Thursday 16 September, 2021
The phrase “Can only have been painted by a madman” is written in pencil in Norwegian on the painting.
Reverie by Jack Butler Yeats had a guide price of up to €700,000.
Bidding began at €3 million, with only three of the eight bidders present at the auction.
The anonymous collector who brought the painting to be auctioned had bought it for €2.2 million.
There were 126 winners over seven categories.
Girl with Balloon will be shown from tomorrow through to 3 March at the Frieder Burda museum.
Russian police arrested a 37-year-old man who used a metal pole to break the glass covering the painting.
The woman had no idea what the painting was worth when she first bought it.
The puzzle was created by crypto artists @coin_artist and Rob Myers in early 2015.
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is the first museum to bear the Louvre name outside France.
The 500-year-old painting was sold by the Russian boss of the soccer club AS Monaco.
Five paintings by the British artist were stolen from the home of a friend of Bacon in July 2015.
King Henry has been immortalised.
The painting of a skull-like head in oil-stick was valued pre-sale in excess of $60 million.
Concetto Spaziale by Italian painter Lucio Fontana is one of the 20th century’s most well-known artistic works.
“To my knowledge, the bidder hasn’t seen the picture in the flesh, so to speak,” says James O’Halloran of Adam’s Auctioneers.
Iconic, ironic or just beautiful. Check them out.
It’s valued at about €120 million.
The painting is part of the Russborough House collection which has been the subject of much controversy over the last six months.
Oh, I’ll just walk past this paNOOOOOOOOO.
Gardai at Pearse Street station are investigating the case.
It took eleven minutes before a winner emerged.
Yes. He now paints with his feet.
The painting — ‘Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat’ — was returned to public display last summer after 18 months of painstaking restoration work.
He paid $140,000 at auction for the painting, which turned out to be by Italian artist Guercino. Handy.
German man Cornelius Gurlitt died and the suitcase was left at the hospital.
The Broad Plain Boys’ Club in Bristol has been saved – after they took a crowbar to the Banksy work.
It’s moving, it’s definitely moving.
Experts have been working painstakingly to restore the painting for the past 18 months.
The Irish-born artist’s ‘Three Studies of Lucian Freud’ sold for $142.4 million last year.
There are some lucky kids in Alberta who get to play in front of this backdrop.
The massive 3 x 2 metre painting depicts the 1014 battle, in which Brian Boru was killed.
Priceless art collection preserved for future through latest conservation methods.
A Dublin man is accused of causing of causing €7 million worth of damage to a Monet oil painting in the National Gallery of Ireland.
The price was $60 million more than the auctioneers had expected as seven bidders pushed the price up during a fast-moving auction.
… and it’s probably better than yours.
The painting portrays Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lounging together in lingerie.
