VIENNA (AP).- A man turning dirt in his back yard stumbled onto buried treasure — hundreds of pieces of centuries-old jewelry and other precious objects that Austrian authorities described Friday as a fairy-tale find. Austria’s department in char…
Spain’s Police Publish Catalog of Stolen Art
MADRID (AP).- Spanish police have published a catalog of high value stolen art and precious objects in the hope of reuniting them with their rightful owners. Among items retrieved during raids are works by Pablo Picasso, sculpture, rare archaeological…
Gagosian Gallery Paris Presents an Exhibition of Unique Precious Objects by Victoire de Castellane
PARIS.- Gagosian Gallery Paris presents an exhibition of unique precious objects by Victoire de Castellane. The exhibition is on view from March 2 through 22, 2011. I start with a story, a world, never with the material. I find my stories in everything…
Gagosian Gallery Paris Presents an Exhibition of Unique Precious Objects by Victoire de Castellane
PARIS.- Gagosian Gallery Paris presents an exhibition of unique precious objects by Victoire de Castellane. The exhibition is on view from March 2 through 22, 2011. I start with a story, a world, never with the material. I find my stories in everything…
First Major Exhibition in the UK of the Korean Artist Meekyoung Shin at Haunch of Venison
LONDON.- Haunch of Venison London presents the first major exhibition in the UK of the Korean artist Meekyoung Shin (b.1967) in February 2011. The exhibition will include a number of significant installations from Shin’s ongoing ‘Translation’ project, …
Cooper-Hewitt Museum Presents "Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels"
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum presents “Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels”. The exhibition examines the renowned jewelry firm’s significant historical contributions to jewelry design an…
Jewels & Objects Formerly in the Collection of The Duchess of Windsor Sell for Double-Estimate
LONDON.- Tonight at Sotheby’s, a group of 20 exceptional jewels and precious objects formerly in the collection of The Duchess of Windsor were presented for sale, some 23 years after they were last auctioned in the legendary auction of “The J…