Art sales: Stirrings of a slumbering giant

Frank Cohen, the ebullient Mancunian art collector, too often dubbed the “Saatchi of the North” for his own liking, is chuffed to bits. In three weeks, his exhibition of contemporary Indian art from his own collection, which he is calling Passage to India, opens in Wolverhampton. “It’s a major thing,” he says, referring to the … Read more

Important painting lost to Falmouth

Falmouth Art Gallery made a brave attempt to acquire at auction an important painting by Charles Napier Hemy RA (1841-1917) for the town’s collection. Sadly the painting went for £100,000 plus commission and import taxes to a private buyer via telephone. A disappointed Falmouth Art Gallery curator Brian Stewart said… Read full story

Sotheby’s sees Asia art shrugging off market gloom

Auction house Sotheby’s expects to sell HK$1.3 billion ($167 million) worth of Asian art at its upcoming spring sales in Hong Kong, downplaying concerns over a correction in Asian art prices amid global market turmoil. Read full story