PRESS - 2023.12.26
Kick off the New Year with an art experience at Daikanyama on the weekend Featuring a focus on the dialogue between modern and contemporary art
SBI Art Auction is pleased to present the “62nd SBI Art Auction｜MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART" on Saturday, January 27 and Sunday, January 28, at Daikanyama Hillside Forum. As our first attempt, we will simultaneously hold a preview and auction on the weekend.
In our first sale of 2024, we will introduce fine pieces of modern art to provide a high-quality art experience in the dialogue of creations in the past, present, and future. It includes works by Japanese artists active in the global contemporary art scene, such as KUSAMA Yayoi's mixed media 'VENUS' (2002), and a work on paper by NARA Yoshitomo (1998) featuring a girl with a provocative gaze, a signature motif of the artist. Moreover, the portrait of a girl peeling fruit by the representative Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1895) demonstrates his exploration of painting expression through vivid colors and soft brushwork. Also featured is a still-life oil painting by Bernard BUFFET (1966), long appreciated in Japan for its rigid black lines and restrained colors that capture the post-World War II zeitgeist.
The auction will be held on January 27 and 28, on the weekend, and some works can be viewed at the same venue even during the auction. An auction catalogue featuring the NARA’s 1998 work on the cover will be distributed for free at the venue. We eagerly await your visit.
■The 62nd SBI Art Auction｜MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
Number of Lots: 500
Total low estimate: JPY635,910,000
Auction Date:
Saturday, January 27 11:00 AM (JST)- Lot. 001-199
Sunday, January 28 11:00 AM (JST)- Lot. 200-502
Temporary Closure:
Monday, January 29, 2024
Preview:
Wednesday, January 24 – Thursday, January 25 11:00AM – 7:00 PM (JST)
Friday, January 26 11:00AM – 6:00 PM (JST)
Saturday, January 27 – Sunday, January 28 10:30AM – 5:00 PM (JST)
*Only selected works will be exhibited on the days of the auction.
Venue:
HILLSIDE FORUM (18-8 Sarugakucho Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0033, Japan)
* In addition to bidding at the venue, you can bid by phone, absentee, or online.
* You can also watch the progress of the auction on YouTube.
YouTube Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC32a7MUOI-xI1DY-CghG-KA
* Please check the website for details.
Website (to be published on Tuesday, January 9): https://www.sbiartauction.co.jp/lp/2024_01_28/en/
■Highlights
*Access to online catalogue (to be published on Tuesday, January 9): https://www.sbiartauction.co.jp/en/auction/catalogue/121
■About our auction
SBI Art Auction holds public auctions arranged to present fine works of contemporary art created in and after the twentieth century, as well as modern art, photography, design, and crafts that can adorn and enrich the lives of a wide variety of clients.
The current auction participants include nationals of more than 60 countries*, and we are proud of being Japan's most international auction, since bids by overseas customers amount to about 30% of the title.
We are working to grow and expand the Japanese art market by actively introducing not only the works of artists who symbolize the Japanese art market, but also the works of overseas artists who are rarely exhibited in domestic auctions.
*As of June 2023
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sbiartauction/
■How to participate in our auction
The auction is held by bidding for the sale price.
Customers who participate for the first time are requested to register in advance.
For more information on how to buy works at auction, please see the following page.
Details on how to participate and buy: https://www.sbiartauction.co.jp/en/buy-sell/buy/
■Upcoming auction (TBC)
The 63rd SBI Art Auction｜Tokyo Contemporary: Redefined
Auction Date: Saturday, March 9, 2024
■About us
SBI Art Auction Co., Ltd. provides a wide variety of services corresponding to our clients' needs, including auctioning, brokering private sales, financing, and consulting. Our aim is to ensure that more people come to appreciate the pleasure, importance, and fun of owning artworks, while at the same time helping them to keep their artworks in good condition over the long term and pass them along to the next generation.
Company name: SBI Art Auction Co., Ltd.
Representative Director: FUJIYAMA Tomohiro
Address: TFT Building East Wing, 3-6-11 Ariake, Koutou-ku, Tokyo, 135-0063 JAPAN
Established: April 1, 2011
HP: https://www.sbiartauction.co.jp/en/
For press inquiries
KAKU (Ms.), OKAMURA (Ms.)
SBI Art Auction Co., Ltd.
TFT Building East Wing, 3-6-11 Ariake, Koutou-ku, Tokyo, 135-0063 JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3527-6692
Mail: artauction@sbigroup.co.jp
Web: www.sbiartauction.co.jp
In our first sale of 2024, we will introduce fine pieces of modern art to provide a high-quality art experience in the dialogue of creations in the past, present, and future. It includes works by Japanese artists active in the global contemporary art scene, such as KUSAMA Yayoi's mixed media 'VENUS' (2002), and a work on paper by NARA Yoshitomo (1998) featuring a girl with a provocative gaze, a signature motif of the artist. Moreover, the portrait of a girl peeling fruit by the representative Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1895) demonstrates his exploration of painting expression through vivid colors and soft brushwork. Also featured is a still-life oil painting by Bernard BUFFET (1966), long appreciated in Japan for its rigid black lines and restrained colors that capture the post-World War II zeitgeist.
The auction will be held on January 27 and 28, on the weekend, and some works can be viewed at the same venue even during the auction. An auction catalogue featuring the NARA’s 1998 work on the cover will be distributed for free at the venue. We eagerly await your visit.
■The 62nd SBI Art Auction｜MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
Number of Lots: 500
Total low estimate: JPY635,910,000
Auction Date:
Saturday, January 27 11:00 AM (JST)- Lot. 001-199
Sunday, January 28 11:00 AM (JST)- Lot. 200-502
Temporary Closure:
Monday, January 29, 2024
Preview:
Wednesday, January 24 – Thursday, January 25 11:00AM – 7:00 PM (JST)
Friday, January 26 11:00AM – 6:00 PM (JST)
Saturday, January 27 – Sunday, January 28 10:30AM – 5:00 PM (JST)
*Only selected works will be exhibited on the days of the auction.
Venue:
HILLSIDE FORUM (18-8 Sarugakucho Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0033, Japan)
* In addition to bidding at the venue, you can bid by phone, absentee, or online.
* You can also watch the progress of the auction on YouTube.
YouTube Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC32a7MUOI-xI1DY-CghG-KA
* Please check the website for details.
Website (to be published on Tuesday, January 9): https://www.sbiartauction.co.jp/lp/2024_01_28/en/
■Highlights
*Access to online catalogue (to be published on Tuesday, January 9): https://www.sbiartauction.co.jp/en/auction/catalogue/121
■About our auction
SBI Art Auction holds public auctions arranged to present fine works of contemporary art created in and after the twentieth century, as well as modern art, photography, design, and crafts that can adorn and enrich the lives of a wide variety of clients.
The current auction participants include nationals of more than 60 countries*, and we are proud of being Japan's most international auction, since bids by overseas customers amount to about 30% of the title.
We are working to grow and expand the Japanese art market by actively introducing not only the works of artists who symbolize the Japanese art market, but also the works of overseas artists who are rarely exhibited in domestic auctions.
*As of June 2023
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sbiartauction/
■How to participate in our auction
The auction is held by bidding for the sale price.
Customers who participate for the first time are requested to register in advance.
For more information on how to buy works at auction, please see the following page.
Details on how to participate and buy: https://www.sbiartauction.co.jp/en/buy-sell/buy/
■Upcoming auction (TBC)
The 63rd SBI Art Auction｜Tokyo Contemporary: Redefined
Auction Date: Saturday, March 9, 2024
■About us
SBI Art Auction Co., Ltd. provides a wide variety of services corresponding to our clients' needs, including auctioning, brokering private sales, financing, and consulting. Our aim is to ensure that more people come to appreciate the pleasure, importance, and fun of owning artworks, while at the same time helping them to keep their artworks in good condition over the long term and pass them along to the next generation.
Company name: SBI Art Auction Co., Ltd.
Representative Director: FUJIYAMA Tomohiro
Address: TFT Building East Wing, 3-6-11 Ariake, Koutou-ku, Tokyo, 135-0063 JAPAN
Established: April 1, 2011
HP: https://www.sbiartauction.co.jp/en/
For press inquiries
KAKU (Ms.), OKAMURA (Ms.)
SBI Art Auction Co., Ltd.
TFT Building East Wing, 3-6-11 Ariake, Koutou-ku, Tokyo, 135-0063 JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3527-6692
Mail: artauction@sbigroup.co.jp
Web: www.sbiartauction.co.jp
