Fine Art

Fine art is a staple of the dealing and auctioneering industry, featuring works ranging from Medieval art to traditional Old Masters, and right through to cutting-edge Contemporary art.

While oil paintings represent a large part of the sector, other mediums adopted by artists across the ages include drawings, watercolours, prints and photographs.

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A look ahead at London Art Week's winter edition

21 November 2024

Highlights of London Art Week this winter include specialist exhibitions focusing on single artists

Portrait of Charles II

Portrait of Charles II goes on view at National Horseracing Museum after auction purchase

21 November 2024

The National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket has put on display a portrait of Charles II which it bought at auction earlier this year.

Hermitage Castle by William Blacklock

Bidders looks past condition issues as William Blacklock painting flies to 25 times estimate

20 November 2024

You might think that when a picture is covered in dirt, suffers from a puncture and paint losses, and also has a tear so large you could put your hand through it, then that would ‘kill’ its prospects at auction.

Lavinia Fontana painting

Bidders spot the hand of Lavinia Fontana in Cologne auction

19 November 2024

Lot number four, estimated at €8000-10,000, achieved the most spectacular result at Van Ham’s (27% buyer’s premium) sale of paintings on November 14 in Cologne.

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‘Flipped’ Orpen portrait makes tidy profit for vendor just four months later

18 November 2024

A US-based vendor cashed in when a portrait by Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) of his lover Evelyn St George sold at Sotheby’s for more than double the amount it had fetched less than four months earlier at a New Jersey auction.

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Tempera takes centre stage in an exhibition revival

18 November 2024

Prior to the 16th century, tempera, a mix of egg and pigment, was the method of choice for most artists.

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Modern & Contemporary art: Signs of a market on the move

18 November 2024

Artists who had been achieving modest levels of success are catching up with the help of young collectors

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Restituted Blechen mills flow finally to a saleroom

18 November 2024

When he was 24, Carl Blechen abandoned his intended profession as a banker and devoted himself to painting.

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Gaudier-Brzeska torpedo fish sculpture shoots to £30,000

18 November 2024

A bronze by the French artist and sculptor Henri Gaudier- Brzeska (1891-1915), who died in the trenches aged just 23, was among the lots bringing demand at Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Modern & Contemporary art.

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From satire to satyr in Zurich

18 November 2024

Old Master and Daumier artwork, bronze figure and Italian porcelain all on offer over three days

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Mr Toad stars in a Shepard original sold at Forum Auctions

18 November 2024

Wind in the Willows illustration leads varied selection of lots offered by west London saleroom

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‘I love The Colony Room ‘mural’ but how do I sell it?’ says Hyman

18 November 2024

Enormous slice of Soho culture and history features in gallery’s 25th anniversary show

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2024 BADA Art Prize winner announced

16 November 2024

David Messum Fine Art was the stage for the glittering BADA Art Prize 2024 champagne reception

Fra Angelico's Crucifixion

Ashmolean Museum buys export-blocked Fra Angelico panel

15 November 2024

Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum has acquired a Fra Angelico (fl.1417-55) Crucifixion scene which was blocked from export following its sale at Christie’s last year.

Churchill photo

Memento from Churchill's mission of solidarity offered in US sale

14 November 2024

The Raab Collection has some unique and fascinating Churchilliana on sale

Anthony van Dyck horse

Van Dyck horse portrait rides back into the saleroom

14 November 2024

Vendor looks to double their money after discovering Anthony Van Dyck’s ‘only surviving landscape’ on the back of equestrian portrait

Ahmed Mater, Untitled

Sotheby’s set for first auction in Saudi Arabia

12 November 2024

Sotheby’s is planning its first auction in Saudi Arabia in what will be the first sale to be held by an international auction house in the kingdom.

Dorothy Bohm photograph

Kettle's Yard buys Dorothy Bohm photograph taken in Cambridge museum

12 November 2024

Among a group of works from the estate of the late photographer Dorothy Bohm (1924-2023) offered at a recent Lyon & Turnbull sale was a photo taken at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge in the early 1980s.

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Terence Cuneo works both classic and curious on offer in Essex

11 November 2024

A cross-section of the work of Terence Cuneo (1907-96) featured as part of Sworders’ latest sale of Modern and Contemporary Art in Stansted Mountfitchet.

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Five questions with George Richards of Gallery 1936

11 November 2024

George Richards has just launched Gallery 1936, an online enterprise which has a special focus on Surrealist art

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