Pittsburgh, PA.- The Carnegie Museum of Art is pleased to present “Architectural Explorations” a selection of drawings, models, photographs, rare books, games, and other material made between the 1780s and the present. taken from the Heinz Architectu…
Yale Center Premieres Companion Exhibition to Online Catalogue
NEW HAVEN, CT.- To mark the launch of the Center’s online catalogue, Connections is a companion exhibition that replicates the experience of searching across the Center’s extraordinary collections. With more than two hundred paintings, sculpt…
The Yale Centre for British Art Goes On-line With a Major Assciated Exhibition
New Haven, CT.- Earlier this year, the Yale Center for British Art, which houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside of the United Kingdom, made its extraordinary holdings available through a new online catalogu…
Saffronart’s 24-Hour ‘Words & Lines’ Auction Successfully Expands Online Platform
MUMBAI.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, concluded its second thematic 24-Hour Online Auction with sales totaling Rs 1.06 crore (USD 245,296). At this online-only auction, 83% of the 90 lots on offer were sold, with …
Civil Rights Museum Opens in Great Barrington
GREAT BARRINGTON, MASS (AP).- A museum focusing on early civil rights history in Western Massachusetts has opened. The W.E.B. Du Bois Center in Great Barrington recently unveiled the Museum of Civil Rights Pioneers and will feature items related to the…
Rare Books, Maps, Americana and Autographs to Be Auctioned at Doyle New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Doyle New York will hold an auction of Rare Books, Maps and Autographs on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 10am. The sale will offer property in a variety of categories, including Americana, manuscripts, inscribed first editions, color plate…
Record for Any Paul Gauguin Print Sold at Auction Established Today at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- This morning at Sotheby’s in London , ten prints by Paul Gauguin from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger, sold for £1.54 million ($2.47 million), almost four times the pre-sale low estimate for the group. A new auction record for a prin…
Record for Any Paul Gauguin Print Sold at Auction Established Today at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- This morning at Sotheby’s in London , ten prints by Paul Gauguin from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger, sold for £1.54 million ($2.47 million), almost four times the pre-sale low estimate for the group. A new auction record for a prin…
Magnificent Illuminated Manuscript to Headline First New York Rare Books Event
NEW YORK, N.Y.- A superlative illuminated manuscript, the “Astor-Aubery de Frawenberg” Book of Hours, France, circa 1500-1520, expected to bring $325,000+, is the undisputed anchor of Heritage Auctions inaugural Signature(r) Rare Books Auction in Manha…
New Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Work at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
BUFFALO, NY.- A new exhibition of modern and contemporary work rooted in the exploration, observation, and construction of the landscape opened at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Friday, February 18, 2011. Curator Heather Pesanti’s multi-layered…