| | Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale Brings $170.5 Million in New York
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An employee poses with artist Pablo Picasso's "Femme Lisant (Deux Personnages)" at Sotheby's. The piece was expected to reach up to $ 35 million. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
NEW YORK, NY.- Tonight’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale at Sotheby’s New York achieved $170,478,000, within the overall pre-sale estimate ($158.9/229.7 million). The auction was 74.6% sold by lot, and saw a total of 37 works sell for over $1 million. Pablo Picasso’s Femmes lisant (Deux personnages) was the top lot of the night, achieving $21,362,500, and auction records were established for the Surrealist artist Paul Delvaux and for a sculpture by Paul Gauguin. “This evening’s sale saw solid bidding activity from around the world, both in the room and on the phones,” said Simon Shaw, Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Department in New York. “Pablo Picasso was our dominant artist tonight. We sold a fabulous selection of eight works spanning his career which was led by our cover lot, an exceptional image of Marie-Thérèse Walter and her sister reading that sold for more ... More |
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Sotheby's Presents Its Spring London Sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
An extremely important and rare "Guanyao" Hu-shaped vase, souther dynasty, 12th century. Estimate: £2,500,000-£3,000,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s presents the first of its 2011 London Sales of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. The auction will feature 343 lots and will take place in London on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011. Every item in the sale has been meticulously selected as an iconic example of its genre and in total the auction is expected to realise in excess of £11 million. The highlight of the auction is an important and rare 12th century ‘Ice Crackle Guan’ vase of the Southern Song Dynasty. The vase, which was originally created for the Imperial Chinese court, formed part of the collection of Mr and Mrs Alfred Clark, who rank among the greatest English collectors of Chinese ceramics of the early 20th century. This is the first example of the archetypal ‘Guan’ style, from the official kilns of Hangzhou to appear at auction and it is estimated at £2,500,000-£3,000,000. The Song dynasty (960-1279) was the class ... More | | The Villa Schoningen Presents a Selection of Early Works by Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol, Ohne Titel 1957. Stiftung Sammlung Marx. Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin© 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
BERLIN.- In collaboration with the Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur e.V. Bonn (Foundation for Art and Culture, Bonn), the Villa Schöningen presents in its spring exhibition a selection of early works by Andy Warhol. On view from May 3 to July 24, 2011, are drawings, collages and serigraphs from both the Marx Collection and from private collectors. The curators Aeneas and Heiner Bastian have brought together works dating largely from the 1950s, which are augmented by such famous motifs as "Campbell’s Soup Cans" or the "Cows". After having completed his studies at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the young Warhol spent the early 1950s in various New York studios where he initially forged a career as a commercial artist. By the middle of the decade he had become one of the most ... More | | Hollywood, Fashion Elite Recall Alexander McQueen at Metropolitan's Gala
Actress Kate Hudson arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala. AP Photos/Evan Agostini.
By: Alicia Rancilio, Associated Press
NEW YORK, NY (AP) .- A who's who of Hollywood and fashion elite hit the red carpet to celebrate the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala Benefit. The theme for Monday night's event was "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" to coincide with an elaborate new museum exhibition that highlights the work of the late designer, who committed suicide in February 2010 at age 40. "I miss him terribly, not only as a person but as a designer," said a visibly emotional Madonna, who was wearing an icy blue gown by Stella McCartney. "I think the fashion business is a little bit dull without him and I loved his provocative punk rock attitude. I think his designs were brilliant. I think he was brilliant. And I hope he's having fun wherever he is right now," she said. ... More |
 | Collection of Hard Rock Cafe Memorabilia to Tour the United States in Big Rig Truck
Ray Charles' Braille Playboy magazine. Photo: Courtesy Hard Rock International.
By: Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, FL (REUTERS).- An over-stuffed garment rack in a warehouse on the outskirts of Orlando holds some of the world's most precious second-hand clothing. The frothy white wedding dress worn by Madonna in her music video "Like a Virgin" hangs at one end, while crammed in the middle is Michael Jackson's red leather jacket from the music video "Beat It." The clothes, along with Justin Bieber's skateboard and Ray Charles' Braille Playboy magazine, are among 40 pieces of rock memorabilia that will go on tour in the United States beginning on May 18 to celebrate the Hard Rock Cafe's 40th anniversary. "If an artist gives us memorabilia, they assume we're going to take care of it and we're never going to sell it. We have a responsibility," said John Galloway, Hard Rock's chief marketing officer. Ever since Eric Clapton donated a red Fender guitar in 1979 ... More | | Major Works by Renoir and Lievens Bought by Visitor to TEFAF Maastricht 2011
Femme cueillant des Fleurs by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c1874, oil on canvas, 65.5 x 54.4 cm.
HELVOIRT.- Two important paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Jan Lievens exhibited at this year’s TEFAF Maastricht have been sold to private collectors who visited the world’s most influential art and antiques fair. The 2011 edition of The European Fine Art Fair was held in the city of Maastricht in the southern Netherlands from 18-27 March. A total of 260 of the world’s best art and antiques dealers exhibited at the Fair, which attracted more than 73,000 visitors from 55 countries. Femme cueillant des Fleurs (Woman picking flowers), a major work by Renoir from the pioneering early days of Impressionism has been bought by a European collector who viewed it at the Fair. It was exhibited at TEFAF by the London-based international dealer Dickinson with an asking price of US$15 million. The Renoir was offered for sale through Dickinson by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts ... More | | More than 1,000 Year-Old Archaeological Pieces from Palenque Studied and Restored
The Mask of the Red Queen. Photo: DMC INAH. M. TAPIA.
MEXICO CITY.- Archaeological pieces created more than 1000 years ago, found at the ancient city of Palenque, Chiapas, such as the tableau of the Temple of the Cross (Templo de la Cruz), the mask of the Red Queen (Reina Roja) and a group of figurines that represent members of the Palenque dynasty, have been restored or studied parting from their display at the exhibition Six Ancient Cities of Mesoamerica at the National Museum of Anthropology, already visited by 33,400 persons. Laura Filloy, curator of the hall dedicated to Palenque at the exhibit that will be open until June 2011, commented that this show has represented an opportunity of enhancing the value of artwork from Palenque that is part of the collection of the museums of Anthropology (MNA) and Palenque Site Museum, as well as the Community Museum at Emiliano Zapata, Tabasco. The restorer remarked the case of the Temple of the Cross tableau, on display since 1964 in the Maya Hall of the MNA: the piece is integrated b ... More |
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Big Demand, 2,800 Requests per Second, for Osama bin Laden News Crashes Newseum's Website
Bryan Byrd, 22, of Washington, left, looks at a display of newspaper front pages at the Newseum. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin.
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- When big news breaks, newspapers are a hot commodity despite the immediacy of online news. The website for the Newseum, a museum in Washington devoted to journalism, crashed Monday as thousands of people looked to see how newspapers around the world handled coverage of Osama bin Laden's death. The website posts digital replicas of front pages of hundreds of newspapers every day. Paul Sparrow, senior vice president of broadcasting at the Newseum, said the museum often sees demand for newspaper front pages spike when there are big stories in sports, entertainment or politics. The site was processing more than 2,800 requests per second when it crashed, he said. Traffic started to peak at 3 a.m. Eastern time when ... More | | The Pace Gallery Presents Willem de Kooning: The Figure: Movement and Gesture
Willem de Kooning, Woman, c. 1969, oil on canvas, 60" x 48". Private collection. © 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Kerry Ryan McFate / Courtesy The Pace Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Pace Gallery presents Willem de Kooning: The Figure: Movement and Gesture, on view through July 29, 2011. This is the first exhibition at Pace devoted to the artist since the gallery announced exclusive representation of the estate last fall. Willem de Kooning: The Figure: Movement and Gesture features nearly forty paintings, drawings, and sculptures from the late 60s through the late 70s, including a number of private loans and rarely seen paintings. A catalogue with an essay written by art historian Richard Shiff is accompanying the exhibition. From the late 60s to the late 70s de Kooning explored the figure with new gestural liquidity, merging the figure into landscape and working in sculpture for the first time. The Figure: Movement and Gesture focuses on the movement of trans- ... More | | Historic Conservation Project by World Monuments Fund Begins in Eastern Turkey
Ani Cathedral south facade.
ISTANBUL.- Bonnie Burnham, President of World Monuments Fund (WMF), today announced that WMF and the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism have embarked on a historic partnership to conserve the Ani Cathedral and the Church of the Holy Savior, in Ani, a medieval city in northeastern Turkey. Once the site of hundreds of religious buildings, palaces, fortifications, and other structures, Ani was, in the tenth century, one of the world's great cities. Today, however, it stands abandoned, and its celebrated historic buildings are in a precarious state. Support for these conservation projects has been provided by the U.S. Department of State's Ambassadors Fund, the Turkish General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums, and World Monuments Fund. Ertuğrul Günay, Minister of Culture and Tourism in Turkey, has stated about the project: "This partnership with World Monuments Fund is a milestone in Turkey's efforts to conserve ... More |
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After Fourteen Years as Director of Laguna Art Museum, Bolton Colburn Steps Down
Colburn assumed the position as Director at a critical time for the Museum. Photo: Ralph Palumbo, courtesy of Laguna Art Museum.
LAGUNA BEACH, CA.- The Board of Trustees of Laguna Art Museum announced today that Bolton Colburn, Director of Laguna Art Museum, has decided to resign, effective May 13, 2011. "I love Laguna Art Museum, its mission, and the community, but it is time for someone else to take the lead and for me to pursue other opportunities in the art world. I wish the Museum every good fortune and prosperity," said Colburn. During the transition, Robert Hayden III, Board President, will work with the staff and department heads to ensure a smooth transition. Robert Hayden is the Chief Financial Officer of Industrial Metal Finishing, an Orange County based company. The Board of Trustees has formed an executive search committee to assist in finding Colburn’s successor. In his letter, Colburn said, “This was not an easy decision to make because serving the Museum and its Board of Trustees has ... More | | U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.com to Digitize Vast Archive for Web
Sol Finkelstein, 85 of Vineland, N.J., and his son, Joseph Finkelstein of Bala Cynwyd, Pa. They are holding the first photograph Sol Finkelstein has seen of his father.AP Photo/Miriam Lomaskin, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- Joseph Finkelstein had never seen a photograph of his grandfather. The family had no idea when he died or where he was buried. Finkelstein's father last saw him on April 28, 1945, when they were separated at Mathaussen Concentration Camp in Austria. For decades Finkelstein's father, who's now 85, had carried an enormous load of guilt because they got split up. It took years of poring over microfilm and original documents for them to begin to find answers, but a Washington museum is hoping to use the Internet to make the process go faster for other families. Persistent research at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum — and even a trip to Poland and Austria — helped the family learn in the last two years that Jakob ... More | | Clyfford Still Museum to Reintroduce the Public to His Work Starting November 2011
The museum will house 94% of the artist’s total creative output.
DENVER, CO.- The Clyfford Still Museum announced today that it will open its doors on November 18, 2011. The museum, which will house 94% of the artist’s total creative output, the majority of which has never been on display, will reintroduce the public to the life and work of Clyfford Still, one of America’s most significant yet least understood artists. No previous exhibitions of the artist’s work have been able to present the full trajectory of Still’s 60-year career, including his rarely seen figurative works from the 1930s, paintings from the 1960s and 1970s created after Still’s retreat from the commercial art world, and the hundreds of works on paper that the artist created, often on a near-daily basis. The museum’s collection of approximately 2,400 paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures will provide an unprecedented opportunity to reflect on the full scope of Still’s ... More |
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 Indianapolis Museum of Art Receives a $1.5 Million Gift to Endow Senior Conservation Scientist PositionINDIANAPOLIS, IN.- A $1.5 million gift from the estate of Otto N. “Nick” Frenzel III has fulfilled a challenge grant to endow the Indianapolis Museum of Art senior conservation scientist position for the Museum’s Conservation Science Laboratory. The position, held by Dr. Gregory Dale Smith, was established through a $1.75 million Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant in 2008 which required a match of $1.5 million within three years. The $1.5 million match is part of a $1.8 million gift from Mr. Frenzel’s estate. “Thanks to the generous support from Otto Frenzel III, the IMA Conservation Science Laboratory is well positioned for success in its inaugural operating year and many to come,” said Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the IMA. Frenzel (1930-2010) was a longtime Indianapolis philanthropist and former IMA trustee. His son, Otto Frenzel IV, is a current IMA trustee. ... More Christie's Hong Kong Announces Magnificent Jewels Spring Sale HONG KONG.- Christie’s, the world’s leading auction house for the sale of extraordinary jewels will present its spring sale of magnificent jewels on 31 May at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. With a pre-sale estimate exceeding HK$550 million/US$70 million, this auction will offer collectors close to 300 pieces of rare diamonds, fine coloured gemstones and exceptional jadeite. Leading the sale is The Imperial Cushions, a pair of spectacular ear-pendants featuring the world’s rarest diamonds from the legendary Golconda mines. This season’s spotlight falls on a pair of D Potentially Flawless Golconda Type IIa diamonds ear-pendants – The Imperial Cushions, with an estimate of HK$55 million – 75 million/US$7 million – 9 million (Lot 3296). The occurrence of such a pair of Golconda gemstones, with a limpidity that is particular to the world’s finest Type IIa diamonds, is a natur ... More Buy Your Own Piece of James Bond at Bonhams Aston Martin SaleLONDON.- Have you always fancied yourself as Daniel Craig or Sean Connery? Well to help you get into the role look no further than Bonhams next Aston Martin auction on 21st May 2011 at Aston Martin in Newport Pagnell. As well as identical replica’s of two of Bonds most iconic Aston Martins, from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Living Daylights, a whole host of Bond automobilia offers a more affordable option to help you get into the role. Two Bond cars, Lots 317 and 330, are to feature in the 12th annual Bonhams auction of Aston Martin and Lagonda Motor Cars and Related Automobilia – the only auction in the world solely dedicated to this iconic marque. The project of replicating the two Bond cars was entrusted to the Works Service in 2008. The DBS that was used in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is the car that Bond’s wife Tracey is killed in, only a few hours after their marriage. The replica i ... More Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Winners At 2011 Annual Meeting Celebration CHARLESTON, SC.- On Monday, May 2, the Gibbes Museum of Art announced the winners of the 2011 Factor Prize for Southern Art, the 2011 Mary Whyte Art Educator Award, and the 2011 Philanthropy Award at the museum’s Annual Meeting Celebration. Sculptor Patrick Dougherty was recognized as the winner of the 2011 Factor Prize for Southern Art and he will be receiving the $10,000 cash prize that accompanies the award. The Factor Prize acknowledges an artist whose work demonstrates the highest level of artistic achievement in any media while contributing to a new understanding of art in the South. A native and current resident of North Carolina, Dougherty is a sculptor who works with twigs and branches to create site-specific installations. Woven together and held in place by tension, Dougherty’s sculptures have a whimsical quality, inspired by his experiences as a child. He has exhibited throughout the world, includin ... More The Malcolm S. Forbes Collection Highlights 'The Gentleman Collector' Event at Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX.- Selections from the extraordinary collection of the late Malcolm S. Forbes, lovingly displayed in the Forbes Galleries in New York for more than a quarter century, will be offered in a href="http://www.ha.com" target="_blank">Heritage Auctions' "The Gentleman Collector" auction, in Dallas, on June 1. "The Forbes 'Mortality of Immortality' assortment of more than 100 extraordinary objects form the core of 'The Gentleman Collector' auction," said Nick Dawes, Vice President of Special Collections at Heritage, "The balance of the auction comprises a selection of walking canes from two private California collections, a private European collection of French boxes from the Louis XVI and Empire periods, ocean liner memorabilia from a private East Coast collection, a fine collection of vintage motoring mascots, a large private collection of historic golfing memorabilia and selected gentleman's luxury accessorie ... More Final Results for Auctions America by RM's Debut in CarlisleAUBURN, IN.- Auctions America by RM hosted its first collector car auction in Carlisle, PA this past weekend as part of its recent strategic alliance with Carlisle Events. The three-day sale took place at the Carlisle Expo Center during the annual ‘Spring Carlisle’ weekend event, producing a 58 percent sell-through rate for a total of over $2.7 million** in sales. The 272 motor cars which crossed the block represented almost every decade of automobile production, ranging from pre-war classics to late model sports cars. “We’re pleased with the results of the Spring Carlisle sale and it was a great way to officially launch our partnership with Carlisle Events,” said Donnie Gould, President, Auctions America by RM. “It was a real pleasure to work with Auctions America by RM at Spring Carlisle,” noted Carlisle Events partner Bill Miller III. “With Auctions America by RM, we saw our ... More Phillips de Pury & Company Announces the Highlight From It's May London Photographs AuctionLONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company announces the highlights of the forthcoming London Photographs sale on Thursday May 19, 2011. The London photographs department, a leader in the European market, will offer a full range of exciting works from diverse genres and movements integral to 20th and 21st century photography. “The May 19th London Photographs auction builds on our recent successes by including quality material by value and aesthetic that is on the cutting edge of what is most desirable in today’s worldwide photographs market.” Vanessa Kramer, Worldwide Director, Photographs. “I am ecstatic about offering such a diverse and appealing section of photography, the sale fully embraces and pays homage to all genres and mediums, offering a vibrant composite of great iconic works and exciting contemporary artists. If you are looking for a known fashion image the sale will appeal, if you are looking ... More |
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