ARTnews in Brief: Mitchell-Innes & Nash Opens Seasonal Aspen Space—and More from June 11, 2021
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Former Christie’s Specialist Heads to Bonhams Modern and Contemporary Sales in Asia
Marcello Kwan will serve as head of modern and contemporary art, and Cindy Lim will serve as the auction house's head of sales.
Early Kusama Works Fetch $15.2 M. at Auction, Nearly Doubling Expectations
Kusama gifted the works to a friend who was a surgeon in exchange for medical care.
Monumental William Kentridge Drawing Sets Record in London Auction
The work sold for $935,000, and it features one of the artist's signature motifs.
Andy Warhol’s Cheeky Cookbook Heads to Auction at Bonhams
The cookbook features recipes satirizing 1950s "haute" cuisine, including one for an omelet named after Greta Garbo.
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$10 M. Picasso Portrait Unseen for Decades to Sell at Bonhams
Picasso completed the portrait in the same year as his famed Guernica.
Bonhams Moves Auctions ‘Behind Closed Doors’ After L.A. Employees Complain About Working Conditions
Workers had raised concerns after being told that they could not work from home.
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A Bonhams Employee in Los Angeles Came to Work with Flu-Like Symptoms. The Auction Happened Anyway.
Pressure to maintain business as usual has forced employees at the auction house to make tough decisions between health and work.
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Bonhams Auction House Purchased By British Private Equity Firm Epiris
The auction house was reported to have been up for sale this past May.
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Bonhams Sale of Middle Eastern Modern and Contemporary Art Breaks Records, With Manoucher Yektai as Top Lot
Yesterday, in London, a sale of Middle Eastern modern and contemporary art at Bonhams broke records for five artists. The second in a series called A Century of Iraqi Art, the sale…
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Michael Kors Continues the 40th Anniversary Celebrations Out East
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Sportico
Soccer Phenom Olivia Moultrie Settles Age-Rule Suit With NWSL
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