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Top auction houses cancel Russian art sales in London

Bonhams, Christie s, Sotheby s Halt Russian Art Auctions as War in Ukraine Rages

Top-tier auction houses Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Bonhams have all called off their sales of Russian art, slated to take place in London in June, as Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine grinds on and the crisis in that country deepens. The lucrative sales are typically popular with Russian collectors, and a number of the wealthiest including Putin allies Petr Aven, who recently departed the board of London’s Royal Academy, and Roman Abramovich, cofounder of Moscow’s Garage Museum are now on a continually lengthening sanctions list. All three auction houses confirmed that they would hew closely

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