Nov. 29, 2022
Sensational event in the world of polish art and culture
Recently discovered in a private collection, Jacek Malczewski's work "Reality" was last publicly displayed in 1926. Now – until 8 December this year – it can be viewed in DESA Unicum as part of the exhibition for the "Old Masters. 19th Century and Modern Art" auction. This is one of ...
Sept. 24, 2022
"I believe that art must live" - Grażyna Kulczyk
And, in collaboration with DESA Unicum, she is selling a portion of the most significant pieces from her collection, announcing a new phase in her activity: the collector is going to focus mainly on promoting women's art in the years to come.
March 17, 2022
PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY RUBENS SETS RECORD PRICE AT AUCTION IN WARSAW
Portrait of a Lady by Peter Paul Rubens was sold for PLN 14,4 million (EUR 3,1 million including auction fee) at today's auction of Old Masters, 19th-Century and Modern Art at DESA Unicum, becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold on the Polish market. The result well exceeded ...
Feb. 3, 2022
RUBENS PORTRAIT TO BE AUCTIONED IN WARSAW
An auction that will go down in the history of the Polish art market will be held on 17 March 2022 in Warsaw. The 17th-century Portrait of a Lady by Peter Paul Rubens will go under the hammer at DESA Unicum, the leading auction house in Central and Eastern Europe. ...
Dec. 29, 2021
A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR DESA UNICUM
DESA Unicum S.A., the leading auction house in Poland, has recorded a significant turnover of over 270 million PLN this year, meaning a 84 million PLN (43%) higher turnover than in 2020 (including auction fees; excluding charity auctions).
Dec. 3, 2021
Record contemporary art auctions
Fifty million PLN – this was the turnover of three Contemporary Art auctions at DESA Unicum. At one of them, for the first time in Poland, an NFT work was sold. It was the work of Paweł Kowalewski titled “Why there is something rather than nothing", which sold for 552,000 ...
Dec. 1, 2021
Andrzej Wroblewski's work – the most expensive painting sold and the most expensive work of art on the polish market
At the Tuesday "Post-war and Contemporary Art" DESA Unicum auction, another record was established that went down in the history of the Polish art market.
Nov. 24, 2021
A COLLECTOR MARKET BREAKTHROUGH: DESA UNICUM INCORPORATES DIGITAL ART IN ITS OFFER AS THE FIRST AUCTION HOUSE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
NFT works are taking the global art market, as well as collectors' hearts, by storm. On the 2nd of December, DESA Unicum, as the first auction house in Central and Eastern Europe, will offer a digital work by Paweł Kowalewski – ‘Why there is something rather than nothing' – to ...
July 15, 2021
Record-breaking six months on the art market
It was a record-breaking six-month period on the art market. According to the artinfo.pl portal, the DESA Unicum Auction House was the first in history to exceed a turnover of over PLN 100 million for the first half of the year. With over 40% market share, it maintained the position ...