NEW YORK, NY.- Joan Rosenbaum, who has led The Jewish Museum since 1981, creating its innovative identity as a museum of art and culture and doubling the size of its home at Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, has informed the full Board of Trustees of her i…
Almost 500 Lots of Russian Art Included in the Russian Art Sale at Christie’s
LONDON.- Almost 500 lots of Russian Art, including fine paintings, Works of Art and unique pieces of neo-Russian furniture consigned from important European and American private collections, will be included in Christie’s Russian Art sale on 29 No…
One of Only 19 Fabergé Snuff-Boxes with Portrait of Emperor Nicholas II Offered by Christie’s
LONDON.- Christie’s upcoming Russian Works of Art sale on 29 November 2010 will be led by an important jewelled vari-coloured gold and guilloché enamelled Imperial presentation snuff-box, marked Fabergé, with the workmaster’s mark of Henrik…
One of Only 19 Fabergé Snuff-Boxes with Portrait of Emperor Nicholas II Offered by Christie’s
LONDON.- Christie’s upcoming Russian Works of Art sale on 29 November 2010 will be led by an important jewelled vari-coloured gold and guilloché enamelled Imperial presentation snuff-box, marked Fabergé, with the workmaster’s mark of Henrik…
150 Years Ago, Lincoln’s Election Set March to War
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- With the wounds of a hard-fought political campaign still raw, the country was sharply divided by the time the election was finished. It was 150 years ago Saturday: President Abraham Lincoln was el…
Strong Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art at Sotheby’s Brings $227.6 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- Yesterday’s sale of Impressionist and Modern Art at Sotheby’s in New York brought a strong total of $227,561,000, comfortably within the pre-sale estimate of $195/266 million.* The sale was led by the record-setting price broug…
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…
Christie’s Evening Auctions of Post-War and Contemporary Art and the Italian Sale Realise $61.2 Million
LONDON.- The evening auctions of Post-War and Contemporary Art and The Italian Sale realised a combined total of £38,213,050 / $61,179,093 / €43,371,811. The top price of the evening was paid for Cavaliere by Marino Marini (1901-1980) which led r…
New and Key Past Works in First Show by Marina Abramović on View at Lisson Gallery
LONDON.- Lisson Gallery presents a new exhibition by Marina Abramović, the first show of Abramović’s work at Lisson Gallery. Comprised of new and key past works in the mediums of video, photographs and sculpture, the show will be in two…
New and Key Past Works in First Show by Marina Abramović on View at Lisson Gallery
LONDON.- Lisson Gallery presents a new exhibition by Marina Abramović, the first show of Abramović’s work at Lisson Gallery. Comprised of new and key past works in the mediums of video, photographs and sculpture, the show will be in two…