Grant Ford, Founder of Winsor Birch and Former Head of British & Irish Art Post 1850 at Sotheby's in London, has reunited with his former Sotheby's colleague Charlie Minter, now Director of Winsor Birch.
The upcoming three-part auction of masterpieces of art and design from her London home is poised to become the most valuable single-owner sale ever staged in Europe.
A previously unknown painting by Diana de Rosa, a rare female voice in 17th-century Neapolitan art, has stunned the Old Masters market, achieving a record-breaking sale at Sotheby鈥檚 London on July 2.
Elizabeth Peyton鈥檚 Liam + Noel (Gallagher), one of her most significant portraits of the Oasis brothers, sold on the low part of the estimate at Sotheby鈥檚 most recent Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction in London.
With the Live 鈥25 tour kicking off next month, it鈥檚 safe to say: Oasis Fever is back in full swing. Britpop nostalgia is back in the air and the Elizabeth Peyton double-portrait of the Gallagher brothers couldn鈥檛 have arrived at Sotheby鈥檚 in better timing.
The work was previously attributed to a follower of the 18th-century artist Julius Caesar Ibbetson, but experts agree it was infact painted by a teenaged Turner.
Sotheby鈥檚 hosted its highly anticipated Modern & Contemporary African Art auction in London, where it raised a remarkable 拢2.4 million (approximately $2.9 million).
The piece is expected to fetch between 1 million and 1.5 million pounds (approximately 50鈥75 million Turkish Liras) at Sotheby鈥檚 鈥淥rientalist Art鈥 auction on April 29.