LONDON.- It is the greatest romance of chivalry produced in the Middle Ages, and its themes of friendship, treachery, ambition, achievement and star-crossed tragic lovers form the foundations of much of our modern literature. The stories of the quest f…
Sotheby’s to Offer the Rochefoucauld Grail: Principal Witness of the Legend of King Arthur
LONDON.- It is the greatest romance of chivalry produced in the Middle Ages, and its themes of friendship, treachery, ambition, achievement and star-crossed tragic lovers form the foundations of much of our modern literature. The stories of the quest f…
Sylvia Sleigh, Prominent Painter, Dies at Age 94 Seminal Work On View at the Hudson River Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Prominent painter Sylvia Sleigh, noted for her feminist portrait genre painting, died, at age 94, on Sunday, October 24. Several panels of her most ambitious work, a panorama titled Invitation to a Voyage: the Hudson River at Fishkill, 1…
French Pavilion in Venice by Dominique Perrault Explores the Metropolis
VENICE.- Obviously, unceasing transformation of urban territories has considerably altered the perception and the reality of the city envisaged as a unified urban entity of defined space and built form. The new, increasingly complex, disjointed, splint…
French Pavilion in Venice by Dominique Perrault Explores the Metropolis
VENICE.- Obviously, unceasing transformation of urban territories has considerably altered the perception and the reality of the city envisaged as a unified urban entity of defined space and built form. The new, increasingly complex, disjointed, splint…
Forgotten British Painter Featured in New Exhibition at the National Gallery
LONDON.-Frederick
Cayley Robinson
(1862–1927) is one of the most distinctive yet elusive British painters
of the
early 20th century. This will be the first exhibition of his work to be
shown in
the United Kingdom for over 30 years.The fo…
Forgotten British Painter Featured in New Exhibition at the National Gallery
LONDON.- Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862–1927) is one of the most distinctive yet elusive British painters of the early 20th century. This will be the first exhibition of his work to be shown in the United Kingdom for over 30 years. The four centr…
John Baddeley Appointed Managing Director of Bonhams Knigthsbridge
LONDON.- Bonhams announced the appointment and promotion of Jon Baddeley to the position of Managing Director, Knightsbridge – the busiest of the company’s UK and international salerooms. He takes on this new role with immediate effect. “…
Architect Adam Reed Tucker Trades in Bricks and Mortar for Plastic
WASHINGTON, DC.- Using the LEGO® brick as his medium, architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker has given some of the world’s most iconic landmarks an unexpected makeover. His towering interpretations, which soar up to 18 feet high, will be the cente…