LONDON (REUTERS).- Portraits of three different lovers of 20th century master Pablo Picasso fetched the three highest prices at a London auction at Christie’s on Tuesday, the first in a key series of art sales over the coming weeks. Top lot on the nigh…
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Appoints Liu Yang as New Head of Asian Art Department
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA), home to one of the most important Asian art collections in the nation, announced the appointment of Liu Yang, Ph.D., as the new curator of Chinese art and head of the museum’s Department o…
To Fund Scientific Research, Mystery Donor Gives University of Sydney Painting by Pablo Picasso
SYDNEY (AP).- An anonymous American donor has given a Pablo Picasso painting worth millions to the University of Sydney on the condition the school use proceeds from the painting’s sale to fund scientific research, officials said Wednesday. The 1935 pa…
University of Sydney’s Nicholson Museum Presents Classical Nudes Exposed in Photography
SYDNEY.- One hundred nude images inspired by the Classical past on display at the University of Sydney’s Nicholson Museum during January’s Sydney Festival (from January 4 to April 17 2011). Exposed: Photography and the Classical Nude is a celebration o…