HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong 20th Century Chinese Art Autumn Sale will be held on 4 October, offering a meticulous selection of more than 120 lots estimated at HK$130 million. Apart from a number of outstanding works passed down by celebrated C…
Sotheby’s Hong Kong to Hold 20th Century Chinese Art Autumn Sale in October
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong 20th Century Chinese Art Autumn Sale will be held on 4 October, offering a meticulous selection of more than 120 lots estimated at HK$130 million. Apart from a number of outstanding works passed down by celebrated C…
Exhibition of Italian Prints from Mantegna to Piranesi to Open in Adelaide
ADELAIDE.- Some of the masterpieces of Italian printmaking go on rare display in the Art Gallery of South Australia’s new exhibition, A beautiful line. The exhibition, which is the most comprehensive study of Italian printmaking undertaken at the …
Exhibition of Italian Prints from Mantegna to Piranesi to Open in Adelaide
ADELAIDE.- Some of the masterpieces of Italian printmaking go on rare display in the Art Gallery of South Australia’s new exhibition, A beautiful line. The exhibition, which is the most comprehensive study of Italian printmaking undertaken at the …
Correr Museum Examines Giacomo Favretto’s Short but Intense Career
VENICE.- Owing to the quality of his painting, his highly original development, the similarity with the works of other artists close to him or with contemporaries, the Venetian Giacomo Favretto (1849-1887) is one of the most important masters of the It…
Wallace Collection Announces French Drawings from Poussin to Seurat
LONDON.- An outstanding collection of French drawings, which includes works by Poussin, Boucher, Ingres, Corot, Pissarro and Seurat; important works by lesser-known masters – Jeaurat, Lancrenon, Hesse and Dulac – and artist-writers Eugène Fromentin an…
National World War II Museum Features Loyal Forces: Animals in WWII
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Loyal Forces: Animals in WWII is an exhibit focused on the animals employed and encountered throughout World War II, from the Home Front to the Pacific. Life-size horses and mules, harnessed in authentic World War II saddles and equip…
Princeton University Art Museum Appoints Kelly Baum as Curator
PRINCETON, NJ.- Furthering its position as a pacesetter in modern and contemporary art, the Princeton University Art Museum has appointed Kelly Baum as the first Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Since December 2007, Baum has served as th…
High Museum to Host Retrospective of Iconic 20th Century Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art will host “Henri
Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century,” the first major retrospective in
the U.S.
in more than 30 years of one of photography’s most original and
influential
masters. On view from…
Turner and The Masters Opens at the Museo del Prado
MADRID.- Having already been seen in London and
Paris, Turner and the Masters will now be shown at the Museo del Prado in
Madrid. Its aim is to reveal to visitors the extent of Turner’s links with other
historically important artists and t…