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 …
Collection of Allan Stone Totals $54.8 Million Exceeding High Estimate at Sotheby’s New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Yesterday night at Sotheby’s New York the two-part sale of The Collection of Allan Stone, brought a total of $54,805,500, well above the pre-sale high estimate of $46.8 million, and was 93% sold by lot. The auction was held 50 years…
The Work of Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama on View at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid
MADRID.- The work of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (Matsumoto, 1929) unfolds in the international art scene that began at the end of the 1950s and is the origin of today’s globalisation. Her career, spanning almost six decades, started with her earl…
Collection of Allan Stone Totals $54.8 Million Exceeding High Estimate at Sotheby’s New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Yesterday night at Sotheby’s New York the two-part sale of The Collection of Allan Stone, brought a total of $54,805,500, well above the pre-sale high estimate of $46.8 million, and was 93% sold by lot. The auction was held 50 years…
The Work of Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama on View at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid
MADRID.- The work of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (Matsumoto, 1929) unfolds in the international art scene that began at the end of the 1950s and is the origin of today’s globalisation. Her career, spanning almost six decades, started with her earl…
German Photographer Gunter Sachs, Ex-Husband of Brigitte Bardot, Dies at 78
GENEVA (AP).- German-born photographer Gunter Sachs, best known for his playboy lifestyle and brief marriage to French actress Brigitte Bardot, has committed suicide. He was 78. In a statement released Sunday by his family at his request, Sachs said he…
Andy Warhol’s "Sixteen Jackies" Expected to Sell for $30 Million at Sotheby’s in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Painted in 1964 at the heart of Andy Warhol’s most historic period, Sixteen Jackies is a complex and extraordinarily rare declaration of the twin pedestals on which Warhol’s artistic genius rest: ubiquitous public icons and serial imager…
Major Survey Exhibition of Artist Jésus Rafael Soto: 1955 to 2004 at Haunch of Venison
NEW YORK, NY.- Together with the Estate of Jésus Rafael Soto, Haunch of Venison presents a major survey exhibition of the Venezuelan artist (1923 – 2005) from May 6th to July 1st 2011. This is the first substantial exhibition of the artist in Ne…
Christie’s New York Announces Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale May 12
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces the auction of a finely honed private collection of important Contemporary art, with works from marquee artists such as Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, Andy Warhol and Takashi Murakami. The Private European Collec…
Christie’s New York Announces Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale May 12
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces the auction of a finely honed private collection of important Contemporary art, with works from marquee artists such as Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, Andy Warhol and Takashi Murakami. The Private European Collec…