LOS ANGELES.- Bonhams & Butterfields offered Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts on June 14, 2011 in Los Angeles. The 550-lot sale featured an array of works for varied tastes and collecting levels from the 16th through the 20th centuries, with…
Cindy Sherman, Thomas Ruff, Frank Montero Collado and the 1000 Controversial Faces of Portraiture
MADRID.- The exhibition 1000 Faces/0 Faces/1 Face. Cindy Sherman, Thomas Ruff, Frank Montero Collado unite two great contemporary artists who have dealt, in depth, with the complexities inherent in representing the subject, with Frank Montero, a comple…
Collection of Rare Ornithological Inspired Music Boxes Highlight June Auction
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields is to offer a selection of unusual gem-set, singing bird music boxes during the firm’s Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts sale on June 13, 2011 in Los Angeles. The collection is comprised of approx…
Bonhams & Butterfields to Offer Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts
LOS ANGELES, CA.- On June 13, 2011 at Bonhams & Butterfields in Los Angeles, the firm will offer Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts. Highlights from the 550-lot sale will include property from the 16th through the 20th centuries, with a focus…
Bonhams to Offer Furniture and Decorative Arts from the Estate of Tim Whelan and Miriam Seegar
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields to offer Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts on June 13, 2011 in Los Angeles. The 550-lot sale will feature an array of works for varied tastes and collecting levels from the 16th through the 20th centur…
‘The Orient Expressed: Japan’s Influence on Western Art, 1854-1918’ On View at the Mississippi Museum of Art
Jackson, MS.- ‘The Orient Expressed: Japan’s Influence on Western Art, 1854-1918’, will be on display at the Mississippi Museum of Art through July 17, 2011. Visitors to this eleventh exhibition in ‘The Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin Memorial Exhibitio…
Getty Brings Together Over 40 Drawings, Predominantly Recent Acquisitions
LOS ANGELES, CA.- In the past few years, the Getty Museum has focused on building its holdings of German and Austrian drawings from the 18th through the early 20th centuries thanks to important acquisitions and gifts, which is unveiled for the first ti…
Sotheby’s Announces Spring Sale of Important Watches in Hong Kong
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Important Watches Spring Sale 2011 will be held on 7 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Highlights include an array of highly coveted complications including Patek Philippe timepieces with uniq…
See the Beauty and Charm of The American Impressionists in the Garden at the Taft Museum of Art
CINCINNATI, OH.- Spring begins a bit early in 2011, when The American Impressionists in the Garden opened at the Taft Museum of Art. Bringing together brilliantly colored paintings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the exhibition features 40 p…
Beautiful Evidence: Christie’s in New York to Offer the Library of Edward Tufte
NEW YORK, NY.- On December 2, Christie’s is pleased to offer Beautiful Evidence: The Library of Edward Tufte, a superb sale comprised of nearly 200 rare books, including major works in the history of science, statistical graphics, 20th-century art…