NEW ORLEANS, LA.- When the New Orleans Museum of Art opened its doors 100 years ago thanks to a $150,000 donation offered by a local businessman to build a “temple of art for rich and poor alike,” it owned only 11 pictures and a small collection of oth…
Luba Caryatid Stool Achieves Record for a Work of African Art at Sotheby’s: $7.1 Million
PARIS.- A packed saleroom at the Galerie Charpentier for the sale of African & Oceanic Art witnessed fierce competition between collectors (mainly from Europe or America) present at the auction or bidding by telephone. The sale ultimately brought nearl…
Braginsky Collection of Rare Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts Premieres at Israel Museum
JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, will present one of the most important private collections of illuminated Hebrew manuscripts and printed books in the exhibition A Journey through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebr…
Major Gifts Establish Centre for the Study of Drawings at the Courtauld Institute of Art
LONDON.- The Courtauld Institute of Art announce a major philanthropic gift of £600,000 from the International Music and Art Foundation to create the IMAF Centre for the Study and Conservation of Drawings at The Courtauld Gallery. Ranging from the ear…
Major Gifts Establish Centre for the Study of Drawings at the Courtauld Institute of Art
LONDON.- The Courtauld Institute of Art announce a major philanthropic gift of £600,000 from the International Music and Art Foundation to create the IMAF Centre for the Study and Conservation of Drawings at The Courtauld Gallery. Ranging from the ear…
Author William Faulkner and Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson Return to Mississippi
JACKSON, MISS. (AP).- Two photographs pairing artistic giants of the 20th century— author William Faulkner and photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson — are coming back home to Mississippi. The portraits of Faulkner were shot by the French photojo…
Austria Returns 7 Looted Works of Art to Their Rightful Owners or Heirs
VIENNA (AP).-A panel has recommended that seven paintings by Austrian artists contained in a prestigious Vienna art collection be returned because they were either seized by the Nazis or given up against the will of their Jewish owners. The paintings &…
Seoul Auction to Hold Sale and a Special Exhibition of Impressionists & Modern Masters
HONG KONG.- Further to the success of Seoul Auction’s Hong Kong sale in October 2010 – in which Marc Chagall’s Bestiaire et Musique set a record as the most expensive painting by a Western Modern artist ever sold in Asia – Seoul Auc…
Treasures of Ancient Chinese Art Return to Public View at the Freer Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- Ancient jades and bronzes widely considered to be among the greatest treasures of Chinese art returned to public view at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art Nov. 20. More than 100 works have been reinstalled in two newly renova…
Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Opens "Pioneers of Flight Gallery"
WASHINGTON, DC.- The “Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery” opens to the public Nov. 19 at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, replacing the original “Pioneers” gallery that opened in 1976. Updated with new research, it …