LONDON.- Two Aston Martins virtually identical to that owned by Prince Charles which was on view after the Royal Wedding last week as Prince William drove his new bride from Buckingham Palace to Clarence House, will be on sale at Bonhams auction of Ast…
NASA Announces Space Shuttles Going to Florida, California, Suburban Washington
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP).- On a memorable day in space history, NASA began its goodbyes to the shuttle program Tuesday, announcing the aged spacecraft will retire to museums in Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles and suburban Washington and sending a test-flight or…
Bonhams Offers Ring Belonging to Vita Sackville-West, Member of the Bohemian Bloomsbury Group
LONDON.- A ruby and diamond ring, circa 1910, that belonged to the poet, novelist and gardener, Vita Sackville-West will be offered in Bonhams Fine Jewellery sale on 13th April in New Bond Street. The step-cut ruby within an oval pierced surround of ma…
Last John Keats Love Letter in Private Hands for Sale; Dying Poet Pours Out Heart
LONDON.- An exceptionally rare and moving love letter from Keats to his fiancée Fanny Brawne is for sale tomorrow – 29 March – as the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits comes up for auction at Bonhams, New Bond Street. The last of Keats…
Last Keats Love Letter in Private Hands for Sale Tomorrow at Bonhams; Dying Poet Pours Out Heart
LONDON.- An exceptionally rare and moving love letter from Keats to his fiancée Fanny Brawne is for sale tomorrow – 29 March – as the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits comes up for auction at Bonhams, New Bond Street. The last of Keats…
Japan Society Reframes the Prevailing Perspective on Contemporary Japanese Art
NEW YORK, NY.- A shimmering taxidermy deer and a gasp-inducing canvas depicting a tumulus of minuscule salary men are among the compelling works that greet visitors to Japan Society Gallery from Friday, March 18 to June 12, 2011. The occasion is Bye By…
Extremely Rare Keats Love Letter Heads for Sale of Major Papers and Portraits at Bonhams
LONDON.- An exceptionally rare and moving love letter from Keats to his fiancée Fanny Brawne heads the sale of the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits at Bonhams on 29 March – already being described as the most exciting auction of its kind …
Extremely Rare Keats Love Letter Heads for Sale of Major Papers and Portraits at Bonhams
LONDON.- An exceptionally rare and moving love letter from Keats to his fiancée Fanny Brawne heads the sale of the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits at Bonhams on 29 March – already being described as the most exciting auction of its kind …
Freer Gallery’s "Chinamania" Reveals Whistler’s Love Affair with Blue and White
WASHINGTON, DC.- “Chinamania: Whistler and the Victorian Craze for Blue and White,” a small thematic exhibition on view at the Freer Gallery from Aug. 7 until Aug. 2011, explores the significance of Chinese export porcelain in Victorian England, where …
Frieze Art Fair Announces Frieze Music 2010
LONDON.- Frieze Art Fair announced that Frieze Music 2010 will present two specially curated nights of very different sounds, one of disco and a second of exquisite song from a singular voice. Friday, 15 October will see Hercules and Love Affair (plus…