Art Auction
Female artist’s painting sets auction record
A painting by a Lancashire-born artist has sold for over £22 million.
Sotheby’s said the sale of Leonora Carrington’s Les Distractions de Dagobert in New York meant she had become the most valuable British-born female artist at auction.
The surrealist painting was bought for $28.5m (£22.48m), which exceeded Carrington’s previous record of $3.3m (£2.6m) set at the auction house in 2022.
Carrington was born in Chorley on 6 April 1917 and later lived in Mexico, alongside female surrealists including Frida Kahlo and Remedios Varo.
stellar lineup of works from leading contemporary artists in support of Whitechapel Gallery’s Exhibition and Participation Programmes.
Whitechapel Gallery is delighted to announce the donation of 20 exceptional artworks for auction by artists Andrew Pierre Hart (b. UK), Gideon Rubin (b.1973, Israel), Ali Kazim (b.1979, Pakistan), Daisy Dodd-Noble (b.1989, UK), Taylor Simmons (b.1990, USA), Wynnie Mynerva (b.1992, Peru), Ania Hobson (b.1990, UK), Danny Fox (b.1986, UK), Julie Curtiss (b.1982, France), Tunji Adeniyi-Jones (b.1992, UK), Michele Fletcher (b. 1963, Canada), Rose Nestler (b.1983, USA), Studio Lenca (b.1986, El Salvador), Hettie Inniss (b.1999, UK), Tiona Nekkia McClodden (b.1981, USA), Victoria Cantons (b.1969, UK), Peter Kennard (b.1949, UK), Christopher Page (b.1984, UK), Michael Armitage (b.1984, Kenya) and Sang Woo Kim (b.1994, South Korea).
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A Cornish primary school has received more than 100 pieces of art for an anonymous auction to raise money for art materials and equipment.
Carly-Ann Clark, art teacher at St Day and Carharrack Community School, went on TikTok to raise awareness of the art auction being held on 27 February.
Mrs Clark said she had been overwhelmed by the response to her post which has been watched more than 46,000 times.
“I just thought it was a great way to connect with lots of people at once to hopefully get five or six people donating a piece of art work to the school,” she said.
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A print of Banksy’s famous Girl with Balloon artwork has fetched more than 100,000 dollars at a Los Angeles auction.
An original proof print of the mural sold for 104,000 dollars (£80,652), twice its expected asking price.
