Sotheby's: The Bigger Picture

Abi Tavener and Anna Gammans are joined by Sotheby's Prints Specialist, Charlotte North, to discuss the first dedicated auction of Old Master Prints at Sotheby's in London. Tune in to learn more about printing techniques, and to discover many of history's greatest printmakers, including Rembrandt van Rijn, Albrecht Dürer and Hendrick Goltzius.To learn more about all the prints discussed in this episode, click here: https://bit.ly/33BsVSEMusic by Quincas Moreira: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1zFMJb0sthwdAlGjGbdyg/

Abi Tavener and Anna Gammans are joined by Sotheby's Old Master Paintings Specialist, Edoardo Roberti, for a insight into one of the departments at the very heart of the auction house. Beginning in the 13th century and stretching right through to the 19th century, the Old Master Paintings team specialise in European works spanning seven centuries, and comprising some of the biggest names in art history, from Raphael and Michelangelo to Rembrandt and Rubens.Tune in to hear more about Artemisia Gentileschi, currently the star of a major new retrospective at London's The National Gallery, David Teniers the Younger, whose large and riotous painting of a wine harvest will be offered at auction in Sotheby's Old Master Paintings Evening Auction this December 10, and Sandro Botticelli, whose 'Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel' will be offered at Sotheby's New York in January 2021, with an estimate in excess of $80 million.For more information about the first major UK retrospective of Artemisia's work, click here: https://bit.ly/3ljcLn3.For more information about David Teniers' 'The Wine Harvest', click here: https://bit.ly/2VeYhtF.For more information about Sandro Botticelli's 'Young Man Holding a Roundel', click here: https://bit.ly/3qary76Follow us:@Sothebys#SothebysMastersMusic by Quincas Moreira: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1zFMJb0sthwdAlGjGbdyg/

Abi Tavener and Anna Gammans are joined by 19th-century Continental Pictures Specialist, Richard Lowkes, and Deputy Chairman of Sotheby's Europe and Chairman of Sotheby's Russia and Scandinavia, Lord Poltimore, for a look at Scandinavian Art from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Tune in to learn more about some of Scandinavia's greatest artists, including Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Carl Larsson, Anders Zorn, Harald Sohlberg and Helene Schjerfbeck, and to hear more about the forthcoming Royal Academy Exhibition, Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul.For more information on the artists mentioned in this episode, click below:Akseli Gallen-Kallela: https://bit.ly/2V4geLECarl Larsson: https://bit.ly/2J8TSpQ Anders Zorn: https://bit.ly/3q0X1Zf Helene Schjerfbeck: https://bit.ly/2HBZ98FVilhelm Hammershøi: https://bit.ly/39mbpWp Harald Sohlberg: https://bit.ly/3m6U7QhMusic by Quincas Moreira: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1zFMJb0sthwdAlGjGbdyg/

Abi Tavener and Anna Gammans are joined by Sotheby's Specialist Julia Fischel, ahead of the Modern and British Art Auction. Tune in to learn more about the leading lights of Modern British art history, from Barbara Hepworth and her ‘luminous’ 1962 sculpture, Small Form, to her many brilliant British contemporaries - Henry Moore, Stanley Spencer, Christopher Wood, Ben Nicholson and even Winston Churchill.To learn more about all the works discussed in this episode, click here: https://bit.ly/2JmSa49.Music by Quincas Moreira: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1zFMJb0sthwdAlGjGbdyg/

Abi Tavener and Anna Gammans are joined by Sotheby's Whisky & Spirits Specialist, Jonny Fowle. Tune in to learn about all things Whisky, from tasting and collecting, to curating the perfect cellar.The Ultimate Whisky Collection Part II will be offered this October 31 at Sotheby's New Bond Street, led by The Red Collection - a new collection of six classic aged single malt whiskies from The Macallan Distillery, featuring the oldest aged whisky ever to be sold at auction, The Macallan 78 Years Old. The complete set, with hand-signed labels by Spanish artist and illustrator Javi Aznarez, will be sold for the benefit of City Harvest London.Sotheby's recent record-breaking Whisky sales include The Macallan Fine & Rare 60-Year-Old 1926, which set an auction record when it sold for £1.5 million in October 2019, and the Karuizawa 52 Year Old Zodiac Rat Cask #5627, 1960, which sold for £363,000 in March 2020.Follow @WanderingWhisky and @SothebysWine for more.Music by Quincas Moreira: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1zFMJb0sthwdAlGjGbdyg/

Abi Tavener and Anna Gammans are joined by Sotheby's Specialist, Brandei Estes, to discuss the forthcoming exhibition and auction of Photographs at Sotheby's London. Tune in to hear more on Charles Jones, Helmut Newton, Misan Harriman, Peter Beard, Francesca Woodman, Ana Mendieta, Nobuyoshi Araki and more.For more information on all the works discussed in this episode, click here: https://bit.ly/3fUMkmE.Music by Quincas Moreira: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1zFMJb0sthwdAlGjGbdyg/

Abi Tavener and Anna Gammans are joined by Modern and Contemporary African Art specialist, Hannah O'Leary, to discuss the forthcoming exhibition and auction at Sotheby's London. Tune in to discover more about Ben Enwonwu, Amoako Boafo, Gerard Sekoto, Irma Stern. El Anatsui and more.For more information about all the works discussed in this episode, click here: https://bit.ly/36j1jDC.Music by Quincas Moreira: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1zFMJb0sthwdAlGjGbdyg/

An introduction to the new podcast from Sotheby's auction house. Sotheby's: The Bigger Picture offers interviews with Sotheby's world-class specialists, ahead of exhibitions and auctions at the 276-year old institution. Hosted by Sotheby's Abigail Tavener, and Artist and Presenter, Anna Gammans.Music by Quincas Moreira: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1zFMJb0sthwdAlGjGbdyg/