Tag Archive for: Modern art

Palm Beach Modern serves up Tupperware’s corporate art collection, Dec. 3

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Rico Baca and Wade Terwilliger, co-owners of Palm Beach Modern Auctions, are seated in front of the Richard Mayhew painting. The work was acquired by Tupperware Brands in 1975 and is being seen for the first time outside their campus since then. Image courtesy of PBMA

LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. – When Palm Beach Modern’s auctioneer Rico Baca set foot on the Tupperware Brands campus, he knew he was there to look at art that could be sold to the advantage of both firms. What he didn’t expect was the magnitude and importance of the corporate collection, which will be auctioned this Saturday, December 3, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.

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Untitled Gunther Forg acrylic on canvas, estimated at $150,000-$250,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

1990 Gunther Forg artwork leads Heritage modern & contemporary sale, Nov. 17

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Untitled Gunther Forg acrylic on canvas, estimated at $150,000-$250,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Untitled Gunther Forg acrylic on canvas, estimated at $150,000-$250,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS – Every year, November marks a high season for the modern and contemporary art market, and on Thursday, November 17, Heritage Auctions presents a lavish selection of works that tell the story of the art world’s favorite back-and-forth volley: figuration to abstraction and back again. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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James Turrell, ‘Hologram #10,’ estimated at $150,000-$200,000

James Turrell ‘Hologram #10’ among strong offerings at John Moran, Nov. 1

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James Turrell, ‘Hologram #10,’ estimated at $150,000-$200,000

James Turrell, ‘Hologram #10,’ estimated at $150,000-$200,000

LOS ANGELES — John Moran Auctioneers will present major works by Judy Chicago, Marcos Grigorian, Rosangela Renno, Jenny Holzer and the Father of the Space and Light Movement, James Turrell, with his important work, Hologram #10, at its Autumn Modern & Contemporary Art Sale on Tuesday, November 1. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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The Berlin auction house Jeschke van Vliet has appointed Gabriella Rochberg as head of its department of Modern and Contemporary art. Rochberg will assume the post on July 15. Image courtesy of Jeschke van Vliet

Gabriella Rochberg to head Modern and contemporary art at Jeschke van Vliet

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The Berlin auction house Jeschke van Vliet has appointed Gabriella Rochberg as head of its department of Modern and Contemporary art. Rochberg will assume the post on July 15. Image courtesy of Jeschke van Vliet

The Berlin auction house Jeschke van Vliet has appointed Gabriella Rochberg as head of its department of Modern and Contemporary art. Rochberg will assume the post on July 15. Image courtesy of Jeschke van Vliet

BERLIN, Germany – The Jeschke van Vliet auction house has appointed art historian Gabriella Rochberg as head of its department of Modern and contemporary art. She brings many years of experience in the art trade and in auction houses as well as extensive networking within the art market to the position. The appointment takes effect on July 15.

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Judith Rothschild, ‘Nauset Heights,’ est. $8,000-$12,000

Broad survey of Modern and Post-War Art movements seen in Swann’s May 26 auction

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Judith Rothschild, ‘Nauset Heights,’ est. $8,000-$12,000

Judith Rothschild, ‘Nauset Heights,’ est. $8,000-$12,000

NEW YORK — Swann Galleries’ Thursday, May 26 sale of Modern & Post-War Art will offer a broad scope of artistic movements including modernist selections from the collection of gallerist Gary Snyder, and introducing a dedicated portion of Latinx art to the sale’s collecting categories. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Shepard Fairey, ‘HOPE (Barack Obama),’ est. $300,000-$500,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Shepard Fairey Obama artwork has HOPE of earning $500K at Heritage, May 19

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Shepard Fairey, ‘HOPE (Barack Obama),’ est. $300,000-$500,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Shepard Fairey, ‘HOPE (Barack Obama),’ est. $300,000-$500,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS – Heritage Auctions’ May 19 Modern & Contemporary Art Signature® Auction features a wealth of iconic names from the Postmodern and Contemporary Art movements, led by a scarce version of Shepard Fairey’s iconic HOPE poster, estimated at $300,000-$500,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Loie Hollowell, ‘Point of Entry (Blood-Orange Moon over Orange Sac),’ est. $400,000-$600,000

Loie Hollowell painting could achieve $400-$600K at Clars, March 25

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Loie Hollowell, ‘Point of Entry (Blood-Orange Moon over Orange Sac),’ est. $400,000-$600,000

Loie Hollowell, ‘Point of Entry (Blood-Orange Moon over Orange Sac),’ est. $400,000-$600,000

OAKLAND, Calif. – Clars Auction Gallery will stage a Modern + Contemporary Art and Design sale on Friday, March 25. The 265-lot sale will feature prints, sculptures and original works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Paul Wonner, Roy Lichtenstein, Wayne Thiebaud, Milton Avery, Robert Longo and Robert Motherwell. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Quinn’s Jan. 29 auction features elite consignments from Mid-Atlantic region

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Jean Louis Voille (French/Russian, 1744- after 1801), 1792 portrait of Count Paul Alexandrovich Stroganoff (1774-1817). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated. Sight: 23¼ x 18½in. Estimate $10,000-$15,000

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Quinn’s Auction Galleries will host its first Fine & Decorative Arts Auction of 2022 on Saturday, January 29, starting at 10 a.m. Eastern Time, with absentee and Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Auguste Renoir, ‘Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary,’ Paris, 1877. Oil on canvas, 56 × 47 cm. Pushkin Museum, Moscow

Morozov Collection of Impressionist & Modern art travels outside Russia for first time

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Auguste Renoir, ‘Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary,’ Paris, 1877. Oil on canvas, 56 × 47 cm. Pushkin Museum, Moscow

Auguste Renoir, ‘Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary,’ Paris, 1877 oil on canvas, 56×47 cm.Pushkin Museum, Moscow

PARIS – The Fondation Louis Vuitton presents The Morozov Collection, one of the world’s foremost collections of Impressionist and Modern art. Opened on September 22 and on view through February 22th, 2022, this major international exhibition brings together in Paris 200 masterpieces from the French and Russian modern art collection of the brothers Mikhail and Ivan Morozov. This is the first time the collection has traveled outside of Russia since its creation at the turn of the 20th century.

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Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie reopens after 6-month refurbishment

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The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), Mies van der Rohe architect. Opened in 1968. Manfred Bruckels image, licensed through Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

BERLIN (AP) – Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, an iconic modern art museum designed by Bauhaus pioneer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, reopened to the public Sunday after a six-year refurbishment of the glass-fronted building.

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