SYDNEY.- Minister for the Arts, George Souris, has congratulated Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Director of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), on being awarded an OBE in the United Kingdom for services to contemporary art. “It’s a well…
The Seven Treasures: Exhibition of Cloisonné from the V&A and the Edwin Davies Gift
LONDON.- Edwin Davies OBE has donated one of the world’s finest collections of Japanese cloisonné enamels to the V&A. Thanks to his significant gift, the V&A is now able to show the most wide-ranging selection of cloisonné masterpieces existing …
The Seven Treasures: Exhibition of Cloisonné from the V&A and the Edwin Davies Gift
LONDON.- Edwin Davies OBE has donated one of the world’s finest collections of Japanese cloisonné enamels to the V&A. Thanks to his significant gift, the V&A is now able to show the most wide-ranging selection of cloisonné masterpieces existing …
Valuable Van Dyck Painting Recently Re-Discovered by Art Connoisseur Philip Mould
LONDON.- Treasured by 19th century connoisseurs, prided by the Rothschild’s, snatched by the Nazis, and subsequently lost behind layers of dirt, a hugely valuable Van Dyck painting recently re-discovered in a Parisian auction house will go on disp…
Extremely Rare Portrait of Famous Kabuki Actor Highlights Important Private Collection at Bonhams
LONDON.- Following the success of Part 1 of the Edward Wrangham Collection in November 2010, which realised over £2 million and included a world record price for an inro** sold at auction, Bonhams is delighted to announce the second sale of the collec…
Vettriano Self-Portrait to Go on Show in New Scottish National Portrait Gallery
EDINBURGH.- A self-portrait by Jack Vettriano will go on show in the new Scottish National Portrait Gallery when it reopens in the autumn of 2011. Jack Vettriano’s painting, The Weight, which has been offered on long-term loan to the national coll…
Vettriano Self-Portrait to Go on Show in New Scottish National Portrait Gallery
EDINBURGH.- A self-portrait by Jack Vettriano will go on show in the new Scottish National Portrait Gallery when it reopens in the autumn of 2011. Jack Vettriano’s painting, The Weight, which has been offered on long-term loan to the national coll…
National Gallery Receives Major Donation for New Education Centre
LONDON.- The National Gallery announced that a transformational gift of £1 million has been made by American industrialist and philanthropist Mark Pigott OBE towards the refurbishment of the National Gallery’s Education Centre and to improve its …
Chaired by Michael Portillo, Art Fund Prize Judging Panel Announced for 2011
LONDON.- The Art Fund announced the judging panel for the 2011 Art Fund Prize. The Art Fund Prize is the most prestigious prize in the museum world and annually awards £100,000 to a museum or gallery that demonstrates excellence, originality and imagi…
Japanese Medicine Container Makes World Record in an International Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Bonhams announced that a 19th century roiro lacquer four-case inro by Shibata Zeshin has made the world record price for on inro in an international sale, selling for £162,000 in Part 1 of the Edward Wrangham collection, one of Europe’s…