SALE: Contemporary Evening Sales
LOCATION: Sotheby's and Christie's London
DATE: June 26, 6pm (Sotheby's), and June 27, 7pm (Christie's)
ABOUT: After the Impressionist and modern auctions — the results of which are still to be determined — wrap up in London this week, Christie's and Sotheby's will begin gearing up for next week's contemporary sales. London Contemporary week is one of the last hurrahs of the art market before the summer lull, and in this trophy-hunting sales climate the houses will try to out-do one another with offerings of works by household names like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Bacon, Gerhard Richter, Yves Klein, Lucian Freud, Anish Kapoor, and Lucio Fontana.
Look out for a full preview of the upcoming contemporary auctions in London by Judd Tully from the latest edition of Art+Auction later in the week. To see works from the sales, click the slide show.
OTHER INTERNATIONAL SALES:
Sale: Contemporary Day Sale
Location: Sotheby's London
Date: June 27, 10:30am
Sale: Whisky
Location: Bonhams Edinburgh
Date: June 27, 11am
Sale: The Daphne Guinness Collection
Location: Christie's South Kensington (London)
Date: June 27, 7pm
Sale: Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale
Location: Christie's London
Date: June 28, 12pm