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RIGA GALLERY SOTHEBY'S AUCTION IN LONDON

05.06.2009. - 09.06.2009.

IGA GALLERY AT SOTHEBY’S AUCTION IN LONDON, 9 JUNE

For the first time Latvian contemporary artists Līga Purmale’s and Ritums Ivanovs’ works will be offered at the international auction house Sotheby’sexhibition-sale in London, 9 June.

The unprecedented idea to show a representative collection of Latvian art to an international audience occurred to Joanna Vickery, Head of Eastern European and Russian Art Department. A year and a half ago, she was surprised by our artists’ excellent achievements at the International Art Fair Art Moscow, and anticipated that this idea might be realised. She commissioned Dr. Alla Rosenfeld, a noted expert of Russian and Baltic non-conformist and conceptual art, Vice President Senior Specialist in Russian Paintings at Sotheby’s New York Department, curator at Norton and Nancy Dodge collection (permanent exposition at Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey / USA), author of catalogues and books as well as specialist in Latvian art, to visit Riga Gallery last December. She also agreed that Latvian artists’ works deserve the highest valuation.

Taking part in Sotheby’s is a serious indication of Latvian art market’s international development. As is well known, Sotheby’s is the main player at the world art market and such celebrated artists as Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko etc. have earned their world fame as a result of these auctions.
Sotheby’s auctions are in the focus of attention of world art collectors, businessmen and researchers. This event is extensively reported in mass media all over the world, and prices set at these sales by professionals and accepted by collectors are equivalent to artistic quality.
Sotheby’s auction catalogues are received by international art collectors and researchers.


Līga Purmale’s and Ritums Ivanovs’ works from the Riga Gallery collection will be included in the June edition of Sotheby’s London catalogue.
On-line catalogue from 11 May at www.sothebys.com – contemporary Russian on-line catalogue.

Financial crisis forced to change the Sotheby’s plans, and two works will be offered instead of a separate section of Latvian art:

    Līga Purmale “Saturday Night Movie” (2005 – 2009, 120x160 cm, canvas/oil)
    Ritums Ivanovs “Frame 05” (2002, 150x185 cm, canvas/oil)

Reserve prices of these works are 8000 – 12000 GBP.

Exhibition on view from 5 to 9 June, 2009.
Sale – 9 June, 2009, 11:00
Sotheby’s London
34-35 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA, UK



Riga Gallery project supported by:
    European Regional Development Fund / European Union (Nr.L-ĀTA-09-0013)
Liga Purmale. Saturday Night Movie



Frame 05