Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp to Be Offered During Old Masters Week

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will offer drawings, furniture and decorations from the private residences of museum director and art collector Charles Ryskamp on 25 January 2011, as a highlight of Old Masters Week in New York. Mr. Ryskamp served as Director of The Pierpont Morgan Library, now The Morgan Library & Museum, and the Frick Collection for a combined total of nearly 30 years, helping to make both institutions among the most prestigious museums in New York City. He began [...]

Tronies: Dialogue Between Marlene Dumas and the Old Masters at Haus der Kunst in Munich

MUNICH.- The dialogue-exhibition contrasts works by Marlene Dumas with historical examples of the Tronie art form. Tronies are portrait paintings that are characterized by a particularly virtuosic handling of the artistic means, intense expressiveness and individual physiognomy. It was only recently that Tronies were discovered to be an independent form of painting through art historical research.  Marlene Dumas, Naomi, 1995. Öl auf Leinwand, 150 x 110 cm. Private Sammlung © Marlene Dumas Tronies  The word Tronies comes from 16th and 17th [...]

Artemundi Global Fund Offers a New Approach to Investing in Art

MADRID.- With inspiration stemming from Javier Lumbreras’ long standing passion for fine art and strong track record of investing within the industry, fine art since 1988. Their credo is that success in the fine art market depends on accumulated qualitative and quantitative methods, global market arbitrage combined with the ability to identify, interpret and capitalize on specific art transaction opportunities. They also posses multinational expertise in the areas of logistics, safekeeping, restoration, cataloguing, conservation, taxation and duties giving them an [...]

Rembrandt Painting Fetches $33,210,855 – A Record Price at Christie’s Old Master Sale

LONDON.- A Rembrandt painting unseen in public for nearly 40 years sold for a record 20.2 million pounds ($33.2 million) at auction in London on Tuesday, the highest ever paid at auction for the 17th century artist. Christie’s said that “Portrait of a man, half-length, with his arms akimbo”, painted in 1658, fetched the 4th highest-price paid at auction for any old masters painting. It was bought by an anonymous client bidding via telephone, Christie’s said. Christie’s auctioneer James Bruce-Gardyne [...]

Christie’s Expects to Break Auction Records with Rembrandt and Raphael Sale Next Week

LONDON (REUTERS).- Christie’s is confident the recession is well and truly over in the world of fine art, with a record old masters sale in London next week that includes important works by Rembrandt, Raphael and Il Domenichino. The world’s largest auctioneer is calling its December 8 old masters and 19th century auction a “landmark,” and pre-sale estimates range from 45-63 million pounds ($75-105 million), its highest ever for such a sale. “This auction promises to be a landmark sale [...]