LONDON.- On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, Sotheby’s London will present for sale arguably the finest painting by the British master George Stubbs (1724-1806) ever to come to the market: Brood Mares and Foals, estimated at £10-15 million. Painted i…
Exceptional Painting by George Stubbs to Be Offered for Sale at Sotheby’s London in December
LONDON.- On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, Sotheby’s London will present for sale arguably the finest painting by the British master George Stubbs (1724-1806) ever to come to the market: Brood Mares and Foals, estimated at £10-15 million. Painted i…
Anne Noble: At the End of the Earth Opens at Stills Gallery in Sydney
SYDNEY.- At the End of the Earth continues Anne Noble’s fascination with the continent of Antarctica. White Lanterns showed at Stills Gallery in May 2006. This work depicted the surreal way the Antarctic was portrayed in museums and research centres a…
Detroit Institute of Arts and Saks Fifth Avenue Present Fash Bash 2010
DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) auxiliary Founders Junior Council (FJC) and Saks Fifth Avenue present Fash Bash 2010 on Thursday, August 26, at 6 p.m. at the Saks Fifth Avenue Somerset Collection store in Troy. Proceeds will benefit t…
Detailed Drawing of London’s Old St. Paul’s Cathedral, to Be Sold at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- A remarkable previously undocumented drawing by the Bohemian artist Wenceslaus Hollar which provides a unique visual record of the appearance of the East end of London’s Old St. Paul’s Cathedral, has been brought, unannounced, into S…
Indianapolis Museum Commissions Ball-Nogues for Pavilion Installation
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art today announced that Los Angeles-based Ball-Nogues Studio will create a site-specific, architectural installation as part of the IMA’s Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion series. Ball-Nogues Studio&…
King Tutankhamun Exhibition Makes its Denver Art Museum Debut
DENVER, CO.- The Denver Art Museum’s (DAM) highly
anticipated
summer exhibition, Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs,
opened
to the public June 29, 2010 and runs through Jan. 9, 2011. Featuring
more than
100 treasures f…
Leading Tibetan Art Collector Gets 15 Years in Jail
BEIJING (REUTERS).- A Chinese court in the far western region of Xinjiang has sentenced a leading Tibetan collector of antiquities and environmentalist to 15 years in jail for robbing graves, his lawyer said on Friday. Karma Samdup was sentenced on Thu…
Odette England and Elaine Duigenan Exhibit at Klompching Gallery
BROOKLYN, NY.- With Micro Mundi, Elaine Duigenan continues her fascination with transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. In this intimate series of images, she has photographed the arterial wanderings of snails, as they graze upon algae, leavi…
The Best School of London Post-War and Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Monday, June 28, 2010 will present collectors with a one-off opportunity to acquire some of the best Post-War and Contemporary artworks by the venerated and highly sought-af…