LONDON (REUTERS).- Portraits of three different lovers of 20th century master Pablo Picasso fetched the three highest prices at a London auction at Christie’s on Tuesday, the first in a key series of art sales over the coming weeks. Top lot on the nigh…
STOCKHOLM.- Moderna Museet is presenting the history of photography with this year’s radical rehanging of its permanent collection. 16 April was the opening day for the second instalment of Another Story: See the World!, including works by iconic …
LONDON.- An evocative portrait of Francis Bacon, one of Britain’s leading 20th century artists, painted by one of his friends, Louis Le Brocquy, Ireland’s foremost living artist, is for sale at Bonhams inaugural Irish Art Sale in London on 9t…
LONDON.- MacDougall’s Works on Paper Auction raised over 1.1 m pounds on December 1st, setting new record prices. The top lots went several times higher than their pre-sale estimates. The cover lot 13, Nubian with a Waterpipe by Michail Zichy sold fou…
ATHENS (AP).- For the first time in years, the Acropolis in Athens will be closed on the night of the August full moon next week, due to a pay dispute. The culture and tourism ministry says the citadel is not among the 92 sites and museums to open by…
