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…
LIVERPOOL.- A beautiful and striking sculpture of a huge dandelion by Liverpool-born artist Paul Morrison is going on permanent display at the Walker Art Gallery. The sculpture Topocline is painted entirely black and is positioned on the first floor of…
EAST LANSING, MI.- Kresge Art Museum at Michigan State University presents Hiraki Sawa: Other Dwellings, a pre-opening exhibition of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, curated by Founding Director Michael Rush. The exhib…
London.- Marlborough Fine Art is pleased to present “John Hubbard: Nocturnes” from 11th May through 7th June. The American-born artist, John Hubbard, has lived and worked in England for almost fifty years. He is a landscape painter of an unconventi…
Kópavogur, Iceland.- On the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the biirth of artist Barbara Árnason (1911-1975), a major retrospective of her work opened at the Gerdarsafn Art Museum in Kópavogur. The popularity and importance of this Engl…
LONDON.- A rare and exquisite portrait made of enamel on copper by Aberdeen-born artist James Cromar Watt has been bought by Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums with support from the Art Fund and the National Fund for Acquisitions. Portrait of a Young Woman…
LONDON.- A work by Marcel Janco, the Rumanian-born artist, one of the founders of the Dadaist (anti-artists) movement, and a contemporary of Pablo Picasso, is the top lot in Bonhams Israeli Art & Judaica in London on May 24th. The painting titled `Mars…
LONDON.- A work by Marcel Janco, the Rumanian-born artist, one of the founders of the Dadaist (anti-artists) movement, and a contemporary of Pablo Picasso, is the top lot in Bonhams Israeli Art & Judaica in London on May 24th. The painting titled `Mars…
MILAN (REUTERS).- A smiling close-up of Silvio Berlusconi and Moroccan teenager Karima El Mahroug together would have been a priceless picture for photographers attending the Italian prime minister’s trial on underage prostitution charges. Prosecutors …
MILAN (REUTERS).- A smiling close-up of Silvio Berlusconi and Moroccan teenager Karima El Mahroug together would have been a priceless picture for photographers attending the Italian prime minister’s trial on underage prostitution charges. Prosecutors …
