OSLO (REUTERS).- A cold snap in Greenland in the 12th century may help explain why Viking settlers vanished from the island, scientists said. The report, reconstructing temperatures by examining lake sediment cores in west Greenland dating back 5,600 y…
Exhibition of Landscapes in Chinese Contemporary Art Opens at Kunstmuseum Lucerne
LUUCERNE.- Kunstmuseum Lucerne presents Shanshui – Poetry without Sound? Landscape in Chinese Contemporary Art – Works from Sigg Collection, on view from May 21st through October 2, 2011. The exhibition is curated by Ai Weiwei, Peter Fischer and Uli Si…
Sotheby’s Presents Its Spring London Sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
LONDON.- Sotheby’s presents the first of its 2011 London Sales of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. The auction will feature 343 lots and will take place in London on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011. Every item in the sale has been meticulously s…
Sotheby’s Presents Its Spring London Sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
LONDON.- Sotheby’s presents the first of its 2011 London Sales of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. The auction will feature 343 lots and will take place in London on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011. Every item in the sale has been meticulously s…
Important European Silver, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu Offered at Sotheby’s in Paris
PARIS.- The sale of Important European Silver, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu at Sotheby’s Paris on May 17 will include exceptional items from all over Europe. The finest piece in the sale is an extremely rare French 12th century silver drinking cu…
Important European Silver, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu Offered at Sotheby’s in Paris
PARIS.- The sale of Important European Silver, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu at Sotheby’s Paris on May 17 will include exceptional items from all over Europe. The finest piece in the sale is an extremely rare French 12th century silver drinking cu…
Utah Native, Tibetan Book Collector Smith Dies
NEW YORK (AP).- Ellis Gene Smith, the son of a Mormon family from Ogden, Utah, who is believed to have compiled the largest collection of Tibetan books outside of Tibet, has died in New York at age 74. The New York Times reports that Smith died Dec. 16…
Christie’s to Offer One of the Most Important Collections of Archaic Bronzes
NEW YORK (AP).- Christie’s announced that it has been entrusted with the sale of The Sze Yuan Tang Archaic Bronzes from the Anthony Hardy Collection on September 16 as part of Christie’s Fall Asian Art Week. This collection of approximately 1…
Christie’s to Offer One of the Most Important Collections of Archaic Bronzes
NEW YORK (AP).- Christie’s announced that it has been entrusted with the sale of The Sze Yuan Tang Archaic Bronzes from the Anthony Hardy Collection on September 16 as part of Christie’s Fall Asian Art Week. This collection of approximately 1…
Japanese Art Dealers Association Announces Asia Week Exhibitions
NEW YORK, NY.- A robust panorama of traditional Japanese fine arts will be on view at the galleries of six leading dealers this Fall, including rarely seen 12th century Kyozo, or mirrors bearing drawings of gods, imperial screens once part of the furni…