LONDON.- From Botticelli to Bacon, artists have always invested their personalities in their working environments, but these private spaces, often containing the visible remains of artistic ingenuity, toil and torment, are usually kept behind firmly cl…
Second Highest Price Paid for a Work of Art at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Sale
LONDON.- A painting by Irish-born artist Francis Bacon sold for 18.0 million pounds ($28.7 million) on Tuesday, the second highest price paid for a work of art at a Christie’s post-war and contemporary auction in London. “Study for a Portrait,” depicti…
Second Highest Price Paid for a Work of Art at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Sale
LONDON.- A painting by Irish-born artist Francis Bacon sold for 18.0 million pounds ($28.7 million) on Tuesday, the second highest price paid for a work of art at a Christie’s post-war and contemporary auction in London. “Study for a Portrait,” depicti…
Butler Museum Awards Life Achievement Medals: Museum Director Bolge and Artist Strachov Honored
YOUNGTOWN, OH.- The Butler Institute of American Art has announced that George Bolge, Director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art (Florida), and a former Ohio resident, painter Gregory Strachov, are the 2011 recipients of the Butler Medal for Life Achieve…
An Exhibition of Young and Emerging British and International Artists at Scream Gallery
LONDON.- Scream Gallery presents an exhibition of young and emerging British and international artists, who have a common desire to explore and create alternative realities. They transport you on a dream-like journey to another time or place, with insp…
Sotheby’s Presents at Auction a Remarkable Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art
NEW YORK, NY.- This February, Sotheby’s presents at auction a remarkable collection of Modern and Contemporary European Art. Incorporating masterful works by Dalí, Modigliani, Chagall, Klee, Giacometti, Calder, Bacon, Freud and Chillida, sixty pa…
Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints Highlight Auction at Bonhams
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams & Butterfields, international fine arts auctioneers, has established a reputation as a preeminent source for Fine Prints, each auction attracting collectors and setting record prices for rare impressions. The firm’s next of…
Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints Highlight October Auction at Bonhams
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams & Butterfields, international fine arts auctioneers, has established a reputation as a preeminent source for Fine Prints, each auction attracting collectors and setting record prices for rare impressions. The firm’s next of…