HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Spring Sale Series 2011 will be held on 7 and 8 April, 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Leading the season is a special Evening Sale, featuring a prestig…
Sotheby’s New York Announces Sale of Indian & Southeast Asian Works of Art
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby Indian & Southeast Asian Works of Art sale on 24 March in New York will be led by a spectacular 10th century Khmer Koh Ker period Athlete from a European private collection (est. $2/3 million). Acquired by the original owner ove…
Met Museum’s New Installation Positions African Masks with Works by Contemporary Artists
NEW YORK, NY.- Highly creative re-imaginings of the iconic form of the African mask comprise a unique installation held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning March 8. Featuring 20 works of art—19 sculptures and one photograph—Reconfigur…
A "Kind of Change" Displays Recently Acquired Works of Art at Ludwig Museum
BUDAPEST- Following on the Ludwig Museum’s exhibition, New Acquisitions – Rarely Seen Works (2009), Kind of Change offers a second occasion for the museum to display recently acquired works of art. This overview exhibition can be considered a comp…
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Spring Sale Series Announced
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Spring Sale Series 2011 will be held on 7 and 8 April, 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Leading the season is a special Evening Sale, featuring a prestig…
Met Museum’s New Installation Positions African Masks with Works by Modern and Contemporary Artists
NEW YORK, NY.- Highly creative re-imaginings of the iconic form of the African mask comprise a unique installation held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning March 8. Featuring 20 works of art—19 sculptures and one photograph—Reconfigur…
Sale at Christie’s Offers Superb Chinese Works Largely Unseen for Thirty Years
NEW YORK, NY.- On March 24, Christie’s New York presents Magnificent Qing Monochrome and Earlier Works of Art from the Gordon Collection, a single-owner sale highlighted by a group of magnificent imperial monochrome-glazed porcelains from the Qing…
‘t Welvaren van Siparipabo’: Rijksmuseum Acquires Surinamese "Occasional Glass"
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum has acquired an extremely rare 18th-century glass engraved with a scene depicting the Surinamese sugar plantation Siparipabo and the text ‘t welvaren van Siparipabo’ [‘The Prosperity of Siparipabo’]. The…
Japanese Screens and Korean Ceramics Highlight Christie’s Asian Art Week
NEW YORK, NY.- On March 23, Christie’s will present Japanese and Korean Art, which will include over 300 traditional and modern works of art. The Japanese section of the sale will feature a noteworthy group of classical screens of beauty, and the …
Rare Works of Art from the 1950s to the Present Go on View at Luxembourg & Dayan
NEW YORK, NY.- On March 3, 2011 Luxembourg & Dayan gallery unveiled the exhibition Unpainted Paintings, an international survey of more than two dozen extraordinary works of abstract art from the 1950s to the present that together reveal a continuous, …