Auction houses go online
ARTinvestment.RU   17 марта 2020

From-за ongoing pandemic coronavirus large auction three closes its offices around the world and takes part in auctions on the Internet

In conditions, when an outbreak of a new type of coronavirus COVID-19 from the epidemic escalated into a pandemic wave of closings and cancellations of all types of mass events have gained a worldwide scale. To a huge number of private museums, art-ярмарок, biennials and galleries joined the auction house.

last Friday, March 13, the auction house Christie's first auction of the big three has announced the temporary closure of its offices in Brussels, Buenos-Айресе, Chicago, Dallas, Dubai, düsseldorf, Hamburg, Houston, Los-Анджелесе, Madrid, Mexico city, Miami, Milan, Monaco, Moscow, Munich, new-Йорке, Rome, San-Франциско, Santiago, San-Паулу, Stuttgart, tel-Авиве, Toronto, Vienna and Zurich. The offices of Christie's in Amsterdam, Geneva and Paris will continue its work, but in a reduced form – more than 14 trading sessions, which was to be held in the near future, was cancelled, and their dates moved to the end of April.

Cerutti, chief Executive officer, Christie's commented in the statement, published portal ArtNews: "All our decisions are made in close contact with our clients and due to our concern for them. Soon we will give more information about changes in the auction calendar".

this past weekend it became known that the initiative was joined by Christie's, Phillips and Sotheby's. 14 Mar Phillips announced the closure of offices in Europe and the United States and the transfer of all auctions for mid-may.

About change of the schedule of work of offices Sotheby's is not known, however, at the end of February in the outbreak of the virus in China, the auction house announced the transfer auction of contemporary art from Hong Kong to new-Йорк. Note that the first of the major art-институций closed its public space and having the auction online, has become the Art Basel fair, online-площадка which sales called Online Viewing Rooms starts its work on 20 March.

Source: artnews.com



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