LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Fine Jewels Auction on Wednesday 13th July 2011 will present for sale a wide variety of wonderful jewels from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Comprising 288 lots and estimated to raise in excess of £1.7 million, the sale p…
Faggionato Fine Arts Opens First Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Greek Art
LONDON.- Faggionato Fine Arts presents Ντέρτι Humanism, the first comprehensive exhibition of modern and contemporary Greek art staged in the UK, with over fifty works previously unseen in this country. The exhibition is o…
Canadian Artist Kathleen Munn Receives Homecoming Exhibition at Art Gallery of Ontario
TORONTO.- The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) opened a unique exhibition featuring Canadian artist Kathleen Munn, on view until August 28. The Passion of Kathleen Munn features nearly 40 works by Munn, including her highly regarded Passion Series drawing…
Fotomuseum Winterthur Presents Alexander Rodchenko: Revolution in Photography
WINTERTHUR.- Fotomuseum Winterthur presents Alexander Rodchenko: Revolution in Photography, on view from May 28th until 14 August 2011. Modernism made photography what it is. It gave it self-confidence and made it trust itself. Self-confident because p…
Rumanian Master Demetre Chiparus Stars in Impressive Design Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- One of the largest and most impressive groups of bronze and ivory figures to appear at auction in recent years comes under the hammer at the Bonhams ‘Design from 1860’ sale in London on 22 June. Among the 50 plus works from a private…
Kunsthaus Lempertz Offers a Cross-Section of the History of Photography at Auction
COLOGNE.- The Kunsthaus Lempertz Photography Auction, with approximately 200 lots, offers a cross-section through the history of the medium: from the early daguerreotypes and salt-paper prints to classical modern, from the ‘fotoform’ group to contempor…
Collection of Vintage New England Movie Theater Photos for Sale at Philip Weiss Auction
OCEANSIDE, NY.- A collection of thirty- three 1920s signed photographs of New England movie theaters are currently open for online bidding until May 20 at Philip Weiss Auctions. The group of matt mounted 11 inch by 9 inch sepia toned prints are pencil …
Collection of Vintage New England Movie Theater Photos for Sale at Philip Weiss Auction
OCEANSIDE, NY.- A collection of thirty- three 1920s signed photographs of New England movie theaters are currently open for online bidding until May 20 at Philip Weiss Auctions. The group of matt mounted 11 inch by 9 inch sepia toned prints are pencil …
M.C. Escher Surpasses Attendance Expectations
AKRON, OH.- Surpassing attendance expectations, M.C. Escher: Impossible Realities has drawn record crowds to the Akron Art Museum. As the last of only two venues in the United States to show this once-in-a-lifetime loan from Athens, Greece, Impossible …
Rare Portrait of 1920s Hermes Designer Offered by Bonhams
LONDON.- A portrait of François Roques, the first outside artistic advisor to the renowned Fashion House Hermès, will be offered in the Russian Sale on 8th June at Bonhams, New Bond Street. Painted by Marie Vassilieff in 1930, the portrait is estimat…