Warhol's 'Marilyn' auction nabs $195M; highest for US artist Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” has sold for a cool $195 million The Independent UK · May 10, 2022
Warhol's 'Marilyn' sells for $195 million, most ever for US artist On Monday night, a 58 year-old silkscreen by Andy Warhol sold at Christie’s for a record $195 million. Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022
A Warhol 'Marilyn' brings a record auction price, $195 million The price was the highest ever at auction for an American artwork. The portrait was auctioned by Christie's in New York. WEKU · May 10, 2022
Hacienda 40th anniversary rave tickets to go on sale - and how to watch 8 hour live stream Tickets for the 40th anniversary rave in the car park at the original club site will go on sale - or you can watch a full live stream Manchester Evening News · May 9, 2022
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's iconic fleece sells for £90,000 at London auction The war leader's now-iconic outerwear went for £90,000 at a Christie's auction in the Tate Modern attended by Boris Johnson as part of a programme to raise up to £1million for Ukraine Daily Mirror · May 7, 2022
Warhol Monroe Portrait Set to Smash Records at New York Sales An Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe worth an estimated $200 million headlines this month's spring sales in New York that collectors say are among the most anticipated ever. Christie's expects Warhol's 1964 "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" to become the priciest 20th century artwork when the auction house puts it… Asharq Al-Awsat · May 7, 2022
'The Rock', a record-setting white diamond, goes up for auction The largest white diamond ever auctioned will go under the hammer in Geneva next week, part of a sale by Christie's that features two stones weighing more than 200 carats each. Reuters · May 6, 2022
Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe and the darker side of the Sixties Nearly 60 years after they were first created, Warhol’s portraits of the ill-fated Hollywood star continue to fascinate us, writes Harriet Fletcher The Independent UK · May 5, 2022
Cancer patient who thought she was infertile due to treatment gives birth to ‘little miracle’ baby Innovative T-cell therapy gives Blackpool mother a second chance The Independent UK · May 4, 2022
Iconic painting of George Washington is sailing away from Minnesota for $15 million-plus MINNEAPOLIS —"Washington Crossing the Delaware" has crossed the Mississippi River — bound from Winona's Minnesota Marine Art Museum to Christie's auction house in New York. Tribune News Service · May 3, 2022
The Christie saved my life... and now I'm a mum to a 'little miracle' Cancer survivor Sammy Gray is one of the first people in the UK to give birth following an innovative treatment Manchester Evening News · May 3, 2022
Young woman who almost died of cancer gives birth following innovative treatment Sammy Gray received CAR-T cell therapy, which involves reprogramming a patient’s own immune system cells to fight cancer. The Independent UK · May 2, 2022
Sean Connery's £15m Picasso painting goes up for auction The Edinburgh-born actor bought the piece a few years before his death in 2020. Daily Record · Apr 25, 2022
Man with cancer didn't need treatment for 16 years He has now completely recovered and is in remission Liverpool Echo · Apr 23, 2022
The Conversation · Apr 14, 2022 Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portraits expose the darker side of the 60s “If you remember the ‘60s, you weren’t really there”. This famous quip says much about our rose-tinted nostalgia for the decade. The fun-loving hedonism of Woodstock and Beatlemania may be etched into cultural memory, but Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portraits reveal a darker side to the swinging 60s that turns…
The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2022 Yours for $200m: why Warhol is now worth more than Picasso One of his portraits of Marilyn Monroe is expected to shatter records at auction next month. But was Andy Warhol just an ‘affectless hero’ of the media age? Or was he the greatest and most profound artist of his era?
Radio France Internationale · Apr 12, 2022 Rodin's 'The Thinker' auction expected to reach up to €14m A posthumous cast of The Thinker by Auguste Rodin is to be auctioned on 30 June at Christie’s Paris with an estimated sale price of nine to 14 million euros .It was exhibited in New York on Friday and then in Hong Kong, before being displayed in Paris from 23…
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Bangkok Post · Apr 5, 2022 Rare Michelangelo drawing could fetch €30mn in Paris sale PARIS: A drawing by Michelangelo, discovered in 2019, will be offered for sale next month by Christie's and could fetch €30 million (US$33 million), the British auction house said on Tuesday.
Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022 Art Values Could Soar If Iconic Marilyn Monroe Painting Reaches $200 Million At Auction - Why Investors Should Take Notice Andy Warhol’s iconic “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” painting is hitting the auction block this May with an estimated sale price of $200 million - more than any 20th-century painting has ever fetched at auction.
The Conversation · Mar 29, 2022 Five reasons Andy Warhol is so popular right now Andy Warhol, like an image on one of his silkscreens, is multiplying. Suddenly, he is everywhere: in documentary series (The Andy Warhol Diaries on Netflix and Andy Warhol’s America on the BBC), in plays (The Collaboration at the Young Vic in London), and soon, at an auction house (his Marilyn…
The Hindu · Mar 29, 2022 Anita Lal is India’s first tastemaker for Christie’s Good Earth’s creative director collaborates with the London auction house to present art from both ‘Islamic and Indian worlds’
Wales Online · Mar 28, 2022 Forgotten Welsh Lowry painting reappears after 60 years and sells for thousands It sold for over double its minimum estimate price
Input · Mar 28, 2022 The biggest white diamond ever auctioned can be yours for $30 million Nicknamed “The Rock,” the stone weighs 228.31 carats.
Manchester Evening News · Mar 28, 2022 Cancer-hit gran's tumours shrink in HALF after Christie Hospital drug trial breakthrough Within hours of taking the drug Terri Hurdman was able to walk up the stairs without getting out of breath for the first time in months