Banksy’s portrait of Kate Moss sells for US$191,000

LONDON: English graffiti artist Banksy’s screen print of supermodel Kate Moss sold for 96,000 pounds (€130,000, US$191,000) Tuesday at a street art auction in London, the auction house said. The work, inspired by Andy Warhol’s… Read the full story at the International Herald Tribune

Auctioneers hope for £500m art sales

Sotheby’s and Christie’s together hope to sell up to £500m in artworks during their February auctions in London beginning next week. If realised, the amount would be 20 per cent more than last year, which was itself 50 per cent more than the year before. Read full story in the Financial Times

Moore sculpture set to fetch £4m at Sotheby’s

A predicted star of Sotheby’s evening sale of famous Impressionist and modern art next week is sculptor Henry Moore’s Draped Reclining Mother and Baby, a piece that represents one of the major themes of his work. The monumental bronze was cast in 1983, three years before Moore’s death, and is estimated to fetch… Read full … Read more