LONDON.- CCA Galleries and Christie’s present a selling exhibition of works by the iconic British artist Sir Peter Blake; celebrating his six-decade printmaking career. Over 150 prints signed and numbered by the artist, will be on view and availab…
Archeologists in Guatemala Discover King’s Well-Sealed Tomb that Yields Mayan Secrets
GUATEMALA CITY (REUTERS).- Archeologists in Guatemala have discovered a Mayan king’s tomb packed with a well-preserved hoard of carvings, ceramics and children’s bones that cast fresh light on the vanished civilization. Researchers uncovered the burial…
Exceptional Scottish Colourists Star in Bonhams Scottish Sale
LONDON.- An exceptional late still life by Scottish Colourist,
George Leslie Hunter, (est £100,000 – 150,000) is the star lot in this year’s
annual Scottish sale (17 through 20 August inclusive). Entitled simply, ‘Still
Life’, it s…
Exceptional Scottish Colourists Star in Bonhams Scottish Sale
LONDON.- An exceptional late still life by Scottish Colourist,
George Leslie Hunter, (est £100,000 – 150,000) is the star lot in this year’s
annual Scottish sale (17 through 20 August inclusive). Entitled simply, ‘Still
Life’, it s…
Exceptional Scottish Colourists Star in Bonhams Scottish Sale
LONDON.- An exceptional late still life by Scottish Colourist, George Leslie Hunter, (est £100,000 – 150,000) is the star lot in this year’s annual Scottish sale (17-20 Aug inclusive). Entitled simply, ‘Still Life’, it showcases th…
Museum Ludwig Shows Paintings, Sculptures & Drawings by Roy Lichtenstein
COLOGNE.- The halftone dots used by Pop
maestro
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) are world famous. Taking motifs from the
realms of
comics and consumerism, Lichtenstein made paintings by piecing together
dots and
colored surfaces. But a very d…
Richard Deon: Paradox and Conformity at the Hudson River Museum
YONKERS, NY.- Hudson Valley resident Richard Deon finds inspiration in a pastime familiar to many inattentive students – the ad hoc alteration of textbook illustrations during class time. Deon has elevated this idle occupation into a complex body …
Post-War & Contemporary Evening Auction at Christie’s Realises $68.6 Million
LONDON.- The Post-War and Contemporary Evening
Auction took place 30 June at Christie’s and realised £45,640,200
/$68,642,861/ €56,091,806, selling 84% by lot and 85% by value. The top
price
was paid for Silver Liz, 1963, by…