Sotheby’s Announces Sales of Russian Paintings, Icons, Fabergé and Works of Art

LONDON.- In the wake of the healthy sum of £22.3 million achieved for Sotheby’s Sales of Russian Art this Summer, the forthcoming London auctions in this category will feature a broad selection of highly desirable 19th and 20th century Russian paintings, works of art, Fabergé and icons, which are set to generate great excitement among the collecting community. Russian Paintings Part I and Russian Paintings Part II will take place on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 and Russian Works of Art, Fabergé [...]

Sales of Russian Art at Sotheby’s Total $14.4 Million, Important Russian Enamels and Fabergé Sold

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s autumn 2010 auctions of Russian Art in New York brought a total of $14,397,064. The day began with an inaugural sale of Important Russian Paintings that achieved $10.6 million and set several new auction records. The highlight of the sale was a monumental canvas by the Socialist Realist painter Yuri Pimenov that sold for $1,538,500, more than double the high estimate and a record for the artist at auction. The paintings auction was followed by a [...]

Sotheby’s Presents Highlights from Its Inaugural Important Russian Art Sale in Moscow

MOSCOW.- Sotheby’s presents the inaugural sale of Important Russian Art in New York on 4 November 2010, alongside the major autumn auctions of Impressionist & Modern Art. The sale includes select works by many of the greatest names in 20th-century Russian art. Highlights from the sale will be on view in Moscow 21-23 October before returning to New York for the sale and exhibition, opening 28 October. The Important Russian Art sale is led by Aleksey Kravchenko’s Indian Fairytale, the [...]

“Venice: Canaletto and His 18th-Century Rivals” at the National Gallery

LONDON (REUTERS).- A major exhibition in London brings together works by Italian painter Giovanni Antonio Canal, best known as Canaletto, and some of his biggest rivals who fought for artistic and commercial supremacy. Painting Venetian views was big business in the 18th century, as wealthy English aristocrats on their Grand Tour sought to take back with them a memento of the canal city. Canaletto, The Entrance to the Grand Canal, looking West, with Santa Maria della Salute, about 1729 © [...]

Titian Masterpiece “David and Goliath” Suffers Water Damage After Fire

VENICE (AP).- A painting by Renaissance master Titian in one of Venice’s most picturesque basilicas has suffered water damage after firefighters doused the basilica while battling a nearby blaze. Venice’s museum superintendent, Vittorio Sgarbi, says the damage isn’t serious. The fire broke out Sunday night at the seminary next to the Santa Maria della Salute basilica, a 17th century octagonal-shaped church that dominates the view of the Grand Canal. A firefighter boat is moored in front of the Santa Maria [...]