LONDON.- On 6th July 2011, Sotheby’s London Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale will offer a selection of newly discovered and important works of exceptional quality and rarity, many of which have remained in private collections for deca…
Sotheby’s to Sell One of the Greatest Venetian View Paintings Ever Executed
LONDON.- On July 6, 2011, Sotheby’s London will sell one of the greatest masterpieces of Venetian view painting ever executed. Estimated in the region of £20 million* (US$30 million), Francesco Guardi’s Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge, L…
Sotheby’s London to Sell One of the Greatest Venetian View Paintings Ever Executed
LONDON.- On July 6, 2011, Sotheby’s London will sell one of the greatest masterpieces of Venetian view painting ever executed. Estimated in the region of £20 million* (US$30 million), Francesco Guardi’s Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge, L…
Venetian and Flemish Masters from the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp on View in Brussels
BRUSSELS.- Following their initial collaboration in 2009, which focused on the collection of the House of Savoy, the museums of Flanders and of northern Italy are once again putting their respective schools of painting into perspective with a stunning …
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Shows Stanley Kubrick, the Photographer
VENICE.- Love of the paradoxical, of the oxymoron, of the ambiguous, is a key to the work of one of the twentieth century’s greatest filmmakers: Stanley Kubrick. While his films are known and appreciated by millions, few were aware until now that Kubri…
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Shows Stanley Kubrick, the Photographer
VENICE.- Love of the paradoxical, of the oxymoron, of the ambiguous, is a key to the work of one of the twentieth century’s greatest filmmakers: Stanley Kubrick. While his films are known and appreciated by millions, few were aware until now that Kubri…
MIA Adds Prized Objects to its Sculpture and Decorative Arts Collection
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA), one of the nation’s leading art museums, is undertaking a thoughtful and purposeful expansion of its sculpture and decorative arts collection. Over the past few months, the museum has acqu…