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| Czars, Wonders of Imperial Russia. Collections of the State Hermitage Museum Opens |
View of the Czars exhibition. EFE/Mario Guzmán.
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MEXICO CITY.- The most complete collection of Russian imperial art arrives to Mexico, for the first time, through the international exhibition “Czars, Wonders of Imperial Russia. Collections of the State Hermitage Museum”, that will open today at the National Museum of Anthropology (MNA). More than 500 pieces of the highest aesthetic and historical value give account of the czarist Russia daily life between 17th and the early 20th centuries, part of the collection of this Saint Petersburg museum. The display of objects allows Mexican public to approach artworks generated in a stage of social, cultural, technological and scientific modernization of the European nation, which derived in the Russian Revolution....More
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| Old Master Paintings Realise GBP13,334,000 at Sotheby's |
LONDON.- Sotheby’s second major sale of Old Master Paintings in London this year was staged this evening and realised £13,334,000, against a pre-sale estimate of £9,510,000-13,540,000. The sale was 61.5% sold by lot and 71.7% sold by value and a majority of the works achieved prices in excess of their pre-sale estimates. Seven new artist records were set tonight and there were...More
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| Little Ashes: Movie About Salvador Dali and Federico Garcia Lorca to be Released Spring 2009 |
NEW YORK, NY.- Madrid 1922. A city wavering on the edge of change as traditional values are challenged by the dangerous new influences of jazz, Freud and the avant-garde. Salvador Dalí arrives at university at the age of 18, determined to become a great artist. His bizarre blend of shyness and rampant exhibitionism attracts the attention of two of the university’s social elite — ...More
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| Van Gogh Museum Welcomes Stedelijk Museum with a Fauvists and Expressionists Show |
AMSTERDAM.- The Van Gogh Museumi s hosting the Stedelijk Museum with the presentation Fauvists and Expressionists, on view through April 5, 2009. The Stedelijk's Fauvist and Expressionist collection dates from the directorship of Willem Sandberg (1948-1963). Sandberg was inspired to begin collecting in this field after the museum was given a large number of Van Gogh’s works on long-...More
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| Masterwork By Georges Seurat Sells For 4.9 Million Euros Sotheby's Paris |
PARIS.- Sotheby's Paris Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art, today saw more than 170 international clients register to bid and realise an extremely impressive total of €12,763,700. The sum – almost the pre-sale high estimate (Est. €8,996,000-12,945,000) - represents a record total for a sale in this category at Sotheby’s Paris. The auction - highlighted by the sale of Georges Seurat’s...More
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| Art is Arp - Drawings, Collages, Reliefs at Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art |
STRASBOURG.- To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art hosts until 15 February 2009, a large-scale exhibition dedicated to Hans Jean Arp, who was born in Strasbourg in 1886, and became known on the international art scene as one of the major artists of the 20th century. An oeuvre which transcends labels : “For Arp, art is Arp”, said Marcel...More
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| Daan van Golden: Red or Blue Opens at Camden Arts Centre |
LONDON.- Camden Arts Centre presents today Daan van Golden: Red or Blue, on view through February 8, 2009. Renowned and celebrated in The Netherlands since the 1960s, Daan van Golden presents his first solo exhibition in the UK at Camden Arts Centre. In his meticulously executed paintings and photographs he seeks out beauty in the insignificant, using everyday motifs and images taken from the history of art....More
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| Overall Success at Christie's Important American Painters |
NEW YORK.- The auction of American Paintings at Christie's in New York realized $20,603,350/ £ 13,937,197/ € 16,262,801. The sale included four lots that achieved over $1 million each, and set three new world auction records for American artists Henry Farny, Grant Wood, and John Lewis Krimmel. Eric Widing, Head of American Paintings at Christie’s, commented: “We are...More
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| American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Sale at Sotheby's Achieves $25.5 Million |
NEW YORK.- The December 3 sale of American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture at Sotheby’s New York achieved $25,509,375. Auction records were set for nine artists, including Francis A. Silva, Robert Walter Weir, Aaron Draper Shattuck, John F. Francis, Calvin Coolidge, Thomas Birch, Franz Biberstein, Catharine Critcher and Alexander Loemans, in addition to a record for a work on paper by Norman...More
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| The Morgan Library & Museum to Exhibit Extraordinary Selection of Rare Bookbindings |
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the Morgan’s core strengths is its collection of historically and artistically significant bookbindings. Begun energetically by Pierpont Morgan himself before the turn of the twentieth century, the collection has grown to over 1,000 volumes. It spans the ages—more than 1,600 years—and many regions of the globe. Protecting the Word: Bookbindings of the Morgan, on view from December 5,...More
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| Lineart 2008 Lines Up Prestigious Projects To Entice Art Buyers to Flanders' Premier Art Fair |
GHENT.- Dynamic team builds on the quality image of the international fusion art fair held at Flanders Expo. New this year: the ‘Lineart Gallery Award’, the ‘B-New Gallery Selection’ and a lecture programme with a difference. The team working on the 27th edition of Linear is pulling out all the stops to ensure that art-lovers and collectors are in for a real treat when they step inside the central hall of the ...More
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| Vintage Singapore - Souvenirs from the Recent Past To Open at Brunei Gallery |
LONDON.- The Brunei Gallery - SOAS will present Vintage Singapore - Souvenirs from the Recent Past, an exhibition from the collection of the National Museum of Singapore, on view January 22 through March 21, 2009. Rising from the ashes of World War II, post-war Singapore emerged as a Phoenix in search of a renaissance. instinctively seeking change, Singaporeans sought new beginnings ...More
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| The Museum of Modern Art Presents Focus: Jasper Johns |
NEW YORK.- To celebrate the acquisition of a new series of works on paper by Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930), a selection of his paintings, drawings, and prints, all from the Museum's collection, will be on view in the Prints and Illustrated Books Galleries of the Museum of Modern Art through February 16, 2009. The untitled series from 2001 is based on Johns's "Catenary" theme, named for the ...More
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| Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents Nationally Touring Retrospective of Acclaimed Photographer Frank Gohlke |
WASHINGTON, DC.- Frank Gohlke (b. 1942) is one of the most influential and respected landscape photographers of the last three decades. "Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke," a major mid-career retrospective of the artist's work, will be on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Dec. 5 through March 3, 2009. This is the final venue for the national tour....More
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| The Elms Lesters Painting Rooms Book Presented in London |
LONDON.- The Elms Lesters Book, a 25th anniversary limited edition book, showcasing the very best exhibitions and artists from one of the most exciting galleries in the world will be accompanied by major exhibition December 5th – 20th. From Adam Neate to Stash, this superlative volume presents some of the most exciting international contemporary artists of the age and provides ...More
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| Jane Irish's Now Preserve Launches Preservation Prints Series |
PHILADELPHIA.- The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia has launched Preservation Prints, a series of limited-edition prints by emerging and established artists that expresses the mission of the Alliance and reveals compelling stories of historic preservation. The first limited-edition print is entitled Now Preserve (silkscreen and letterpress; image 7.75 x 11 inches, Edition of 55), in which Philadelphia artist Jane Irish subtly ...More
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| Cheekwood Names New Vice President, Development and Marketing |
NASHVILLE, TN.- Wil Elder has been named Vice President of Development and Marketing at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. Wil comes to Nashville after having served as the Major Gifts Officer at McCallie School in Chattanooga for over five years. “We are delighted to have Wil head up this very important area for Cheekwood,” said Jack Becker, Ph.D., Cheekwood’s President/CEO. “With his recognized ...More
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