The art and luxury goods market is gearing up for a busy week marked by a busy auction agenda that will feature major national and international players. Here are the main auctions of the week.
Opening the dances on the Italian scene is the historic auction house Pandolfini, which just on May 28 concludes its live Milanese session dedicated to the universe of precious metals with the auction GIOIELLI e presenta Orologi (also in Milan). On the same day, the scene lights up thanks to Cambi Casa d’Aste, which offers a double date for lovers of manufacturing excellence: the auction house closes bids for its Milan auction timed Wines and Spirits and is active with its Genoese session focused on Design. Also standing out in Milan is Il Ponte Casa d’Aste, which opens the day by presenting a catalog entirely devoted to Graphics and Multiples and, at the same time, opens the first round of the live sale entitled Important Jewels. Moving our gaze to Turin, the attention of numismatic enthusiasts focuses on Aste Bolaffi, which opens the first day of its live Internet session entitled MONETE E BANCONOTE.
Also on May 28 on the square in Rome are several appointments; on the one hand, Finarte imposes itself with Antique Paintings and, later, with a selection under the title Important Antique Paintings and Drawings. On the other hand, also in the capital and in the evocative setting of Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli, Bertolami Fine Art offers a double consecutive live appointment with Auction 385, presenting in the first part the catalog ARTE DELL’800, MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA. Part I - From the Late 1800s to 1940: Paintings, Sculpture and Ceramics, followed by the second round entitled ART OF THE 1800s, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY. Part II - Postwar and Contemporary Art: paintings and sculptures.
Also joining this busy schedule is Blindarte, which puts a double session on the plate by offering the auction dedicated to Antique Paintings and 19th Century Paintings and Sculptures along with the catalog called Modern and Contemporary Art. Finally, completing the May 28 schedule intervenes the online appointment of FarsettiArte, which closes its doors for timed auction number 282 focused on Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures and Graphics.
The next day, May 29, the Italian agenda remains tight: Il Ponte Casa d’Aste continues with the second session of Important Jewels, FarsettiArte inaugurates physical sales with Contemporary Art, Aste Bolaffi closes the telematic curtain on MONETE E BANCONOTE, while Bertolami Fine Art offers the catalog NUMISMATICA MODERNA in Rome. Wannenes, inaugurates a web-only sale dedicated to connoisseurs of fine beverages with the Wine & Spirits auction. The weekend focuses instead on the FarsettiArte venue, which hosts Modern Art on Saturday, May 30. Closing this Italian relay, in the first days of the following month, is again Pandolfini, which from June 3 opens its telematic catalog for the timed session, active until June 12, dedicated to the most recent artistic expressions and entitled MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART.
On the international front, the world’s major marketplaces are responding with relevant catalogs. On Thursday, May 28, the scenario across the border is significantly enriched involving major European capitals. Sotheby ’s opens the week with two appointments in Paris and London, presenting Important Design and Large Butt from Macallan Distillery sessions. In parallel, the spotlight is shining in northern Europe thanks to Bonhams, which opens its round in Denmark with a catalog entitled Selected, while auction house Dorotheum opens its doors in the historic setting of the Palais Dorotheum in Vienna with its real-time online auction entirely dedicated to Coins and Medals. In Paris, the scene gets even more vibrant thanks to three important local entities: Tajan presents the elegant morning live auction UN SOIR, UNE ROBE - FASHION & LUXURY, Artcurial brings to fruition its online-only session christened Color Party Online, and the maison Piasa opens at 5 p.m. its long-awaited online auction dedicated to decorative arts, entitled DESIGN FROM ONE PROPERTY.
Friday, May 29, sees Christie ’s Hong Kong division catalyze the interest of Asian investors with its 20th/21st Century Online Contemporary Art Auction, while on the Central European front, Dorotheum ’s Vienna office hosts an in-room auction focused entirely on Orders and Honors. In contrast, the weekend focuses entirely on Asian markets and elite collecting: between May 30 and 31, Phillips organizes the prestigious live auction THE HONG KONG WATCH AUCTION: XXII in Hong Kong, while on Sunday, May 31, Bonhams responds, also from Hong Kong (in the setting of Six Pacific Place), with the Modern & Contemporary Art live sale.
The month of June opens under the banner of great art schools and territorial thematic enchantments. On Monday, June 1, Bonhams returns to the spotlight in Denmark, dispersing its accurate specialist catalog entitled Silver, 16th-20th century, the private collection of Åke Lindmark. On the same day, Dorotheum shifts the focus of its activities to its Salzburg branch, inaugurating a rich series of online sessions devoted to Art & Antiques: the morning opens with lots devoted to Art & Antiques - Furniture and Interiors, while the afternoon is devoted to the first round of Art & Antiques - Jewelry and Watches. Instead, the Parisian evening lights up with the charity and cultural event of Artcurial, which organizes the important evening auction in the presence Street art aux Invalides at the headquarters of the Gouverneur militaire de Paris.
The next day, June 2, the action gets hectic and is strategically spread across Europe, the United States and Asia. In New York, Christie’ s lots for Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings conclude, while Phillips beats out the MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART live session in the same square. In Europe, Bonhams ’ London venue on New Bond Street hosts the Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art live auction, while in Paris Christie’s concludes the Thessa Herold, une femme d’intuition auction. Also in the French capital, Tajan offers the original live afternoon event titled 20TH-CENTURY TABLEWARE, while Piasa catalyzes the attention of the international scene at 8 p.m. with an in-person philanthropic session called CHARITY AUCTION TO BENEFIT THE TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART. In Salzburg, Dorotheum completes its territorial schedule with two more online sessions of Art & Antiques, offering the second round of Jewelry & Watches, followed by the dedicated catalog of Art & Antiques - Paintings and Graphics of All Ages. The day is rounded out with Sotheby ’s online auction in Cologne entitled Modern & Contemporary Discoveries and the closing of Phillips ’ first digital lots in New York for THE COLLECTION OF AMBASSADOR JOHN L. LOEB, JR.: ONLINE AUCTION.
Finally, June 3 sees a simultaneity of events. On the one hand, Sotheby’s closes its elegant London Fine Jewelry catalog and celebrates 20th-century art in Paris with the live auction Collection Fred Feinsilber, de Giacometti à Brauner. On the other hand, Christie’s responds by presiding over Paris with both the digital session Art Impressionniste & Moderne and the live enchantment Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. Also on June 3, the Asian offering is rounded out with the Phillips MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART: ONLINE AUCTION, HONG KONG telematic round.
In addition to Bonhams - Cornette de Saint Cyr ’s live session in Paris, Impressionist and Modern Art, the Artcurial venue presents the important afternoon in-person auction devoted to painting from the first half of the last century, entitled Art Moderne 1900-1950. These are joined by Piasa ’s afternoon event dedicated to overseas icons and christened AMERICAN DESIGN, Drouot Estimations with the evening enchantment ARTS DU XXÈME, ART CONTEMPORAIN & DESIGN and auction house Tajan, which closes the timed session HANS SEILER - SPACE IN LIGHT by opening in parallel the live catalog BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & PRINTS. Rounding out this international picture is Dorotheum in Vienna again intervening with an online session devoted to Bags and Accessories.
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