Posts Tagged ‘Roman Abramovich’
Christie’s Wins Bid to Auction $150 Million Brody Collection (NY Times) Caravaggio: An Italian Antihero’s Time to Shine (NY Times) Ken Price, Suddenly Dominating New York Galleries (NY Times) Andreas Gursky Makes a Long-Distance Connection (LA Times) Ruben Ochoa: In a Construction Zone (LA Times) $2.7 Billion Dutch Fair Lures Collectors as Confidence Rises (Bloomberg) […]
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Tags: Andreas Gursky, Annie Leibovitz, Armory 2010, Beverly Hills, Brody Collection, Caravaggio, Christie's, Dasha Zhukova, Gagosian, Jessie Washburne-Harris, Ken Price, Los Angeles River, Roman Abramovich, Ruben Ochoa
Roman Abramovich’s girlfriend, the beautiful and understated Dasha Zhukova, 27, was featured in a New York Times piece, “Russian & Rich: Art’s New Tastemaker.” The 41 year old Abramovich is already a power player in the international art world, having set auction records for Degas, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, and Giacometti, among others. Now it […]
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The Art Newspaper revealed that two of the star lots in the blue-chip New York auctions were purchased by London-based Roman Abramovich. He was the successful bidder on Francis Bacon’s much hyped Triptych, 1976 (above), at Sotheby’s, paying $86.3 million. He also acquired Lucien Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, 1995, at Christie’s for $33.6 million. Abramovich […]
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Tags: Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Rockefeller Rothko, Roman Abramovich, Triptych