Antique Auction

blog

Auction Antique Arena sells and buys antiques

blog

Blog

Yayoi Kusama was the best-selling contemporary artist in 2023.
24-04-14
Yayoi Kusama was the best-selling contemporary artist in 2023.
Yayoi Kusama was the best-selling contemporary artist in 2023, according to the Hiscox Artist Top 100 released.
Read more  
Art Basel’s show in Hong Kong, March 28 – 30, 2024.
24-03-23
Art Basel’s show in Hong Kong, March 28 – 30, 2024.
Art Basel’s show in Hong Kong, March 28 – 30, 2024. Fair features premier galleries from Asia and beyond.
Read more  
The Art of the Literary Poster: Works from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection
24-03-05
The Art of the Literary Poster: Works from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection
The Met Fifth Avenue will host a poster exhibition from 5 March to 11 June.
Read more  
Leonetto Cappiello, the great poster artist and caricaturist of the Belle Époque, will be honoured with an exhibition!
24-02-08
Leonetto Cappiello, the great poster artist and caricaturist of the Belle Époque, will be honoured with an exhibition!
From 28 April to 22 September 2024, the Louis-Senlec Museum of Art and History in L'Isle-Adam will pay tribute to French cartoonist, poster artist, painter and sculptor Leonetto Cappiello, who is considered a pioneer of the modern poster.
Read more  
Rediscovered Portrait of a Young Female by Gustav Klimt Offered in Special Auction at Vienna's Auction House im Kinsky
24-01-31
Rediscovered Portrait of a Young Female by Gustav Klimt Offered in Special Auction at Vienna's Auction House im Kinsky
A painting by the iconic Austrian artist believed lost for approximately 100 years will be auctioned at Vienna's Auction House im Kinsky on April 24, 2024.
Read more  
REMBRANDT’S FOUR SENSES – HIS FIRST PAINTINGS
A CELEBRATORY EXHIBITION AT LEIDEN’S MUSEUM DE LAKENHAL, FROM 20 JANUARY TO 16 JUNE 2024
24-01-24
REMBRANDT’S FOUR SENSES – HIS FIRST PAINTINGS A CELEBRATORY EXHIBITION AT LEIDEN’S MUSEUM DE LAKENHAL, FROM 20 JANUARY TO 16 JUNE 2024
Museum De Lakenhal, which opened its doors in Leiden on 1 May 1874, will be celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2024. The festivities will kick off with the presentation of Rembrandt’s Four Senses – His First Paintings.
Read more  
Klimt's landscapes are on exhibition at the Neue Galerie in New York from February 15th, 2024 to May 6th, 2024.
24-01-19
Klimt's landscapes are on exhibition at the Neue Galerie in New York from February 15th, 2024 to May 6th, 2024.
This major exhibition of Gustav Klimt's (1862–1918) idyllic depictions in the landscape genre will feature significant paintings made while the artist was on his Sommerfrische (summer holiday) in the Austrian countryside.
Read more  
Picasso in Fontainebleau
23-12-24
Picasso in Fontainebleau
Pablo Picasso spent much of the summer of 1921 in a garage. In this unlikely studio in a rented villa in Fontainebleau, France, he worked tirelessly to create an astonishing body of work.
Read more  
HOW DO I KNOW IF MY LALIQUE IS REAL?
23-10-15
HOW DO I KNOW IF MY LALIQUE IS REAL?
When it comes to Lalique, it is important to spot the details
Read more  
Perfumes and projections: new immersive Mucha exhibition opens in Paris
23-10-04
Perfumes and projections: new immersive Mucha exhibition opens in Paris
A long-awaited exhibition opened in Paris on Wednesday, using huge projections, 3D animation and music to bring the work of Czech painter Alfons Mucha to life. A so-called “immersive” exhibition, it uses the power of smell and sound as well as sight to recreate his world. The exhibition also focuses on his legacy, from the “Flower Power” movement of the sixties to Japanese manga, street art, and even tattoos.
Read more  
British Museum director resigns and apologises in wake of thefts
23-10-04
British Museum director resigns and apologises in wake of thefts
British Museum director Hartwig Fischer has announced that he will be stepping down from his position with immediate effect after a series of thefts emerged.
Read more  
Antique snuff boxes not seen since 1981 theft returned to stately home
23-10-04
Antique snuff boxes not seen since 1981 theft returned to stately home
Ornate 18th century collection were snatched during night time raid at Temple Newsam four decades ago - then turned up at auction earlier this year
Read more