ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art will host its first ever Print Fair on Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8, at the High, with a “First Look” preview reception on Friday, May 6. Co-sponsored by the International Fine Print Dealers Associat…
Pennsylvania Impressionists and Old Masters Lead William Bunch’s May 3 Fine Art Auction
CHADDS FORD, PA.- The walls at William H. Bunch’s auction gallery are alive with color, in preparation for a Tuesday, May 3 auction of nearly 400 paintings and other fine-quality works by American and European artists. Three primary consignors wer…
Pennsylvania Impressionists and Old Masters Lead William Bunch’s May 3 Fine Art Auction
CHADDS FORD, PA.- The walls at William H. Bunch’s auction gallery are alive with color, in preparation for a Tuesday, May 3 auction of nearly 400 paintings and other fine-quality works by American and European artists. Three primary consignors wer…
Old Masters Meet Contemporary Artists When Bernheimer-Colnaghi Exhibits at Masterpiece London
LONDON.- Bernheimer-Colnaghi will show the unusual combination of Old Master paintings and contemporary photographs at the second staging of Masterpiece London, the luxury fair that was launched to great acclaim last summer and will take place in the S…
Spanish Police Recover Stolen Masterpieces
MADRID (AP).- Spanish investigators have recovered stolen masterpieces by two of the country’s most revered artists: Goya and El Greco, a police statement said Friday. The oil on canvas works, Goya’s 18th-century “The Apparition of the Virgin of Pilar…
Sotheby’s to Sell Collection of Old Master Paintings Assembled by Saam and Lily Nijstad
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London announces the sale of the collection of Old Master Paintings, on Thursday 7th July 2011, formed by Saam & Lily Nijstad over the last four decades. Saam Nijstad was for many years a leading dealer in Dutch Old Masters based in…
Christie’s Backs Stubbs to Join Old Masters Elite, Painting Expected to Fetch $33 Million
LONDON (REUTERS).- Christie’s will offer a George Stubbs horse painting for sale in London on July 5 and expects it to make more than 20 million pounds ($33 million), potentially putting it in the Old Masters auction elite. “Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath…
Christie’s Backs Stubbs to Join Old Masters Elite, Painting Expected to Fetch $33 Million
LONDON (REUTERS).- Christie’s will offer a George Stubbs horse painting for sale in London on July 5 and expects it to make more than 20 million pounds ($33 million), potentially putting it in the Old Masters auction elite. “Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath…
One Hundred Masterpieces from the Städel Museum at Rome’s Palazzo delle Esposizioni
ROME.- The exhibition presents, for the first time in Italy, a selection of works from the collection of the internationally renowned museum of Frankfurt, founded in 1815 through a bequest by merchant and banker Johann Friedrich Städel (1728-1816) and…
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Names Steven High as Executive Director
SARASOTA, FL.- Steven High was named executive director of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, home to the Ca’ d’Zan mansion, Museum of Art featuring a rare Old Masters collection, Circus Museum and Historic Asolo Theater. The announcement was m…