ATHENS (AP).- Greece’s Culture Ministry says it is taking extra security measures at museums across the country after two major thefts in as many months netted antiquities and paintings by 20th-century masters. The ministry said Thursday that a task fo…
High Museum of Art names artist Rashid Johnson as 2012 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art has named artist Rashid Johnson as the 2012 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize. Named after the renowned African American artist and art scholar, the Driskell Prize is an annual award that recognizes a scholar…
One of Russia’s finest emerging artists exhibits at Erarta Galleries in London
LONDON.- Erarta Galleries London presents Les Paradis Naturels, a new collection of paintings by Aleksey Chizhov. One of Russia’s finest emerging artists, Chizhov’s paintings present a hallucinatory world encouraging growth and emotional dev…
Roger McGough to open art installation at Museum of Liverpool
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 …