LONDON.- Highlights from Sotheby’s Old Masters Week sales in January 2011 in New York will be exhibited alongside our London auctions of old master paintings, sculpture and works of art from 4-8 December. Rare paintings and drawings by iconic arti…
The National Gallery of Victoria Celebrates Work of 26 Contemporary New Zealand Artists
VICTORIA.- The National Gallery of Victoria celebrates the extraordinary work of 26 contemporary New Zealand artists in Unnerved: The New Zealand Project. This fascinating exhibition explores the rich and dark vein found in contemporary art in New Zeal…
The National Gallery of Victoria Celebrates Work of 26 Contemporary New Zealand Artists
VICTORIA.- The National Gallery of Victoria celebrates the extraordinary work of 26 contemporary New Zealand artists in Unnerved: The New Zealand Project. This fascinating exhibition explores the rich and dark vein found in contemporary art in New Zeal…
MacDougall’s Works on Paper Auction Set New World Records
LONDON.- MacDougall’s Works on Paper Auction raised over 1.1 m pounds on December 1st, setting new record prices. The top lots went several times higher than their pre-sale estimates. The cover lot 13, Nubian with a Waterpipe by Michail Zichy sold fou…
David Bomberg Drawings Acquired by Ben Uri Gallery with Help from the Art Fund
LONDON.- Three captivating drawings by acclaimed British artist David Bomberg are to go on display on Wednesday 8 December at the Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art. The three drawings are entitled The Family, Ghetto Theatre; Ghetto Theat…
David Bomberg Drawings Acquired by Ben Uri Gallery with Help from the Art Fund
LONDON.- Three captivating drawings by acclaimed British artist David Bomberg are to go on display on Wednesday 8 December at the Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art. The three drawings are entitled The Family, Ghetto Theatre; Ghetto Theat…
Great Results From Christie’s Hong Kong Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art Sale
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong Fall 2010 Sale of Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art on 29 November realised HK$56,738,250/ US$ 7,307,887, with 87% sold by lot and 98% sold by value. The top lot is the Walter Spies masterpiece Balinesishe Legen…
Electrician Stuns Art World with Trove of Picasso Works of Art; Heirs Not Convinced
PARIS (REUTERS).- Pablo Picasso was both hugely prolific and famously generous with his work, but was he enough of a free spirit to give hundreds of his early works — an invaluable collection — to his electrician? That question lies at the heart of a…
Great Results From Christie’s Hong Kong Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art Sale
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong Fall 2010 Sale of Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art on 29 November realised HK$56,738,250/ US$ 7,307,887, with 87% sold by lot and 98% sold by value. The top lot is the Walter Spies masterpiece Balinesishe Legen…
Eskenazi to Bring Chinese Treasures to New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Rare and luxurious articles made for emperors, courtiers and scholars are the focus of the fifteenth annual New York exhibition staged by London gallery Eskenazi Ltd, one of the world’s leading dealers in Asian art. Early Chinese M…