LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s February Contemporary Art sales realized £9,764,563 /$15,828,357 intotal selling 83% by value and 78% by lot. “We are delighted to have set multiple auction records during sales that have proven that th…
The 54th Venice Biennale | Michael Parekowhai at The New Zealand Pavilion
PRESS RELEASE The New Zealand Pavilion Venice Biennale 2011: 54th International Art Exhibition Artist: Michael Parekowhai Commissioner: Jenny Harper Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand, Toi Aotearoa Venue: Palazzo Loredan dell’Ambasciatore, Venice http://www.nzatvenice.com/ 4 June – 23 Oct 2011 Preview days: 1, 2 and 3 June 2011 Creative New Zealand Arts Council of […]
Research by Italians Confirms that Raphael’s ‘Madonna dell Granduca’ was Amended
FLORENCE.- An X-ray analysis has shown that the dark background that appears in one of the most famous paintings by Raphael, the Madonna dell Granduca, is not original, but was added by a painter, who is still unknown. It was until the seventeenth cent…
National Museum Wales Acquires Important Venetian Painting
CARDIFF.- Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales has purchased an important painting by the 18th century Italian artist Francesco Guardi. View of the Palazzo Loredan dell’Ambasciatore on the Grand Canal, Venice (oil on panel, 24.3 x 35.5cm) was bought…
National Museum Wales Acquires Important Venetian Painting
CARDIFF.- Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales has purchased an important painting by the 18th century Italian artist Francesco Guardi. View of the Palazzo Loredan dell’Ambasciatore on the Grand Canal, Venice (oil on panel, 24.3 x 35.5cm) was bought…