Sigmar POLKE

  A partir d’une des plus importantes collections européennes d’art contemporain, la collection Cranford, 00s est la première exposition consacrée aux années 2000. Pourtant marquée par de profonds bouleversements, cette décennie semble ne pas avoir eu de fin, comme si elle se prolongeait jusqu'à nous. Comment dessiner l'identité de cette décennie fantôme ? A travers une centaine d’œuvres d’artistes de générations différentes, mais qui ont contribué à façonner le début du millénaire, de singuliers... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Muhammad Ali, inscribed ‘I certify that this is an original painting by Andy Warhol completed by him in 1978 Frederick Hughes’ (on the overlap); signed by Muhammed Ali (on the reverse), acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 40 x 40in. (101.6 x 101.6cm.). Estimate GBP 3,000,000 - GBP 5,000,000 (USD 3,936,000 - USD 6,560,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. LONDON.- Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction will take place on 12 February 2020,... [Lire la suite]

    Vincent van Gogh, Moissons en Provence, juin 1888. Huile sur toile, 51x 60 cm, Israel Museum, Jérusalem. ARLES.-  Cette exposition thématique s’engage dans une libre exploration de la lumière entendue comme une métaphore questionnant le rapport des artistes d’une part à la Méditerranée – aire d’expérimentation – et d’autre part au modernisme et au postmodernisme. Elle réunit des prêts exceptionnels de tableaux de Vincent van Gogh, des œuvres tardives de Pablo Picasso et d’Alexander Calder, mais aussi... [Lire la suite]

Lot 20. Gerhard Richter (B. 1932), Gebirge, signed, dated 1968, numbered 182 and inscribed Alpen (FL.-Pass) on the reverse, oil on canvas, 200 by 160.5 cm. 78 3/4 by 63 1/8 in. Estimate 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples Libero Grande, Naples (acquired from the above in 1976) Estate of Libero Grande, Naples (thence by descent) Sotheby’s, London, 19 October 2004, Lot 62 (consigned by the above) ... [Lire la suite]

Georg Baselitz, Mit Roter Fahne (With Red Flag), 1965. Courtesy of Sotheby’s. LONDON.- A rare masterpiece by the German painter Georg Baselitz (estimated £6.5m-8.5m) is set to break the record for the artist at auction when offered at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction in London on 8 March 2017. Mit Roter Fahne (With Red Flag), 1965, from the artist’s ground-breaking ‘Heroes’ series, is a painting that cemented the artist’s reputation as one of the most provocative and compelling voices of the post-war... [Lire la suite]

Sigmar Polke, Strahlen Sehen, 2006/2007 VENISE - Du 17 avril au 6 novembre 2016, Palazzo Grassi accueille la première grande rétrospective italienne consacrée à l’artiste allemand Sigmar Polke (1941-2010).L’exposition est conçue par Elena Geuna e Guy Tosatto, directeur du Musée de Grenoble, en étroite collaboration avec The Estate of Sigmar Polke.Elle couvre toute la carrière de l’artiste, des années 1960 aux années 2000, et toute la diversité des mediums qu’il emprunta. Près de quatre-vingt-dix œuvres provenant de la... [Lire la suite]

Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild, 1992; Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden © Gerhard Richter, 2016; Photo: Volker Naumann, Schönaich. BADEN-BADEN.- The exhibition in Museum Frieder Burda shows abstract works by Gerhard Richter. At the centre is one of the main works by the artist, the four-part, abstract, deeply moving piece entitled “Birkenau” (WZ 937 1-4), which was created in 2014. In this work, Gerhard Richter refers to photographs taken by the Jewish Sonderkommando at Birkenau Concentration Camp in... [Lire la suite]

LONDON.- Phillips presents highlights from the June Contemporary Art Auctions including highlights by Ai Weiwei, Bruce Nauman, Andy Warhol, Sigmar Polke, Raqib Shaw, Andreas Gursky, Yue Minjun, Damien Hirst and Mark Bradford. The Contemporary Art Sales will offer over 200 lots with a combined pre-sale estimate of £22.7-34.3 million ($34.7-52.3 million / €31.2-47.1 million).  The Contemporary Art Evening Sale presents 53 lots and carries a pre-sale estimate of £17,925,000 - £27,275,000 ($27.3-$41.6 million / €24.6-... [Lire la suite]

Mark Rothko, Untitled (Yellow and Blue), 1954. Estimate $40-60millon. Lot sold 46,450,000 USD. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. NEW YORK (AFP).- A Mark Rothko painting sold for $46.5 million Tuesday at a Sotheby's auction in New York, an evening in which several records were set including one for a work by German artist Sigmar Polke. The Rothko work "Untitled, (Yellow and Blue)", measuring 2.42 meters by 1.86 meters (about eight feet by 6.1 feet) and completed in 1954, had been estimated at between $40... [Lire la suite]

Sigmar Polke, "Untitled", 1990. Silver nitrate, silver bromide, silver sulphate, dammar on linen, 74 3/4 x 78 3/4 inches, 190 x 200 cm © 2015 The Estate of Sigmar Polke, Cologne / ARS, New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn NEW YORK, NY.- Michael Werner Gallery, New York, is presenting an exhibition of Sigmar Polke’s Silver Paintings. This presentation is the first time since their debut, in 1990, that the Silver Paintings have been exhibited. The exhibition offers the opportunity to experience a rarely-seen body of experimental works... [Lire la suite]