Original Paintings by Roger Tory Peterson Highlight Christie’s American Paintings Sale

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the upcoming sale of twenty original paintings by the celebrated naturalist, artist, and educator Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996). Peterson’s best-selling field guides, beginning with his seminal 1934 book A Field Guide to the Birds of North America, have been a must-read for generations of ornithologists and bird-watchers alike. This selection of original paintings and works on paper, consigned directly from Peterson’s art studio, represents the largest selection of works by the late artist ever to [...]

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Raises $250 Million for Expansion and Endowment

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Board Chair Charles R. Schwab today announced that the museum has received landmark contributions totaling more than $250 million to expand the museum and grow its endowment. Comprising more than 50 percent of a projected $480 million campaign goal, these pledges from museum leadership will fuel SFMOMA’s plans to triple its gallery and public spaces; offer enhanced exhibitions, educational programs, and services for the public; and showcase the Fisher Collection, one [...]

Sotheby’s to Sell the Pierre Leroy Collection of Modern & Contemporary Art

PARIS.- Sotheby’s will offer Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary works from the collection of Pierre Leroy, Co-Managing Partner of Groupe Lagardère. Pierre Leroy’s collection of books and manuscripts is already world renowned; now his modern art collection will be unveiled for the first time, in Paris on December 8/9. Andy Warhol is the foremost figure in Pierre Leroy’s collection of contemporary art, which boasts two works by the Pope of Pop Art – both portraits, but of very different artists: Roy [...]