SPECIAL EXHIBITION at BONHAMS, MAYFAIR, LONDON, UK
Exhibition Opening Event
9th October 2023
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Bonhams, the world's largest and most renowned auctioneers,
invites you to join the best collection of 2023
at the new headquarters In Mayfair, central London.
Hemyeong
Post-War and Contemporary Art
The Impressionist
Modern Art
Constellation Links in London
Hemyeong (Seong Heui Kim) is one of the most established artists in Korea. Having started with the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, her most notable clients range from LG, the most advanced OLED brand, to an unrivalled number of collections from other elegant companies. After serving as the Director of the Museum of Art, SNU, and the Dean of the Seoul National University College of Fine Arts, she has decided to present her works to the European arena, where she will be based in London.
Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world's largest and most renowned auctioneers, offering fine art and collectables, collectors’ cars and a luxury division, which includes jewellery, designer fashion, watches, wine, and whisky. In 2021 and 2022, Bonhams made a number of important acquisitions which form the wider Bonhams network. These include: Bukowskis, Bruun Rasmussen, Bonhams Skinner, and Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr.
There are 14 salerooms around the globe: UK: New Bond Street, London; Knightsbridge, London; Edinburgh. US: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Marlborough. Hong Kong: Admiralty. France: Avenue Hoche, Paris; Rue de la Paix, Paris. Belgium: Brussels;
Denmark: Copenhagen. Sweden: Stockholm and Australia: Sydney.
With a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 22 countries, Bonhams offers advice and valuation services in 60+ specialist areas.
In 2022, Bonhams held a number of important auctions and offered landmark single-owner collections, including the white glove sales of Sir Michael Caine: The Personal Collection, Sir Terence Conran: The Contents of Barton Court, Personal Property of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and The Robert & Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting. Other notable single-owner sales included Style and Substance: The Collection of George and Charlotte Shultz and The Claude de Marteau Collection.
Top lots for 2022 included a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder (Sold for US$4,185,000), a pair of blue and white octagonal candlesticks (Sold for HK$30,453,00/ US$3,911,913), La femme en rouge au fond bleu by Chaïm Soutine (Sold for £1,842,300/ US$2,236,940), and a rare emerald and diamond Cartier bracelet (Sold for US$3,240,375).
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