Ukrainian crisis affects once again the artistic life in Kyiv. After the announcement in February that the Second Kyiv Biennale of Contemporary Art will be postponed until 2015, now the second edition of the Kyiv Sculpture Project due to open in May, was announced to be postponed until 2015 too. “It's not the ... read entire article »
After a busy day of touring, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrapped up their duties yesterday with a state reception at New Zealand’s Government House. In the portrait, the Queen wears a bright blue dress, pearls and simple platinum fern brooch, the same one ... read entire article »
According to new.sky.com, the auction house Christie's will put up for auction the jewel nicknamed "blue perfection", which is the biggest diamond of its kind ever to appear at an auction! The world's largest flawless fancy vivid blue diamond is expected to ... read entire article »
PARIS - Cleopatra is without a doubt one of the most famed historical personalities in History’s pantheon, alongside Caesar, Charlemagne, Napoleon or De Gaulle. On the purely archaeological level, many pieces have been destroyed. On the historical level, the ... read entire article »
A massive seven story soft sculpture tree is about to open at Swoon: Submerged Motherlands at the Brooklyn Museum. The seaworthy works of art have returned "home" to Brooklyn as Swoon. Swoon is a singular street artist who once wheat-pasted her hand cut ... read entire article »
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - The Nobel Foundation unveiled yesterday the winning design for a building that will host the world's most prestigious prize. The Foundation hopes to inaugurate the 25,000-square-metre building in 2018, when nearly all its activites will be ... read entire article »
LONDON - An exhibition of Giuseppe Penone’s monumental works at Gagosian London - named “Circling”. Giuseppe Penone heightens the subtle levels of interplay between man, art, and nature through sculptures, drawings, photographs, and installations. Hi ... read entire article »
LONDON - A group of rare silver Tsarist coins in great condition has been discovered among a large cache of coinage by specialist London auctioneers Morton & Eden. The 39 coins, made during the reign of Alexander I, could raise as much as 100.000 £, when they ... read entire article »
MUNICH - ‘B for Battle Paintings…’ presents works from the extensive collection of the Neue Pinakothek. ‘B for Battle Paintings …’ is something quite special. For the first time in over thirty years, the exhibition brings together in Munich all of ... read entire article »
LONDON - Sotheby’s London will present an exquisite group of Flemish Old Master paintings from the Coppée Collection, this summer. Assembled by the Belgian industrialist Evence Coppée III (1882-1945) in the 1920s, this mesmerizing collection contains 16th ... read entire article »
LONDON - Christie’s Russian Art sale in London on 2 June will present two masterpieces by Vasily Vereshchagin (1842-1904), The Pearl Mosque at Agra (estimate: £1,000,000-£1,500,000) and The Portico of a 17th Century Church in Yaroslavl (estimate: ... read entire article »
HONG KONG (AFP) - The Meiyintang Chenghua 'Chicken Cup' is displayed by deputy chairman for Sotheby's Asia Nicolas Chow after it was sold for a record price in Hong Kong on April 8, 2014. Sotheby's auction house said that the rare Ming-era Chinese wine cup ... read entire article »
BERLIN (AFP) - The heir of a Nazi-era art dealer said yesterday that he has struck an accord with the German government setting a one-year deadline to recover his vast hoard of paintings. Cornelius Gurlitt, 81 years old, will likely get back many of the ... read entire article »
The image above reveals movie posters painted by local Ghanaian artists at an exhibition in Accra, Ghana. Local artists earn around $56 (40 euros) for each poster painted outside Ghana and can sell for hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. ACCRA (AFP) - In ... read entire article »
BERLIN (AFP) - A museum said yesterday that a message in a bottle tossed in the sea in Germany 101 years ago is considered to be the world's oldest message in the bottle. The bottle reached the sender's granddaughter. A fisherman pulled the beer bottle with the ... read entire article »
GENEVA - Sotheby's Geneva announces three exceptional diamonds for 13th of May 2014 Auction of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels. In addition to this, the historical Victory Diamond was named in honour of the allied victory in World War II. To be more ... read entire article »
LONDON - June is one of the most important months of the year in London. It will bring a large numbers of visitors. Asian Art in London announces an exciting new initiative for this year. For the first time, Asian Art in London is creating a ‘Pavilion’ at ... read entire article »
LONDON - A Sèvres plate and teapot are some wonderful ceramic survivors which have just been discovered in Devon by one of Bonhams local specialists, Sam Tuke, of the Exeter office. They will be available for purchase at the next European Ceramics sale at ... read entire article »
MADRID - This April, the Museo del Prado, the Biblioteca Nacional de España and Fundación El Greco 2014 are presenting the exhibition El Greco’s Library. The event has the purpose to reconstruct the theoretical and literary roots of El Greco’s art through ... read entire article »
