LIVERPOOL.- Poetry Society President Roger McGough brings to the new Museum of Liverpool a unique art installation combining his poetic skills and love of his home city. The Liverpool Doors exhibition will feature doors from across the city, donated t…
The Prince Gong Jade Mountain: Chinese Imperial jade gift surfaces at Bonhams
LONDON.- A stunning discovery at Bonhams turns out to be a gift passed between two of the most important statesmen of the late Qing Dynasty, who attempted to modernise China and represented the Qing Dynasty in diplomatic negotiations with Western power…
Chinese furniture and jades top Bonhams March Asian Decorative Arts Auction
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams announced its Asian Decorative Arts sale, March 13 in San Francisco. The auction will feature a variety of fine items at this 600-plus lot session, over 400 of which are Chinese. The sale will include a broad array of late …
Paintings & livres d’artiste; and 19th and 20th century prints & drawings at auction at Swann Galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- On Thursday, March 8 Swann Galleries will conduct a two-part auction, beginning with an exceptional collection of prints, drawings, paintings and livres d’artiste by Jean-Émile Laboureur, and followed by more than 600 lots of 19th …
Art auction at Hamburger Bahnhof in Aid of Christoph Schlingensief’s Operndorf Afrika
BERLIN.- Christoph Schlingensief worked on the idea for the Operndorf Afrika (Opera Village Africa) from 2008 onwards. He conceived it as a place for intercultural encounters and experiments, as well as an artistic reservoir for the future. The foundat…
The personal Collection of Van Cliburn to be offered at Christie’s New York on May 17
NEW YORK, NY.- On May 17, Christie’s will present a sale of over 150 exceptional works from the personal collection of Van Cliburn, one of America’s greatest pianists. The collection comprises superb examples of English furniture, Russian Art, Sil…
American war reporter Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik killed in Syria
BEIRUT (AP).- Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage killed her and a …
Recent work by David Rodríguez Caballero on view at Marlborough Chelsea
NEW YORK, NY.- Marlborough Chelsea announced that an exhibition of recent sculptures by the Spanish artist David Rodríguez Caballero opened today, and continues through March 24, 2012. The exhibition features Rodríguez Caballero’s characteristic…
"Oz" ruby slippers find their way home; major acquisition for Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has acquired a pair of the iconic ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio led a group of “angel donors” whose gifts to th…
National Museum of Women in Arts celebrates 25th anniversary with new exhibition
WASHINGTON, DC.- In keeping with its mission to rediscover and celebrate women artists of the past and demonstrate their continued relevance, the National Museum of Women in Arts presents Royalists to Romantics: Women Artists from the Louvre, Versaille…