Sotheby’s Hong Kong to Hold Spring Sale of Fine Chinese Paintings

HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong will hold the Fine Chinese Paintings 2010 Spring Sale on 6 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Building on the success of the thematic collections offered in previous seasons, Sotheby’s will again present distinguished private collections that boast immaculate provenance and quality this spring. The collections presented include: ‘Exquisite Paintings and Calligraphy from Studio Ling Ou’, ‘A Collection of Calligraphy Couplets of Eminent Statesmen in the Late Qing Period’ and ‘Calligraphy Works [...]

Ian Ingram Showcases His Newest Body of Work at Barry Friedman

NEW YORK, NY.- Barry Friedman Ltd. presents, “Self Portraits: The New York Debut of Contemporary Artist Ian Ingram showcasing his newest body of work. Having made a self-portrait every year since he was 16, Ingram has spent the past 2 ½ years working solely on this highly anticipated series of large-scale self-portrait drawings. The exhibition will be accompanied by a full-color catalogue with feature essay by art critic, writer, and former art dealer, Garth Clark, and published by Barry Friedman [...]

Christie’s to Offer Monumental Masterpiece by Yves Klein in New York in May

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will offer a large-scale masterpiece by Yves Klein at the auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York on the evening of 11 May 2010. ANT 93, Le Buffle (“The Buffalo”), 1960-61, is a monumental work from the artist’s celebrated Anthropométrie series that stands over 9 feet wide (70 x 110 3/8 in. / 177.8 x 280.4 cm.). Offered at auction for the first time, the work is expected to realise in the region of [...]

Two Major Contemporary Russian Shows Opening at the Garage

MOSCOW.- The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture will showcase new art being created in Russia today in two major exhibitions, both opening on 5 March 2010. Futurologia will explore the legacy of the avant-garde movement of the early 20th century, showing how the work of Kazimir Malevich and his contemporaries continue to influence Russian artists today. Russian Utopias will examine the theme of utopia in Russian art over the last 20 years. Together, the exhibitions will represent the work of [...]

Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein Presents Three Artists with an Outstanding Oeuvre

VADUZ.- “Dialogue” is the form of presentation at the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein. For this purpose, the artworks are regularly arranged in new combinations with each other. For the current exhibition, the Liechtenstein art museum presents three artists with an outstanding oeuvre. André Thomkins. oh cet écho The Swiss artist André Thomkins (1930 – 1985) has produced an exceptionally multifaceted oeuvre that is technically perfect and full of playfulness, pictorial wit, subtly, irony, and depth. Through his engagement with Marcel Duchamp and [...]

New Research: Mystery Snake Revealed in Elizabeth I Portrait

LONDON.- Scientific detective work has revealed a mysterious coiled serpent in the hands of Queen Elizabeth I, which was painted out by the artist shortly afterwards, in a portrait at the National Portrait Gallery. It has also been revealed that this portrait of the queen, which has not been on display at the Gallery since 1921, was painted over an unfinished portrait of an unknown sitter. The revelations about this painting and three others of the Tudor queen will form [...]

Recent Paintings by Alex Katz on View at Timothy Taylor Gallery

LONDON.- Now in his 82nd year, Alex Katz is one of the most significant artists of his generation. His distinctive portraits and lyrical landscapes are noted for their pristine flat surface and economy of line, depicting scenes from modern life. Katz’s minimal aesthetic was developed in the 1950s and was at the time, both an anticipation of Pop Art and a reaction to the prevalence of Abstract Expressionism. Katz has always been that intriguing thing: an artist’s artist. His influence [...]

Fourteen Top Australian Contemporary Artists have Been Invited to Paint “Wilderness”

SYDNEY.- Wilderness, a new exhibition, will bring together fourteen of Australia’s best contemporary painters, including Del Kathryn Barton, Daniel Boyd, Tony Clark, Louise Hearman, Mary Scott, Michael Zavros and Fiona Lowry, to consider how nature and landscape are as entwined in our minds, memories and imaginations as as they are in any empirical fact. After viewing the work of over 60 young to mid-career painters, Wayne Tunnicliffe, senior curator, contemporary art, selected the theme of wilderness and invited these fourteen [...]

Botticelli’s Rockefeller Madonna to be Sold at TEFAF Maastricht

HELVOIRT.- An exquisitely beautiful study of the young Saint John kneeling in prayer before the Madonna and the infant Christ by Sandro Botticelli is to be offered for sale by the leading international art dealers Dickinson for a price in the region of US$15 million (€11.1 million) at TEFAF Maastricht. “Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John”, sometimes known as the Rockefeller Madonna because it was once in the collection of the Rockefeller family, will be one of the [...]

United States Gives Russia Back Czar’s Stolen Medallion

MOSCOW.- The U.S. Ambassador to Russia returned a stolen silver medallion that belonged to the last Russian czar to Moscow Thursday after it was recovered from an online auction by U.S. investigators. Ambassador John Beyrle said that the recovery of the rare artifact signaled increasing trust between Moscow and Washington. “This detective story is a wonderful example of successful cooperation, which allows us to improve relations between Russia and the United States,” Beyrle said during a ceremony at his official [...]

FBI Hopes DNA can Help Solve 1990 Gardner Museum Art Heist

BOSTON.- The FBI is hoping advances in DNA technology can help solve a 20-year-old Boston art heist. A spokeswoman for the FBI’s Boston office tells The Boston Globe the lead agent in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum case is resubmitting evidence taken from the scene for DNA analysis. Agent Geoffrey Kelly said he could not disclose what evidence would be reviewed, but experts familiar with the case said it would probably include duct tape used to bind two museum security [...]

James Murdoch Nominated to the Board of Sotheby’s

NEW YORK, NY.- Michael Sovern, Chairman of Sotheby’s, announced that James Murdoch had been unanimously nominated by the Board of Directors of Sotheby’s to stand for election as a Director of Sotheby’s at the Company’s May 6, 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. “James has impressive experience in several important areas that will be immensely valuable to Sotheby’s” said Mr. Sovern. “His knowledge of Asia and his media perspectives which include his sophisticated understanding of digital media and the Internet are [...]

Christie’s New York Announces Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts: The Collection

NEW YORK, NY.- This spring, Christie’s will present “Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts: The Collection” as a highlight of its major sales of Impressionist and Modern Art, American Paintings, and 20th Century Decorative Arts. Featuring over 175 exceptional items from the collections of fine art dealer Bernard Goldberg’s New York gallery, highlights of the sales will include paintings, sculpture and works on paper by Jacques Lipchitz, Edward Steichen, Elie Nadelman, Marsden Hartley, and Guy Pène du Bois, among others, as well [...]

George Eastman House Names New Curator of Motion Pictures

ROCHESTER, NY.- Dr. Caroline Frick has been named curator of motion pictures at George House International Museum of Photography and Film, the third largest film archive in the United States. Assuming her position on March 1, she is the sixth curator of motion pictures in the museum’s 61-year history. She has previously worked in film preservation at Warner Bros., Library of Congress, and the National Archives in Washington, D.C. At Eastman House she oversees motion picture preservation efforts and the [...]

No Time Like Springtime Collection of Fine European Clocks to Highlight Auction at Bonhams

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields will offer Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts on March 29, 2010 in Los Angeles. The 500-lot sale will offer an array of works for varied tastes and collecting levels from the 16th through the 20th centuries with a focus on English, French, Italian, Spanish and German property. Highlights from the sale will include a strong selection of more than 30 clocks by prominent makers as well as property from the Estate of Mr. [...]