HONG KONG.- Christie’s Evening and Day sales of Asian Contemporary Art on 27 and 28 November in Hong Kong will bring together the dynamic worlds of contemporary art from China, Japan and Korea. Christie’s continues to offer a platform showcas…
Christie’s Hong Kong Presents Masterpieces of Chinese 20th Century Art in November
HONG KONG.- Christie’s announced the Evening and Day Sales of Chinese 20th Century Art will be held on 27-28 November at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Together with the Asian contemporary art sales, over 450 highly sought-after pie…
Large-Scale Museum-Quality Asian Contemporary Art Leads Christie’s Fall Sales in November
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Evening and Day sales of Asian Contemporary Art on 27 and 28 November in Hong Kong will bring together the dynamic worlds of contemporary art from China, Japan and Korea. Christie’s continues to offer a platform showcas…
Sotheby’s Presents Inaugural Selling Exhibition of Impressionist and Modern Art in Hong Kong
HONG KONG.- In response to the increasing interest throughout Asia and especially within China in the field of Impressionist and Modern art, Sotheby’s announced a major selling exhibition to be held this autumn. Modern Masters: Impressionism and E…
Sotheby’s Hits Contemporary, Italian Art Targets with Combined Sales of $48.8 Million
LONDON (REUTERS).- Contemporary and Italian art sales in London last week largely underlined the sense that stability was gradually returning to a market that saw values soar in 2007 and 2008 before tumbling dramatically in 2009. Sotheby’s raised a com…
Sotheby’s to Hold Selling Exhibition of Impressionist and Modern Art
HONG KONG.- In response to the increasing interest throughout Asia and especially within China in the field of Impressionist and Modern art, Sotheby’s announced a major selling exhibition to be held this autumn. Modern Masters: Impressionism and E…
Landmark Exhibition of Siqueiros Landscape Paintings at the Museum of Latin American Art
LONG BEACH, CA.- The Museum of Latin American Art presents Siqueiros Paisajista / Siqueiros: Landscape Painter. This exhibition reveals the renowned Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros as a major landscape painter. The significance of the collabora…
Rijksmuseum Acquires Two 20th-Century Masterpieces
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum has acquired two masterpieces for its collection of 20th-century art and history: the famous chair designed by Gerrit T. Rietveld around 1918 and a relief by Jan J. Schoonhoven from 1963. Both artworks will be added to the p…
Egyptian Tycoon, Naguib Sawiris, Offers Reward for Van Gogh Theft
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has offered a 1-million Egyptian pound ($175,300) reward for information leading to the recovery of a stolen Van Gogh painting, television reported on Wednesday. Sawiris, chairman of the leading Ara…
Egypt Bars Officials from Travel Over Art Theft: Report
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Egypt’s general prosecutor has blocked nine Culture Ministry officials from travel as part of an inquiry into the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million, a state-owned newspaper said on Monday. The painting, known…