MAASTRICHT.- A unique wood sculpture by the Spanish artist Joan Miró sold within hours of the opening of TEFAF Maastricht as thousands of collectors and museum curators arrived at the world’s most influential art and antiques fair. Oiseau lunaire…
Miró’s Unique Bird Sculpture Flies Away Amid Brisk Sales as TEFAF 2011 Opens
MAASTRICHT.- A unique wood sculpture by the Spanish artist Joan Miró sold within hours of the opening of TEFAF Maastricht as thousands of collectors and museum curators arrived at the world’s most influential art and antiques fair. Oiseau lunaire…
Antiquity Revived: Neoclassical Art in the Eighteenth Century at the MFA in Houston
HOUSTON, TX.- At the end of the 18th century, fresh archeological finds in Herculaneum and Pompeii inspired artists, intellectuals, and the public all over Europe to be newly fascinated with antiquities. “Neoclassicism” is the term given to t…
Degas: Form, Movement, and the Antique Exhibited at the Tampa Museum of Art
TAMPA, FL.- The exhibition which will open to the public on March 12, 2011 will include 47 works by the French Impressionist master Edgar Degas (1834-1917). The museum will complement the exhibition of works by Degas with selections from its pre-emine…
Egypt’s Top Archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, Warns of Looting at Country’s Antiquity Sites
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s top archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, warned that the country’s antiquity sites were being looted by criminals amid the country’s political upheaval as he announced he would no longer serve in his ministerial post in the government. Hawa…
Egypt’s Top Archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, Warns of Looting at Country’s Antiquity Sites
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s top archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, warned that the country’s antiquity sites were being looted by criminals amid the country’s political upheaval as he announced he would no longer serve in his ministerial post in the government. Hawa…
For the Past 20 Years London’s Society of Mudlarks Retrieve History from the Thames
LONDON (REUTERS).- It’s seven in the morning and we kneel in black mud on the freezing banks of London’s River Thames in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral, where a church has dominated the ancient city since the 7th century. As the tide ebbs exposing …
Three Images of Alexander the Great in Sculpture and Jewelery in Bonhams Antiques Sales
LONDON.- Bonhams next sale of Antiquities on April 13th includes three powerful images of Alexander the Great – a 2000-year-old ring bearing his image and two stunning sculpted heads from the same era. Madeleine Perridge, Head of Antiquities at Bonhams…
Three Images of Alexander the Great in Sculpture and Jewelery in Bonhams Antiques Sales
LONDON.- Bonhams next sale of Antiquities on April 13th includes three powerful images of Alexander the Great – a 2000-year-old ring bearing his image and two stunning sculpted heads from the same era. Madeleine Perridge, Head of Antiquities at Bonhams…
King Tutankhamun’s Stolen Dad Found; Egypt Sites to Reopen on Sunday
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt said it will reopen historical sites to tourism on Sunday as it sought to revive a key industry shattered in the turmoil that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Archaeologists were cheered by the recovery of the most important artifact …