Castello di Rivoli, the contemporary art museum housed in a newly renovated castle in Turin, announced that it has entered a special partnership with the Fondazine Francesco Federico Cerruti. The museum will absorb the roughly $570 million Cerruti Collection—comprising around three hundred paintings and sculptures as well as several hundred rare books, from the Middle […]
Charismatic Art Historian James Fox Explores British Masters for New Series on BBC
LONDON.- In a major re-calibration of 20th-century British paintings, art historian James Fox argues that British painting from 1910 to 1975 was an extraordinary flowering of genius. He predicts that art historians of the future will rank the period al…
Second Highest Price Paid for a Work of Art at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Sale
LONDON.- A painting by Irish-born artist Francis Bacon sold for 18.0 million pounds ($28.7 million) on Tuesday, the second highest price paid for a work of art at a Christie’s post-war and contemporary auction in London. “Study for a Portrait,” depicti…
Second Highest Price Paid for a Work of Art at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Sale
LONDON.- A painting by Irish-born artist Francis Bacon sold for 18.0 million pounds ($28.7 million) on Tuesday, the second highest price paid for a work of art at a Christie’s post-war and contemporary auction in London. “Study for a Portrait,” depicti…
Sotheby’s Sale of Contemporary Art to Be Led by a Stunning Work by Francis Bacon
LONDON.- Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 29 June in London will present a selection of works of major significance, including Francis Bacon’s stunning Crouching Nude of 1961. In 1959 the appearance of the first female nudes painted by Fr…
Francis Bacon Drawing Foundation Shows Seven Works on Paper by Francis Bacon
VENICE.- The exhibition ‘FBACON7’ shows 7 works on paper by Francis Bacon. It concerns 6 colored and a monochromatic drawing of the Italian collection. As experts know and have widely recognized, Francis Bacon produced no small number of draw…
Sotheby’s to Sell Major Masterwork by Leading British Post-War Artist Francis Bacon
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its forthcoming summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be led by Crouching Nude, an important masterwork by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon (est. £7-9 million / $10-15 million)* which has never be…
Sotheby’s to Sell Major Masterwork by Leading British Post-War Artist Francis Bacon
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its forthcoming summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be led by Crouching Nude, an important masterwork by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon (est. £7-9 million / $10-15 million)* which has never be…
First Comparative Exhibition of Chaim Soutine and Francis Bacon at Helly Nahmad Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Helly Nahmad Gallery New York presents SOUTINE/BACON, the first comparative exhibition of Chaim Soutine and Francis Bacon, on view May 2 through June 18, 2011. Chaim Soutine’s paintings have not only had a crucial impact on the developme…
First Comparative Exhibition of Chaim Soutine and Francis Bacon at Helly Nahmad Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Helly Nahmad Gallery New York presents SOUTINE/BACON, the first comparative exhibition of Chaim Soutine and Francis Bacon, on view May 2 through June 18, 2011. Chaim Soutine’s paintings have not only had a crucial impact on the developme…