LONDON.- The undoubted highlight of tonight’s Evening Sale of Old Master & British Paintings at Sotheby’s in London was George Stubbs’s Brood Mares and Foals, one of the British master’s most ambitious and successful works and arguably h…
Bonhams to Sell Archibald Thorburn Masterpiece Entitled ‘The Covey at Daybreak’
LONDON.- Bonhams announce that a beautiful Archibald Thorburn painting entitled ‘The Covey at Daybreak’ will be a highlight of the 19th Century Paintings auction on 27th January 2011, New Bond Street, London. This follows on from the success …
Donations to Save an Iconic Old Master Painting by Pieter Brueghel Approach £1.4 Million
LONDON.- Donations to the appeal by the Art Fund and the National Trust to save an iconic Old Master painting for the nation are approaching £1.4 million. The appeal still has some way to go, however, to reach its £2.7 million target by Christmas and…
In Front of Thousands of Collectors, Haiti’s Earthquake Spurs Miami Art Fair Projects
MIAMI (AP).- A young boy reaching toward a glimmer of light took shape as Haitian graffiti artist Jerry Rosembert Moise sprayed paint on the wall of an impoverished neighborhood’s youth center. It’s the kind of clearly hopeful image Moise developed aft…
Campbell Archibald Mellon Works Star in Bonhams Auction with Three of the Top Five Lots
LONDON.- Bonhams East Anglian View auction at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk took place yesterday (2.12.10) and fetched an impressive total of £367,000. Three of the top five lots of the day were paintings by Campbell Archibald Mellon (1878-1955), all fea…
MacDougall’s Leads Market in Russian Sales Week, Outselling Three Older Auction Houses
LONDON.- Holding three auctions on 1 and 2 December 2010, MacDougall’s sold Russian paintings, works on paper, icons and works of art for a total of £16.2 million, outselling three older auction houses in Russian art. The biggest sensation of London’s…
Impressionist & Modern Art Sale at Sotheby’s in Paris Includes an André Masson Masterpiece
PARIS.- Not since Sotheby’s began staging sales of Impressionist & Modern Art in Paris has an auction had such a Surrealist feel. On December 8 Sotheby’s Paris will offer one of the finest-ever Surrealist paintings: a key work by André Masso…
Impressionist & Modern Art Sale at Sotheby’s in Paris Includes an André Masson Masterpiece
PARIS.- Not since Sotheby’s began staging sales of Impressionist & Modern Art in Paris has an auction had such a Surrealist feel. On December 8 Sotheby’s Paris will offer one of the finest-ever Surrealist paintings: a key work by André Masso…
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Presents First Exhibition Devoted to Hans Holbein in 45 Years
STUTTGART.- Hans Holbein the Elder: The Grey Passion in its Time opened at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart on 27 November as part of the Große Landesausstellung Baden-Wurttemberg is the first exhibition devoted to the artist in 45 years. At the heart of t…
Federico Luger Presents Franklin Evans’ Second Solo Exhibition at the Gallery
MILAN.- Federico Luger presents “times2,” Franklin Evans’ second solo exhibition at the Gallery. In this project, Evans moves forward with his research on time and repetition with an installation that, as in previous shows, will include painting, insta…