GENEVA (AP).- Sotheby’s says it will auction jewels belonging to a former American World War II spy who married into Spanish aristocracy and rubbed shoulders with world leaders and Hollywood celebrities. The auction house says the collection of necklac…
Climate Activists in Egypt Use Art to Send Message
By: Maggie Hyde, Associated Press
CAIRO (AP).- More than 200 students and environmental activists gathered Friday in the desert outside Egypt’s capital to form an image of a giant scarab visible from space to raise climate change awareness. The image …
First Solo Exhibition by Michael Patterson-Carver in London at Timothy Taylor Gallery
LONDON.- Timothy Taylor Gallery presents the first solo exhibition by the American artist Michael Patterson-Carver in London. On display in the gallery’s Viewing Room, the show will feature recent works on paper. Born in 1958, Patterson-Carver’s l…
Native American & Eskimo Works at Auction at Bonhams & Butterfields
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields, world leaders in auctions of Native American art, will present on Monday, September 13, 2010 in San Francisco its “Art and Artifacts of the Americas” auction consisting of American Indian baskets, p…
British Art Market Warns Against Proposed European Union Levy
LONDON
(REUTERS).- British auction houses fear that an EU levy on works of
art by
the likes of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, due to be introduced in
2012,
could undermine their position as world leaders in the field. The
British
…
British Art Market Warns Against European Union Levy
LONDON (REUTERS).- British auction houses fear that an EU levy on works of art by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, due to be introduced in 2012, could undermine their position as world leaders in the field. The British government has a tem…