LONDON.- A ceramic sculpture which sat for years unrecognised in a family house in Edinburgh has been identified as a master work by the Italian Art Deco designer Sandro Vacchetti. It will be offered for sale at Bonhams ‘Design from 1860’ a…
Sotheby’s Hits Contemporary, Italian Art Targets with Combined Sales of $48.8 Million
LONDON (REUTERS).- Contemporary and Italian art sales in London last week largely underlined the sense that stability was gradually returning to a market that saw values soar in 2007 and 2008 before tumbling dramatically in 2009. Sotheby’s raised a com…
Sotheby’s October Sales of Italian Art and Contemporary Art Realise the Outstanding Total of £40.1 Million
LONDON.- Following yesterday evening’s remarkably strong results, Sotheby’s October Sales Series of 20th Century Italian Art and Contemporary Art today concluded with the Contemporary Art Day Auction, which brought the near-top estimate total of £9,6…
Sotheby’s October Evening Sales of 20th Century Italian Art and Contemporary Art Total $48.8 Million
LONDON.- This evening, Sotheby’s Sales of 20th Century Italian Art and Contemporary Art, brought a combined total of £30.4 million/$48.8 million (Est. £22.3-30.5 million*) – substantially more than in the equivalent sales last year (£20 million…
New Book Says Painting Stored Behind a Couch for 25 Years may Be a Michelangelo
TONAWANDA (AP).- Could a painting of Mary holding the body of Jesus that hung for years in an upstate New York family’s home really be a 16th century Michelangelo? An Italian art historian thinks so after undertaking years of research, which he docume…
Masterworks by Fontana and De Chirico Lead Sotheby’s Auction
LONDON.- On Friday, October 15, 2010 Sotheby’s annual 20th Century Italian Art Sale will showcase the work of many of Italy’s foremost Modern, Post-War and Contemporary artists, including Marino Marini, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Pier…
Masterworks by Fontana and De Chirico Lead Sotheby’s Auction
LONDON.- On Friday, October 15, 2010 Sotheby’s annual 20th Century Italian Art Sale will showcase the work of many of Italy’s foremost Modern, Post-War and Contemporary artists, including Marino Marini, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Pier…
Masterworks by Fontana and De Chirico Lead Sotheby’s 20th Century Italian Art Auction
LONDON.- On Friday, October 15, 2010 Sotheby’s annual 20th Century Italian Art Sale will showcase the work of many of Italy’s foremost Modern, Post-War and Contemporary artists, including Marino Marini, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Pier…
Museum to Present Major Survey Devoted to Italian Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- In the fall of 2010, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a major exhibition devoted to the work of Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933) in the Dorrance Galleries for Special Exhibitions. Widely recognized as a key figure in the …
Italian Police Show Latest Recovery of Looted Art at the Colosseum
ROME (AP).-
Italian police have recovered hundreds of ancient
artifacts in
their latest effort to crack down on the looting of art, and have
looted
art, and they chose a unique setting to display them Friday: the
Co…