Phillips Auction Paris as Vente Moderne & Contemporary totals close to 5 Million Euros in sales.

During Art Basel Week, the Phillips sales  for contemporary art are astounding!

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PHILLIPS MARKS MILESTONE MOMENT IN PARIS AS VENTE ART MODERNE & CONTEMPORAIN ET DESIGN ACHIEVES NEARLY €5 MILLION

 

Led by Joan Miró’s Peinture from the Collection of Marcel Brient, 

Sale Sets New Record for Liu Guofu 
100% of Design Lots Sold
Results Underscore Phillips’ Growing Presence in Paris in its 230th Anniversary Year

 

 

India Phillips, Managing Director, Modern & Contemporary Art, Europe, said, “This sale represents an important milestone for Phillips in Paris and a significant step in our continued investment in Europe. With our global network of Contemporary collectors, Phillips is uniquely positioned to respond to the growing appetite for historical Modernism, connecting exceptional works with new audiences and bringing them into dialogue with Contemporary art. Paris, as the cradle of Modern art, is a natural setting for this ambition, and we were equally delighted to present Amedeo Modigliani’s Tête in the city ahead of our New York Evening Sale next month. To build on our presence here in our 230th anniversary year is particularly meaningful, reflecting both our rich heritage and our ambition to create new opportunities for the future.”

 

Clara Rivollet, International Specialist, Head of Sale, Modern & Contemporary Art, Paris, said “It has been an exceptional week in Paris, with the energy surrounding Art Basel bringing collectors and art enthusiasts from across the world to the city. We were delighted to welcome over 1,000 guests to our opening reception and to see such enthusiasm for a sale led by Joan Miró’s Peinture from the Collection of Marcel Brient, Paris. Modern and Post-War French masters performed strongly, with notable results for works by Marc Chagall and Jean-Paul Riopelle. There was strong bidding for Contemporary painting, including Ben Sledsens’ From The Forest To The Sea, following the strong result we achieved in London last week. Asian artists also attracted significant attention, with Hsiao Chin’s Pintura 5 (Painting 5) achieving over seven times its low estimate and Liu Guofu’sCold Mountain 25-6 setting a new world auction record at almost five times its low estimate. Design was a standout, with 100% of lots sold and the majority exceeding their high estimates. These results speak to the breadth of collecting interests in Paris and the exciting opportunities ahead as we continue to strengthen our presence in this important market.” 

 

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Art Toronto PLatform Talk with Toronto Biannual Art (TBA) Curator Allison Glen October 10th, 1PM Toronto Convention Center. .

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Art Toronto Platform Talk with TBA Curator Allison Glenn  As part of Art Toronto, TBA 2026 Curator Allison Glenn will be in conversation alongside Curator & Head of Exhibitions at Mercer Union,  Aamna Muzaffar, and Curator, Special Projects – National Engagement at the National Gallery of Canada, Ann Marie Peña. The Art Toronto Platform Talk will explore TBA artist Rouzbeh Akhbari’s newly commissioned multi-media installation, Of Wood and Diesel, currently on view at our partner site Mercer Union. The conversation will consider what it means to collaborate on the development of a work within the current arts ecosystem in Canada. When: Friday, October 30 | 1:00 PM Where:  Art Toronto at  Metro Toronto Convention Centre - North Building Tickets are required to attend and can be purchased here. Co-Presented by Art Toronto and the National Gallery of Canada’s National Engagement Initiative. Deaf View/Image Art (De’VIA) Storytelling with Maryam Hafizirad Artist and Educator Maryam Hafizirad invites Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing visitors to a Storytelling tour of Art Museum at the University of Toronto. Maryam’s guided Storytelling sessions use visual storytelling, ASL, gesture, body language, memory, and shared discussion to explore the works.  The sessions will be built around water as a central metaphor for Deaf life, drawing on ideas of flow, depth, current, and resilience to explore Deaf identity, memory, and lived experience. This metaphor offers a visual and embodied throughline that connects to the biennial theme Things Fall Apart, and to guided storytelling prompts around access, identity, rupture, language, resistance, visibility, and community. Throughout the Biennial we also welcome the public to join Drop-In Storytelling Sessions on Saturdays.  When: October 31, November 14, December 5 Where: Art Museum at the University of Toronto  This program is free, but registration is required in order to attend. Register Tetsuya Yamada’s Work at Select TTC Subway Stations The series of interchangeable statements that comprise Tetsuya Yamada’s work provokes dialogue around what we can learn from history and how to move forward to build a better society for the future. As a public text installation, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO (2026) subverts a temporal disconnection between the present moment and future implications, opening the possibilities of what the artist has described as “future thinking.” This simple yet profound question has many interpretations. Yamada’s work will be on view at St. George TTC Station (Westbound Platform) until the week of December 20. You can also view the work at Spadina TTC Station (Yonge Subway Line, Southbound Platform) until early November. To access the work, located on the subway platforms, TTC fare is required to be paid at the platform entrances. Discover Dawoud Bey’s work at the AGO with Free Admission We invite you to discover Dawoud Bey’s powerful installation of film and photographs at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). Dawoud Bey: Material Histories, Living Landscapes anchors the tenuous relationships between North American landscapes and Black diasporic experiences. On view until Spring 2027, you can enjoy free admission to the AGO on the first Wednesday night of each month, between 6pm – 9pm. The next upcoming Wednesday Free Night is November 4. Be sure to book your free General Admission tickets online in advance to ensure entry. Check out First Wednesday Night Free  for everything you need to know. Image Captions (in order of appearance): Rouzbeh Akhbari, Of Wool and Diesel, 2026. Installation view: Mercer Union, Toronto, 2026. Co-presented as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art, 2026. Photography: Vuk Dragojevic. Co-commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art, Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art, HANGAR Centro de Investigação Artística (Lisbon), and the National Gallery of Canada’s National Engagement Initiative. Made possible with the generous support of RBC. The artist would like to acknowledge support from Partners in Art, the Ontario Arts Council, the Alserkal Foundation and the Canada Council for the Arts. Storytelling Session at Art Museum at the University of Toronto a part of the Convening: An Arrival, A Grounding, A Departure Day 3. Photography: Rebecca Tisdelle-Macias. This program is supported by the Government of Canada. Tetsuya Yamada, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO, 2026. On view at St. George TTC Station as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art, 2026. Commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art. Photography: Rebecca Tisdelle-Macias. Co-presented by the Toronto Biennial of Art and made possible with the generous support of Eleanor and Francis Shen. info@torontobiennial.org www.torontobiennial.org

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