SAN MARINO, CA (AP).- Catherine Hess doesn’t have all the paperwork to prove that a 400-pound signed marble statue of George Washington is the one made 179 years ago by portraitist and sculptor David d’Angers and given to the United States by France. B…
Refurbished George Washington Bust Back at the Huntington Library in San Marino
SAN MARINO, CA (AP).- Catherine Hess doesn’t have all the paperwork to prove that a 400-pound signed marble statue of George Washington is the one made 179 years ago by portraitist and sculptor David d’Angers and given to the United States by France. B…
Bonhams Appoint Mark Fraser as Australia Chairman
LONDON.- Bonhams has appointed Mark Fraser as Chairman of its Australian operation with immediate effect. Bonhams Chairman, Robert Brooks said: “i am delighted to welcome Mark to Bonhams. His academic track record and high standing in the art wor…
‘Vladimir Tretchikoff: The People’s Painter’ at the The Iziko Museum S.A. National Gallery
Cape Town, SA – The Iziko Museums are presenting ‘Vladimir Tretchikoff: The People’s Painter’ at the S.A. National Gallery in Cape Town from 26 May 2011. While Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913-2006) is undoubtedly one of South Africa’s most controversial …
El Greco Masterpiece is a Vision at Dulwich Picture Gallery
LONDON.- Every month during the Gallery’s Bicentenary celebration year a spectacular masterpiece will hang on the end wall of the Gallery’s enfilade. It is difficult to decipher this great, enigmatic masterpiece for not only is it unfinished,…
Bonhams to Sell East Anglian Paintings with American Links
LONDON.- Bonhams are to sell East Anglian paintings with East American connections in their East Anglian View auction in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on Thursday 2nd December 2010. Flatford, Ipswich, Dedham, Needham, Yarmouth have something in common. The…
Relics from Admiral Byrd’s Ship the City of New York to Sell at Heritage Auctions in Dallas
DALLAS, TX.- The wheel, binnacle (compass) and bell from the ship the City of New York, famously used in Admiral Byrd’s 1929 exploration of Antarctica, and infamously a ship that failed to aid the imperiled Titanic, will be offered for the first time a…
Relics from Admiral Byrd’s Ship the City of New York to Sell at Heritage Auctions in Dallas
DALLAS, TX.- The wheel, binnacle (compass) and bell from the ship the City of New York, famously used in Admiral Byrd’s 1929 exploration of Antarctica, and infamously a ship that failed to aid the imperiled Titanic, will be offered for the first time a…
Irish Pavilion Presents Portfolio of Irish Architecture Practice
VENICE.- Commissioned by the Irish Architecture Foundation under the directorship of Nathalie Weadick and curated by Tom dePaor, Peter Maybury, Alice Casey and Cian Deegan, ‘of de Blacam and Meagher’ examines the built and unbuilt portfolio o…
Irish Pavilion Presents Portfolio of Irish Architecture Practice de Blacam and Meagher
VENICE.- Commissioned by the Irish Architecture Foundation under the directorship of Nathalie Weadick and curated by Tom dePaor, Peter Maybury, Alice Casey and Cian Deegan, ‘of de Blacam and Meagher’ examines the built and unbuilt portfolio o…