LONDON.- Sotheby’s London is to offer perhaps the most magnificent nineteenth-century sculpture to appear at auction in recent years. Chioma di Berenice (Berenice’s Tresses) by Ambrogio Borghi (Italian, 1849-1887) comes to the market from a Privat…
Vandals Damage Divisive Photo by American Artist Andres Serrano at French Exhibit
PARIS (AP).- Police questioned witnesses on Monday in their search for a man who took a hammer to a controversial photograph of a crucifix bathed in urine at an art exhibition in an Avignon museum. The modern art museum, the Collection Lambert, in sou…
Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire Presents 10 New Artists and Photographers
PARIS.- Following on from an initial commission awarded to Jannis Kounellis in 2008, it is now the turn of Sarkis to offer the Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire some exceptional work, with financing from the Centre Region. This will happen in two stages: …
Amedeo Modigliani Biography Is Subject Discussion at The Library of Congress
Washington , DC – Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was considered the quintessential bohemian artist, his legend almost as infamous as Van Gogh’s. In Modigliani’s time, his work was seen as an oddity: contemporary with the Cub…
Sotheby’s to Offer Property from the Collection of Dodie Rosekrans in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announced that it will offer Property from the Collection of Dodie Rosekrans in a series of auctions in New York through January 2012. Mrs. Rosekrans was an influential figure in San Francisco, Paris and Venice, known for …
Giant Silk China Scroll Goes for $30 Million Plus to Anonymous Hong Kong Collector
PARIS (AP).- A giant 18th-century Chinese silk scroll painting of a military troop review has been sold at auction for more than euro22 million ($30.8 million), the highest auction price for a Chinese work in France. The work, found in a Paris attic a…
Christie’s Offers One of the Finest Private Collections of Early 20th Century Decorative Art
PARIS.- Christie’s presents the sale of the Gourdon Collection, one of the finest private collections of early 20th century decorative art and design ever to be offered at auction, on 29, 30 and 31 March 2011, at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. The …
Indian Artist Zarina Hashmi’s First Solo Show in Paris Opens at Jaeger Bucher Gallery
PARIS.- First presented as part of the inaugurated exhibition in our new space in the Marais in October 2008, Zarina Hasmi was subsequently exhibited at the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea in 2008. From 26 March to 21 May 2011, the Jaeger Bucher Galler…
French Auction House Binoche Et Giquello Insists $4 Million Maya Statue is Real
MEXICO CITY (AP).- The Mexican government argued Wednesday that a Mayan-style statue auctioned for a record $4 million (2.9 million euros) this week is a fake. Auctioneers insisted it is genuine and charged Mexico wants to quash legal sales of pre-His…
Sotheby’s to Sell Four Hundred Items from the Fabius Freres Gallery Collection
PARIS.- Sotheby’s announced today that, in partnership with the auction house PIASA, it will sell the Fabius Frères Gallery collection on the 18th and 19th October 2011 in Paris. The 400 sculptures, pieces of furniture, works of art, drawings and…