Lost Ambroise Vollard Art Collection Sells for 3.5 Million Pounds at Sotheby’s in Paris

PARIS (AP).- The stash was hidden away in a Paris bank vault at the start of World War II and forgotten for decades. On Tuesday, the long-lost treasure trove of Renoirs, Cezannes, Degas, Gauguins and Picassos brought in €3.5 million ($4.3 million) at auction in Paris. Sotheby’s offering of 139 works amassed by visionary Paris art dealer Ambroise Vollard, who turned unknown artists into stars, was a sale art lovers had awaited for years, partly because of the collection’s history [...]

Tel Aviv Museum of Art Presents Exhibition Including Degas’ 74 Known Bronzes

TEL AVIV.- Previously deemed a sentimentalist, mostly immersed in the world of dance and the stage, Edgar Degas (1834-1917), one of the foremost artists active in Paris in the late 19th century, has recently been rediscovered as an artist of unusual intellectual power. His profound interest in capturing the “spirit of the time” while meticulously scrutinizing the everyday—concurrent with confrontation of the lessons learned from the great masters of the past—enabled him to formulate trailblazing insights pertaining to the visual [...]

Swiss Art Collection on Show at Kunsthaus Two Years after Heist

ZURICH.- Zurich’s Kunsthaus museum will offer the first public glimpse Friday of a Swiss art collection that has been under lock and key since thieves stole its most-prized painting in a $160 million heist two years ago. The collection of German-born arms maker Emil Buehrle hit the headlines in February 2008 when masked robbers made off with major works by Cezanne, Degas, Monet and Van Gogh in Switzerland’s biggest-ever art theft. The show will give the public a sneak preview [...]

artnet Auctions Launches Special Sale of Modern and Contemporary Art

NEW YORK, NY.- artnet Auctions offers continuous online auctions of Modern and Contemporary art. From January 28 – February 9, artnet auctions will feature a special sale of Modern Art by renowned artists including Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso. This special online auction will include over 50 works of art by 40 of the most influential modern artists of the 19th-20th centuries representing virtually every important Modern Art movement. Leading the sale is an exquisite bronze sculpture by [...]

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Introduces an Important Collection to an American Audience

CHARLOTTE, NC.- The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the only museum dedicated to the exhibition of mid 20th-century European modern art in the southeast, opened to the public Saturday, January 2, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The building, designed by world renowned Swiss architect Mario Botta, is destined to become an iconic structure with its boldly cantilevered fourth floor exhibition gallery, soaring glass and steel atrium and terra cotta exterior. Bechtler Museum of Modern Art The museum is named after [...]

Edgar Degas Impressionist Painting “Les Choristes” Stolen from Marseille Museum

PARIS.- Thieves stole a valuable painting by 19th century artist Edgar Degas overnight from a French museum, police said Thursday. The colourful image of singers performing on a theatre stage was missing when staff opened up the Cantini Museum in the southern port city of Marseille, prosecutor Jacques Dallest said. The national museums service said the picture was a pastel work titled “The Chorus”, worth 800,000 euros (1.14 million dollars), correcting an estimate given by local police that it was [...]

Art Gallery of Alberta Reaches Project Milestone with Closure of Temporary Gallery

ALBERTA.- The Art Gallery of Alberta’s (AGA) interim home at Enterprise Square will permanently close its doors on Sunday, December 13, 2009. To honour and celebrate the two years the AGA spent at the Jasper Avenue location, the Gallery will host an afternoon of art activities for all ages in a special HSBC All Day Saturday on Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 1-4 pm. Activities are free with admission. The closure of the temporary gallery marks a milestone in the [...]