“Untitled,” a Basquiat painting from 1982, sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby’s auction on Thursday night. Credit 2017 The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, via Sotheby’s

Joining the rarefied $100 million-plus club in a salesroom punctuated by periodic gasps from the crowd, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s powerful 1982 painting of a skull brought $110.5 million at Sotheby’s, to become the sixth most expensive work ever sold at auction. Only 10 other works have broken the $100 million mark.

“He’s now in the same league as Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso,” said the dealer Jeffrey Deitch, an expert on Basquiat.

The sale of the painting, “Untitled,” made for a thrilling moment at Sotheby’s postwar and contemporary auction as at least four bidders on the phones and in the room sailed past the $60 million level at which the work — forged from oil stick and spray paint — had been guaranteed to sell by a third party.

Soon after the sustained applause had subsided, the Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa revealed himself to be the buyer through a post on his Instagram account. “I am happy to announce that I just won this masterpiece,” he said in the post. “When I first encountered this painting, I was struck with so much excitement and gratitude for my love of art. I want to share that experience with as many people as possible.”

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The Day Sale features the masters of the modern, with over 50 sculptures such as a stunning carved green marble work by Barbara Hepworth, a selection of undulating polished bronze forms by Jean (Hans) Arp, two whimsical sculptural figures by Joan Miró and an early, Cubist bronze by Alberto Giacometti. The impressive selection of standout artworks includes a large-scale still life by Fernand Léger, a post-Impressionist scene of the Pont Saint-Michel in Paris by Maximilien Luce and an enigmatic abstract head by Alexej von Jawlensky. With strong selections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works by iconic names such as Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pierre Bonnard, Henri Le Sidaner and Henri Martin and modern masterpieces by Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí and Francis Picabia, the 191 lots in the Day Sale offer an exciting opportunity to acquire works from the preeminent artists and movements that defined Modernism.

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Robert Szot’s “The Walking Phoenix, 2017” will be up for bids in the live auction at the 7th Annual Family Dynamics Art Auction, April19th at the Lightbox in Manhattan.

Family Dynamics, an after school and community-based program of SCO Family of Services, announced today its 7th Annual Benefit Art Auction & Reception, slated to take place on Wednesday, April 19th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lightbox, NYC. This year’s Honorary Artist Chair, Robert Szot, is a painter living and working in New York City. Szot’s work has exhibited in a variety of galleries across the United States. Robert’s paintings have been exhibited by the Saatchi Gallery in London and, in 2014, Szot was invited to participate in the Whitney Museum Art Party. His works have been collected in America and abroad and can be found in corporate collections like Credit Suisse and important private collections like Beth DeWoody.

This year, 30 artists have donated works for silent and live auctions to help raise awareness and funds for Family Dynamics’ after school art programs, including: Emily Berger, Peter Bogardus, Clayton Calvert, Parker Calvert, Davide Cantoni, Pietro Costa, Carson Fox, Brinda Gleissen, Joan Hall, Edyta Halon, Steve Huntley, Vieno James, A.E. Kieren, Rene Lynch, Nancy Manter, Jordan Matter, Jason McLean, Tatyana Murray, Angelo Musco, David King Reuben, Steven Rojas, Alexandra Rowley, Masha Rudenko, Anne Russinof, Erin Smith, Tim Steele, Ignacio Valdes, Lorna May Wadsworth, Darryl Westly, Youngsons. Sotheby’s-trained Angelo Chan will serve as auctioneer for the evening.

Children from the Family Dynamics Beacon Community Center Art Program in Brooklyn have contributed their own work, Slot Car, which reflects the Beacon’s newest intiative, the Racing to Success program, which teaches STEM skills through slot car racing.

Family Dynamics Director Carrie Stewart says; “Exposure to the arts opens doors for students, giving them a creative outlet for self-expression. Art education is linked to academic achievement as well as social and emotional development.”

Located in Central Brooklyn, Family Dynamics provides neighborhood-based programs that strengthen families, give young people the tools to succeed in school and beyond, and enrich family and community life. Family Dynamics is a program of SCO Family of Services which provides human services for 55,000 children, youth, families and adults each year in New York City and on Long Island. For more info, go to www.sco.org.
To preview the catalogue of paintings, photographs, mixed media and sculptures for auction and to purchase tickets, please visit sco.org/artauction.

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David Bowie was a musician, actor and icon, as well as a publisher, curator and magazine editor with Modern British art at the heart of those passions. Born in South London, it’s perhaps no surprise that he was drawn to chroniclers of the capital’s streets such as Harold Gilman and Frank Auerbach while he also collected St Ives-based painter Peter Lanyon in particular depth. However, his collection is by no means limited to British art alone and also encompasses Contemporary African art, self-taught artists from Vienna’s Gugging institution, as well as designs by Ettore Sottsass and the revolutionary Memphis group. Click ahead to see selected highlights from the collection, set to be unveiled in its entirety in the coming weeks and months.

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The auction will be on October 17th at 11AM (ET).

Buyers can bid online via LiveAuctioneers at:
www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/94537_october-estate-sale/
or invaluable at: www.invaluable.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalogRef=RTS5TUJ0N8
Absentee bidding and phone bidding will also be available. Unfortunately, floor bidding will NOT be available.

Please email us at wrauctiongalleryinc@gmail.com or visit our website http://wrauctiongalleryinc.wixsite.com/auction for more information.

Even though the legendary Mr. K’s has permanently closed its doors, you can relive your experience there or feel what it was like to have dined there by owning an item from this restaurant’s art collection. We hope you will join us on auction day.

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Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne. 4th ed. F. Feldman and J. Schellmann. 2003. #II.355.

Modern Art & Design Auction

The October 9, 2016 Modern Art & Design Auction features a noteworthy Helen Frankenthaler painting, Jade, from 1976, an important Ad Reinhardt painting from 1958, a painting and a work on paper by Ed Ruscha, two early paintings by John McLaughlin, in addition to works by Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein, Diane Arbus, Vik Muniz, Ed Moses, Sam Francis, David Hockney, De Wain Valentine, Jeff Koons, and Tom Wesselmann.

Design and Decorative Arts highlights include a Frank Gehry unique Fish sculpture, in addition to a Jean Royère “Tour Eiffel” chandelier, two Rudolph M. Schindler armchairs designed 1932–1933 for Sardi’s Restaurant, furniture by Sam Maloof, a Hans Wegner “Hammock” chaise, and a selection of California ceramics including works by Gertrud and Otto Natzler, Peter Voulkos, and Stan Bitters.

Preview: September 26–October 8, 2016 (10am–6pm PT)
Auction: Sunday, October 9, 2016 (12pm PT)

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LEXINGTON, KY (Sept. 9, 2016) – Keeneland Association and Cross Gate Gallery of Lexington are again teaming to conduct the fourth annual Sporting Art Auction, to be held Monday, Nov. 21, at 4 p.m. ET in the Keeneland Sales Pavilion.

The 2016 collection features 175 high-quality lots representing fine sporting art, American paintings, and sculpture from renowned masters as well as talented new artists.

The artwork will be exhibited in the Keeneland Sales Pavilion beginning with the September Yearling Sale, which opens Sept. 12, and continuing through the November auction date. Sporting Art Auction representatives will be on hand in the Pavilion’s Limestone Café to provide catalogues and further information to interested parties. A digital version of the catalogue also is available online via thesportingartauction.com.

“The collaboration between Keeneland and Cross Gate Gallery is a natural fit and one that makes this auction so unique,” Keeneland President and CEO Bill Thomason said. “Many of our clients and guests are avid sporting art collectors, and they enjoy browsing the artwork during the September and November sales and fall race meet.”

One of the most significant pieces catalogued for 2016 is Irish painter Sir William Orpen’s Sergeant Murphy and Things, a 29½” x 40” oil on canvas depicting the winner of the 1923 Grand National. Orpen is widely considered to be one of the best portrait painters of the 20^th century.

Another celebrated work is Andy Warhol’s Willie Shoemaker, a 40” x 40” unique silkscreen portrait of the Hall of Fame jockey. Warhol, who immortalized many iconic figures in pop culture, in 1977 began working on a series of portraits of athletes at the behest of Richard Wiseman, a well-known art collector and sports enthusiast. Willie Shoemaker is the first portrait Warhol produced in that series.

“In just a few short years, the Sporting Art Auction has matured into one of the genre’s most anticipated annual events,” Cross Gate Gallery owner Greg Ladd said. “We travel throughout the U.S. and Europe to acquire these special pieces and really look forward to making them available to collectors.”

Among other notable artwork to be offered this year are: Morris Park Handicap, 1900, a 25” x 40” oil on canvas by noted American artist Henry Stull, which captures the stunning upset by Maid of Harlem over champion Ethelbert; a 14” x 17” bronze by Pierre-Jules Mêne from his Vainqueur du Derby series; and Morning at Keeneland, a 36” x 36” oil on panel by award-winning Vietnamese-American artist Quang Ho.

The auction also will feature works by such acclaimed artists as Edward Troye and John Frederick Herring, Sr., as well as contemporary pieces by Andre Pater, Larry Wheeler, Peter Howell, LeRoy Neiman and Richard Stone Reeves.

In keeping with Keeneland’s mission, the association’s portion of the auction proceeds will benefit its non-profit initiatives, including the Keeneland Library Foundation.

Inquiries are welcome via email to info@thesportingartauction.com or by calling Cross Gate Gallery at (859) 233-3856.

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About Keeneland

Recognized globally as the premier Thoroughbred auction house, Keeneland conducts three annual horse sales that attract major buyers from nearly every U.S. state and Europe, the Middle East, Central and South America, Australia, Asia, South Africa, Russia and India. In 2015, Keeneland sold 6,268 horses for more than $535 million. Keeneland also conducts world-class race meets each April and October, and in 2015 successfully hosted the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

About Cross Gate Gallery

Founded in 1974 by owner Greg Ladd, Cross Gate Gallery is a leading source of the world’s finest sporting art. Cross Gate specializes in equine-related art, and its impressive collection ranges from 19th and early 20th century classic works to contemporary paintings and sculpture.  Its Central Kentucky location makes the focus on sporting art a natural one. Cross Gate is also recognized as a leading gallery in contemporary British figurative painting.

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Image caption from left: 1. Jerzy Kubina, Zamosc, 2012. 16″x16″m mixed media, .2, Stanislaw Mlodozeniec, Brooklyn, Oil on canvas, 2016.

 Live Pop-Up Art Auction Preview on July 6th, 2016 – 6pm-9pm

@ PL Trade and Investment Section in New York
675 Third Avenue, 19 floor
(betw. 42nd & 43rd St.)
New York, New York 10017

A great opportunity to enjoy original artworks of selected, established Polish and American contemporary artists on July 6th, 2016 @ PL Trade and Investment Section in New York. Exclusive reception and auction preview 6-9pm.

Participating Artists:

Amy Cohen Banker, Orin Buck, Fiorentina De Biasi, Denny Daniel, Hans Andre, Jeffrey Spencer Hargrave, Jerzy Kubina, Zibi Krygier, Abraham Lubelski, Stanislaw Mlodozeniec, Ibou Ndoye, Andrzej Piszczek, Yaro Zajac-Przybylski, Maria Sochaniewicz, Serge Ouri Strosberg, Joanna Tomczyk, Henryka Wojciechowska, Tristan Wolski and Arturo Toulinov.

Curated by Jolanta Gora-Wita.

The art auction will be live online at Art Auction Hub for 31 days starting July 5th. The money collected from the auction will be partially donated to children charities. Please, review the presented artists artworks @ Art Auction Hub: www.artauctionhub.com

Art Auction Hub is the organizer of the auction.

This Event was made possible by Trade and Investment Section of the Consulate General of Poland in New York in collaboration with Jarek Zajac from MIP Furniture.

Please, RSVP your attendance on below link @ Eventribe:

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