Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »
Tue 02 Feb 2009Paris's art sale of the century could raise €300m for research on Aids
IT IS the story of not one, but hundreds of coups de foudre, of a magnificent art collection amassed over 50 years by the late high fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, the businessman and patron of the arts Pierre Bergé.
The Saint Laurent-Bergé collection came under the gavel last night at the Grand Palais, in what is being called the sale of the century. It will take three days to sell off the 733 paintings, sculptures, pieces of furniture and objets d’art. The sale is expected to raise up to €300 million for the Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent and the fight against Aids. If so, it will break all records.
Choose a Subscription type - required
