art and market - Finestre sull'Arte

Sotheby's sells the Lewis Collection, the most valuable private collection ever auctioned in Europe

During the summer of 2026, auction house Sotheby's will unveil the Lewis Collection, a collection of modern artworks in London estimated to total about 200 million pounds, or about 231 million euros. It is the most valuable collection by a single pri...
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At Finarte a major auction of Old Master Paintings and Drawings, with a focus on the eighteenth century Veneto

Scheduled by Finarte on May 28, at its Rome headquarters at via Quattro Novembre 114, is a major auction of Old Master Paintings and Drawings of nearly three hundred lots articulated in two rounds and built around a nucleus of works that puts back in...
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Pandolfini, auction in Milan with Chagall and Jago's unpublished Heart No. 20

In Milan's Via Manzoni spaces, Pandolfini auction house presents an auction on May 13 dedicated tomodern and contemporary art that brings together works from private collections and largely unseen on the market. The catalog traverses the internationa...
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Two Monets at Sotheby's in Paris: sold at auction for 10.2 and 6.4 million

Two paintings by Claude Monet (Paris, 1840 - Giverny, 1926) that had remained in private collections for more than a century were auctioned at Sotheby 's in Paris on April 16 as part of the Art Moderne et Contemporain Evening Auction sale(we discuss...
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Intesa Sanpaolo: growing art market toward quality, rarities and new collectors

The fourth report Collectors and the Value of Art in Italy 2026, produced by Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking in collaboration with the group's Art, Culture and Historical Heritage Department and Research Department, and published by Allemandi, was pr...
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An auction at Dorotheum devoted to Old Masters, including masterpieces by Artemisia Gentileschi and Antiveduto Gramatica

On April 28, 2026, the Dorotheum auction house in Vienna will hold its auction dedicated to Old Master Paintings, offering a selection of works whose history is intertwined with the history of Europe itself. Among the most interesting lots is a fragm...
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Two Monets never seen in a century at auction in Paris: estimates up to 8 million euros

Two paintings by Claude Monet that have remained in private collections for more than a century will be auctioned at Sotheby 's in Paris on April 16 as part of the Art Moderne et Contemporain Evening Auction. The works,Vétheuil , effet du mati...
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At auction in Geneva at Piguet's the decorations of Umberto II: 44 lots from the archives of the House of Savoy

A vast collection of orders of knighthood and decorations that belonged to Umberto II of Savoy, the last king of Italy, is being presented to the public for the first time and auctioned in Geneva by the auction house Piguet in March 2026. The set inc...
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