MALAGA.- In January 1937, Pablo Picasso began to work on Sueño y mentira de Franco, eighteen scenes etched on two plates. He created them in protest at the military uprising of July 1936 and with the aim of collecting funds for the Republican cause by…
Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí Acquires a Surrealist Painting by the Master from Figueres
FIGUERES, SPAIN.- The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí acquired an oil-on-panel work from 1934 entitled Enigmatic Elements in a Landscape. The Foundation paid 7.8 million Euros to purchase this major surrealist work from a private owner who wishes to rema…
Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí Acquires a Surrealist Painting by the Master from Figueres
FIGUERES, SPAIN.- The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí acquired an oil-on-panel work from 1934 entitled Enigmatic Elements in a Landscape. The Foundation paid 7.8 million Euros to purchase this major surrealist work from a private owner who wishes to rema…
Contemporary Art on Sale in the Scottish Summer Exhibition at The Fleming Collection
LONDON.- Works by some of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists will go on sale in The Scottish Summer Exhibition to be held at The Fleming Collection from 10 June to 3 September 2011. Following on from last year’s successful inaugural sell…
Churches Aim to Restore Historic Organ After World Trade Center Terror Attacks
JOHNS CREEK, GA. (AP).- The soaring sounds of a pipe organ silenced when dust from the collapsing World Trade Center invaded its church sanctuary nearly a decade ago could soon fill a place of worship once again. The historic instrument was dismantled …
Churches Aim to Restore Historic Organ After World Trade Center Terror Attacks
JOHNS CREEK, GA. (AP).- The soaring sounds of a pipe organ silenced when dust from the collapsing World Trade Center invaded its church sanctuary nearly a decade ago could soon fill a place of worship once again. The historic instrument was dismantled …
Record Total for a Multi-Provenance 20th Century Decorative Arts Sale at Sotheby’s
PARIS.- The first sale of 20th Century Decorative Arts & Contemporary Design, held as part of Sotheby’s new corporate strategy to make Paris its European venue for sales in this field, proved a great success, totalling €4.75m ($6.64m) with 85…
Co-Founders of Frieze Announce Two New Fairs for 2012 to Complement Existing Fair
LONDON.- Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the co-founders of Frieze, announced today the launch of two new art fairs; Frieze New York, a contemporary art fair in New York City and Frieze Masters, a fair in London that will give a contemporary perspec…
Frieze Writer’s Prize: Call for Entries
LONDON.- Frieze, the leading magazine for contemporary art and culture, is inviting entries for the Frieze Writer’s Prize 2011. Frieze Writer’s Prize was established in 2006 and is presented annually. The aim of the prize is to promote and encourage n…
Rik Meijers and Jeroen van Bergen Create their Own Worlds at Bonnefantenmuseum
MAASTRICHT.- Although the words duo presentation might suggest similarities, the aim is to emphasise precisely the differences between the work of Jeroen van Bergen and Rik Meijers. This duo presentation is an interweaving of two solos, whereby visit…