Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Christie’s auction call to prayer in London
26 June 2017More 19th century pictures will go under the hammer this summer at auction houses in London. Christie’s dedicated sale in King Street on July 13 is led by a collection of 46 Orientalist works.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
26 June 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Collection of Greenwich's The Spread Eagle pub consigned to Gorringes
26 June 2017Until its conversion into a pizzeria and cocktail bar three years ago, The Spread Eagle pub in Greenwich had hardly changed since its origins as a 17th century coaching inn.
Auction previews - Egyptian and Greek antiquities
26 June 2017ATG previews a couple of upcoming lots at London auctions.
Previews: Up to £500
26 June 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £501 - £2000
26 June 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
The fresh face of antiquity
26 June 2017The antiquities trade’s packed summer schedule got off to a bright start at Sotheby’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) in London. The ancient art sale was the second to be held since the auction house reopened its London unit in 2016. Over the last two decades, Sotheby’s had sold ancient art through its New York saleroom only.
Aphrodite finds love from bidders in west London
26 June 2017Catalogued as ‘after the antique’, this marble figure of Aphrodite was the unexpected star of Chiswick Auctions’ June 14 sale of antiquities and tribal art in London.
Interview: How to survive in a climate of fear
26 June 2017‘How Western Art Collectors are Helping to Fund Isis’ (Guardian), ‘Broken System Allows Isis to Profit from Looted Antiquities’ (New York Times), ‘How Antiquities are Funding Terrorism’ (Financial Times). In 2015, news of looting and the destruction of ancient sites in the Middle East by the fanatical Islamic terrorists Isis began to gain worldwide attention.
Mayfair gallery exhibition links antiquities to contemporary art
26 June 2017Mixing ancient and new is all the rage. The contemporary art boom has drawn new faces into the antiquities market, changing the way the trade think and display ancient art.
Venice: going, going, gondola…
26 June 2017Consigned from a deceased estate, a 19th century oil of a popular Venetian view topped Mitchells’ (20% buyer’s premium) June 1 auction in Cockermouth, Cumbria.
Roman marble busts head to auction
26 June 2017“I have gazed upon the face of Agamemnon”. Arguably the most famous words in archaeological history, they were supposedly uttered by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1876 as he unearthed a gold mask at Mycenae. Some 140 years later, portraits from antiquity remain powerful reminders of our ancient past.
Previews: £30,000 plus
26 June 2017A work by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88), the American artist who broke the $100m barrier at auction in May, will lead Forum Auctions’ July 6 sale in London.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
19 June 2017ATG's weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Preview: £30,000 plus
19 June 2017ATG's weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £501 - £2000
19 June 2017ATG's weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: Up to £500
19 June 2017ATG's weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Flower power blooms at Oxford auction
19 June 2017A still-life by Dora Carrington (1893-1932) starred in Mallams’ (20% buyer’s premium) Design & Modern British & Post-War Art sale, selling just shy of the artist’s record.
Peruvian painter’s take on Venice
19 June 2017A tiny 19th century Venetian oil by Frederico del Campo (1837- 1923) went under the hammer for the first time in a century at Catherine Southon (18% buyer’s premium).
Mod Brit market stays robust in the regions
19 June 2017Leading regional salerooms are reaping the rewards of the bullish Modern British art market with more robust results.