DALLAS (AP).- As commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower explicitly ordered his troops to safeguard objects of cultural and historical importance whenever possible — even while fighting a war of devastat…
Audio of Dwight D. Eisenhower Speech at New York’s Metropolitan Museum Found
DALLAS (AP).- As commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower explicitly ordered his troops to safeguard objects of cultural and historical importance whenever possible — even while fighting a war of devastat…
RM Auctions Presents Stunning Bertone Collection at Ville d’Este
LONDON.- RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house for quality automobiles, is pleased to announce that it has been chosen by the liquidators of the Bertone Museum to offer six motor cars and one-off design concepts from the cel…
Sotheby’s New York Sales of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Total a Record $71,320,518
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s sales of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art have concluded, bringing the overall total for the series of auctions to $71,320,518 (est. $17.5/25.1 million), the highest total ever achieved anywhere in New York. All three au…
US Museum Seeks to Identify Children of Holocaust
WASHINGTON (AP).- The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is trying to identify more than 1,000 children in photos that date from when they were scattered across Europe at the end of World War II and taken in by relief agencies. The museum’s “Remember Me”…
Sotheby’s to Offer Exquisite Fine Arts with Links to Europe’s Most Important Aristocratic Families
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announce Noblesse Oblige, the sale of an exquisite selection of decorative and fine arts with remarkable links to some of Europe’s most important aristocratic families on Thursday 14th April 2011. A highlight of the sale is…
Norwegian and Swiss Landscapes from the Lunde Collection Announced at the National Gallery
LONDON.- This summer the National Gallery displays 51 paintings from a major private collection, most of which have never been seen in the UK before, and are rarely on public view. ‘Forests, Rocks, Torrents’ draws on the collection of Asbjørn Lunde, a…
Rijksmuseum Exhibits a Selection of Its Most Beautiful Drawings and Prints of Dune Landscapes
AMSTERDAM.- The Dutch landscape was largely created by man, except for the sandy beaches and dunes along the coast, which were mostly created by nature. In the seventeenth century, when the Netherlands was the most urbanised region in Europe, the dunes…
Belgian Artist Francis Alys Exhibits 300 Portraits of "Fabiola" at the Haus zum Kirschgarten
BASEL.- Created by the internationally acclaimed artist Francis Alÿs, Fabiola is an installation of over 300 portraits of a fourth-century Christian saint collected by the artist from flea markets and antique shops throughout Europe and the Americas. …
‘t Welvaren van Siparipabo’: Rijksmuseum Acquires Surinamese "Occasional Glass"
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum has acquired an extremely rare 18th-century glass engraved with a scene depicting the Surinamese sugar plantation Siparipabo and the text ‘t welvaren van Siparipabo’ [‘The Prosperity of Siparipabo’]. The…