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News archive by 2003
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| Sotheby’s January 2004 Americana Week Sotheby’s January 2004 Americana Week will feature American Folk Art from the Collection of Raymond and Susan Egan. The single owner offering is comprised of folk paintings by Ammi Phillips, Sheldon ... |
| Old Master Paintings at Sotheby’s New York Sotheby’s January 2004 sale of Old Master Paintings is highlighted by A Winter Scene with Many Figures Skating on a Frozen River, one of the finest works by the Dutch artist Hendrick Avercamp left in ... |
| 20th Century Design Sale Total $19,525,400 Sotheby’s December 2003 sales of 20th Century Design totaled $19,525,400 and were highlighted by the sale of Mies van der Rohe’s masterpiece, The Farnsworth House, which sold to the National Trust for... |
| American Paintings Brings Total of $31,263,400 In an overflowing saleroom today, collectors vied for works of outstanding quality by American artists, driving the total to $31,263,400 over a $30 million high estimate. Bidding was at times fierce, ... |
| Apostle’s Head by Velazquez To Be Sold in Madrid The Sala Alcala de Madrid auction house will sell later today the work "Apostle’s Head" by Velazquez, oil on canvas that measures 38 cm. by 29 cm. The work comes from the Marquis of Casa Tor... |
| Faberge at The Queen’s Gallery To accompany the dazzling exhibition Faberge at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace (through 7 March 2004) the Royal Collection has commissioned an exclusive range of products inspired by some of t... |
| Four Centuries of Old Master Drawings Sotheby’s is delighted to announce that it will hold an exciting single-owner sale of Old Master Drawings from the celebrated Unicorno Collection on May 19, 2004, in Amsterdam. The Collection was put ... |
| French Porcelain From J.P. Morgan Collection For centuries, French 18th century porcelain has been the prized possession of the rich and famous - from Madame de Pompadour, one of the world’s most celebrated courtesans to the multimillionaire U.... |
| TITANIC MANUSCRIPT ON SALE A manuscript which describes the final hours of the Titanic by the most senior officer to survive the sinking is set to be auctioned. The 17-page unpublished document by Charles Lightoller, the ves... |
| Christie’s on the crest of a wave as ship model doubles previous record at GBP 600,000 This impressive and highly finished late Queen Anne model of a 40/44 gun 5th rate ship, right, created a huge splash in Christie’s South Kensington’s 554-lot sale of Maritime models and marine paintin... |
| RUSSIA'S CULTURE MINISTER CALLS GERMANY TO MAKE CONCESSIONS ON RUBENS CONTROVERSY Mikhail Shvydkoi, Russia's Culture Minister, addressed the media today over a Russian-German Rubens controversy. He thinks the involved parties ought to meet each other halfway. At any rate, the ... |
| Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints Christie’s will hold its Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints on December 2. The auction represents over 500 years of artistic achievement and features important works by many of the most recogniz... |
| American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture On December 3, Sotheby’s New York will offer a selection of American paintings, drawings and sculpture from some of the most important artists in the field including Albert Bierstadt, Winslow Homer, C... |
| Churchill letters to his first love go up for sale More than 40 personal and affectionate letters written by Winston Churchill to Pamela Plowden, the first great love of his life, are to be sold at Christie's, South Kensington, on Dec 2. But... |
| Sotheby’s Greek Sale Realizes GBP2.7 Million Sotheby’s third Greek sale on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 provided a clear indication of the growing demand for Greek 19th and 20th century paintings. The sale saw strong competition across the board, ... |
| 19th Century European Paintings Total GBP12.1 M Sotheby’s Sale of 19th century European paintings, including the Spanish sale, today achieved a total of GBP12,121,760, with newly-discovered works handsomely exceeding their pre-sale estimates, an... |
| "Dream Factory Communism" at Schirn Kunsthalle The comprehensive exhibition "Dream Factory Communism" presented in the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt through 4 January 2004 is dedicated to the universe of Soviet art in the Stalin Era, which... |
| Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Totals $74,564,400 Explosive bidding in an overflowing sale room brought a total of $74,564,400, the second highest sales total for a Contemporary evening auction at Sotheby’s since 1989. Nineteen works sold for over $1... |
| Christie’s To Sell Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Curly Hair, painted in 1935 after the artist’s disastrous discovery of the love affair between her husband, Diego Rivera, and her favorite sister, Cristina, will be of... |
| Impressionist and ModernArt Sale Totals $125.5 M Tonight, Sotheby’s achieved an excellent result with an offering of Impressionist and Modern works in which all top lots sold at or above pre-sale estimates. Highlighting the sale was a masterpiece by... |
| Sotheby’s Amsterdam to Offer Van Gogh Drawing On Tuesday 2 December 2003, a rare drawing by Vincent van Gogh will be offered at Sotheby’s Amsterdam. The drawing Landscape under a stormy sky is a particularly impressive work with a dark, ominous s... |
| Amedeo Modigliani Work Sells For $26.8 Million Christie’s sold Modigliani’s "Reclining Nude (on Her Left Side)" for $26.8 million on Tuesday evening. The work was part of the sale of Impressionist and modern art, and was the property of ... |
| Modigliani's 1917 painting Reclining Nude sells at N.Y. auction for $26.8 M Modigliani's 1917 painting Reclining Nude (on Her Left Side) has sold for $26.8 million, a record for the artist at auction, Christie's said. The Amedeo Modigliani work brought sp... |
| RUSSIAN CULTURE MINISTER HANDS OVER TO PATRIARCH 252 ICONS ILLEGALLY TAKEN AWAY FROM RUSSIA TO ITALY AND USA On Friday Russian Culture Minister Mikhail Shvydkoi handed over to Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexis II 252 icons which were illegally taken away from Russia to Italy and the USA. "Du... |
| Titanic Archive to Be Sold by Sotheby’s When Charles Herbert Lightoller, Second Officer of the Titanic came on duty at 6.00pm for four hours on April 14, 1912, little did he know how his life would change. By the next day, Charles Lightolle... |
| Austria Returns Stolen Mask to Nepal The Austrian government returned a 400-year-old mask of Buddha to Nepal. The mask is used in rituals by the local community. The mask had somehow found its way to a museum in Vienna. The mask is made ... |
| George III mahogany library armchair c.1760 The highlight of Sotheby’s £3.1m sale of the contents of Fawley House in Oxfordshire on October 14-15 was this George III mahogany library armchair c.1760. Once a prized element of the Percival Griffi... |
| Sword Carried by Nelson Offered at Sotheby’s A sword with a wonderful provenance - that belonged to the ancestors of the great Horatio Nelson - and has remained in the same family since, is to be offered in a sale of Fine Arms and Armour on Thur... |
| Sotheby’s Sale of Contemporary Art Sotheby’s sale of Contemporary Art on the evening of Wednesday, November 12, 2003 will feature masterworks by some of the most important post-war artists including Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Arsh... |
| Impressionist & Modern Art Sale at Sotheby’s NY Sotheby’s fall sales of Impressionist and Modern Art will include an impressive offering of paintings and sculpture by 19th and 20th century masters such as Gustav Klimt, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gog... |
| Prints & Photographs at Bonhams & Butterfields Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers and Appraisers, the West Coast’s leading auctioneers, will be offering 470 prints and nearly 150 photographs in the upcoming seasonal Fine Prints and Photographs auc... |
| St. Petersburg in Photographs 1840s-1920s The State Hermitage Museum presents “St. Petersburg in Photographs of the 1840s - 1920s,” on view through November 23, 2003. The exhibition of St. Petersburg historical photographs, showing about 500 ... |
| Mae West Sofa by Salvador Dali Sells Christie’s sold a red, wool sofa in the form of Mae West’s lips created by Salvador Dali for GBP62,140. The sofa was made for Edward James at Monkton House in 1938. In 1936 Salvador Dali ... |
| State Hermitage Museum Opens Eduardo Chillida The State Hermitage Museum presents today “Eduardo Chillida,” on view through November 30, 2003. Eduardo Chillida was born the 10th of January of 1924 in San Sebastian (Spain). His first exhibition wa... |
| Caixaforum Opens: Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens Caixaforum presents “Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens...- Masters of Flemish Painting of the 17th Century in the Collections of the State Hermitage Museum,” on view through February 1, 2004. The exhibition ... |
| A Charity Auction at Christie’s - Afghanistan Christie’s will hold on October 16 a charity auction entitled Photographic Education in Afghanistan. Proceeds from the auction will help to fully equip the photography department at the University of ... |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art Opens El Greco The first major retrospective in more than 20 years devoted to the great 16th-century painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541-1614) – known to posterity as El Greco – will open at The Metropolitan Muse... |
| Russia Engages the World 1453-1825 Opens Westernization. Modernization. Globalization. Socioeconomic terms of 20th-century coinage? In the late 17th century Tsar Peter the Great harnessed these forces to pull Russia out of isolation and prop... |
| Topographical Views & Orientalist Paintings Sotheby’s London will hold a Travel Sale over two consecutive days this year on Tuesday, 14 and Wednesday, 15 October, 2003. The first part of the sale on October 14 will be dedicated to an Art Refere... |
| Gauguin - Tahiti Opens at Grand Palais Paris The Galeries nationales du Grand Palais present “Gauguin – Tahiti - l’atelier des tropiques,” on view through January 19, 2004. Organised by the Reunion des Musees Nationaux, the Musee ... |
| Emerald brooch reaches above estimate of J1.05m Two historic, finely carved Mughal emeralds were the highlights of Christie’s Arts of India sale in London on September 24. Topping the bill was a 17th century wine cup made from a 408.5ct carved emer... |
| The Romanovs Collect: European Art at UMMA The University of Michigan Museum of Art presents “The Romanovs Collect: European Art from the Hermitage,” on view through November 23, 2003. This is a historic exhibition of more than 140 exquisite w... |
| About Time: 700 Years of European Painting The Brooklyn Museum of Art opens today the long-term installation “About Time: 700 Years of European Painting.” Drawing on the Museum’s collections, this thematic installation explores how centuries o... |
| RUSSIAN CULTURE MINISTRY BOARD CONSIDERS HERMITAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME A programme for the development of the State Hermitage for a period from 2003 to 2014 was discussed Friday at a Culture Ministry board session. Culture Minister Mikhail Shvydkoi said that it is no... |
| The Sadler Collection of Antiquities, Sotheby’s For years at the centre of the art world in London, Agatha Sadler, "Queen of Art Books", counts among her friends some of the greatest names in the art establishment. Bruce Chatwin, Bernard ... |
| Peter Paul Rubens Masterpiece Will Be Returned Christina Weiss, German Culture Minister, announced that a Peter Paul Rubens painting was handed to the Russian authorities by a dealer who had tried to sell the work. The work is titled “Tarquinius a... |
| European Paintings at Sotheby’s Amsterdam The sale of important 19th Century European Paintings at Sotheby’s Amsterdam on Tuesday 21 October 2003 will again offer several impressive examples of the Dutch Romantic School paintings. One of the ... |
| Renaissance Drawings Bibliotheque Nationale Caixa Catalunya will present “Renaissance Drawings. Bibliotheque nationale de France Collection,” on view from October 21 to January 18, 2004. This exhibition, organised by Fundacio Caixa Ca... |
| Aztecs Opens at Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany presents “Aztecs,” on view through January 11, 2004. Templo Mayor- The Aztec’s built conception of the world. A CAD-Reconstruction. The com... |
| Turner expert's new view of Venice The new title of the luminous canvas by Turner is, frankly, slightly cumbersome. The picture is now: The Arrival of Louis-Philippe at Portsmouth 8 October 1844 (circa) 1844-5, formerly listed as Festi... |
| Homage to Camille Pissarro at Musee d’Orsay Musee d’Orsay presents “Homage to Camille Pissarro (1830-1903),” on view through November 16, 2003. To celebrate the centenary of the painter Pissarro’s death in Paris, on November 13, 1903 (he w... |
| "Galuchka: Russian Muse and Icon" Opens The Salvador Dali Museum presents “Galuchka: Russian Muse and Icon.” "A single being has attained a plan of life whose image is comparable to the serene perfection of the Renaissance, Gala, my wi... |
| Haute Epoque Recaptured at Sotheby’s London A Special sale dedicated to the Haute Epoque will offer a superb range of important Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque furniture and tapestries, from Flanders, Holland, Germany, Spain and France. The wor... |
| NEW YORK AND MOSCOW TO EXCHANGE "AMERICA" AND "RUSSIA" EXHIBITIONS Large-scale exhibitions "Russia" and "America" will take place in 2006, in New York and Moscow and also, perhaps, in St. Petersburg. Mikhail Shvydkoy, Russian Minister of culture a... |
| Russian mafia tries to cash in on lost Rubens Germany urges Kremlin to step in as criminals try to sell back masterpiece plundered in last days of second world war Germany was last night demanding the return from Moscow of a priceless Rubens ... |
| US website to track Nazi looted art THE United States has taken a lead in art restitution by setting up a website to track Nazi-looted art. The Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal which has just gone online, will provide a database of m... |
| Sell Works From W. Joop Collection’s On December 12, 2003, Sotheby’s New York will offer for sale Property from the Collection of Wolfgang Joop, the noted fashion designer and collector of important 20th century design. The sale of appro... |
| Sotheby’s buy H.P. Kraus inventory for $9-12m sale Sotheby’s have acquired the inventory and reference library of H.P. Kraus, the venerable New York dealers in books and manuscripts, which they will sell in a series of auctions this autumn. H.P K... |
| Who stole the "Madonna of the yarnwinder" ... And has the Cellini salt been offered for ransom? The Duke of Buccleuch’s celebrated “Madonna of the yarnwinder", attributed to Leonardo, was stolen from Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, this week by two men posing as tourists. Althou... |
| Italian Art from the 20th Century at Sotheby’s A DRAMATIC and monumental horse and rider bronze by Marino Marini (1901-80) is the highlight of Sotheby’s annual 20th Century Italian Art sale to be held in London on the evening of Monday, October 20... |
| Goodmans join Bonhams to spearhead Australian expansion SYDNEY-based auction house Goodmans have joined the growing Bonhams empire in a bid to dominate the Australian auction scene. Bonhams & Goodman, to be run by Goodmans managing director Tim Goodman, wi... |
| Pablo Picasso Painting Sold for 420.000 Euros A work of art by Pablo Picasso, from his youth, titled “L’aumtne" (Alms) La Limosna” was sold at an auction for 420.000 euros in Honfleur. This painting was made in oil, crayon and pastel and dep... |
| RUSSIAN CULTURE MINISTER ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR 175TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF LEO TOLSTOI On September 9th it will be 175 years since Leo Tolstoi was born, which is believed by Russian Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkoi to be a really great date in the country's cultural life. &... |
| “The Road to Russian Impressionism” The Tretyakov Gallery presents “The Road to Russian Impressionism.” The exhibition celebrates the centennial of the creation of the Artist’s Union, which later disappeared in 1923 due to the pressure ... |
| Collection of Rarely Seen Art From the Vatican The University of Dayton will be among the few venues permitted to exhibit a collection of multicultural, multi-century art devoted to Mary, the Mother of God, outside its permanent home in the Vatica... |
| EXHIBITION OF RUSSIAN CLASSIC PAINTER ILYA REPIN IN BERLIN The first large-scale exhibition of the works by the great Russian painter Ilya Repin is successfully held in Berlin. The exhibition "In Search for Russia" was organised as part of the Germa... |
| Christie’s reveal performance of salerooms and departments Christie’s have announced worldwide sales totalling £589m ($947m) for the first six months of 2003, again laying claim to the title of the world’s leading auction house. This compares with a dollar to... |
| Group That Made False Picassos Discovered German police with the help of the Picasso Museum of Munster in Germany has discovered an international group that made false works of Pablo Picasso. A series of works presented for auction were ... |
| PORTRAIT OF PICASSO'S RUSSIAN WIFE TO ADORN MUSEUM IN ARTIST'S HOME TOWN The famous portrait of "Olga Khokhlova in Mantilla" painted by Pablo Picasso in 1917 is exhibited in the painter's museum in his native city of Malaga, southern Spain. "Olga Kh... |
| 19th Century European Paintings at Sotheby’s The sale of important 19th Century European Paintings at Sotheby’s Amsterdam on Tuesday 21 October 2003 will again offer several impressive examples of the Dutch Romantic School paintings. One of the ... |
| Rubin Masterpiece Returns to Israel Museum The Israel Museum announced today that it has re-acquired the painting The Sea of Galilee, 1926-1928, by Reuven Rubin, one of Israel’s early modern masters. The Sea of Galilee has returned to the Is... |
| Chinese Calligraphy Bought For $4.5 Million The Shanghai Museum has acquired a 1,000-year-old set of Chinese calligraphy for $4.5 million from American art dealer Robert Hatfield Ellsworth of New York City. This is the highest price paid ever b... |
| Turner’s Britain Goes Outside of London ’Turner’s Britain’ will be the first Turner major loan exhibition in Britain to be held outside London and will be exclusive to Birmingham. The exhibition of international loans from public and priv... |
| Old Master Prints from the Ashmolean Collection The Ashmolean Museum of art and archeology presents “Spectacular Impressions – Old Master Prints from the Ashmolean Collection,” on view through September 14, 2003. Beside many important drawings by e... |
| Decorative Arts Auction in Melbourne Christie’s have catalogued a diverse selection of Decorative Arts in a $1.5 million offering, including furniture, porcelain, silver, jewellery and works of art to be auctioned in Melbourne in August.... |
| Leonardo da Vinci Drawing Found in New Zealand Leonardo da Vinci drawing has been found in a box in New Zealand. The owner did not want to be identified because the work is very rare. Noel McGrevy, director of Wrightway Studios confirmed that an ... |
| “Monet: the Seine and the Sea, 1878 – 1883” The Royal Scottish Academy will present “Monet: the Seine and the Sea, 1878 – 1883,” this August 6. Moira Jeffrey from The Herald wrote: “This week Professor Richard Thomson, the Watson Gordon Profess... |
| Work Destroyed in Fire at Hamburger Bahnhof The Museum for the Present located at Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof was damaged after a fire. One art work by Kai Althoff titled "Aus dir", and valued at around $50,700 dollars was destroyed. M... |
| Salvador Dali Jewel-Sculpture is 50 Years-Old A piece of gold in the form of a heart and a handful of rubies make the “Royal Heart”, created in 1953 by Salvador Dali. The work also has a small motor with a precision mechanism. The history of... |
| PRESIDENT ALLOCATES CLOSE ON $2MLN TO RESTORE HISTORY AND CULTURE MONUMENTS ACROSS RUSSIA President Vladimir Putin of Russia has allocated over 56,000,000 roubles, or around $1.8 million, from his reserve fund to restore the country's history and culture monuments. The funds will ... |
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| Costume Ball in the Winter Palace, 1903 Brilliant event of the gone age in the fine two-volume edition. A centenarian documents and new researches. Museum exhibits and archive photos of participants with biographical references. |
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| Old Masters, Impressionists, and Moderns in L.A. Masterpieces from one of the world’s finest collections of French art is on view through October 13 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The exhibition, Old Masters, Impressionists, and Moderns: F... |
| Dali Works Returned to Waiter A cab driver returned the forgotten Salvador Dali works left in a taxi by a Spanish waiter of Barcelona. The works were valued at around $20,000 dollars and included Dali’s 1966 illustrated versi... |
| Heritage Lottery To Decide on Raphael The Heritage Lottery Fund will meet to decide on whether to award GBP11.5m to the National Gallery so that it can keep a Raphael painting titled Madonna and Child owned by the Duke of Northumberlan... |
| Salvador Dali Etchings Forgotten in a Taxi Sebastia Verdaguer forgot this past Wednesday a book with 13 etchings made by Salvador Dali in a taxi he was taking in Barcelona. The young person had picked up the book from a downtown gallery to tak... |
| Works Stolen in Argentina Appear in Paris Works by Cezanne, Gauguin and Renoir stolen in Argentina 23 years ago have been fond in Paris. The find was confirmed this week by Interpol. The works had been stolen 23 years ago from the Museo ... |
| TWO CULTURE MINISTERS CONSIDER YEAR OF RUSSIA IN GERMANY AND YEAR OF GERMANY IN RUSSIA PROJECTS A two-day meeting between Russian culture minister Mikhail Shvydkoi and German State minister for cultural and media affairs Christina Weiss is taking place in Saint Petersburg. During the meeting the... |
| Art Forum Berlin 2003 in October The International Fair for Contemporary Art Art Forum Berlin 2003 will be on view from October 1 to October 5, 2003. Art Forum Berlin, The International Fair for Contemporary Art, will take place this... |
| Bonhams Sells Stubbs Painting for $3.1Million A recently rediscovered painting by George Stubbs (1724-1806), one of the masters of British sporting art who is best known for his paintings of horses, fetched $3,160,000 at Bonhams’ Sale of Old Mast... |
| Cow Sculpture Stolen in Brussels One of the 187 cow sculptures on exhibition at the “Art on Cows” show in the streets and parks of Brussels was stolen and others were damaged. This week six works were stolen but only one is still mis... |
| Spanish Collector Pays $735,076 For Goya Sketch A sketch by Francisco de Goya titled “Apparition of the Virgin of Pilar to Santiago” was auctioned by Christie’s for $735,076 dollars. Many people in Spain were surprised to know that the Historical H... |
| Rembrandt Self-Portrait Sells for $11.3 Million Sotheby’s auctioned a Rembrandt self-portrait for $11.3 million, a record auction price for a self-study by the Dutch master. The work was acquired by American casino magnate Stephen Wynn by a telepho... |
| Spanish Police Recover Ten Works by Botero Spanish police have recovered ten paintings by Colombian artist Fernando Botero after dismantling a group dedicated to de distribution of cocaine in Europe. Police found 60 kilograms of cocaine, three... |
| IF HERMITAGE EXHIBIT IN FRANCE IS ARRESTED, HOST COUNTRY WILL BE TO BLAME, RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES WARN The Russian Culture Ministry says it will hold France responsible in case the artwork brought in for display from St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum is placed under arrest. It is the host coun... |
| Hidden Dali Found in Moore Collection Auction A Hidden Dali work was found in the back of a work that was part of the John Peter Moore Collection auctioned recently. The work was covered by the frame and is a nude drawing of Anna Maria ... |
| One in Ten Iraqi Treasures Looted - Dr. Mutawalli Dr. Nawalaal Mutawalli, the director of Iraq’s National Museum, stated in a press conference at the British Museum in London that at least one in ten Iraqi treasures were looted. He commented that aro... |
| Sotheby’s To Auction Australian Indigenous Art Tim Klingender, Director of Aboriginal Art at Sotheby’s explained, ’this years sale represents both the largest and most valuable collection of Australian Indigenous art ever assembled for auction, an... |
| Famous Lost Work Rediscovered by Sotheby’s An important work, previously considered lost, by the great baroque painter Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) is to be offered in Sotheby’s sale of Old Master Paintings on Thursday, July 10, 2003. One of ... |
| Holy Russia in Tuscany: 19th Century Icons The Gallery at the American Bible Society presents a selection of 19th-century and early 20th-century Russian icons drawn from the holdings of the newly established Museum of Russian Icons in Peccioli... |
| Strong Museum Sues Appraiser The Strong Museum is suing Robert C. Eldred Co. Inc, an appraiser that put a value of between $800 and $1,200 on a porcelain vase. The vase later sold for $23,000 at the appraiser’s auction in Decembe... |
| First Ice Age Cave Found in Britain What is believed to be the first Ice Age cave art to be found in Britain was revealed by The Creswell Heritage Trust and English Heritage. Leading Ice Age and cave art archaeologists Dr Sergio Ripoll,... |
| 24 New Sites Inscribed on World Heritage List Twenty-four sites were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, including, for the first time, sites in Gambia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Sudan. The inscriptions were carried out by the World Heritag... |
| Albrecht Durer’s Hare – 500 years old One of the world’s most popular works of art is 500 years old. Albrecht Durer’s (1471-1528) water color Hare, well-known from countless reproductions and not least from the covers of schoolchildr... |
| Salvador Dali Works Auctioned For $9.2 Million More than 400 works of art by Spanish painter Salvador Dali were auctioned in Paris auction house Artcurial for around $9,200,000 dollars. The prices of a dozen of works were between $230,000 and... |
| Old Master Drawings at Sotheby’s On Wednesday, July 10, 2003, for the second time in two years, Sotheby’s will offer a drawing by the great Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). One of only a small handful of drawin... |
| Australian Rock Find Dates to 2000 BC Bob Carr spoke to the Australian Parliament and said: "If someone in Italy said they had just found a new Etruscan tomb, that would date back to 700BC. This find is 2000BC. If someone excavating ... |
| Panel by A. da Messina Will Be Auctioned A previously unknown and recently attributed devotional panel by Antonello da Messina will be offered at Christie’s sale of Important Old Master Pictures on 9 July 2003 (estimate: GBP200,000- 300,0... |
| Three Van Gogh Works Sold in British Auction Three works by Dutch expressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh, including a long-lost pen-and-ink sketch, sold for more than 8.4 million pounds ($14 million) on Tuesday, auction-house Christie's sai... |
| New Record for Egon Schiele: $21 million A restituted masterpiece by the great Austrian Expressionist painter Egon Schiele sold at Sotheby’s in London the night of June 23, 2003 for a staggering $21,081,580, more than twice its pre-sale low ... |
| Former Secretary of Dali, Could Go to Jail The prosecutor is asking for 11 and a half years of jail to John Peter Moore, who was the personal secretary of Salvador Dali. Moore is accused of selling false Dali works and other original... |
| St Petersburg: A 300th Birthday Tribute The Hermitage Rooms present “St Petersburg: A 300th Birthday Tribute - People and Palaces in Photographs around 1900,” on view through July 27, 2003. This exhibition will present a dramatic collection... |
| INFANT FELIPE OF SPAIN TO OPEN FESTIVAL OF CATALONIAN CULTURE IN ST. PETERSBURG The heir to the Spanish throne, Prince Felipe of Asturia will open the 2nd festival of Catalonian Culture in Russia "Gold Needle" on June 24 in St. Petersburg. This event is included in the ... |
| The Janssen Collection at Sotheby’s Sotheby’s is delighted to offer an elegant and stylish collection of arts and antiques in the Autumn of 2003. Formed over a period of 50 years by the Amsterdam couple the late Mr. and Mrs. Janssen, th... |
| The Complete Paintings and Drawings Taschen just published the book “Leonardo da Vinci - The Complete Paintings and Drawings,” written by Dr. Frank Zollner and Johannes Nathan. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) possessed one of the gre... |
| Renaissance Manuscript Painting Debuts Some of the most stunning works of art of the Renaissance are among the least well known. They can be found within the pages of illuminated manuscripts, books that were both written and painted by han... |
| RUSSIAN PRESIDENT ON ROLE OF RUSSIAN BUSINESS IN RESTORING CULTURE OBJECTS Russian President Vladimir Putin considers it necessary to specify functions, rights and obligations of federal, regional and municipal authorities in culture in the context of separation of powers. ... |
| ST. PETERSBURG PHOTOGRAPHS EXHIBITION OPENS IN LONDON An exhibition called "People and Palaces of St. Petersburg in Photographs at the Turn of the 20th Century" opens in London today. The display in the famous Somerset House is devoted to the 3... |
| Thieves Steal From Rothschild Collection A gang of thieves broke into Waddesdon Manor, where the Rothschild Collection is, and stole more than 100 gold boxes and art works. The theft took place Tuesday night. Thames Valley police have confir... |
| JC Dahl’s Rjukanfoss Landscape Stolen The work "Rjukanfoss" landscape from 1830 by JC Dahl was stolen from the formal affairs mansion of Norsk Hydro this past weekend. The mansion is located at Vaekeroe, west of downtown Osl... |
| Turner: The Late Seascapes at Clark Art Institute The defining years of one of Britain’s greatest and most accomplished artists is the focus of Turner: The Late Seascapes, a major exhibition to open at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on... |
| Joshua Reynolds Portrait Sells For GBP2.6 Million Sotheby’s sold a portrait of Mary Wordsworth, Lady Kent, by Joshua Reynolds for GBP2.6 million, five times the expected price. The sale took place Thursday at the Important British Art auction. Thi... |
| Four Centuries of European and American Art The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center at Stanford University opens todat an exhibition that examines the garden as an enduring and evolving cultural resource. The Changing Garden: Four Centuries of Europ... |
| Titian Exhibition Opens in Madrid Delfin Rodriguez from the ABC newspaper in Spain commented: “The Museo del Prado opens this week the greatest exhibit that there has been to date on Titian. Where can we find the meaning of ... |
| 17th Century Needlework Casket To Be Sold A beautiful 17th Century needlework casket said to have been presented by King Charles II to the woman who helped him flee the country after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 will be sold ... |
| Nimrod Treasure Safe at Central Bank of Iraq Piero Cordone, the adviser on cultural affairs in Iraq stated, "Even if it’s just two rooms, my goal is to open it by September to highlight the resumption of cultural activity in the country.&qu... |
| Crossing the Channel: British and French Painting Some of the greatest European painters of the nineteenth century are united for the first time in over two centuries in the major exhibition “Crossing the Channel: British and French Painting in the A... |
| For Sale: Soviet Sputnik For sale on the Internet: what might be one of the Soviet Sputnik satellites that ushered in the Space Age and sparked a frenzied competition that soon led to the launch of the first man into orbit. ... |
| EBay to Increase Fees in Europe in July A new tax on online purchases in the European Union will mean higher fees for eBay sellers on the continent beginning July 1, and it could mean a temporary downturn in eBay listings there. The San ... |
| Works From the Wormington Manor at Sotheby’s Sotheby’s announced that they have been instructed to sell the contents of Wormington Manor, Wormington, near Broadway, Worcestershire. The auction of more than 850 lots will take place on-site in thr... |
| Picasso returned to owner A framer who absent-mindedly left two works of art on a subway platform - including an original Picasso print - has been reunited with his lost property. William Bailey, 63, has returned the works... |
| Christie's to auction 17th century emerald A 17th century emerald set in a diamond brooch, that was once the property of the first British viceroy of India Robert Clive, is being sold this September by Christie's auctioneers in London. ... |
| Sotheby’s To Sell a Major Painting by Paul Gauguin An important work of post-Impressionist art by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) is among the highlights of Sotheby’s sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London on the evening of Monday, June 23, 2003. Pau... |
| GERMAN-RUSSIAN "CULTURE SHIP" TO MAKE DUSSELDORF -PASSAU VOYAGE On Saturday 31st a German-Russian "Culture Ship" leaves Dusseldorf on the Rein for Passau on the Danube. According to representative of the organisation committee Kristiane Towar, this u... |
| Auguste Rodin Sculpture Stolen in Argentina The work "The Hand of God" by Auguste Rodin disappeared from the exhibition hall at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, informed the police. Security guards kept the museum closed for severa... |
| Matta Leads Latin American Sale at Christie’s Artist from Chile Roberto Matta was the star of the Latin American auction at Christies. Matta’s "Endless Nudes" sold for $1.6 million. The work was part of the Seagram Collection. Three of ... |
| Art Dealer Gets 2 Paintings For the Price of 1 Art dealer Denis Savill acquired a Lloyd Rees painting at a Sotheby’s auction last August for $94,500. Savill had then noticed a second strip of canvas underneath the top one. After the auction he too... |
| Christie’s Important British and Irish Art Sale Two major works by Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896), Sleeping and Early Days, capture the innocence of childhood. Womanhood is celebrated by another Victorian artist, John William Waterhouse (1849... |
| ICONOSTASIS FROM THE SOLOVETSKY MONASTERY TO BE DISPLAYED AT GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS An ancient Russian iconostasis which in the 17th century graced the side-altar of the Solovetsky Cathedral of Transfiguration (dates from the 16th century and is located on the Solovetsky islands in ... |
| ORIGAMI EXHIBITION IN MOSCOW The 4th Feast of Origami exhibition, which opened in Moscow's Darwin Museum on Monday, has the purpose of acquainting visitors with the history of the famous paper art. It is not the first origam... |
| EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO ARCHITECT CARLO ROSSI TO BE OPENED IN ST. PETERSBURG An exhibition dedicated to a famous architect Carlo Rossi (1775 - 1849) will be opened in the Flag Pavilion of the Yelagin Island Palace in St. Petersburg on Sunday. This architect designed a number o... |
| ONE OF THE LARGEST "RUSSIAN SALES" COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY AT SOTHEBY'S One of the largest in the last years "Russian sales" has successfully completed at Sotheby's auction house in London. The most vehement strife concerned several lots belonging to th... |
| Sotheby's Sells Manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth for $3.5 Mln The working manuscript of the first edition of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, completed in 1824 when the composer was already deaf, sold at Sotheby's today for a record 2.13 million ... |
| Scandinavian Sale & German & Austrian Paintings This year’s sale will incorporate both Sotheby’s annual Scandinavian Sale and the sale of German, Austrian, Hungarian and Slavic Paintings. Among the Scandinavian paintings is one of the most exciting... |
| ST. PETERSBURG TO HOST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF CULTURAL WORKERS AND SCIENTISTS The International Congress of Cultural Workers and Scientists will open on Friday, May 23rd in the Marble Hall of the Russian Ethnographic museum in St Petersburg. Some 300 scientists, cultural an... |
| SOTHEBY'S AUCTIONS OFF RUSSIAN PAINTINGS AT BREATHTAKING PRICES Canvases from the 19th and early 20th century went off at exorbitant prices in the Sotheby's Russian auction today. Three paintings out of Fedor Chalyapin's collection - Boris Kustodiev&... |
| SOTHEBY'S WITHDRAWS 4 PAINTINGS FROM RUSSIAN AUCTION ON SMUGGLING SUSPICION The Sotheby's auctioneer removed Fedor Bognevsky's portrait of Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna and another three paintings from sale without specifying his reasons at a Russian art auction ... |
| Summer Contemporary Art Sale at Sotheby’s Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sale to be held in London on the evening of Wednesday, June 25, 2003 will feature major works by some of the most important artists of the 20th century including Lucio Fonta... |
| Sotheby's Settles Lawsuit Against Michael Jackson Sotheby's said on Tuesday it had settled a lawsuit accusing pop superstar Michael Jackson of failing to pay almost $1.4 million for two 19th century paintings he bought from the auction house las... |
| Painting Bought for $900 May Fetch $600,000 at Sotheby's Sale Philadelphia art collectors Meyer and Vivian Potamkin spent $900 in 1952 on a painting by Theodore Robinson, now considered the father of American Impressionism. Sotheby's Holdings Inc. tomorrow ... |
| MOSCOW WILL HOST DAYS OF SLAVIC WRITING AND CULTURE On May 20th-June 1st Moscow will see the days of the Slavic writing and culture. According to the organisation committee, the Divine Liturgy scheduled to take place on May 24th in the Assumption C... |
| SOTHEBY'S TO HOST HIGHLY FASCINATING RUSSIAN SALE Sotheby's has one of the most fascinating Russian sales of the recent years scheduled for May 21st, says Martin Saunders-Rawlings, prime consultant of the Russian sales. According to his acco... |
| Stolen Paintings Back on Display in Manchester Three paintings stolen from the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, during the night of Saturday 26 April and recovered the following night will be back on display from Monday 19 May. Alistair Smith, G... |
| The State Hermitage Museum presents "Cobra and Contemporaries" The State Hermitage Museum presents "Cobra and Contemporaries," on view through September 28, 2003 at the Peter Gallery. The exhibition is organized by The State Hermitage Museum in collabor... |
| CULTURE MINISTRY URGES RUSSIAN COLLECTORS TO BUY RUSSIAN ANTIQUES AT SOTHEBY'S The Culture ministry urges Russian museums and collectors to be more active in buying Russian antiques from Sotheby's sales in London. "We should pass from words to acts and stop watchin... |
| PORTRAIT OF RUSSIAN PRINCESS OFF THE BLOCK AT SOTHEBY'S A portrait of Russia's grand princess Alexandra Pavlovna painted by Fyodor Bognevsky was put off the block Friday at Russian auction slated for May 21st by Sotheby's in London, Anatoly Vilko... |
| Sotheby’s Evening Sale Totals $27.3 Million In an overflowing saleroom yesterday night, Sotheby’s sale of Contemporary Art brought a total of $27,339,600. The top selling lot of the evening was Jackson Pollock’s sublime Number 17, 1949 from the... |
| Traveling Exhibit of Russian Artist K. Malevich Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism will open at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on May 13, following its critically acclaimed presentation at the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, where it was seen by a record ... |
| Nicolas de Stael Exhibition Opens At The Hermitage Monday saw the opening of an exhibition in the State Hermitage with the title "Nicolas de Stael. Paintings. From museums and private collections of Western Europe, the United States and Russia.&q... |
| Amber Room Reconstruction in Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo Is Completed The ceremony of the official opening of the unique Amber Room will take place on June 3 The Expert Council will sign on Tuesday an act on completing the restoration of the Amber Room in the Catherine... |
| Entwistle's 'Frankenstein' Guitar Sold at Auction Rock legend John Entwistle's prized pink guitar "Frankenstein" sold for almost 10 times the expected price at auction, Sotheby's said on Tuesday. The pink Fender Precision guita... |
| Iraq Looters Were Expert Thieves Marine Reserve Lt. Col. Matthew Bogdonos stated, "In the most remote corner of the most remote building, they went after 90 boxes of the most easily transported items. This theft ring had an inti... |
| Latin American Art at Sotheby’s Sotheby’s May 27th evening sale of Latin American Art is highlighted by Rufino Tamayo’s elegant Sandias from 1953 which is estimated to sell for $800/1 million. Other highlights of the sale include im... |
| The Mona Lisa of Sculptures Stolen in Vienna A 16th century sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini called Saliera was stolen from the Art History Museum in Vienna. The glass case that contained the work was smashed. The work has been described "the... |
| GERMANY TO SEE FIRST EXHIBITION OF REPIN'S PAINTINGS FROM TRETYAKOV GALLERY AND OTHER RUSSIAN MUSEUMS The famous paintings Unexpected Return, Princess Sofia and Archdeacon, portraits of patron of arts Pavel Tretyakov and composer Modest Musorgsky - a total of 80 paintings and drawings of Ilya Repin wi... |
| International Fine Art Fair Opens at SRA The International Fine Art Fair has opened at the Seventh Regiment Armory until May 14, 2003. Haughton International Fairs were inaugurated in 1982 with The International Ceramics Fair & Seminar. The ... |
| Bond car sells for almost €300,000 A sleek and sexy Bond car will live another day after it was sold for almost €300,000 at auction today. The Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, driven by Pierce Brosnan in blockbuster Die Another Day and th... |
| Sales of rare wines at Christie's and Sotheby's highlight new interest in liquid assets It is unlikely that Christie's boardroom had seen anything quite like the array of rare wines that graced the elegant King Street dinner tables: eight wines from Chateau Latour starting with... |
| Spanish Govt Buys 2 Goyas for 1.75 Million Euros The Spanish government has acquires two paintings by Francisco de Goya for 1.75 million euros at auction house Alcala Subastas. The paintings were discovered in a house in Madrid. The works are titled... |
| U.S. Casino Magnate Nabs Another Christie's Gem For the second night in a row casino magnate Steve Wynn bought the most expensive painting on the block, paying $17.4 million on Wednesday for a Cezanne self-portrait at the Christie's Impressio... |
| Louvre Presents Leonardo da Vinci The Louvre presents today "Leonardo da Vinci - Drawings and Manuscripts," on view through July 14, 2003. This is the first exhibition dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci for over 50 years. Born i... |
| SOTHEBY'S TO OFFER RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART The London-based central office of Sotheby's on New Bond street will be selling Russian works of art May 21 once again. About 200 lots, i.e. paintings by famous 18-th century, 19-th century a... |
| New York Art Dealer Michael Cohen Arrested for Fraud Interpol agents in Brazil arrested a New York art dealer Michael Cohen for allegedly defrauding U.S. art galleries of some $12 million. According to investigators, Michael Cohen is being charged with ... |
| Renoir Painting Auctioned for $23.5 Million Sotheby’s began its auction season with the Impressionist and modern art auction on Tuesday. The painting "Dans les roses (Madame Leon Clapisson" by Auguste Renoir was sold for $23.5 million... |
| Rene Magritte Painting Sells for $3.6 Million The painting L’Oiseau de Ciel (Sky Bird) by Rene Magritte sold for $3.6 million dollars at an auction in Belgium. The work sold for three times the reserved price and is considered as the most importa... |
| SARS hits trade in platinum THE SARS virus has caused a slump in the price of jewellers’ platinum as the Far Eastern jewellery trade effectively goes into quarantine. While silver seems stable and the price of gold has actually... |
| Unseen Picasso Tapestry Featured at Exhibition A never before seen Picaso tapestry is on view at an exhibition that included works by twenty artists that have links to Sant Cugat (Barcelona). The Picasso work is titled "Still-life under light... |
| Ashcroft: Museums in Iraq looted by pros Iraqi museums pillaged after the war were looted by organized thieves who knew exactly what they wanted and may have already taken priceless items out of the country, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcro... |
| Minn. Museum to Loan Russian Paintings The Museum of Russian Art is loaning 30 paintings to a special exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Union of Russian Artists... |
| SOTHEBY’S TO SELL RESTITUTED SUPREMATIST PAINTING BY KAZIMIR MALEVICH PAINTING TAKEN OUT OF NAZI GERMANY IN 1938 TO ENSURE ITS SAFETY WILL BE SOLD BY MALEVICH HEIRS ON THE EVENING OF MAY 6, 2003 On the evening of May 6th Sotheby’s will offer for sale, on behalf of the ... |
| At Art Auctions, It's Proceed with Caution As auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's launch their semi-annual art sales this week, there is a mood of cautious optimism that an erratic economy and recent world events will not cause c... |
| Rodchenko: Modern Photomontage & Film Opens The Neuberger Museum of Arts presents today "Alexander Rodchenko: Modern Photography, Photomontage and Film," on view through July 20, 2003. Through his innovative efforts and experimentatio... |
| Private Picasso Collection Opens in Barcelona The Palau Foundation opens the greatest private Picasso collection this Sunday. The foundation is located at the Can Muntanya and Monges buildings and has a total of 200 works of important artist... |
| Michael C. Carlos Museum Brings: Ramesses I The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University presents today "Ramesses I: The Search for the Lost Pharaoh," on view through September 14, 2003. Is there a famous pharaoh in Atlanta? The t... |
| The Philips Wing of the Rijksmuseum Reopens The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam has reopened a third of the museum. From Saturday 3 May 2003 The Philips Wing of the Rijksmuseum and hence the exhibition ’Hendrick Goltzius; Drawings, Prints, and Paintings’... |
| Art Experts Gather at British Museum The world’s great museum experts gathered at the British Museum. They made the first authoritative list of the treasures that were stolen or destroyed in Baghdad. The experts placed most of the blame ... |
| Black Paintings Was Not Painted By Goya Juan Jose Junquera, History of Art professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, has just written a report that affirms that the art work “Black Paintings” attributed to Goya at the El Prad... |
| Portraits Stolen From Hever Castle, in Edenbridge Five miniature portraits worth around $150,000 were stolen from Hever Castle, in Edenbridge, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn in Kent. The theft took place on Monday and the castle was open at the ti... |
| Ramon Gaya Retrospective Opens at Reina Sofia The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia presents an exhibition on Spanish painter Ramon Gaya, who was awarded the Velazquez Award for Visual Arts. Ramon Gaya was born in Murcia in 1910. This ret... |
| Recovered Paintings Can Be Repaired The three paintings that were stolen from the Manchester art gallery on Sunday and should be back on the gallery’s walls within a fortnight, despite being damaged. The works by Van Gogh, Picasso and G... |
| Europ’ART 2003 Opens in Lausanne Europ’ART 2003 opens today and will be on view through May 4, 2003. With more than 20 different countries present, the program is indeed gathering a beautiful and wide range of exhibitions, which will... |
| Whitworth's stolen masterpieces endure a rainy night in the Loovre A boarded-up, bricked-up, graffiti-adorned and litter-strewn public lavatory next to one of the busiest bus routes in Europe is not the ideal place to store an early Van Gogh watercolour worth ?2m. ... |
| Experts to Draft Iraq Antiquities Plan The looting of Iraqi museums is the worst calamity to befall any national art collection since World War II, the director of the British Museum said Tuesday as some of the world's top curators me... |
| Meiji Modern Design to be Sold at Bonhams Japan, by nature an extremely conservative country, was ruled for centuries by a warrior caste – the Samurai – who supported a military government presided over by the Shogun, a word immortalized by J... |
| 15th Art Frankfurt - European Fair Exhibit Opens The 15th Art Frankfurt, the European Fair for Young Art, opens today and will be open through May 1, 2003. 162 galleries from nine countries are taking part in the 15th Art Frankfurt in Hall 1 of the ... |
| EBay Posts 1st-Quarter Profit Driven by the surging popularity of online auctions at home and abroad, eBay Inc. posted a first-quarter profit of $104.2 million, more than double the amount it earned in the same period last year. ... |
| Eva Zeisel Survived Stalin's Prison to Give Ceramics a Lasting New Form Eva Zeisel has always been more than a grande dame of design. At 96, the Hungarian-born designer is justly revered for enlivening the 20th century with elegant, expressive modern ceramics. But her ... |
| 19th Century European Art Sale at Christie’s Christie’s will hold its Nineteenth Century European Art sale on April 29 in Amsterdam. The emphasis of this sale is on Dutch painters of the Romantic School up until the Dutch impressionists of The H... |
| Christie’s To Offer Animal Bronzes by French Sculptor On April 25, Christie’s will offer a previously undocumented private collection of 160 bronzes by the foremost 19th century animalier sculptor, Antoine-Louis Barye. The highlight of the sale will be 1... |
| Seventh International Art Fair Art Moscow Opens The seventh international art fair Art Moscow has opened and will be on view through April 27, 2003. Thirty-seven galleries are participate in it. International Program ART MOSCOW is an annual forum ... |
| St. Peterburg's Hermitage Gets Sculpture Of Garuda Bird, National Indonesian Symbol On behalf of her country's government and people, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri today offered a sculpture of the mythical bird Garuda to the Hermitage Museum, in St. Petersburg, as a... |
| Iraq antiquities crisis revives call for UK stolen art database AS the antiquities trade brace themselves to cope with the fall-out of the mass looting of artefacts in Iraq, a UK stolen art database takes centre stage once more. Trade organisations in Britain and ... |
| Metropolitan Art Museum to show Romanov treasures Treasures of Russia's Romanov dynasty, including jewels, paintings and figurines, will be put on display from Tuesday at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Most of the 270 objects selected fro... |
| Woman may have founded ancient Rome Rome celebrated its 2,756th birthday yesterday, amid claims that the city may have been founded by a Trojan woman called Roma and not, as legend has it, by Romulus. According to Rome's Il Mess... |
| Mass Media Hush Up Solzhenitsyn Was Informer He readily agreed to cooperate with the KGB The name of the Russian author and dissident in the US, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, that seemed to be forgotten after the 1990s' euphoria, comes up from t... |
| Paris Surrealist Auction Set to Surpass Estimates A sale of artworks seen as talismans of Surrealism is set to beat estimates after paintings including Miros and Magrittes fetched 26.29 million euros ($28.5 million), Paris auction house Drouot said o... |
| Advent of Engraving in the Age of Albrecht Durer An exhibition of 65 engravings by a group of early German and Netherlandish artists who transformed engraving from a goldsmith’s craft into a major art form is on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Ar... |
| New Model of the New Acropolis Museum Presented The Alexander S. Onassis Cultural Center in Manhattan presented a model of the New Acropolis Museum. The exhibition is a way of presenting a case for the return of the Elgin Marbles with the help of n... |
| Request for Urgent Protection of Iraqi Collections The Director-General of UNESCO called for all measures to be taken to ensure the protection and surveillance of Iraqi cultural heritage and effectively fight against illicit trafficking. Following the... |
| Assets: Eggs -- Faberge to Pysanky -- Sizzle Decorated eggs are on a roll, with a jewel-encrusted Faberge selling for a record $9.5 million last year, and a prolific burst of new masterpieces using materials as humble as dyes, wax and beads. |
| TRETYAKOV GALLERY PROMOTES RUSSIAN ART, EUROPE-WIDE The State Tretyakov Gallery is active in expositions of Russian art in many European countries. A vast retrospect exhibition of Suprematism came as spectacular demonstration of Kazimir Malevich... |
| Baghdad's Museums Robbed of Invaluable Historical and Archaeological Relics The world famous National Museum of Iraq's antiquities in Baghdad has been robbed of thousands of invaluable historical and archaeological relics belonging to the most ancient Sumer civilisation ... |
| BELGIUM TO HOST RUSSIAN ICONS EXHIBITION Today the Leonardo da Vinci Museum in Tongerlo (Antwerp Province, Belgium) is launching an exhibition called "Russian Icons." The exhibition will feature 26 icons from museums of the Leningr... |
| Sotheby’s to Sell Restituted Masterpiece by Egon Schiele LONDON, ENGLAND- A major landscape by the great Austrian Expressionist painter Egon Schiele (1890-1918) will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s in London in June. It has recently been restituted to the ... |
| Faberge Pieces Displayed for First Time EDINBURGH, Scotland - A collection of pieces by the Russian jeweler Carl Faberge and owned by the British royal family is being displayed to the public for the first time. The exhibition of more... |
| Sotheby’s to Sell Painting by Kazimir Malevich On the evening of May 6th Sotheby’s will offer for sale, on behalf of the heirs of Kazimir Malevich, his Suprematist Painting, Rectangle and Circle from 1915. This painting was taken out of Nazi Germa... |
| Russian Minister of Culture: Return of "Baldin Collection" to Germany is Legally Relevant Russian Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkoy has disclosed that he has fulfilled the Russian General Prosecutor's Office orders concerning the legal relevancy of the return to Germany of the so-c... |
| Fate of Russian trophy art collection to be settled in court: minister The collection of hundreds of drawings by old masters "was taken by a Soviet officer illegally, and it must be returned to Germany," Mikhail Shvydkoi said, as quoted by the ITAR-TASS news ag... |
| Jakarta to Host Exhibition of Russian Contemporary Paintings On Thursday, April 3rd, Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri will open an exhibition of Russian contemporary paintings in Jakarta. A total of over 100 painting made by eighteen Russian p... |
| Vatican Discovery Proves to be Apostle Peter's Burial Ground An important archaeological discovery was made in the Vatican when a site for construction of car parking was being cleared. Archaeologists discovered an ancient necropolis of the times of St. Apostle... |
| Baldin Collection Works of Arts to Be Sent for Additional Checks Russian Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvidkoi and Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Culture and Tourism Nikolai Gubenko have decided to send the Baldin art collection for additional expert verif... |
| For Collector Of Russian Art, the End Of a Dream; A Murky Trail Behind Rediscovered Works by Malevich On May 13 the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York will open a gleaming exhibition of paintings and drawings by Kasimir Malevich, a master of the Russian avant-garde and a seminal figure in modern... |
| Disputed German Art Put on Display Former Culture Minister Nikolai Gubenko looking at the Baldin exhibition at the Museum of Architecture on Saturday. Close to three decades after he dragged 364 master drawings and paintings from... |
| Disputed German Art Collection Causes Political Row in Russia Collection taken from German castle The collection in question was taken from a German castle, Schloss Karnzow, near the town of Kyritz north of Berlin at the end of World War II by Viktor Baldin... |
| Russia displays art looted from Germany during Second World War Close to three decades after he dragged 364 artworks from defeated Germany to the Soviet Union in a suitcase, a former soldier, Viktor Baldin, saw a chance to send them back to their owner - an art mu... |
| Trophy Art Goes on Display in Moscow A large collection of drawings and two small paintings that were taken from Germany and its World War II allies went on display Saturday at Moscow's Museum of Architecture. Architecture Museu... |
| Russian auction house values "Baldin collection" at $23.5 mln One of Russia's biggest and most influential auction houses, Gelos, has valued at $23.5 million a collection of drawings and paintings brought by a Soviet army officer to the Soviet Union from Ge... |
| Russia Culture Minister Proposes Establishing Monitoring Council to Preserve Iraq's Monuments of Culture Russian Culture Minister Mikhail Shvydkoi has proposed to the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization establishing a monitoring council that would invo... |
| Russian Icons in Santiago In Chilean capital Santiago the Russian Cultural Centre is hosting an exhibition of painter Valentina Kuzmina from Moscow, "The Russian Icon in Latin America". The exhibition is devoted to E... |
| Vladimir Putin's Representative is Against Returning Baldin Collection to Germany Former Russian Vice-Premier Valentina Matviyenko who was recently appointed as President Vladimir Putin's plenipotentiary in the North-Western federal district spoke against returning the so call... |
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