The agenda of art lovers in the month of September will be full of important appointments for the art market, with regard to both ancient art and modern and contemporary art.   Various sales will be held by the different international auction houses.  All ready to start a second semester wondering what it will be like.

BOROS OPENS TO THE PUBLIC HIS CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTION

translated by Giorgina Arcuri

Recently, in German cities, a new architectonic trend has started to spread, a trend that tries to modify existing buildings not in their space or aspect, but in their use. Indeed, Berlin has recently experienced a similar operation regarding a bunker. Built in 1942 for the German railway company, it was supposed to protect from air raids travellers arriving from Friedrichstrasse Station.

The Contemporary Art Evening Sale, which took place on 14th May at Sotheby’s New York, was a record auction from every point of view. Firstly, for its turnover: 362,037,000 dollars, well above the best estimates which expected the auction to realize between 288.1 million and 354.7 million dollars. This is the second best result ever achieved in the world for a contemporary art auction and the most important sale in the history of Sotheby’s. 73 lots of the 83 presented were sold and represented 86.8% of the works by value.

Article translated by Amritee Mahabir

It seemed utterly incredible when in 2002 Anthony D’Offay decided to close up shop with his gallery in Dering Street in London. After years of activity the famous English art dealer chose “The Guardian” to give the news of his sensational retirement, declaring that perhaps it was the right moment to leave “I am in excellent health and I will continue to muscle in with whatever is happening in the world of art, offering my support”.

Article translated by Amritee Mahabir

Meeting the Baroness Lucrezia De Domizio Durini is definitely one of the most interesting encounters an art fan can have. She is a woman who sweeps you away with great narrative pathos.