PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum presents Where Art Meets Science: Ancient Sculpture from the Hindu-Buddhist World, a small exhibition that examines the connoisseurship and conservation involved in identifying and preserving ancient Asian sculptu…
Chinese Ceramics from the Celebrated New York Dealer J.T. Tai & Co. Total $36.3 million at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Asia Week auctions began in New York today with the much anticipated sale of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from J.T. Tai & Co. The auction brought a stunning total of $36,312,493 and was nearly 94% sold by lot. The sal…
Exhibition of New Series of Paintings by Chinese Artist Xiao Se at Eli Klein in Beijing
BEIJING.- EK Projects presents “Xiao Se’s solo exhibition, Beijing”. In this new series of paintings, Xiao Se broadens his interest in the mundane-turned-surreal, constructing images of contemporary Chinese men and women in characteristi…
Metropolitan Museum Announces James C. Y. Watt to Become Curator Emeritus
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced yesterday that distinguished scholar James C. Y. Watt will retire on June 30, following a decade as Brooke Russell Astor Chairman of the Department of Asian Art an…
Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Make $10 Million Gift to Renovate Metropolitan’s Costume Institute
NEW YORK, NY.- A landmark gift of $10 million to The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch will support the creation of a major exhibition space within its Costume Institute. This gift will allow the Museum to proceed, beginning in 20…
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…
Collection of American Furniture, Paintings and Works on Paper Acquired by the National Gallery
WASHINGTON, DC.- One of the largest and most refined collections of early American furniture in private hands, as well as major Dutch paintings, American paintings, and works on paper, including some 40 floral watercolors by Redouté, acquired with gre…
Christie’s to Offer One of the Most Important Collections of Archaic Bronzes
NEW YORK (AP).- Christie’s announced that it has been entrusted with the sale of The Sze Yuan Tang Archaic Bronzes from the Anthony Hardy Collection on September 16 as part of Christie’s Fall Asian Art Week. This collection of approximately 1…
Christie’s to Offer One of the Most Important Collections of Archaic Bronzes
NEW YORK (AP).- Christie’s announced that it has been entrusted with the sale of The Sze Yuan Tang Archaic Bronzes from the Anthony Hardy Collection on September 16 as part of Christie’s Fall Asian Art Week. This collection of approximately 1…