LONDON.- This survey of modern drawings from the British Museum’s extensive collection explores the significant interchange of ideas between artists mainly working in Europe and America during the past hundred years. It showcases some of the great…
Exceptional Private Collections to Highlight Christie’s October Sale of 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
NEW YORK, NY.- This autumn, Christie’s announced details of 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe including Oriental Carpets on October 21-22, a two day sale featuring over 600 treasures from the 16th to the 19th centuries. From rare and important for…
Exceptional Private Collections to Highlight Christie’s October Sale of 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
NEW YORK, NY.- This autumn, Christie’s announced details of 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe including Oriental Carpets on October 21-22, a two day sale featuring over 600 treasures from the 16th to the 19th centuries. From rare and important for…
The American Landscapes of Asher B. Durand at the Fundación Juan March
MADRID.- This exhibition of 140 works—including oil paintings, drawings and prints—is the first monographic exhibition devoted to Durand outside the United States, where he is recognized as a leading landscape painter and pioneer engraver. Th…
Mexican Archaeologists from INAH Explore Prehispanic Observatory in Tabasco
MEXICO CITY.- Researchers of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) study a Prehispanic monticule known as Structure 12, at San Claudio Archaeological Zone in Tabasco, which may have had been used as an astronomical observatory to re…
After Renovation, Vienna Academy of Fine Arts Reopens
VIENNA.- After its renovation and restructuring, the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts’ Gallery of Paintings is now accessible to the public again. Surrounded by the artists’ studios and workshops on the first floor of the Academy of Fine Arts is a world-ran…
The State Russian Museum opens "Art for Art" in the Marble Palace
Saint
Petersburg, Russia – On May, 21 the State Russian
Museum opened the ‘Art for Art’
exhibition in the Marble Palace. The exposition comprises more than
150 works of painterly and graphic art, installations, photos and objects from
th…
The State Russian Museum opens "Art for Art" in the Marble Palace
Saint
Petersburg, Russia – On May, 21 the State Russian
Museum opened the ‘Art for Art’
exhibition in the Marble Palace. The exposition comprises more than
150 works of painterly and graphic art, installations, photos and objects from
th…
Lost Language Unearthed in a Letter Found in Peru
By: Emily Schmall
LIMA (REUTERS).- Archaelogists say scrawl on the back of a letter recovered from a 17th century dig site reveals a previously unknown language spoken by indigenous peoples in northern Peru. A team of international archaeologists found…
Sotheby’s Presents Its Strongest Arts of The Islamic World Sale Ever Staged
LONDON.- Following the resounding successes achieved in the field of Islamic Art at Sotheby’s, the company’s forthcoming biannual Arts of the Islamic Works Sale in London, which presents more than 400 lots, on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 will …