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News archive by 2001
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| John Drawbridge - Wide Open Interior Pass through the Beehive, Radio New Zealand House, or the National Library, and you can't help but notice John Drawbridge's imposing public murals. Indeed, this Wellington-based artist has p... |
| The Frame in America: 1860-1960 This exhibition presents a comprehensive survey of the most prolific and creative period in American picture frame design. The Frame in America: 1860-1960 examines the development of American picture ... |
| American Impressionists Abroad and at Home: Paintings from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) presents from December 7, 2001 through March 3, 2002 American Impressionists Abroad and at Home: Paintings from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a rich... |
| Harry Potter Art For Auction At Christie's LONDON.- Original artwork from the second Harry Potter book, the Chamber of Secrets, went under the hammer in an auction at Christie's on Thursday. The watercolors by artist Cliff Wright were exp... |
| Rodin's Kiss Inspired By Love Affair CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA.- Passion in Rodin's famous sculpture "The Kiss" can be traced to an unhappy love affair. Arguably the greatest sensual work in the history of art, the sculpture mad... |
| Auction Houses Are Set Back by Price-Fixing Conviction When Sotheby's and Christie's first conspired in the mid-1990's to fix the commission rates charged to sellers at their auctions, they were reacting, at least in part, to a desperate fi... |
| Granada Celebrates Cano's 4th Centennial Granada will celebrate the fourth centennial of Spanish artist Alonso Cano with a great exhibition at the Royal Hospital between December 14 and March 19. The exhibition was organized by the AndalucÎa... |
| Important Clocks, Marine Chronometers & Barometers Including Renaissance Clocks from the Richard & Erna Flagg Collection Late 19th century highly decorative French carriage clocks, many with porcelain or enamel panels, and an interesting collection of Japanese clocks offer a varied range of choices for collectors. The ... |
| The William Bonardo Collection of Wax Anatomical Models models of the cranial nerves and the eye, and an extraordinary life-size figure of a man with opened abdomen and thorax, showing muscles, nerves and organs; the piece is signed by the German wax model... |
| A New Look At The Birth of Modern London Over three thousand objects, many previously unseen, will be at the center of the Museum of London's new WORLD CITY GALLERIES, opening 7 December 2001. Tracing the phenomenal changes that took pl... |
| Fine European Furniture, Works of Art & Silver including the Collections of Roger Imbert & General Edouard Bares The first session of this sale will include the Collection of General Edouard Bares, one of the founders of military aviation. Born in the region of Toulouse, the general collecte... |
| Tatiana Zhurkov: Objects Tatyana Zhurkov's sculpture will be exhibited at the Stroganov Palace from 17 January to 11 March 2002. The palace is affiliated with the State Russian Museum, which holds the definitive collecti... |
| Poussin to Picasso It was in the age of the Sun King, Louis XIV, that high French art was invented. From the 17th century, when Poussin painted his mythological and historical landscapes, to the period before the first ... |
| Gallery deal sparks funding bid Federal Liberal Party Treasurer Ron Walker is lobbying the Government for ongoing funding for the National Gallery of Victoria, arguing that the National Gallery of Australia receives a "dispropo... |
| New German law is bad news for victims of Nazi looting Parliament passed what is probably the biggest reform of the German Civil Code in its 100-year-old history, the bill to “modernise the Law of Obligations”. This includes a firming up of the statute of... |
| Drawings at museum part of custody dispute Two museums in Eastern Europe want back a collection of Albrecht Durer drawings now owned by other museums around the world, including the Cleveland Museum of Art. But an official from the U.S. De... |
| A Stodgy Museum Spruces Up The Victoria and Albert Museum can rightly boast one of the world's greatest collections of applied and decorative arts, one that mirrors the ingenuity of Britain's designers and artisans an... |
| The Estelle Doheny Collection from St. Mary's of the Barrens, Perryville, Missouri The exciting find of a rare book collection made by Christie's specialists in a small town in Southern Missouri offers collectors a treasure trove containing a wide variety of areas, including me... |
| Art fair Art Basel Will Be Held June 12-17 Art Basel, the international art show, is being held in the city of Basel (Switzerland) for the 33rd time from June 12 to 17, 2002. Just as last year, a record number of around 900 galleries from ever... |
| In Memoriam: Yury A. Rusakov (1926-1995) The exhibition celebrating the memory of Yury A. Rusakov is organized in connection with the 75th anniversary of this distinguished scholar's birthdate. The exhibit includes books, catalogues, pr... |
| Grisha Bruskin: 'Life is Everywhere' A Russian-born artist now living in the United States, Grisha Bruskin unveils his latest project - porcelain dishes and sculptures incorporating the traditions of post-revolutionary and post-war china... |
| "World Views" - New Museum of Contemporary Art The Open Studio Exhibition just opened at the New Museum of Contemporary Art and will be on view through January 13, 2002. LMCC and the New Museum of Contemporary Art present works by the current Worl... |
| "Picasso: Cubism to Classicism" in Baltimore The Baltimore Museum of Art presents "Picasso: Cubism to Classicism", on view through February 3, 2002. The last in a series of focus exhibitions of works by Pablo Picasso in The Cone Collec... |
| EItalian Ceramics of the 16th and 17th Centuries The representative exhibition opened on 10 November, 2001, in Imola, a large industrial center of Italy, was organized jointly with the Museum of Ceramics in Faenza. The exhibition's curator is t... |
| The Charles-Otto Zieseniss Collection: Furniture, Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Bronzes & French Porcelain Here is an exquisite collection worthy to herald a historic beginning at Christie's. Mr. Zieseniss who set out to build the largest collection of Sevres plates in private hands, focuse... |
| Paintings Too Perfect? The Great Optics Debate t started personal and it stayed personal. Three years ago the artist David Hockney realized that he could not draw like Ingres. Worse yet, he thought that Andy Warhol could. Warhol's drawings we... |
| MOCA Los Angeles Presents "Liz Larner" The exhibition Liz Larner just opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art, and remains on view until March 10, 2002. The first museum survey of the work of Los Angeles-based sculptor Liz Larner, this ex... |
| Alte Nationalgalerie Reopens After Renovation BERLIN, GERMANY.- The old National Gallery of Berlin (Alte Nationalgalerie), an architectonic jewel with its classical style, reopened its doors on Sunday after three years of renovation works, which ... |
| $14 Million Worth Of Art Sold In Australia MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.- More than $14 million worth of fine art was sold at three big auctions in Melbourne this week. This includes an extraordinary bid of $120,000 for a photograph by Tracey Moffatt ... |
| Indomitable Spirit - Paintings of Faith, Hope and Remembrance by Christina Saj The Galleries at the Interchurch Center are pleased to present the paintings of Christina Saj which will fill both the Corridor and Treasure Room Galleries for the month of December. These works celeb... |
| London sales EVEN in these times of economic uncertainty, supply is a greater problem than demand for the art market, as last week's auctions of British pictures in London clearly illustrated. Christie's... |
| Abstract Art in Russia: The Twentieth Century The exhibition shows more than two hundred paintings and sculptures from the collection of the Russian Museum. The most important works on display are the revolutionary abstractions painted by Wassily... |
| Quiet but Very Much Alive THERE'S absolutely nothing still about a good still-life painting. And because a high number of the 90 works in "Impressionist Still Life" at the Phillips Collection here are exceptiona... |
| Sun-Dappled Innocence, Lustrous Sophistication Imogen Cunningham once described her mother, a quietly devoted wife and parent, as a woman who "never expressed an opinion of any kind." Cunningham, a live wire until shortly before her deat... |
| Mark Innerst Like handmade furniture or a carefully sewn quilt, a painting by Mark Innerst typically has a heavily crafted quality. Layer upon layer of acrylic on board combines to yield a sleek, hard, polished su... |
| Robert Adrian X Collaging is a non-linear process. We build something new every day without gaining anything new. Its a new way of thinking that we have learned. - Robert Adrian X made this way of thinking his manner... |
| Tahitian painted by Reynolds smashes world record The first major British Painting sales following 11 September showed a highly discerning market. There was enormous enthusiasm for a very few top quality works with good provenance but little interest... |
| National man for British Museum The head of the National Gallery, Neil MacGregor, has been appointed the new director of the British Museum. He will take up the appointment next August when the current director, Robert Anderson, s... |
| Antiquities The centerpiece of the sale is a spectacular group of nearly 90 works of ancient Egyptian art assembled by Belgian collector Plaisant Jozef Nestor highlighted by two royal sculptures and objects of fu... |
| Important 20th Century Decorative Arts A private collection of remarkable American Arts & Crafts furniture and art pottery puts the spotlight on the designs by Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries, and competes with a stellar group of... |
| "The Falconet at SÉvres" at Ceramics Museum The National Museum of Ceramics presents "The Falconet at SÉvres 1757-1766 or The art of pleasing", on view through February 4, 2002. Like his contemporaries Coustou and Pigalle, Etienne Fal... |
| Portraiture in Russia. XX Century One of the leading phenomena in Russian culture in the past hundred years, twentieth-century portraiture is represented at this monographic exhibition by some three hundred works of painting and sculp... |
| The World Through the Eyes of Stas Namin This is the first-ever exhibition of photography in St Petersburg by Stas Namin, a leading Russian rock-star and producer. The artist has been interested in photography ever since his childhood. In... |
| Marble Palace The exhibition comprises painterly work and sculpture of 1981-2000 introducing the Russian public into the creative art of one of the most prominent German artists of our time. The art of Jorg Im... |
| The Perfect Setting: Decorative Arts for the Table A special auction at Sothebys. Entertaining in the 21st century reflects our multicultural histories and tastes, woven into an exquisite array of colors and patterns, creative and artistic ideas to ce... |
| New galleries and free entry at the V&A The long-awaited opening of the new British Galleries at the V&A last week has restored to the museum and its visitors many of its finest and best loved exhibits in an appropriate yet innovative envir... |
| The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Bicentenary BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.- On the occasion of its bicentenary, the museum will organize numerous actions to enhance awareness among the general public concerning its permanent collections. |
| Fran Daurel Foundation To Open Museum BARCELONA, SPAIN.- The Fran Daurel Foundation will open next Saturday a new museum with 210 works of contemporary art. Among the artists featured in this collection are: Picasso, Dali, Tà... |
| Homage Paid To Mexican Artist Diego Rivera MEXICO CITY.- Alejandro Pena, under-director of the National Fine Arts Institute (INBA) stated on the 44th anniversary of the death of Mexican artist Diego Rivera, "Art, politics and love ... |
| Queen's Picture Gallery to Open in May 2002 LONDON, ENGLAND.- On May 22, 2002, the Queen's golden jubilee will be celebrated with an exhibition at the new Queen's picture gallery at Buckingham Palace. The new gallery will be open ever... |
| Manchester Art Gallery Acquires Lantern The Manchester Art Gallery has acquired the brass lantern featured at William Holman Hunt's "The Light of the World" for $73,400 dollars. The museum has one of three versions of this wo... |
| Lipchitz at Krannert Art Museum The Krannert Art Museum presents "Lipchitz and the Avant-Garde: From Paris to New York", on view through January 6, 2002. Tracing the remarkable career of the pioneering cubist sculptor, Jac... |
| Legal Changes Allow Sotheby's and Christie's to Hold First Sales on French Turf As Sotheby's lives through the uncertainty of the price-fixing trial of its former chairman in New York, it can at least boast to be making history this week in Paris when it becomes the first fo... |
| Assembling Scattered Works by the Cognoscenti's Painter Many a reliable judge has been fascinated by the work of the American painter Louis M. Eilshemius (1864-1941), 45 of whose paintings are on view until Dec. 30 at the National Academy of Design in New ... |
| Purloined Harem Girls, and Other Russian Mysteries Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the opening of its borders, Russia's cash-starved museums, as well as private collections and churches, have come under increasing attack from t... |
| A review until Dec. 30 at the National Academy of Design in New York. Clement Greenberg, a great critic in his day, said in 1943 that the brushing of the trembling, loosely defined masses of color of an early Eilshemius landscape of the Delaware Water Gap anticipated th... |
| Purloined Harem Girls, and Other Russian Mysteries ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the opening of its borders, Russia's cash-starved museums, as well as private collections and churches, have come unde... |
| Legal Changes Allow Sotheby's and Christie's to Hold First Sales on French Turf Drouot Documentation A late-18th-century painting of a bustling sale in Paris. Sotheby's, which is to have its first French auction on Thursday, on Rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, across from the Elysee Palace. Ch... |
| "Kokoschka: Max Schmidt, Adolf Loos" Opens MADRID, SPAIN.- The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum presents "Kokoschka: Max Schmidt, Adolf Loos and their Friends", on view through February 17, 2002. The portraits of Max Schmidt (1914) from the... |
| "From Millet to Renoir" Opens in Mexico MEXICO CITY.- The San Carlos National Museum presents "A View of the Fields: From Millet to Renoir". Landscape has been throughout the centuries a source of inspiration for artists. In the s... |
| Ansel Adams and the American Landscape February 20, 2002 is the centenary of Ansel Adams's birth. This year, in early celebration, many museums and galleries have mounted retrospective exhibitions of his work including "Ansel Ad... |
| The Palais Dorotheum Celebrates its 100th Anniversary The Palais Dorotheum Celebrates its 100th Anniversary: Jubilee Auctions from 26 to 30 November 2001 Vienna's Palais Dorotheum has an anniversary to celebrate: Exactly 100 years ago, the then ne... |
| People From ArÊn Claim Three Religious Works Around 270 people from the town of ArÊn have signed a letter addressed to the bishop of Barbastro, Juan JosÊ Omella, where they ask that three religious art works be returned to them. This according t... |
| New Selenographic Procedure Presented A new "Selenographic Procedure" of copying paintings has been developed in Vienna. Now, copies of famous paintings of high quality and great likeness, be them Gustav Klimt or Egon Schiele, w... |
| Chemical Company Hercules to Sell Artworks Hercules Inc, a chemical compoany that is in financial problems, will sell six works from its art collection. Among the works in its collection are "The Pioneers" by Wyeth and "Boy and ... |
| "Jasper Jones to Jeff Koons" at LACMA .- A major exhibition of works from the private and foundation collections of Eli Broad and his wife Edythe, considered among the finest collections of contemporary art in the world, is on view at the... |
| "Picasso. Only Painting" Opens in Nantes .- The Fine Arts Museum of Nantes presents "Picasso. Only Painting 1961-1972", on view through January 14, 2002. The exhibition includes 67 oil paintings by Picasso, from the collection of B... |
| Sherin Guirguis: Living Lying Down Sherin Guirguis makes futuristic Rorschach blots. Each of the two-tone paintings on oddly shaped panels in her solo debut at Miller-Durazo Gallery is an abstraction whose symmetry is askew. |
| Delia Brown: No Place Like Home The paintings, drawings and watercolors in Delia Brown's L.A. solo debut at Margo Leavin Gallery transform fantasy into reality by turning dreams about the future into mementos of a past that isn... |
| Patty Wickman: New Paintings & Drawings The Mundane and the Miraculous: Imagine a good old-fashioned movie distilled into a single image, and you'll have an idea of the psychological resonance that Patty Wickman compresses into each of... |
| New Interest in Florida Paintings by a Group of Black Artists Wind-bent palm trees, sand, surf, billowing clouds and vivid sunsets were the essentials of Florida landscape painting that emerged following World War II. Occasionally moss-draped cypress trees in th... |
| Queen puts her art into Jubilee It will be shown at the new ÷£20 million Queen's Gallery, the biggest addition to the Palace since Queen Victoria had the ballroom built in the 1830s. More than 450 items, from Rembrandt and Verm... |
| Restorers wash Leonardo drawing away A recently rediscovered drawing by Leonardo da Vinci has been destroyed by restorers attempting to clean it. Leonardo’s delicate inkwork was erased when restorers submerged the drawing in a solution o... |
| Art sales: auction houses go for brokerage Certainly, Sotheby's lost the kudos of publicly auctioning Degas's Mary Cassatt at the Louvre and Gauguin's Tahitian Women near the Palms (which were expected to fetch a total of up to ... |
| The Introspection of The Outside: Work by Fulvio Tomasi Our mind assimilates, encodes, assesses, reassembles and puts again into circulation. As it works in this way, it develops and expands, taking part and interacting in the evolution of the external str... |
| Portraiture in Russia. XX Century. One of the leading phenomena in Russian culture in the past hundred years, twentieth-century portraiture is represented at this monographic exhibition by some three hundred works of painting and sculp... |
| Power Meets Modern Art in Los Angeles Thirty years ago Eli Broad, a multimillionaire, purchased his first important artwork, a van Gogh drawing, for $95,000. Soon Mr. Broad and his wife, Edythe, began slowly buying art: a Matisse drawing,... |
| Atomic "airbrush" could save fire-damaged Monet The painting, one in the French impressionist's celebrated Water-lilies series, suffered severe smoke damage in a blaze at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1958. In 1961, MOMA gave the soo... |
| Moscow House of Photography 5th Anniversary MOSCOW.- The Moscow House of Photography celebrated its 5th anniversary with a scientific conference on photography. Foreign museums participated in this conference. Ag the people that attended the ev... |
| "Portraits of Native America" at Peabody Essex SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.- Edward Sheriff Curtis was just thirty-three years old in 1901 when he began his legendary effort to document the life and cultures of the North American Indian through photograp... |
| "Dawn of the Floating World" at Royal Academy LONDON, ENGLAND.- This exhibition offers the exceptional opportunity to see around 140 of the finest Japanese prints from the early ukiyo-e period (1660-1765), now considered among the rarest and most... |
| "Giorgio Morandi" at Paris Modern Art Museum PARIS, FRANCE.- The Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris presents "Giorgio Morandi", on view through January 6, 2002. Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) is one of the most admired Italian painter... |
| Restorers wash Leonardo drawing away Da Vinci's drawing of Orpheus being attacked by the Furies had only been identified recently FLORENCE. A recently rediscovered drawing by Leonardo da Vinci has been destroyed by restorers att... |
| Madame de Pompadour meets Philippe Starck With a very glamorous display, this is the first serious look at Netherlandish rococo architecture and decorative arts AMSTERDAM. This dazzling exhibition dedicated to the rococo architecture and d... |
| No resolution to French museum strikes November closures were in protest at colleagues' reduction in working hours PARIS. Employees of many of France's cultural institutions continue to stage sporadic strikes in protest at t... |
| Art crime no longer the safe option The US Sentencing commission wants to introduce a "base offence level" for cultural heritage crimes nationwide WASHINGTON DC. In 1984, the US Congress changed federal criminal sentencin... |
| Japanese museum official convicted of accepting bribes Former vice director of Nagano Museum faces prison sentence and fined of ?9.2 million ($74,800) TOKYO. Masaki Shimodaira, who retired as vice director from the Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Mu... |
| Britain's top history of art institute allies itself with the Getty Rausing family and Getty Trust provide millions for Courtauld's independence LONDON. The Courtauld Institute of Art is expected to become an independent college within the University of London... |
| Police seize counterfeits of sculptures Police seized art attributed to French sculptor Cesar from a Paris gallery on the suspicion that a network of counterfeiters have flooded the market with imitations of his scrap-metal works. ... |
| Circus art exhibit paints a world known to few Many people who ran away to join the circus had an artistic bent, a creative urge, a desire to do something out of the ordinary. Those who did left behind the normal daily rigors for new and different... |
| Collecting 20th-Century German And Austrian Art With the opening of museums like Ronald Lauder's Neue Galerie in New York City and new auction records being set for work by German and Austrian artists--a self-portrait by Max Beckmann sold for ... |
| Art meets Religion in Dusseldorf Anyone who's ever travelled through Europe has undoubtedly visited countless churches and cathedrals. Although these visits might not have been for religious purposes, many visitors flock to them... |
| Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from The British Museum This unprecedented traveling exhibition of nearly 150 masterpieces from The British Museum's world famous collection will make the only stop in the Northeast at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. |
| The Timeless Spell of Empire By now, the movement of portions of famously stationary museum collections across international borders is a familiar occurrence. In recent years, despite debate about the risk-benefit ratio of such p... |
| Where Old Pianos Go to Live The one thing you will never see at the Frederick Historic Piano Collection in Ashburnham, Mass., is a sign that reads, "Do Not Touch." Unlike most museums, this important collection of hist... |
| Christie's former ceo testifies Davidge admits lying to cover up price-fixing NEW YORK. As Sotheby's owner A. Alfred Taubman apparently dozed, high drama continued all last week in a Manhattan courtroom, with Christie's... |
| Contemporary art: racking up new records Sotheby's does best in a selective but polarised market NEW YORK. As trade withered and prestigious occasions such as the inaugural Art Basel Miami were cancelled, one subject had preoccupied t... |
| German and Austrian art on 5th Avenue But only with continued funding from cosmetics tycoon Ronald Lauder NEW YORK. The dealer Serge Sabarsky used to tell a story about his protëgë and friend, Ronald Lauder: one day, Mr Lauder arrived at... |
| Will a US court uphold Egyptian law? The Frederick Shultz case will have lasting repurcussions on cultural patrimony law in the US NEW YORK. In two recent cases, the lower federal court in New York has smiled upon a 1970s court decision... |
| Bilbao's big, but less famous, sister A welcome counterpoint to the Guggenheim's modernity BILBAO. The Bilbao Museum of Fine Art, one of Spain's most important art galleries, can now stand proud alongside the glamorous Guggen... |
| Davidge points finger at Taubman FORMER Christie's managing director Christopher Davidge has told the jury in the Alfred Taubman trial that Sotheby's ex-chairman was involved in the illegal price-fixing between the two au... |
| Ex-Sotheby boss tells of 'conspiracy' The former boss of Sotheby's has described how the company conspired with rival auction house Christie's to cheat customers out of some $400m during the 1990s. |
| Esra Ersen The Turkish artist, Esra Ersen's Moderna Museet Projekt, If You Could Speak Swedish... is about language and social boundaries. For this project, the artist has enlisted the cooperation of a numb... |
| Brilliantly Birmingham: Museum of the Jewellery Quarter Brilliantly Birmingham, the annual fair celebrating Birmingham's jewellery making heritage and its contemporary jewellery makers, opens on November 10th 2001. Venues across the city will come... |
| Self-portrait by Albert Birkle is Highlight of Auction Moderne and Gegenwart A first highlight of the auction Moderne and Gegenwart (Modern and Contemporary), which will take place on 7 December 2001 at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg, Messberg 1, is Albert Birkle's Selbstbildn... |
| A welcome from FranÚois Curiel It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the Conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchÉres publiques has made its decision to allow Christie's to organize and hold auctions in Franc... |
| Important Antique & 20th Century Jewelry 28 November 2001, 11:00 am & 2:00 pm 8 King Street, St. James's, London Fine Art Deco jewels, comprising rings and earrings, necklaces and bracelets, diamonds and pearls, also feature man... |
| Australian Art A colonial masterpiece of Australian art, John Glover's Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point, is the highlight of the season. Last seen in public at Glover's London exhibitio... |
| Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture A superb group of late nineteenth century paintings from a distinguished Southern collection forms the centerpiece of the sale. Two fresh watercolor paintings stand out in particular—one by Winslow Ho... |
| British Art on Paper Sale 6516 21 November 2001, 2:30 p.m. 8 King Street, St. James's, London Fine examples of drawings and watercolors from the 17th century to the present day make up an exciting range of image... |
| Illuminating a Modern Marvel It's common knowledge that the art museum as we've known it for 150 years had its origins with the Wunderkabinett, or cabinet of wonders, which became popular in 16th century Euro... |
| The British Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum reopen on 22 November When viewed against the rise in the public’s fascination with fine art, old and new, the decorative arts have been in the doldrums for the last 20 years or so, to such an extent that some museums have... |
| A New State Building With a State-of-the-Art Strategy Architecture, like the culture at large, is engulfed in a state of anxiety. Only a few months ago, it seemed that a new architectural renaissance had arrived. A range of new creative talents was tit... |
| Taubman trial starts The art market trial of the century has got under way here with the appearance before a Manhattan court of A. Alfred Taubman, owner and former chairman of Sotheby’s. The shopping mall mogul faces a po... |
| China bans foreigners from art trade Chinese Minister of Culture Sun Jiazheng has introduced regulations barring foreigners from the antique trade, even after accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The ban includes auctions,... |
| 20th-Century Latin American Art Finally Gets a Home Bogot has a fine museum to display Fernando Botero, while Mexico City has great public palaces to exhibit Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and JosÊ Clemente Orozco. But for too long Latin America... |
| Former curator of Wisconsin museum sentenced to 15 years in prison for theft A former curator at the Wisconsin Historical Society museum was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for stealing American Indian artifacts. David Wooley, 53, took items valued at more than $100... |
| V&A treasure trove set to open The Victoria and Albert Museum is set to open its doors to 15 extra rooms, which will house the British Galleries - its largest project mounted since World War II. The project, which cost £31m, co... |
| Chief Witness Accuses Former Boss at Sotheby's The central witness in the price- fixing trial of A. Alfred Taubman of Sotheby's — his former chief executive, Diana D. Brooks — took the stand for the first time yesterday and testified that Mr.... |
| Art Basel Miami Beach postponed for a year Florida’s newest art fair has been rescheduled from 13-16 December 2001 to 5-8 December 2002. The organisers, MCH Swiss Exhibition Ltd, decided six weeks before the event that would be impossible to s... |
| Tadao Ando to design new Paris museum Japanese architect Tadao Ando is to design Francois Pinault’s new museum, to be built on the Ile Seguin in the industrial south-west of Paris to house Mr Pinault’s vast collection of Mode... |
| British farewell to the Risen Christ Michelangelo’s drawing of the “Risen Christ” is to leave the UK. An export licence was deferred until 11 November, but although the National Galleries of Scotland was interested, it felt it would be t... |
| Queer(ing) Warhol: Andy Warhol's (Self-)Portraits Andy Warhol is one of the most famous and popular artists of the last century and from November 10, 2001 — March 3, 2002 some of his less well-known works will be on display at UCR/California Museum o... |
| Marina Abramovic: Directions This exhibition marks the first public showing of The Hero, 2001, a new work by Marina Abramovic (b. Belgrade, 1946), the Amsterdam-based artist whose performance and video installation Balkan Baroque... |
| Earth and Fire: Italian Terracotta Sculpture from Donatello to Canova to Canova The art of terracotta sculpture flourished in Italy, beginning in the 15th century and continuing through the 18th. Italian sculptors raised terracotta to a central status in the creative processes of... |
| Derriere le Miroir: 35 Original Engravings from the Magazine 1946 to 1982 DerriÉre le Miroir was an art magazine published between 1946 and 1982 (253 issues) by the French publisher and gallery owner AimÊ Maeght. The Galerie Maeght, in Paris since 1945, exhibited and promot... |
| California's Native Grandeur: Preserving Vanishing Landscapes The exhibition features some of the best work of such renowned California painters as William Wendt, Granville Redmond, Maynard Dixon, William Keith, Thomas Hill, Paul Grimm and Guy Rose. The painting... |
| A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt This exhibition presents for the first time the most outstanding 20th-century drawings in the National Gallery, including promised gifts from private collections |
| American Naive Paintings Overview: This installation features 50 works from the Gallery's Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch collection, one of the most important collections of American Naive paintings. The wor... |
| Best Impressions: 35 Years of Prints and Sculpture from Gemini G.E.L Overview: Since 1981 the National Gallery has been home to the archive collection of one of America's greatest printmaking workshops, Gemini G.E.L. (Graphic Editions Limited). This exhibition hig... |
| The Auction Business Waits For The Hammer To Fall When the world's largest luxury conglomerate, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, announced on Nov. 12 its third profit warning in two months, the owner of such diverse brands as Givenchy, Dom... |
| "The Fate of One Collection" in the Hermitage On October 30, 2001 an exhibition entitled "The Fate of One Collection: 500 Carved Stones Of the Collection of Duke of Orleans" opened in the Golden Room of the Winter Palace. The exhibition... |
| Louise Bourgeois in the Hermitage The work of Louise Bourgeois can be described as an encyclopaedia of modern art. In it one can detect traces of the influence of all the leading artistic tendencies of the 20th century - Cubism, Futur... |
| The Gold Deer of Eurasia in Hermitage The exhibition includes 224 items, 13 of which are on display for the first time. They are remarkable finds made by Ufa-based archaeologists under the direction of Anatoly Pshenichniuk during excavati... |
| Palazzo Chigi revisited The glorious collection of the noble Chigi family is be reunited and displayed in its ancestral home--now the official residence of Italy's prime minister ROME. Palazzo Chigi, the Italia... |
| Old Master sales results Dealers stocking up for Maastricht LONDON. Considering the quality of works offered and the current economic situation the results of Sotheby's and Christie's mid-season sales could ha... |
| Best ever Scottish sale Six of the richest Scots and international collectors bid on works from the collection of the Fleming merchant bank EDINBURGH. Christie's sale of Scottish Pictures on 1 November showed that if ... |
| A bunker full of art in Cuba A collection of 175 Dutch and Flemish paintings is catalogued by experts LONDON. A military bunker outside Havana is home to one of the finest collections of Dutch art outside Europe and North Americ... |
| The art market breathes again Impressionist and Modern art auctions NEW YORK. Ever since the 11 September bombings the art market has been holding its breath, awaiting the first major test of the season, the all-important Impress... |
| Taubman trial starts Auction houses collusion case NEW YORK. The art market trial of the century has got under way here with the appearance before a Manhattan court of A. Alfred Taubman, owner and former chairman of Soth... |
| Bloomberg wins--will the arts too? The new mayor of New York is the first philanthropist to take on the role; his priority must be to make the tourists return NEW YORK. Michael Rubens Bloomberg, 59, takes over as mayor of New York C... |
| Christie's chief was given $5m payoff, court told The severance package granted by the auctioneer Christie's to its former chief executive, Christopher Davidge, was revealed yesterday during the trial of Alfred Taubman, the main shareholder ... |
| J8m arts centre grants 'wasted' Sir John Bourn, Auditor General for Wales, said that it failed to scrutinise the initial grant application, let alone “exercise proper oversight” over the project. The centre closed after 14 months ... |
| Wizard prices for Potter art Three watercolours by Cliff Wright for the second in J. K. Rowling’s bestselling books are expected to fetch a total of up to £40,000 at Christie’s on December 6. Mr Wright, 38, who lives near Brighto... |
| Lincoln's Words and Other Treasures From Friday through Monday, visitors to the "American Originals: Treasures From the National Archives" exhibition at the New York Public Library can see the Emancipation Proclamation with Li... |
| Welsh arts centre 'a tacky design hell' The Arts Council of Wales has been severely criticised for allowing nearly GBP9m to be poured into the Centre for the Visual Arts in Cardiff, arguably the most ill-conceived millennium project to ... |
| Postwar Art Fails to Meet Expectations at Christie's Tried and true American artists like Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Ellsworth Kelly are exactly what collectors want right now. And that's exactly what Sotheby's was offe... |
| Painting the portrait of an era Producing the portrait of an epoch is a challenging and thankless task, one that not every artist would even think of attempting. Most of the rare attempts are notably unsuccessful, such as Ilya Glazu... |
| Antique shop makes GBP751,500 A 15th century Ming jar for which the previous owner had paid GBP100 was sold at auction yesterday for GBP751,500. The anonymous seller had found the doucai jar (pictured) in an antique shop... |
| Photographs by Philippe, Duc d'Orleans In autumn of 2000 the Musee d'Orsay acquired at a Parisian public auction over 250 prints made by Philippe Duc d'Orleans (Twickenham, 1869 - Palermo, 1926) around 1905 and originating from t... |
| The Hermitage tapestry Assumption, Burial and Coronation from the Life of the Virgin series undergoes restoration at De Wit Royal Manufacturers of Tapestry in Mechelen, Belgium In conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum, New York and De Wit Royal Manufacturers of Tapestry, Mechelen, Belgium, the State Hermitage is implementing an international programme to restore a tapestr... |
| Signac 1863-1935: Master Neo-Impressionist October 9-December 30, 2001 Approximately 120 paintings, watercolors, and drawings constitute the first major retrospective in Metropolitan Museum, New York, in almost 40 years to be devoted to... |
| Picasso: Cubism to Classicism The last in a series of focus exhibitions of works by Pablo Picasso in The Cone Collection, this installation surveys Picasso's exploration of cubism and his return to classicism through a ... |
| The Colour Black: Photographic Exhibition by Leading Aboriginal Artist Wayne The Colour Black' photographic exhibition by leading Aboriginal photographer Wayne Quilliam is certain to evoke a wide range of emotions by people who visit this stunning collection of work whe... |
| Cornelia Parker's new work for the V&A is worth a storey all on its own When the Victoria and Albert Museum opens its lavishly refurbished British Galleries later this month, one specially commissioned piece will stand out from the others. Positioned between two floors,... |
| Contemporary Japanese Jewellery This exhibition confronts expectation and offers the chance to view exquisite and extraordinary jewellery rarely seen before outside Japan. Showcasing landmark pieces, Contemporary Japanese Jeweller... |
| The Art of Timekeeper: Masterpieces from The Winthrop Edey Bequest With its major fall and winter exhibition, The Frick Collection introduces to the public a significant gift of clocks and watches from the estate of a remarkable collector and scholar, Winthrop Kellog... |
| Eiteljorg Museum of American and Western Art In the entire bookstore within the Museum of Modern Art in New York, there is only one book that dealt with Native American art. That's the situation we're in as contemporary artists. Those ... |
| Gary Hill: Selected Works 1976 - 2001 Video art is still a comparatively young discipline. In the 1960s, the medium was pioneered by such artists as Dan Graham, Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell and Bruce Nauman. Works by Paik and Nauman have a... |
| Books, Manuscripts & Autographs to benefit the NY Firefighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund EAC Gallery, University Archives and Sothebys.com have joined together to create this online auction to benefit the New York Firefighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund. Larry Rosenbaum of EAC Gallery and ... |
| Max Klinger / Johannes Brahms: Engraving, Music and Fantasy From October 2, 2001 to January 13, 2002 Musee d'Orsay Chauchard Gallery In parallel with the retrospective devoted to Boecklin, the Musee d'Orsay has chosen to present another aspec... |
| Treasury silver withdrawn from sale Four of the six lots of antique silver from Her Majesty's Treasury due to be sold by Bonhams & Brooks on October 30 were withdrawn from auction the day before the sale. The withdrawal came after... |
| Huge increase in fine art exports for 2000 Trade gap in art also mushrooms: Fine art exports from the UK to non-EU countries have increased by 50 per cent in the year ending December 2000. Equivalent imports for the same period also rose by a ... |
| Ex-Sotheby's Chairman Goes to Trial NEW YORK (AP) - A scandal that exposed fine art auctioneers as price-fixing opportunists will go back on public display at the trial of the former top Sotheby's executive. A. Alfred Taubman, ... |
| Treasures of Greece may stay hidden for lack of cash SOME of the most spectacular mosaics of the ancient world are hidden beneath layers of gravel in Greece and may never be seen by the public unless sufficient money can be raised to conserve and displa... |
| French Drawings and Paintings From the Hermitage The Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House presents "French Drawings and Paintings From the Hermitage - Poussin to Picasso", on view through March 3, 2002. This exhibition focuses on French drawi... |
| Winshield: Richard Neutra's House The first exhibition exploring the design, construction process, and role of a deeply involved client in the creation of Richard Neutra's first building on the east coast of the United States, Wi... |
| Kitaj: in the Aura of CÊzanne The National Gallery presents "Kitaj: in the Aura of CÊzanne and other Masters", on view through February 10, 2002. R.B.Kitaj has played an integral role in British art for almost four decad... |
| "Rachel Whiteread" Opens in Edinburgh The Scottish Gallery of Modern Art presents "Rachel Whiteread", on view through December 9, 2001. Born in London in 1963, Rachel Whiteread is one of Britain's leading artists. This exhi... |
| Beuys to Hirst: Art works at Deutsche Bank The Dean Gallery presents "Beuys to Hirst: Art works at Deutsche Bank", on view through January 13, 2002. This impressive array of art works, gathered together from Deutsche Bank's coll... |
| Former officials charged with lending Vatican authenticity to dubious art works Two former senior officials at the Vatican have been charged in Rome in connection with an alleged art fraud. Monsignor Michele Basso, an ex-administrator of the chapter of St Peter's, and Mo... |
| Serb police find stolen art but no Milosevic link BELGRADE, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Serbian police said on Tuesday an art dealer had handed in three valuable paintings stolen in Switzerland, but could not confirm a report that they had been linked to f... |
| New International Treaty to protect the underwater Heritage On 2nd November the General Conference of UNESCO adopted a new international treaty which aims to protect the underwater heritage, from prehistoric shipwrecks to those of modern times, which is unde... |
| Fears over ancient Kabul treasure Nov 6 2001 ART experts fear a sealed vault will not save a 2,100-year-old horde of gold which is buried underneath a Kabul palace. |
| Auction houses face flagging economy, new world NEW YORK, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Art world eyes are trained squarely on New York this week as auction houses Christie's, Sotheby's and newcomer Phillips head into their big fall sales amid a flag... |
| World's smallest pieces of art stolen Some of the world's smallest pieces of art, which fit into the eye of a needle, have been stolen. Three pieces created by the British sculptor Willard Wigan vanished, while being packed after a... |
| The most beautiful swimming pool in France... ....is now a museum for Roubaix’s civic art collection ROUBAIX. The opening of the Museum of Art and Industry in a former public swimming baths in Roubaix, northern France, is a masterstroke of urban... |
| Medici masterpiece by Andrea del Sarto found in minor US sale The lost Botti Madonna once belonged to the executed King Charles I LONDON. A masterpiece by Andrea del Sarto which was one of the stars of the Medici collection has turned up after being lost for ne... |
| The shell of Colnaghi for sale Managing director Jean-Luc Baroni and all the senior staff leave to develop private dealership LONDON. Colnaghi, established in Paris in 1760 and London’s oldest art dealership, is now up for sale ... |
| A tragic Holocaust history no deterrent to collectors Private buyers react to the publicity surrounding provenance research NEW YORK. "Farmhouse with birch trees", a 1900 landscape by Gustav Klimt in Christie's 6 November Impressionist a... |
| XI Antique Salon A regular, XI Antique Salon is held from 31st of October to 7th of November. The November Antique Salon became the largest of all the previous and gathered more than 100 participants. This time the pr... |
| Chauffeur of film producer Peter Guber pleads guilty to art heist LOS ANGELES - Peter Guber's former chauffeur has been sentenced to one year in county jail for stealing a Picasso drawing and other artwork from film producer 's home. Sammie Archer III,... |
| Exposed: The Victorian Nude An exposition at Tate Gallery, London 1 November 2001 - 27 January 2002 Victorian Britain remains notorious for its prudery, and the representation of the nude figure was one of the most controver... |
| A Special Auction at Sotheby's. Pissarro: Four Generations of Artists. The sale features the works of the important impressionist painter and teacher Camille Pissarro and his descendents. The Pissarro family, with eighteen artists in four generations, is counted among th... |
| Project for the creation of a multimedia CD-ROM in the State Hermitage Collections series From the Impressionists to Picasso The State Hermitage presented the CD-ROM From the Impressionists to Picasso produced with the financial support of the ABN AMRO Bank. This colour... |
| Art valued at $40,000 stolen ART works by some of Australia's best-known artists were stolen from a house in an inner Melbourne suburb. Police said the collection, featuring works by Pro Hart, John Percival, Phil Waterho... |
| Russian Minister Promises Art List BERLIN (AP) - Russia will publish a list of all art works that ended up in its museums and archives as a result of World War II, Russia's culture minister said Tuesday, saying Moscow has ``no... |
| Italy rows over selling off arts Plans by the Italian Goverment to privatise museums and art galleries have met been with stern opposition in parliament. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government has proposed handing the... |
| Britain Abandons Silver Auction LONDON (AP) - A government plan to auction silver candlesticks and other historic items was abandoned Monday after protests that Britain's heritage was being sold off to raise extra cash. The... |
| Tomb raiders arrested in China Members of a ruthless gang of ancient tomb raiders have been arrested in China. The gang broke into and robbed scores of ancient burial tombs in the suburbs of Beijing. |
| Italian art sale report: private buyers to the fore New records for Fontana, Boetti and Melotti LONDON. Traumatised by the international situation and the recent air crash in Milan, Italians have been chary of travelling by plane, with the result that... |
| Completion of the sixth phase in the programme of sewerage improvements for the State Hermitage On 19 October 2001 a press conference was held to present the results of the sixth phase in the programme of sewerage improvements for the State Hermitage. Work to reconstruct the sewerage systems in... |
| First phase of Mori Arts Center opens New Tokyo life style Roppongi think zone TOKYO. Tokyo's art world descended on the entertainment district of Roppongi for the champagne-fuelled launch of the city's newest art space, the &q... |
| Italian minister takes pot shot at contemporary art Vittorio Sgarbi calls Kounellis's art "escrementizia" ROME. Vittorio Sgarbi, Italy's headline-grabbing Under Secretary of State, has caused another rumpus by criticising Yanni... |
| Yugoslav general surrenders to Hague tribunal General Pavle Strugar accused of destroying cultural property in Dubrovnik LONDON. General Pavle Strugar, 68, has surrendered to the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague. General Strugar is... |
| 2 Arrested in Diana Estate Theft LONDON (AP)Wednesday October 24 - Police arrested two men Wednesday in connection with the disappearance of a $700,000 model of a sailing ship from the estate of Princess Diana. The men, aged 35 and... |
| Forgotten names and monuments of Russian culture To mark the 60th anniversary of the Department of the History of Russian Culture On 17-19 October 2001, the Department of the History of Russian Culture held its diamond-jubilee conference. Participa... |
| Transport ban on Czech art The Czech culture minister has taken the unprecedented step of banning the transport of any state-owned works of art out of the country. The minister, Pavel Dostal, said the decision was taken to ... |
| Louvre reopens after eight straight days of closure due to strike PARIS (AP) -- The Louvre Museum reopened on Saturday after a strike by workers protesting the way France's shortened work week has been implemented kept it shut for eight days. Unionized work... |
| Forgotten names and monuments of Russian culture To mark the 60th anniversary of the Department of the History of Russian Culture On 17-19 October 2001, the Department of the History of Russian Culture held its diamond-jubilee conference. Participa... |
| The Gold Deer of Eurasia The exhibition that opened on 18 October 2001 was organized by the State Hermitage in conjunction with the Centre for Ethnological Studies of the Ufa Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences... |
| Argentinian economist's collection opens its doors The extensive holdings amassed by Constantini are now on view BUENOS AIRES. A new museum of modern Latin American art housing the extensive private collection of Argentinian economist Eduardo Costant... |
| Rediscovered Leighton offered on sothebys.com SOTHEBYS.COM are offering a rare portrait by Frederick Lord Leighton, which has been discovered in the estate of a collector from Indiana in the United States. The Misses Stewart Hodgson, owned by Mil... |
| NY print dealers improvise too THIS year's annual International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair, scheduled for October 31 to November 4, has been cancelled with the forced closure of the Seventh Regiment Armory to n... |
| Los Angeles: thinking Broadly The billionaire Eli Broad's collection of post-war art goes on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Is this where it will come finally to rest? LOS ANGELES. More than 30 years afte... |
| Post WTC: fall-out on the market While auctions do well dealer report major setbacks NEW YORK. Virtually every dealer in town, from high-flying contemporary galleries to decorative arts specialists, is reporting at least one deal if... |
| Gehry wins bid to build Corcoran Wing in the line of fire Architect's distinctive titanium may prove too expensive on today's market WASHINGTON DC. When Frank Gehry won a 1999 competition to build a new wing at the Corcoran Gallery and College o... |
| Dealers join together in charity event for fire-fighting heroes Art benefit for the New York police and fire widows and children's fund NEW YORK. Faced with the overwhelming losses of fire-fighters and police officers in the aftermath of the World Trade C... |
| Lower Manhattan listed The World Monuments Fund announces its 2002 list of buildings at risk NEW YORK. While the nightly news programmes have been preoccupied with the horrifying tally of some 5000 lives lost in the World ... |
| World museum directors oppose privatisation of Italy's museums The Uffizi could become a privately run, for-profit organisation if a new proposal in the next Finance Bill is adopted ROME. The right wing government of Silvio Berlusconi is tabling an amendment in ... |
| Five centuries of the portrait Painted tailors, artists and families meet up in Sweden STOCKHOLM. The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm has assembled more than 450 paintings, sculpture and drawings for the exhibition "Face to face... |
| Andy Warhol - A Retrospective An exhibition in Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (06.10.2001 - 06.01.2002), supported by the Association of Friends of the Berlin National Gallery |
| The History of one Collection. Gems of the Duke of Orleans 30 October 2001 - ? In 1787 Empress Catherine the Great who was a passionate collector of carved stones bought from Louis-Philippe Egalite one and a half thousand gems fr... |
| "Masterpieces from the World's Museums in the Hermitage" "Masterpieces from the World's Museums in the Hermitage" Jan Vermeer: Woman in Blue Reading a Letter from the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands 25 September 2001 ... |
| Masaccio: 'The Pisa Altarpiece' An exhibition of Masaccio’s Pisa Altarpiece, organized by the National Gallery, London (12.09.2001 - 11.11.2001), celebrates the 600th anniversary of the birth of Masaccio by reuniting the 'Virgi... |
| Afghanistan. History under a ban On 2 October 2001 an exhibition devoted to the millennia-long history of the culture and art of Afghanistan opened at the Cultural Centre of the La Caixa Foundation in Barcelona. Numerous museums and ... |
| The Unknown Canova On 17 October 2001, the opening took place in the State Hermitage of an exhibition that presents graphic art and paintings by the great Italian Antonio Canova (1757–1822), the most outstanding sculpto... |
| Rape of the Greek Crimea Archaeologists are finding spectacular artefacts in the ancient cities of the Black Sea but the sites are unprotected and the illicit trade is flourishing KERCH, UKRAINE. Nearly 10 years after the f... |
| The opening of the Hermitage-Guggenheim Exhibition Centre in Las Vegas, USA Masterpieces and Their Collectors: 19th- and 20th-Century European Painting from the collections of the State Hermitage and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. On 7 October 2001 the first joint exh... |
| Antonio Canova - Drawings and Sculptures from Italy in the Hermitage 30 September 2001 - 17 January 2002 Prints, drawings, paintings and sculpture by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757 - 1822) from the Municipal Museum in Bassano (Italy) and from the Canova Fou... |
| First major art sales since September 11 disappointing Last week’s German and Austrian art sales, the first major test of international art market since September 11, pointed to difficult conditions ahead for Sotheby’s and Christie’s and indeed Phillips d... |
| Developers put Bermondsey plan before council for approval The long-awaited and often controversial scheme to redevelop Bermondsey Square is due to take a major step forward. Architects Arup Associates, who won the competition to design the new-look site, wer... |
| Schultz case could blight entire US trade in Egyptian artefacts Lawyers have filed a motion attempting to quash a case that has the potential to blight the entire trade in Egyptian antiquities in the United States. The case, due to be heard in January, involves Fr... |
| Conference: "The Art of Louise Bourgeois: an Encyclopaedia of Modern Art" On 11 October 2001, an international conference took place devoted to the work of the famous American 20th-century sculptor Louise Bougeois. The conference was organised by the State Hermitage with th... |
| The performance "107 fears" in the Hermitage attics by the St Petersburg group The Found Clothes Factory The performance "107 fears" in the Hermitage attics by the St Petersburg group The Found Clothes Factory On 11 October 2001, in the attics of the Winter Palace, The Found Clothes Factory, a... |
| East Berkshire fair opens this week This year's East Berkshire Antiques Fair (18th-20th October) will welcome a number of new exhibitors. Mark Seabrook will be exhibiting for the first time with fine country furniture, while Stable... |
| Gaydon becomes a Fine Art fair In order to reflect the increasing number of Fine Art exhibitors at their regular antiques fairs at the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon, Warwickshire, Classic Antiques Fairs are now calling their even... |
| Dealers Beware NEW YORK CITY-Imagine Howard Rehs surprise when he scrolled down a screen on eBay this past July and saw his Antonio Jacobsen painting, SS Bunker Hill," on the auction block. The Rehs Gallery own... |
| Sotheby’s spell out policy on backing Olympia fairs Staff briefed on avoiding conflicts of interest. Sotheby's have sent out a memo to leading members of the trade involved with fairs at Olympia to explain how they will support exhibitors. As well... |
| Penman to launch big new event in Chelsea LONDON: Long-established organiser Caroline Penman launches a new summer fair in London next year when The New Chelsea Antiques Show is held at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. The venue has been secured ... |
| New York fair organisers expect major disruptions until 2002 FAIRS organisers in New York plan to approach the city authorities with a view to getting events back on track as soon as possible. But they fear that with the continuing problems facing the city, it ... |
| Discussion of project proposals for the restoration of the Strelna palace-and-park ensemble On 8 October 2001, in the Great Hall of the Menshikov Palace, a meeting was held of the “expanded scholarly expert board” to review preliminary proposals for the restoration and reconstruction of the ... |
| King Carl XIV Gustav of Sweden visits the State Hermitage On 10 October 2001 during a state visit to the Russian Federation King Carl XIV Gustav of Sweden and Queen Silvia visited the State Hermitage. The royal couple were accompanied by St Petersburg's... |
| Sotheby's slashes 150 jobs as art market gets the jitters SOTHEBY'S yesterday announced 150 redundancies as part of a cost-cutting program prompted by fears about the downturn affecting the art market. It is thought that 46 of the job losses will be at ... |
| Museum closed by suspicious substance Pioneer Press The Science Museum of Minnesota will remain closed today for the second day in a row as St. Paul authorities investigate a suspicious substance found there amid public fear after the t... |
| Strikes close Paris museums for the fourth day in a row PARIS (AP) - Nearly a dozen of Paris' major tourist attractions, including the Orsay Museum and the Arc de Triomphe, were closed on Thursday as workers struck for a fourth day over the government... |
| Louise Bourgeois in the Hermitage An exhibition of the work of the noted 20th-century American sculptor Louise Bourgeois opened in the State Hermitage on 9 October 2001. The exhibition, featuring 25 sculptures and more than 200 drawin... |
| French dealers revolt over UNIDROIT France’s Syndicat National des Antiquaires (National Dealers' Association) has called on the French government to reject the Unidroit convention, which enforces strict rules on the restitution of... |
| Stolen art Proving that interest in all things Asian is at a high, a thief stole 33 rare jade figurines from a San Francisco gallery this past July, including this 17th-century Chinese jade sculpture of a duck. ... |
| An ongoing effort to restore Angkor Wat in Cambodia has international teams working side by side but using radically different approaches ANGKOR WAT. When there are half a dozen teams of different nationalities working separately on different temples within a single ancient site in a country which has little experience in preservation, ... |
| New way of marketing online MASTERING search engines is the key to gaining better exposure on the Internet, according to one firm who have started offering an alternative to signing up to major portal sites. Online Visibility, w... |
| Survey boosts furniture’s standing A NEW survey has just been published showing how much better fine period furniture has proved as an investment compared to the stock market and property over the past 30 years. The survey, which will ... |
| Ancient treasures, modern tragedy Afghanistan's archaeological trove has long been threatened - when it hasn't been destroyed. Replicas recently sent to Penn suggest how rich the heritage is. INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Bout... |
| Nazis 'Forced Sale' of Art LONDON (Reuters) - A Jewish family has claimed that an oil painting on display in a Glasgow gallery was forcibly sold by Nazis in 1930s Germany. Glasgow City Council said it had received a letter fr... |
| Missing Statuettes from the Throne of Eurydice Following up on the most recent archaeological theft in Greece (from the tomb of Eurydice, mother of Philip II of Macedon, grandmother of Alexander the Great) INTERPOL's General Secretariat has t... |
| Illustrated history of art forgery is part of In addition to some two dozen original works of art created in the styles of the Masters, the exhibition: Fabulous Fakes also includes over a hundred images with narrative material chronicling the... |
| British art fair: buyers are there, but bargaining hard Dealers tough it out in a difficult market LONDON. Although business at the 20/21 British Art Fair (held at The Royal College of Art, 26 to 30 September) was not exactly booming, dealers were pleasan... |
| Asprey and Garrard demerge, reinvent themselves as "lifestyle houses" Star names appointed as designers LONDON. The 220 year-old royal jewellers Asprey and Garrard are demerging and reinventing themselves as "complete luxury lifestyle houses". The companies... |
| The world after 11 September: a slow-down in the exhibition whirl? Airlines, insurance, definition of war will all affect loans NEW YORK. One area that will certainly be strongly affected by the terrorist attacks is travelling exhibitions of works of art. “Special... |
| Hermitage director to head Russia’s largest TV station Mikhail Piotrovsky elected chairman of the board of ORT ST PETERSBURG. The Hermitage director, Mikhail Piotrovsky, has been elected chairman of the board of Russia’s largest television network, ORT. ... |
| The Metropolitan Museum, New York: smashing objects Even in the wake of the terrorist acts, crowds are flocking to two large exhibitions of Islamic decorative art NEW YORK. A 9th-century Egyptian stained-glass bowl decorated with a plump bird surround... |
| The Yokohama Triennale: mega-waving, not drowning YOKOHAMA. The Yokohama Triennale, Japan's first large scale international contemporary art expo is currently underway and continues until 11 November. A total of 109 artists are exhibiting at the... |
| A Dubuffet retrospective opens at the Pompidou Centre PARIS. An exhibition of the work of Jean Dubuffet marking the centenary of the artist’s birth has opened at the Pompidou Centre (until 31 December). The exhibition comes 16 years after the artist’s de... |
| Christo and his wraps return to Berlin The work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude in two German venues until New Year BERLIN. Six years after conquering Berlin by wrapping the Reichstag, Bulgarian-born artist Christo and his French wife, Jeann... |
| Classic Art Deco Wednesday 17 October 2001 South Kensington, London The second bi-annual Classic Art Deco sale will take place on Wednesday 17 October. Boasting a delightful array of some of the finest in British and Continental bronze, sculpt... |
| Frame Auction at the Vienna Dorotheum Those searching for a perfect setting for their paintings should not miss the impressive selection presented at the Dorotheum Vienna‘s Frame Auction on the 30th October, 2001, featuring frames of all ... |
| Auction Week at Vienna Dorotheum, 1 to 5 October 2001 Glass and Porcelain, 1 October 2001 The morning of the first day of the auction week was dedicated to precious glass, in particular an extensive collection of Baroque- and Biedermeier-glasses and ... |
| Titanic mementoes take the biscuit A restaurant order pad from the Titanic has sold at auction for GBP14,100. The pad was among a selection of memorabilia offered for sale at Sotheby's Olympia on 25th September, and was origin... |
| Coming Full Circle ATLANTA In the pristine laboratories of the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, conservators in white coats and surgical gloves have painstakingly restored a cache of Egyptian mummy coffins,... |
| New invisible barcode system for tagging art PICTURE restorer Andrew Finlay has adapted a piece of techology designed for protecting motorbikes to help beat art theft. The Datadot was first developed by Datatag ID as an invisible barcode device ... |
| Important Orientalist Pictures from a Private European Collection New York, NY – A rarely seen and little-known collection of 19 superb Orientalist paintings – all held in the same private collection for more than 20 years – will be offered in a single-owner eveni... |
| Sculpture Auction at the Dorotheum Vienna Sculptures from the Gothic to the Late Baroque brings this auction week to a close at the Vienna Dorotheum's sculpture auction on 5th October 2001 |
| Reward for return of Chagall stolen from Jewish Museum Marc Chagall's "Study for over Vitebsk", 1914, was stolen from the Jewish Museum in New York on 8 June. The $1 million painting was on loan from a private collector in St Petersburg,... |
| Phillips lands Smooke Collection Phillips de Pury and Luxembourg have just acquired the coveted collection of the late Los Angeles collectors Marion and Nathan Smooke. Defying its increasingly unwarranted third-place status, Phillips... |
| Leonardo da Vinci versus Michelangelo These days, for a specialty to be riding high on the art market, it needs to be intellectually accessible. That is why Impressionist painting is the champion of high hammer prices, way ahead of, say, ... |
| Ceramic figurine created 7000 years ago found in Bulgaria During the archaeological excavations near the city of Pleven a group of Bulgarian and Danish scientists found a ceramic figurine of mother-queen with a head of a bird, created 7 thousand years ago. T... |
| Admiral Apraksin's seal unearthed in the Hermitage's court Archaeologists of Petersburg found a bronze seal which probably belonged to a close relative and aide of Peter I, famous admiral-general Fedor Matveevich Apraksin (1661-1728). According to Oleg Ionnis... |
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| Art & antique news The conception of Art history is very closely connected with the conception of event, of occasion. The event is something that breaks the monotony and dullness of life and acts as a starting-point. Th... |
| Auction news Here you have an opportunity to get the precise and up-to-the-minute information about various auctions, reviews of the sales results not only in Russia but also abroad. |
| Shipping firms face US cancellations Transit papers lost in terror attacks. UK shipping firms have reported cancellations from American dealers and a back-log of freight waiting to clear US customs in the aftermath of terrorist attacks o... |
| óharlotte Bronte as painter Another rediscovery leading to a rare offering at auction is the portrait miniature by Charlotte Bronte. Uncovered during a routine house valuation at Sutton on Sea, the miniature, which is thought t... |
| Alert after clock theft The trade are being warned to be on their guard following the theft of a Louis XV rococo clock worth in the region of £10,000 from Mayfair dealers Howard Antiques. At approximately 4pm on Tuesday, Aug... |
| Rediscovered Poussin for sale A ‘LOST’ painting by the great 17th century French painter Nicolas Poussin has come to light and will be offered for sale by Galerie Koller in Zurich on October 5. The Holy Family with St John the Bap... |
| New York tragedy affects whole US antiques community THE EVENTS of September 11 in New York had repercussions well beyond the city and its environs as antiques and collectables became a low priority for most Americans. Although most fairs did go ahead, ... |
| Stolen Frederick Schultz, owner of Frederick Schultz Ancient Art in Manhattan and former president of the National Association of Dealers in Ancient, Oriental and Primitive Art, was indicted in Federal ... |
| First sale at Sotheby's Olympia Sotheby's Olympia, the firm's new salerooms for mid-range sales, launched its programme of auctions on September 18th with an offering of the contents of the Notting Hill home of the lat... |
| Lennon's letter A draft letter from John Lennon to Paul and Linda McCartney is expected to fetch up to GBP80,000 at auction this week. The letter, which discusses the break up of the Beatles and accuses Paul ... |
| Armani loses fight for domain name Fashion giant, Armani, owned by the Swiss company G.A. Modefine S.A., has lost its fight for control of the Armani.com website. The World Intellectual Property Organisation ruled that Mr A. R. Mani of... |
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