Medieval to Modern: Sotheby’s sale of European sculpture and works of art spans 800 years

LONDON.- Sotheby’s sale of European Sculpture and Works of Art: Medieval to Modern on Tuesday, 6 December 2011 will showcase 800 extraordinary years of artworks that form a continuous history from the twelfth century through to the mid-twentieth century. The auction comprises medieval, Old Master, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century sculpture and works of art. The department is returning to presenting Sculpture as it did from 2000 to 2005 in an uninterrupted tradition from around the tenth century to the beginning of [...]

First Major Exhibition in the UK of the Korean Artist Meekyoung Shin at Haunch of Venison

LONDON.- Haunch of Venison London presents the first major exhibition in the UK of the Korean artist Meekyoung Shin (b.1967) in February 2011. The exhibition will include a number of significant installations from Shin’s ongoing ‘Translation’ project, in which virtuoso facsimiles of Chinese porcelain and Western classical sculpture are reinterpreted in soap. Initially trained in Korea in a classical tradition of European sculpture, Shin subsequently moved to London where she became drawn to processes of ‘translation’ undertaken by objects representing [...]

Thomas P. Campbell Welcomed to AFA Board of Trustees

NEW YORK, NY.- At the March 16, 2010, meeting of the Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Arts (AFA), Thomas P. Campbell was elected a trustee. “The AFA has enjoyed a long and extremely fruitful relationship with The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” said AFA Director George G. King, “and we are delighted that Tom will be carrying on the tradition of representing the Metropolitan on the AFA Board. I know that with his talent and wisdom he will [...]

Sotheby’s Sale to Feature Rare Group Of Medieval Gargoyles

LONDON.- Sotheby’s sale of Old Master Sculpture and Works Of Art in London on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 will open with an unusual collection of stone architectural carvings brought together over a period of 17 years by collector and enthusiast Richard Wiseman. Depicting demons, men and fantastic beasts, these carvings – including a group of gargoyles – were made to adorn churches and civic buildings in the medieval period. Together they represent the largest ensemble of medieval architectural sculpture ever [...]

‘The Young Archer’ sculpture is from Michelangelo?

The object in question is “Young Archer,” a life-size marble carving of a naked boy that might or might not be the earliest known work by Michelangelo. It is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum in the bright and airy Vélez Blanco Patio, where viewers are invited to decide for themselves what to believe. As is widely known by now, the boy with the missing arms and feet was displayed for many years in the rotunda of the Fifth [...]