LONDON.- Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum is hoping to save a unique zodiac settle designed by 19th century architect William Burges. A settle is a wooden day-bed or bench. This particular piece is highly valuable and is subject to a temporar…
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…
17th Century Portrait Returns to Lydiard House
LONDON.- The Art Fund has helped return an important 17th century portrait to Lydiard House in Swindon. The portrait of Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick, has come back to the stately home after almost 70 years in a private collection. Art Fund director…
Tate Acquires New Works by Emerging and Leading International Artists at Frieze Art Fair
LONDON.- The Fund, now in its 8th year, enables Tate to acquire works by emerging and leading international artists from London’s Frieze Art Fair. This year the fund is a total of £120,000. Each year, prominent international curators are invited …
Tate Acquires New Works by Emerging and Leading International Artists at Frieze Art Fair
LONDON.- The Fund, now in its 8th year, enables Tate to acquire works by emerging and leading international artists from London’s Frieze Art Fair. This year the fund is a total of £120,000. Each year, prominent international curators are invited …
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…
Frieze Art Fair Features 173 of the World’s Most Exciting Contemporary Art Galleries
LONDON.- The Frieze Art Fair has now opened to the public and features 173 of the world’s most exciting contemporary art galleries. Visitors can also take part in Frieze Projects, the fair’s unique programme of artist commissions, which this year featu…
Frieze Art Fair Features 173 of the World’s Most Exciting Contemporary Art Galleries
LONDON.- The Frieze Art Fair has now opened to the public and features 173 of the world’s most exciting contemporary art galleries. Visitors can also take part in Frieze Projects, the fair’s unique programme of artist commissions, which this year featu…
North Sea Paintings by Distinguished Artist John Virtue on View at Marlborough Fine Art
LONDON.- Marlborough Fine Art presents ‘John Virtue: North Sea Paintings’, the first major exhibition by this distinguished artist to open in London in 5 years. In a striking departure from the huge paintings of London which formed the subje…
North Sea Paintings by Distinguished Artist John Virtue on View at Marlborough Fine Art
LONDON.- Marlborough Fine Art presents ‘John Virtue: North Sea Paintings’, the first major exhibition by this distinguished artist to open in London in 5 years. In a striking departure from the huge paintings of London which formed the subje…