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Spotlight on artists Josef Albers and Leonor Fini at Il Ponte auctions in Milan

Riflettori accesi sugli artisti Josef Albers e Leonor Fini alle aste de Il Ponte a Milano

Between May 26 and 28, 2026, Il Ponte Casa d’Aste held its spring auctions of modern and contemporary art in Milan, generating over €4.7 million in sales with 90% of lots sold. The top lot was Josef Albers’s *Study for Homage to the Square: Full Tenor* (1959), which sold for €384,000, followed by Leonor Fini’s *Portrait d’Italo Svevo* (1928), which fetched €358,400—far exceeding its presale estimate of €15,000–25,000. The Fini portrait was acquired by Fondazione CRTrieste, ensuring it remains in Trieste. Other notable sales included Giorgio Morandi’s *Fiori* (1946) at €256,000 and works by Salvo, Fausto Melotti, and Medardo Rosso.

La grande artista Carla Accardi e l’arte italiana sono da record nell’asta da Dorotheum a Vienna

Dorotheum opened its Contemporary Week in Vienna on May 19, 2026, with modern and contemporary art sales that achieved strong results, particularly for Italian artists. Carla Accardi set a new auction record when her 1986 triptych *Fonda Notte Pieno Giorno* sold for €520,000, while works by Piero Dorazio, Emilio Vedova, Marino Marini, and Gino Severini also far exceeded their estimates. Top lots included Claude Monet’s *Waterloo Bridge* (€611,000) and Mikuláš Medek’s *Too Deep a Sleep V* (€546,000).

A New York si è svolta un’asta di oggetti di design con risultati clamorosi (specchi da 30 milioni e altro ancora)

On April 22, 2026, Sotheby's in New York auctioned the first part of the Jean and Terry de Gunzburg collection, comprising around 125 exceptional design and contemporary art pieces. The sale, held at the Breuer Building, achieved a complete sell-out and became the most valuable design auction ever in the United States, totaling $96 million. A highlight was a new auction record for Claude Lalanne: a set of fifteen mirrors originally commissioned by Yves Saint Laurent sold for over $30 million, surpassing the previous record set by her husband François-Xavier Lalanne's Hippopotame Bar.