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…
Academy of Arts Pays Tribute to One of Germany’s Most Important Artists:Sigmar Polke
BERLIN.- In his tribute to Sigmar Polke (1941-2010), Klaus Staeck looks onto a four decade-long friendship and working relationship, dedicating a very personal exhibition at the Berlin Akademie der Künste to one of Germany’s most important…
Debate in Turkey Over Armenia Monument: Modern Art or a Blight on the Landscape?
ISTANBUL (AP).- Modern art or a blight on the landscape? A giant monument to friendship between historic enemies Turkey and Armenia has become a symbol of controversy rather than healing. Turkey’s prime minister said the monument near the Armenian bord…
Debate in Turkey Over Armenia Monument: Modern Art or a Blight on the Landscape?
ISTANBUL (AP).- Modern art or a blight on the landscape? A giant monument to friendship between historic enemies Turkey and Armenia has become a symbol of controversy rather than healing. Turkey’s prime minister said the monument near the Armenian bord…
Impressionist & Modern Art Sale at Sotheby’s in Paris Includes an André Masson Masterpiece
PARIS.- Not since Sotheby’s began staging sales of Impressionist & Modern Art in Paris has an auction had such a Surrealist feel. On December 8 Sotheby’s Paris will offer one of the finest-ever Surrealist paintings: a key work by André Masso…
Impressionist & Modern Art Sale at Sotheby’s in Paris Includes an André Masson Masterpiece
PARIS.- Not since Sotheby’s began staging sales of Impressionist & Modern Art in Paris has an auction had such a Surrealist feel. On December 8 Sotheby’s Paris will offer one of the finest-ever Surrealist paintings: a key work by André Masso…
‘Charlotte’s Web’ Cover Art Fetches $155K at Heritage Auctions in New York City
NEW YORK (AP).- The original 1952 cover art for “Charlotte’s Web” has sold at auction in New York City for more than $155,000. Heritage Auctions says the artwork drawn by Garth Williams fetched more than five times its estimated sale price on Friday an…
‘Charlotte’s Web’ Cover Art Fetches $155K at Heritage Auctions in New York City
NEW YORK (AP).- The original 1952 cover art for “Charlotte’s Web” has sold at auction in New York City for more than $155,000. Heritage Auctions says the artwork drawn by Garth Williams fetched more than five times its estimated sale price on Friday an…
The Christian Stein Collection: A History of Italian Art at the Valencian Institute of Modern Art
VALENCIA.- This exhibition, organised by the IVAM and the Museo Cantonale d’Arte in Lugano, presents for the first time in Spain a selection of over one hundred masterpieces of postwar Italian art from one of the most important and internationally pres…
The Christian Stein Collection: A History of Italian Art at the Valencian Institute of Modern Art
VALENCIA.- This exhibition, organised by the IVAM and the Museo Cantonale d’Arte in Lugano, presents for the first time in Spain a selection of over one hundred masterpieces of postwar Italian art from one of the most important and internationally pres…