Events Database

75 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Jul 21, 11Record £2bn first-half sales at Christie's
Jul 1, 11We don't own modern art – the super-rich do
Jun 11, 11Van Dyck paintings unearthed by saleroom sleuth
Jun 3, 11'Almost Dali' dealer causes outcry over sale of sculptures
Feb 22, 11Damien Hirst's skull tasteless? That's the point
Feb 2, 11Ming vase set to make retired factory worker a millionaire
Jan 19, 11Temporary export bar for portrait of freed slave after £530,000 sale
Jan 16, 11Chinese tycoons trawl UK antiques market for treasures
Jan 6, 11Far Pavilions: Venice Biennale opens its doors to the world
Nov 12, 10Chinese vase breaks sale record
Nov 11, 10LS Lowry paintings sold for £5m at auction
Nov 10, 10Two Andy Warhol artworks sell for combined total of £60m in New York
Nov 10, 10Royal College of Art postcard exhibition is biggest yet
Nov 9, 10Art auction records broken by new breed of billionaires
Nov 7, 10Investors renew passion for modern masters
Nov 2, 10Sotheby's launches New York autumn sales with impressionist paintings
Oct 22, 10Banksy shark nets £30k, Hirst doodle goes for £260
Oct 17, 10Damien Hirst doodles put up for auction
Oct 17, 10Christie's caught up as £30m forgeries send shock waves through the art world
Oct 14, 10Larry Gagosian named art world's 'most powerful' figure
Oct 13, 10Frieze Art: London gears up for annual fair
Sep 29, 10Lehman art sale
Sep 29, 10Lehman Brothers' treasures go under the hammer
Sep 24, 10Lehman art sale expected to raise £1m from mementos and masterpieces
Sep 9, 10World's most expensive book comes up for sale
Jul 11, 10Art collectors build museums to let public see private hoards
Jul 11, 10UK's landed gentry put masterpieces on the market to cushion the crunch
Jul 8, 10Turner painting sold to Getty Museum in Los Angeles for record £29.7m
Jun 24, 10Picasso, Manet and Matisse - auctions revel in Europe's richest art sales
Jun 24, 10Records set at art auctions
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