LAUSANNE.- The Fondation de l’Hermitage is devoting its major summer exhibition to one of Europe’s most prestigious private collections : the Hahnloser Collection. Built up by Arthur Hahnloser (1870-1936) and his wife Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler (…
Sotheby’s Announces Sale of Works from the Collection of Eurythmics Legend Dave Stewart
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that it will offer for sale a group of works by Damien Hirst, Gilbert & George and Angus Fairhurst from the collection of Eurythmics legend, Grammy and BRIT Award winning musician, songwriter, record producer, and a fr…
Sotheby’s Announces Sale of Works from the Collection of Eurythmics Legend Dave Stewart
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that it will offer for sale a group of works by Damien Hirst, Gilbert & George and Angus Fairhurst from the collection of Eurythmics legend, Grammy and BRIT Award winning musician, songwriter, record producer, and a fr…
Agreement Reached on the Sphinx of Hattusha
BERLIN.- Several days ago the conclusion in Berlin of German-Turkish expert discussions on the Hittite sphinx was reached. It has been agreed that the more than three-thousand year old sculpture which has survived only in part and which has been kept i…
Sotheby’s Hong Kong to Sell Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien
HONG KONG.- Following the success of the Spring 2011 Sale Series in April, Sotheby’s Hong Kong announces yet another important sale – The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Daichien – on 31 May 2011. The sale features 25 prominent paint…
IAP Fine Arts Exhibits "Chris Gollon ~ Love"
London.- Taking Tamsin Pickeral’s recent book, “Chris Gollon: Humanity in Art”, as a starting point, Gollon’s latest work reflects on his 20-year journey as an artist. Pickeral’s illuminating appraisal inspired the artist to pull everything together…
Sotheby’s Hong Kong to Sell Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien
HONG KONG.- Following the success of the Spring 2011 Sale Series in April, Sotheby’s Hong Kong announces yet another important sale – The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Daichien – on 31 May 2011. The sale features 25 prominent paint…
Former British Soldier: I Broke into Auschwitz
By: Meera Selva, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- A British prisoner of war described Friday how he struck up a forbidden friendship with a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp and then swapped places with him briefly to see first hand how Jewis…
Exhibition at Anne Frank House in Amsterdam Focuses on Her Sister, Margot
AMSTERDAM.- Margot Frank, born on 16 February 1926, steps out of the shadow of her world-famous sister Anne with an exhibition especially devoted to her in the Anne Frank House. The exhibition ‘Margot, Anne’s sister’ was opened today by frien…
Jewellery Owned by Last Link to World of Proust and Monet for Sale at Bonhams, Edinburgh
EDINBURGH.- Jewellery and silver belonging to the daughter of the famous French society painter Paul Cesar Helleu, one of the models for a central character in Marcel Proust’s monumental novel ‘In Search of Lost Time’ (sometimes known as…