Over 200 works from the studio of recently deceased Dublin artist Patrick Leonard, HRHA, come under the hammer on Wednesday, providing a unique opportunity to purchase paintings from this fine painter.
The lots on offer have been hand-picked from Leonard’s personal collection, making the retrospective an exclusive opportunity for art enthusiasts to view and buy from [...]

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Around €15m worth of art, due to go under the hammer next month, is this week on show to the public.
Works by Lavery, Lowry, Munnings, and Turner are among the pieces in the free exhibition in Dublin’s Merrion Hotel tomorrow and Friday.
The items are all part of Christie’s 10th Anniversary Sale of Irish [...]

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A view of Venice by Joseph Mallord William Turner is in the running to become the most expensive British painting ever sold at auction when it goes under the hammer at Christie’s in New York next week.
The auction house this week lifted its estimate on the painting to more than $20m (€16.6m, £11.5m) [...]

British art dealers must pay a higher rate of tax on works imported into the UK for auction, the European Court of Justice has ruled.
Until now auctioneers have paid a reduced tax of 5% on imported art to be sold at auction.
The ruling means they must now pay the standard VAT of 17.5%.
The UK had [...]

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