LONDON (REUTERS).- Sotheby’s auctioneer sold a rare cityscape by Austrian artist Egon Schiele for a record 24.7 million pounds ($40.1 million) at a London auction on Wednesday. The auction house had expected to fetch between 22 and 30 million pounds fo…
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen Shows the Art of Experimental Artist Norbert Moslang
ST. GALLEN.- Norbert Möslang (*1952) is internationally known as one of the most prominent and most experiment-happy performers in the field of contemporary electronic music. His film music to Peter Liechtis (*1951) multiple prize-winning film Sound o…
The Football Match by L.S. Lowry is Expected to Realise in Excess of £3.5 Million at Christie’s
LONDON.- Having not been seen in public for almost 20 years, The Football Match, 1949, by Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976) will be offered at auction on 26 May 2011 in Christie’s sale of 20th Century British Art. An exceptionally rare depi…
Vettriano Self-Portrait to Go on Show in New Scottish National Portrait Gallery
EDINBURGH.- A self-portrait by Jack Vettriano will go on show in the new Scottish National Portrait Gallery when it reopens in the autumn of 2011. Jack Vettriano’s painting, The Weight, which has been offered on long-term loan to the national coll…
Vettriano Self-Portrait to Go on Show in New Scottish National Portrait Gallery
EDINBURGH.- A self-portrait by Jack Vettriano will go on show in the new Scottish National Portrait Gallery when it reopens in the autumn of 2011. Jack Vettriano’s painting, The Weight, which has been offered on long-term loan to the national coll…
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea Opens Exhibition of Works by Jane and Louise Wilson
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA.- Suspending Time, the exhibition by Jane & Louise Wilson that the The Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea presents, is the most complete look at the work of these two creators held in Spain, curated by Isabel Carlos. It include…
MAXXI Museum in Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects Wins the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010
LONDON.- MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects has won the coveted £20,000 The RIBA Stirling Prize 2010, in association with The Architects Journal and Benchmark. The presentation of the UK’s premier architect…
MAXXI Museum in Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects Wins the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010
LONDON.- MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects has won the coveted £20,000 The RIBA Stirling Prize 2010, in association with The Architects Journal and Benchmark. The presentation of the UK’s premier architect…
Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI Museum is Favourite to Win RIBA Stirling Prize 2010
LONDON.- With just over a week to go before the winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize is revealed, William Hill’s latest odds reveal Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome to be the favourite to win, with odds of 11/8. Th…
Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI Museum is Favourite to Win RIBA Stirling Prize 2010
LONDON.- With just over a week to go before the winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize is revealed, William Hill’s latest odds reveal Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome to be the favourite to win, with odds of 11/8. Th…