Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Cologne Fine Art & Antiques: Showcase Juxtaposes Works of Art from Different Cultures

November 17, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions

COLOGNE.- Cologne Fine Art & Antiques runs from 17-21 November 2010. A rich mix of exhibits testifies to the success of the Fair’s new planning. It provides an optimum showcase to juxtapose works of art from different cultures, epochs and collecting fields ranging from antiquity to the 21st century. The Fair’s aim is to promote visual interplay and dialogue, and this year sees an even sharper focus on an exciting contrast between modernism and the art of the antique world, Old Masters, [...]

Christie’s Expects to Sell “Ordination” by Nicolas Poussin for £15 to £20 Million

November 10, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Art Market, Featured

NEW YORK, NY.- On 7 December 2010 in London, Christie’s will offer a masterpiece from one of the most celebrated groups of paintings in European history. Ordination by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) will highlight the Old Masters and 19th Century Art Evening Sale where it will be presented for sale for the first time in over 225 years by the Trustees of the Belvoir Estate. It is expected to realise £15 million to £20 million. Richard Knight, International Co-Head of Old Masters [...]

Property from the Portland Collection to Be Offered at Christie’s in November

November 9, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Art Market, Featured

LONDON.- Christie’s announce an historic opportunity for connoisseurs around the globe in late November and early December, when a magnificent selection of jewellery, Fabergé, old master paintings and sculpture will be offered from collections of the Dukes of Portland, in a series of auctions in London. 22 lots will be showcased in four auctions over two weeks: Russian Art on Tuesday 29 November; Jewels: The London Sale on Wednesday 1st December; Old Masters & 19th Century Art on Tuesday 7th [...]

Claremont Rug Company Exhibits Major “Treasury” of Collectible Antique Art Pieces

October 12, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Artifacts & Decorative Arts

OAKLAND, CA.- Claremont Rug Company today announced the acquisition of an 85-piece collection of rare 19th century art-level Oriental rugs assembled and held by a single family over four generations. Entitled “The Heartland Treasury of Antique Art Carpets,” the collection will be available for viewing on the Gallery’s website (www.claremontrug.com) on Thursday and at the Gallery’s location (6087 Claremont Avenue) on Saturday. Assembled by two generations of an industrialist family between the 1930’s and 1970’s, the collection contains a wide [...]

Autumnal Inspiration from Cole to Wyeth at the Hudson River Museum

September 26, 2010 by All Art News  
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YONKERS, NY.- The fall landscape and paintings of its trees in full glory is often regarded as uniquely American. On September 25, the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, opens Paintbox Leaves: Autumnal Inspiration from Cole to Wyeth, which includes nearly 100 paintings from major museums and private collections and examines the narrative of the American artist’s fascination with autumn. It was the Hudson River School painters who began the tradition of seasonal landscape painting, developing the notion of an American terrain [...]

“Nude Visions: 150 Years of Nude Photography” Opens at the Museum of Visual Arts, Leipzig

August 30, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Featured, Photography

LEIPZIG.- LEIPZIG.- The representation of the unclothed human body has exuded a great fascination ever since time began. The exhibition Nude Visions invites visitors to embark on a journey through a collection of depictions of the human body spanning 150 years. More than 250 original photos, books and folders with studies from the nude will be on view, including masterpieces from each period: from photographs dating from the 19th century which seek their models in Classical Antiquity and the Renaissance, [...]

Rare Cabinet by Emile Bernard Acquired by the Indianapolis Museum of Art

July 15, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Museums & Galleries

INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced today the acquisition of a rare corner cabinet with scenes of Breton life, carved and painted by Pont-Aven School artist Emile Bernard. One of only four known examples of important wood furniture produced by the Pont-Aven School, this cabinet further enhances the IMA’s renowned Pont-Aven School collection—the most distinguished in North America. The Pont-Aven School was named for a remote village in the French province of Brittany where an international group of [...]

Works of Art from the Spencer Collections Realise $32 Million at Christie’s

July 9, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Art Market

LONDON.- Christie’s offered a selection of works from the Spencer Collections this week at their London salerooms. The auctions realised a total of £21,076,288 / $31,989,353 / €25,360,494. The top price was paid for A Commander being armed for Battle by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) which sold for £9,001,250 / $13,663,898 / €10,846,506 at the evening auction of Old Master & 19th Century Art on 6 July. The Trustees of Althorp Estate: “For the sales this week we carefully [...]

Works of Art from the Spencer Collections Go on Public View at Christie’s

July 3, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Art Market

LONDON.- A selection of works of art from Althorp and Spencer House (the historic London home of the Spencer family) is to be offered on 6, 7 and 8 July at Christie’s King Street and South Kensington salerooms, with individual estimates from £200 to £12 million. The sale previews are open to the public from Saturday 3 July, and offer the chance to see masterpieces by Rubens and Guercino, as well as selected contents from the attics and store rooms [...]

Bouguereau Tops Christie’s Sale at $2.77 Million

June 10, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Art Market, Featured

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s New York sale of Old Masters & 19th Century Art featuring Select Works from the Salander-O’Reilly Galleries on June 9 achieved $11,749,750/£8,103,276/€9,791,458 with sell-through rates of 60% by lot, 78% by value. The top lot of the sale was William Bouguereau’s Pietà, painted in 1876, which sold for $2,770,500/£1,910,690/€2,308,750 – the second highest price at auction for this artist. This exceptional painting was purchased by a new collector to the field and directly underbid by a [...]

Everett Fahy Appointed Senior Consultant at Christie’s

June 8, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Artists & People

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the appointment of Mr. Everett Fahy, former chairman of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and former Director of the Frick Collection, as senior consultant to Christie’s Old Masters & 19th Century Art department. Mr. Fahy is widely recognized as one of most distinguished scholars of Italian Renaissance Art, with extensive publications to his credit. In his new role, Mr. Fahy will support the firm’s client relations goals and lend his expertise to [...]

Select Works from the Salander O’Reilly Galleries to be Sold at Christie’s

May 19, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Art Market, Featured

NEW YORK, NY.- On June 9, as a special addition to its sale of Old Masters & 19th Century Art, Christie’s will offer an exceptional selection of European paintings and sculpture from the former Salander-O’Reilly Galleries based in Manhattan. The inventory is to be sold pursuant to a Chapter 11 plan approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. A total of 130 Renaissance era and 19th century works will be presented for sale, including paintings by Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Palma [...]

Christie’s in London to Offer Works of Art from the Althorp Attics

May 18, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Art Market

LONDON.- Christie’s announced the details of the auction of works of art from the attics, stables, cellars and storerooms at Althorp which will take place at the South Kensington salerooms on 7 and 8 July. The auction will also present the most important ancestral collection of carriages ever to appear at auction. Presenting over 700 lots and including carriages, European and Oriental porcelain, furniture, works of art, portrait miniatures, pictures, silver, militaria and textiles, individual estimates will range from £200 [...]

Es Baluard Museum Opens Exhibition of Photographs by Lou Reed

May 3, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Featured, Photography

PALMA DE MALLORCA.- The Es Baluard Museum of Contemporary Art presents an exhibition of new photographs by Lou Reed. The exhibition features stunning black and white and color images of landscapes and architectural motifs, shot on the artist’s travels to Scotland, Denmark, Big Sur and elsewhere. The photographs are taken with a specially altered digital camera, which gives them an aura of strangeness, or otherworldliness. They have a timeless quality but are simultaneously very modern, like Reed himself. They are [...]

Claremont Rug Company Exhibits Rare Assemblage of 19th Century Art Rugs

February 4, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Artifacts & Decorative Arts

OAKLAND, CA.- Jan David Winitz, founder and president of Claremont Rug Company, today announced an exhibition of rare, 19th century art-level rugs created by tribal weaving groups in the Caucasus Mountain region of Asia. The collection of 150 rugs will be available for viewing at the Gallery, located at 6087 Claremont Avenue in Oakland, starting Thursday, February 11. A selection of 95 of the rugs can also be accessed in a special section on the Claremont website. Long-noted for his [...]

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