HONG KONG.- Tremendous applause broke out as the hammer came down on the last picture at Christie’s Evening Sale of Asian Contemporary Art on 28 May 2011. The Leopard by renowned Chinese contemporary artist Zeng Fanzhi (born 1964), sold for HK$36…
Coveted Art Directors Club Award Goes to Designs for Tell Halaf Exhibition
BERLIN.- The designs for the ‘Tell Halaf Adventure’, executed by the architects neo.studio, have been selected for an award by the Art Directors Club (ADC) in Germany, in the section ‘Communication in Space’. Some 7000 projects were submitted to the 20…
Solid Sales throughout the Week at TEFAF Maastricht Boost Market Confidence
MAASTRICHT.- Following a very strong start to TEFAF Maastricht, which takes place at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the city of Maastricht in the Southern Netherlands between March 18-27, 2011, sales continued throughout the f…
Specially Equipped Silver Aston Martin First Driven by Sean Connery Sells for $4.1M in London
LONDON (AP).- One of the world’s most famous James Bond cars — the specially equipped silver Aston Martin first driven by Sean Connery in “Goldfinger” — was auctioned off Wednesday in London for 2.6 million pounds ($4.1 million.) The unique …