LONDON (REUTERS).- Christie’s claimed a new auction record for Russian artist Ilya Repin on Monday when his 1875 canvas “A Parisian Cafe” fetched 4.5 million pounds at the start of Russian art week in London. The large-scale canvas, depicting a bustlin…
Christie’s Sets Ilya Repin Record at the Russian Art Week Sales in London
LONDON – Christie’s claimed a new auction record for Russian artist Ilya Repin on Monday when his 1875 canvas “A Parisian Cafe” fetched 4.5 million pounds ($7.4 million USD) at the start of Russian art week in London. The large-scale canvas, depic…
Christie’s Sets Ilya Repin Record at the Start of Russian Art Week Sales in London
LONDON (REUTERS).- Christie’s claimed a new auction record for Russian artist Ilya Repin on Monday when his 1875 canvas “A Parisian Cafe” fetched 4.5 million pounds at the start of Russian art week in London. The large-scale canvas, depicting a bustlin…
Russian Artist Anatoly Pastyrev Spends a Small Fortune to Pay Tribute to Queen
KRASNOYARSK, RUSSIA (REUTERS).- A Russian artist in Siberia has spent a small personal fortune on over a thousand pearls for a religious painting he has made for the Queen. Clad in embroidered robes, Adam and Eve sit in thrones on a suspended Garden of…
Benrimon Contemporary Presents "Last One" by Russian Artist Dimitri Kozyrev
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Benrimon Contemporary presents Last One, Dimitri Kozyrev’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition is on view from March 10 and runs until April 1, 2011. “Now, however, I maintain that just as the concept of the…
Benrimon Contemporary Presents "Last One" by Russian Artist Dimitri Kozyrev
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Benrimon Contemporary presents Last One, Dimitri Kozyrev’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition is on view from March 10 and runs until April 1, 2011. “Now, however, I maintain that just as the concept of the…
Victims’ Concerns put London 9/11 Sculpture on Hold
LONDON (REUTERS).- Plans to erect a sculpture in a London park using girders salvaged from New York’s World Trade Center, which was destroyed in attacks on September 11, 2001, have been put on hold after victims’ families complained. The memorial, desi…
Carnegie Museum of Art Unveils the Visionary and Rarely Seen Art by Andrey Avinoff
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art presents an exhibition that unveils the visionary and rarely seen art of the brilliant and multitalented Andrey Avinoff (1884–1949). The exhibition, on view from February 26–July 24, 2011, features more…
Carnegie Museum of Art Unveils the Visionary and Rarely Seen Art by Andrey Avinoff
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art presents an exhibition that unveils the visionary and rarely seen art of the brilliant and multitalented Andrey Avinoff (1884–1949). The exhibition, on view from February 26–July 24, 2011, features more…
Unseen Photographs by Russian Artist Alexander Rodchenko to be Unveiled at Art Sensus
LONDON.- Previously unseen photographs by Russian artist Alexander Rodchenko, held in private hands until now, will be unveiled at newly branded Art Sensus on 21 January, as part of the first comprehensive gallery exhibition devoted to the artist’…