LONDON.- An album of paintings of Australia’s famed wine growing region, the Barossa Valley, by an English vicar sent as a parish priest to Lyndoch in 1877, will be sold at Bonhams Exploration & Travel Sale on September 15 in London. What makes th…
Two Important Paintings Consigned to Auction through Christie’s iPhone App
LONDON.- The auction of Modern and Contemporary Australian Art at Christie’s on 23 September 2010 will offer a pair of rediscovered paintings of historical importance that was found in an attic and which was identified and consigned to auction thr…
Two Important Paintings Consigned to Auction through Christie’s iPhone App
LONDON.- The auction of Modern and Contemporary Australian Art at Christie’s on 23 September 2010 will offer a pair of rediscovered paintings of historical importance that was found in an attic and which was identified and consigned to auction thr…
International Design Festival Design Act 2010 Opens in Moscow
MOSCOW.- From August 31 to September 5, 2010 Moscow Centre for Contemporary Art Winzavod will hold the fourth International Design Festival Design Act 2010. The DESIGN ACT mission is to showcase global industrial design trends, to bring the audience c…
Ekow Eshun Announces Plan to Step Down as Executive Director of ICA in March 2011
LONDON.- As part of a planned timetable of events to set in place the next phase of organisational development for the ICA, Ekow Eshun today announced he will be leaving the ICA in March 2011 after 5 years as Artistic Director, and more recently, Execu…
International Design Festival Design Act 2010 Opens in Moscow
MOSCOW.- From August 31 to September 5, 2010 Moscow Centre for Contemporary Art Winzavod will hold the fourth International Design Festival Design Act 2010. The DESIGN ACT mission is to showcase global industrial design trends, to bring the audience c…
Leeds Art Gallery Displays Major Elisabeth Frink Sculpture
LEEDS.- Birdman, a life-size sculpture by acclaimed artist Elisabeth Frink (1930 – 1993) has gone on display at Leeds Art Gallery. Valued at £250,000, the unique plaster maquette was given to Leeds through the Art Fund by the Frink Estate and Beaux Ar…
Leeds Art Gallery Displays Major Elisabeth Frink Sculpture
LEEDS.- Birdman, a life-size sculpture by acclaimed artist Elisabeth Frink (1930 – 1993) has gone on display at Leeds Art Gallery. Valued at £250,000, the unique plaster maquette was given to Leeds through the Art Fund by the Frink Estate and Beaux Ar…
Marlborough in London Presents the Work of Caroline Walker
LONDON.- Marlborough presents the work of Caroline Walker, winner of The Valerie Beston Artists’ Trust Prize 2009. The charity was established in 2006 to support artists at the beginning of their careers. Miss Beston, a former Director of the…
Relics from Captain Scott’s Fatal Last Epedition to Be Offered at Christie’s
LONDON.- Christie’s announced that they will offer at auction the Charles Seymour Wright collection of relics from Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913. Sir Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) was the last surviving member of Scot…