NEW YORK, NY.- The original art from Page 10, issue #3 of Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (DC, 1986) became the single most valuable piece of American comic art to ever sell when it brought $448,125 as part of Heritage A…
Artist Anish Kapoor to Create a New Artwork for the Vast Nave of Paris’ Grand Palais
PARIS.- Each year MONUMENTA invites an internationally-renowned artist to turn their vision to the vast Nave of Paris’ Grand Palais and to create a new artwork especially for this space. MONUMENTA is an artistic interaction on an unparalleled scal…
Leigh Anne Lester Wins 2011 Hunting Art Prize
HOUSTON,TX.- The graphite drawing was selected from 110 finalist pieces in the 31st annual award program, which is sponsored by the global oil services company and is the most generous annual art prize in North America for painting and drawing. The ann…
Titanic Plans Rediscovered After 99 Years, to Be Displayed for the First Time in a Century
BELFAST.- A detailed plan of the RMS Titanic is to go on display for the first time in almost a century. The plan is that used during the British Board of Trade enquiry into the tragic sinking of the White Star liner on 15 April 1912. It will go on di…
Titanic Plans Rediscovered After 99 Years, to Be Displayed for the First Time in a Century
BELFAST.- A detailed plan of the RMS Titanic is to go on display for the first time in almost a century. The plan is that used during the British Board of Trade enquiry into the tragic sinking of the White Star liner on 15 April 1912. It will go on di…
Winterthur Museum Acquires One of the Earliest Known American Depictions of the Easter Bunny
WINTERTHUR, DE – Winterthur Museum recently acquired one of the earliest known American depictions of the Easter Bunny, which was sold at Pook & Pook auction house in Downingtown , Pennsylvania . Together with the Christmas tree, the custom of t…
Sculptor Richard Serra Shows Unsung Drawings at Metropolitan Museum of Art
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- American artist Richard Serra’s huge iron sculptures are unique for their sense of movement and apparent simplicity, and so are his drawings. A new show, “Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective,” opening on Wednesday at New York’s …
Sculptor Richard Serra Shows Unsung Drawings at Metropolitan Museum of Art
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- American artist Richard Serra’s huge iron sculptures are unique for their sense of movement and apparent simplicity, and so are his drawings. A new show, “Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective,” opening on Wednesday at New York’s …
Picasso Loan to Palestinian Art Academy Suffers Complicated Obstacles
JERUSALEM (AP).- A Palestinian art academy is preparing to spruce itself up for a famous guest: a $7 million Pablo Picasso masterpiece that would be the first displayed in the West Bank. But simply arranging the painting’s journey remains a far more di…
Picasso Loan to Palestinian Art Academy Suffers Complicated Obstacles
JERUSALEM (AP).- A Palestinian art academy is preparing to spruce itself up for a famous guest: a $7 million Pablo Picasso masterpiece that would be the first displayed in the West Bank. But simply arranging the painting’s journey remains a far more di…