LONDON (REUTERS).- The auction record for a work by British artist Stanley Spencer fell twice in one sale at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, while a Lucian Freud picture on paper also set a new high. Seven works by Spencer, described by the auctioneer as one …
Francis Bacon Drawing Foundation Shows Seven Works on Paper by Francis Bacon
VENICE.- The exhibition ‘FBACON7’ shows 7 works on paper by Francis Bacon. It concerns 6 colored and a monochromatic drawing of the Italian collection. As experts know and have widely recognized, Francis Bacon produced no small number of draw…
New Works by Brian Jungen Go on View in the AGO’s Henry Moore Sculpture Centre
TORONTO.- Canadian artist Brian Jungen, internationally renowned for creating artwork that repurposes objects from contemporary culture to reflect aboriginal symbols and traditions, exhibits new work at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) this spring. Pre…
Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht Shows Modern Masterpieces from the Liege Collections
Maastricht, NL – Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht presents Wintertuin / Wintergarden a selection of modern masterpieces from the Liège collections on view through 19 June 2011. In Wintertuin, the Bonnefantenmuseum is presenting forty classic master…
Taxing Visions: Financial Episodes in Late 19th-Century American Art Opens at the Huntington
SAN MARINO, CA.- Taxes, rent, economic depression, and financial inequity are the subject matter of the 27 visually provocative paintings and seven works on paper assembled for “Taxing Visions: Financial Episodes in Late Nineteenth-Century America…
Sotheby’s London Sees Strong Prices for Spanish, Scandinavian, Orientalist and Greek Art
LONDON.- Sotheby’s sale of 19th Century European Paintings in London today (which included works by Spanish, Orientalist, German, Austrian, Scandinavian and Symbolist artists) brought a total of £11,166,050 (€13,168,101), a figure comfortabl…
Sotheby’s London Sees Strong Prices for Spanish, Scandinavian, Orientalist and Greek Art
LONDON.- Sotheby’s sale of 19th Century European Paintings in London today (which included works by Spanish, Orientalist, German, Austrian, Scandinavian and Symbolist artists) brought a total of £11,166,050 (€13,168,101), a figure comfortabl…