Rodin’s Head of Pierre de Wissant fetched HK$ 64,900,000 at Tiancheng International Auctioneer Ltd.

HONG KONG.- Tiancheng International Auctioneer Limited held its inaugural auction in Hong Kong. The star lot of the sale, Monumental Head of Pierre de Wissant by Auguste Rodin, fetched HK$ 64,900,000 (US$8,327,254). The bronze head sculpture in colossal form was sold to an Asian private collector over the phone after intense bidding, the sold price is over three times of the pre-sale low estimate of 20 million Hong Kong dollars. “We are happy with the sale result today,” said Ingrid Lam, CEO [...]

Karola Kraus is the New Director of the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig

VIENNA.- As of October 1, 2010 Karola Kraus, present head of the Staatlichen Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, will take up her position as the new director of Vienna’s Museum of Modern Art and successor to Edelbert Köb. Federal Minister Claudia Schmied appointed this well-connected and experienced managerial figure from the international art scene in order to give the MUMOK new impetus. “Since it was founded the Museum of Modern Art has been dedicated to the contemporary art and culture of the time. [...]