Contemporary Art

The Contemporary Art department is among the most profitable at Lempertz. Alongside our successful regular auctions we also carry out special sales for large corporate and private collections as well as being a dedicated partner in numerous charity auctions. Our Lempertz branches in Cologne, Berlin, and Brussels have housed exhibitions of renowned Contemporary artists such as Anish Kapoor, Sean Scully, Ellsworth Kelly, Joannis Avramidis, Eberhard Havekost and Jorinde Voigt.

lempertz:projects

With lempertz:projects, we give private and institutional collectors a platform to sell at auctions works of young artists not yet established on the art market. Moreover, lempertz:projects comprises art works by established contemporary artists with attractive estimates.

The lempertz:projects auctions take place in Brussels once a year in early December. Brussels with its vicinity to all European art centres and with its dynamic art market offers the ideal location for the latest tendencies in contemporary art.

Contemporary Art – Our Experts – Your Contacts

Our experienced Contemporary Art experts are here to help you. We are available to answer your questions in person at one of our branches, via e-mail, or over the phone. For particularly extensive collections we are also happy to organise home visits upon request.

E-Mail: contemporary@lempertz.com

Dr. Mechthild Potthoff

Contemporary Art
Member of the Management

+49 221 925729-32potthoff@lempertz.com

Dipl.Ing. Isabel Apiarius-Hanstein MA

Contemporary Art
Partner

+49 221 925729-70i.hanstein@lempertz.com

Benjamin Schumann M.A.

Contemporary Art

+49 221 925729-29schumann@lempertz.com

Leonard Stühl M.A.

Contemporary Art

+49 221 925729-86stuehl@lempertz.com

Nina Beyer M.A.

Modern and Contemporary Art

+49 221 925729-76beyer@lempertz.com

Contemporary Art Auctions

Lempertz have been organising sales of Contemporary Art since 1989. Our portfolio has included artists from the post-war period to the present day. Our Contemporary Art auctions take place twice annually in May/June and November/December in Cologne. In 2017 we extended our Contemporary Art programme to include the lempertz:projects format. This new auction format is designed to appeal especially to younger collectors, offering works by Contemporary artists for moderate estimates.

Upcoming auctions - Contemporary Art

Auction 1256 - Contemporary Art - Evening Sale

Photography Post War & Contemporary Art Modern Art
Friday 29. 11. 2024, 06:00 pm
Lot 1 - 77
Auction 1256
Auction
Cologne
Friday 29 November
6 pm Lot | 1 – 76
Preview
COLOGNE

Saturday November 23rd
10 am - 4 pm
Sunday November 24
11 am - 4 pm
Monday November 25 - Thursday November 28
10 am - 5.30 pm


MATINÉE

Saturday November 23,
11 am
Isabel Apiarius-Hanstein meets curator and cultural advisor
Chantal Blatzheim (Fondation Beyeler) for a conversation about a life
with and for art and the highlights of the fall auctions.

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MUNICH

In selection A selection
St.-Anna-Platz 3, 80538 Munich
Vernissage Monday, November 4, 6 - 9 pm
Tuesday, November 5 and Wednesday, November 6
10 am - 5 pm

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BRUSSELS

A selection

Grote Hertstraat 6, Rue du Grand Cerf, 1000 Brussels
Vernissage Wednesday November 6,
6 - 9 pm
Thursday, November 7 - Saturday, November 9,
11 am - 5 pm
Catalogue
PDF-Catalogue

Auction 1257 - Contemporary Art - Day Sale

Photography Post War & Contemporary Art Modern Art
Saturday 30. 11. 2024
Lot 300 - 473
Auction 1257
Auction
Cologne
Saturday 30 November
14 Uhr 2 pm | Lot 300 – 473
Preview
COLOGNE

Saturday November 23
10 am - 4 pm
Sunday November 24
11 am - 4 pm
Monday November 25 - Thursday November 28
10 am - 5.30 pm

Matinée

Saturday November 23,
11 am
Isabel Apiarius-Hanstein meets curator and cultural advisor
Chantal Blatzheim (Fondation Beyeler) for a conversation about a life with and for art and the highlights of the fall auctions.

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MUNICH

A selection
St.-Anna-Platz 3, 80538 Munich
Vernissage
Monday, November 4,
6 - 9 pm
Tuesday, November 5 and Wednesday, November 6
10 am - 5 pm

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BRUSSELS

A selection
Grote Hertstraat 6, Rue du Grand Cerf, 1000 Brussels

Vernissage
Wednesday November 6,
6 - 9 pm
Thursday, November 7 - Saturday, November 9
11 am - 5 pm
Catalogue
PDF-Catalogue

Auction 1260 - Contemporary Art Online

Monday 25. 11. 2024, 10:00 am - Wednesday 04. 12. 2024, 04:00 pm
Auction
Auction 1260 - Contemporary Art Online - will take place as an online auction from November 25, 10 am until December 4, 2024, 4 pm.

During this time you can bid on the lots of the auction online.
Register now to participate in the auction! Please note that a separate registration is required for our online auctions.

Please also note that due to the new Money Laundering Act, we are obliged to carry out an identity check on our customers. You can easily and securely upload the necessary documents on our website. You will find the corresponding link on the right.
Preview
Preview of individual works on request.

Contemporary Art Auctions – Current Highlights

Lempertz is among the leading auction houses for Contemporary Art. Every auction season brings forth surprising new works of Contemporary Art of the highest quality. Our sales include paintings, works on paper, sculptures, objects, multiples, prints, as well as large scale artworks. The complete selection of works are presented in our auction catalogues.

Sell Contemporary Art

Are you planning on selling a work of Contemporary Art or would you like to have a work of Contemporary Art valued? Our experts are happy to provide you with free and non-binding advice. Our valuation form is a simple way to make your initial contact with us.

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Record Results for Contemporary Art

Collectors and experts alike praise and admire Contemporary Art. Quintessential works of Contemporary Art achieve exceptional results and the prices for Contemporary Art can rise to fantastic heights. Lempertz auction house can look back on a long and successful history of Contemporary Art auctions. 

An exceptional result was achieved in 2018 for Achrome; a folded canvas with kaolin by the Italian artist Piero Manzoni which sold for € 844,000 (all prices including buyer's premium).  Joseph Albers' Homage to the Square from 1962 changed hands in June 2017 for € 616,000. Lempertz have also achieved impressive results for works of contemporary sculpture. For example Fritz Koenig's Große Flora D, which sold in December 2016 for € 568,000 and especially the bronze High Wind by the British sculptor Lynn Chadwick, which changed hands for € 624,000.