York Times online By CELESTINE BOHLEN Published: April 1, 2013 PARIS — Art Paris Art Fair, the contemporary art fair just closed at the majestic Grand Palais, didn’t have to look far to give historical context to the homage it’s paying this year to Russian art. ‘‘Pinocchio Portrait No. 2,’’ by Igor Makarevich.   Yevgeniy
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