LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that a pair of Magnificent Pair of Imperial Porcelain Vases, Period of Nicholas I (1825-1855), St Petersburg, will headline Sotheby’s Treasures: Aristocratic Heirlooms Sale in London on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The aucti…
A Magnificent Pair of Imperial Porcelain Vases Highlights Sotheby’s Treasures Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that a pair of Magnificent Pair of Imperial Porcelain Vases, Period of Nicholas I (1825-1855), St Petersburg, will headline Sotheby’s Treasures: Aristocratic Heirlooms Sale in London on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The aucti…
Sotheby’s Announces First Sale Dedicated to Calligraphies
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced today that it will mount a sale “Hurouf: The Art of the Word” to take place in Doha, Qatar, at The Ritz-Carlton Doha hotel, on the 15th December. Ranging from very early Islamic calligraphies through appealin…
25 Centuries of Exchange between Asia and Europe at BOZAR in Brussels
BRUSSELS.- Together, Asia and Europe form a
single
gigantic continent, Eurasia , with an endless variety of landscapes,
climates,
fauna, and flora and an equally great diversity of peoples and cultures.
For
millennia past, Asia and Europe …
National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts to Renovate Galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts today announced plans to renovate its exhibition galleries and create a new visitor center and a School studio gallery. The renovations will modernize the existing galleries, provide v…
Naionalmuseum Exhibits Scandinavian Home Interiors
STOCKHOLM.- The exhibition shows how home
interiors and design styles have changed from one era to the next, and
also how
the image of the home as portrayed by artists has evolved. Artists
became
increasingly interested in painting domes…
Scandinavian Home Interiors as Seen through the Eyes of Artists at Naionalmuseum
STOCKHOLM.- The exhibition shows how home interiors and design styles have changed from one era to the next, and also how the image of the home as portrayed by artists has evolved. Artists became increasingly interested in painting domestic scenes as t…
Italian Researchers Think they Have Found Caravaggio’s Bones
ROME (AP).- Italian researchers believe they have found the remains of Caravaggio, but 400 years later some of the mysteries surrounding the death of the artist may never be solved. After a year of digging and analyzing centuries-old bones, the resear…
The Centre Pompidou Dedicates An Exhibition to Women: elles-at-centrepompidou
PARIS – The new
hang of the permanent collection of the Musée National d’Art Moderne is to
be entirely devoted to modern and contemporary women artists – the first
time such a thing will have been done by a national museum…
Peabody Essex Museum hosts ~ Wedded Bliss: The Marriage of Art and Ceremony
SALEM, MASS.- The Peabody Essex Museum unveils Wedded Bliss, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony, a wide-ranging exploration of the wedding as artistic inspiration across cultures, lifestyles and three centuries. No exhibition has ever before taken th…