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A pair of life-size bronze sculptures by renowned South African artist Dylan Lewis (b. 1954), titled Leopard Crushing Serpent, is the expected top lot at an auction...Full story

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International auction house Sotheby's is opening a massive art gallery in Hong Kong on Saturday, in a bid to tap China's growing appetite for fine art...Full story

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) –

After years of bitter court fights, The Barnes Foundation opened its doors Wednesday for a sneak peek at its new location on the museum-studded Benjamin Franklin Parkway...Full story

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Picasso, Warhol among masters at Heritage sale May 22

Picasso, Warhol among masters at Heritage sale May 22

DALLAS – Pablo Picasso’s Déjeuner sur l'herbe, , 1962, and Amedeo Modigliani’s Femme nue assise, 1916, are both expected to bring more than $80,000 to lead a pack of art world giants in Heritage...

Phoebus Auction to mark 20th year on Memorial Day weekend

Phoebus Auction to mark 20th year on Memorial Day weekend

HAMPTON, Va. (ACNI) – When Gail Wolpin attended parties following the death of her husband 30-some years ago she quickly tired of being introduced—she recalls—as “Gail, so-and-so’s widow.” “That's...

Large estates comprise Pook & Pook auction May 23-24

DOWINGTOWN, Pa. – Pook & Pook Inc. will host a two-day Decorative Arts Sale on Wednesday, May 23, and Thursday, May 24, beginning at 10 a.m. EDT both days. The sale will showcase four large...

New Orleans Auction Galleries hosts estates auction May 19-20

NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Auction Galleries Inc. will conduct their Major Estates Auction, taking place Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20. LiveAuctionieers.com will provide Internet live bidding...

Rhino horn cup expected to star at 888 Auctions, May 24

RICHMOND HILL, Ontario – 888 Auctions will present its Chinese Antiques & Asian Works of Art sale on Thursday, May 24, featuring traditional paintings, ceramics and bronze cloisonné pieces,...

American Indian collection fresh to Caddingan auction May 19

A.H. Wilkens to sell Art Deco Noritake collection June 1-2

Hewlett's auction to feature William Coulter artwork May 20

Old Toy Soldier Auctions issues a call to muster for June 2-3 sale

Trinity International's May 19 art auction spans centuries

Fine art, fantastic furniture at Clars auction May 19-20

Converse to run clocks, toys, fine art at May 24 sale

Dolls, toys, books and more to discover at Skinner, May 16-17

Countdown is on for Heritage space memorabilia May 12

Silver, jades, enamels at Auction Gallery of Palm Beaches, May 14-15

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Rare Ducati SCD packed powerful punch for 345cc

Rare Ducati SCD packed powerful punch for 345cc

In many respects the Ducati Sport Corsa Desmo 350 represents the birth of Ducati’s revered heritage. Following on from the success of the 250cc Mach 1, in its day the fastest in its class, chief...

Dragone Classic Cars of Conn. to hold first auction May 19

Dragone Classic Cars of Conn. to hold first auction May 19

WESTPORT, Conn. – Dragone Auctions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dragone Classic Cars Inc., will hold its inaugural auction of important historic motorcars, automobilia and art in its gallery...

Sotheby's set to open massive art gallery in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (AFP) - International auction house Sotheby's is opening a massive art gallery in Hong Kong on Saturday, in a bid to tap China's growing appetite for fine art. The 15,000-square-foot space...

Painting of 'exposed' South Africa leader provokes fury

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – A portrait of President Jacob Zuma posing as Lenin with his genitals hanging out has sparked outrage in South Africa, but the gallery on Friday refused demands from the ruling...

Calif. museum gets big gift to build space shuttle exhibit

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The California Science Museum said it has raised nearly half of the $200 million needed to build a permanent exhibit for the space shuttle Endeavour. The museum recently received...

Renovated Rodin Museum to reopen July 13

Arrest made in 2001 cold case slaying of auctioneer

Barnes Foundation opens at new location amid protesters

Mysteries of samurai revealed at Frazier History Museum

Expectations running high as Hong Kong art fair opens

Hannibal, Mo., marks centennial of landmark preservation

Historic ' Beau Sancy' royal diamond sells for $9.7M

Gehry offers changes in Eisenhower Memorial design

Evans & Associates to host Va. decorative arts seminar

Michaan’s Auctions will sell Charlie Parker alto sax June 8

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Cowan’s Auctions tops $1.6M in historic firearms sale

Cowan’s Auctions tops $1.6M in historic firearms sale

CINCINNATI – Cowan's Auctions Inc. Historic Firearms and Early Militaria Auction, May 2-3, realized $1.6 million in sales. Nearly 2,600 people from over 15 different countries bid on the telephone,...

Sol LeWitt sculpture hits $118,000 at Nest Egg Auctions

Sol LeWitt sculpture hits $118,000 at Nest Egg Auctions

MERIDEN, Conn. – Nest Egg Auctions’ Spring Art and Antiques Auction on Saturday, May 5, had many pieces soaring above estimates. “We are thrilled with the results. The Auction did really...

Sterling Associates auctions Chinese bronze for 25 times high estimate

CLOSTER, N.J. – In the March 31 follow-up to their December estate art and antiques auction debut, the New Jersey estate specialists Sterling Associates again saw proof that their “hybrid”...

Bertoia’s March 23-24 antique toy auction reaches $1.3M

VINELAND, N.J. – Bertoia’s March 23-24 ‘Made to Be Played’ auction, a 1,400-lot offering highlighted by the Grover Van Dexter European tin toy collection, closed the books at an impressive...

Intense bidding pushes art to record highs for Hindman

CHICAGO – With a filled auction room of private collectors, dealers and very active telephone and online bidders Leslie Hindman Auctioneers spring auction of Contemporary, Modern, American and...

1949 Bigsby guitar hits high note in Heritage sale: $266,500

Skinner April 20-21 Asian Art sale grosses $3.2M

Dallas Auction Gallery sells Cruz-Diez artwork for record $519K

Yankees World Series ring sells for $15,600; Mar. 25 at Tim's Inc.

Cowan's American Indian Art auction tops $835K

Kamelot’s Apr. 14 auction of garden antiques a walk in the park

Cigar store Indian tops Showtime auction at $94,400

Kaminski's modern and glass auction makes big splash

Heritage sells Declaration of Independence copy for $597,500

Kaminski sells Chinese art collection for $2.6M

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Santa Fe festival will honor Navajo artist Tony Abeyta

Santa Fe festival will honor Navajo artist Tony Abeyta

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Artist Tony Abeyta just can't help himself. Pushing up his sleeves and letting his fingers make one more run through his deliberately tousled hair, he reaches for a bit of...

Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth added to exhibit

Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth added to exhibit

LONDON – One of the greatest royal portraits of the 20th century, Pietro Annigoni’s 1954-5 painting of the queen is to go on public display for the first time in 26 years at the National Portrait’s...

O'Keeffe museum curator Barbara Buhler Lynes resigns

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Few people in the world know as much about the life and art of Georgia O'Keeffe as Barbara Buhler Lynes, who resigned Friday after years as curator and director of the research...

In Memoriam: children's author Maurice Sendak, 83

NEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Sendak didn't think of himself as a children's author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood. "I like interesting people and kids are really interesting people,"...

Top photographers auction work for slain journalist

NEW YORK (AFP) – Renowned photographers will sell signed prints at an auction hosted by U.S. television news mainstay Christiane Amanpour to raise funds for the family of Anton Hammerl, a photojournalist...

Slave Robert Smalls piloted little-known course in Civil War

Artist got his start painting designs on WWII aircraft

LiveAuctioneers taps Jamie Dwelly for UK Business Development post

Brazilian architect Niemeyer hospitalized in Rio

George Rodrigue again Louisiana's artist laureate

Woodstock wake held for The Band's Levon Helm

In Memoriam: Irish artist Louis le Brocquy, 95

IFAE names David Setford director of fine art fairs

Art world recalls American painter Jackson Pollock

John Mellencamp paintings in museum exhibition

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Reading the Streets: Miyok Madness in Williamsburg

Reading the Streets: Miyok Madness in Williamsburg

NEW YORK – Based on the Korean word for bad medicine, Miyok leaves his disgruntled pill wheatpastes all over New York City and Brooklyn. But does his guerrilla advertising for his skateboard-style...

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of May 14, 2012

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of May 14, 2012

Furniture has been made from carved and joined pieces of wood for centuries, but in every century there are a few designers who are intrigued by the forms of nature and use them to create furniture....

Furniture Specific: Cleverly concealed

Watching a good craftsman work is always an entertaining way to spend some time. Have you ever studied the way an expert mason lays brick? The practiced moves and the economy of motion are striking....

Reading the Streets: Art along the High Line

NEW YORK – The city has been fostering public art since organizing the group outdoor exhibit “Sculpture in Environment” in 1967. Since then, more than 1,000 works ranging from the experimental...

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of May 7, 2012

Iron doorstops are among today's top-selling collectibles. They are probably not propped against a door to keep it open but are instead displayed like rare porcelain figurines on a prominent shelf....

Live Auction Talk: Titanic Memorabilia

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of April 30, 2012

Gallery Report: May 2012

London Eye: April 2012

Reading the Streets: Australian artist Yok in Brooklyn

Reading the Streets: VinZ’s misdeeds in Austria

Il mercato dell’arte in Italia: storie di furti e ritrovamenti

Art Market Italy: Stories of theft and recovery

Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of April 23, 2012

Reading the Streets: The elephant in Columbus Circle

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Winterthur's 'Uncorked' celebrates history, business of wine

Winterthur's 'Uncorked' celebrates history, business of wine

WINTERTHUR, Del. - Winterthur’s new exhibition, Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition will have collectors lifting their glasses in a toast. The show comprehensively covers the influence of wine...

Napoleon and the Empire style in focus at Hillwood

Napoleon and the Empire style in focus at Hillwood

WASHINGTON - The journey of Napoleon from successful general to decorative arts icon is a fascinating chapter in art history. While his attempt to engineer political unification on the scale of ancient...

Western Colorado gold mining flume clings to its secrets

MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) – There is something about the tattered remnants of a 121-year-old mining marvel that keeps drawing the curious back to this remote canyon along Colorado 141. Those who keep...

Garden sculpture has long, illustrious history

Putting up sculpture in the great outdoors is one of man’s oldest compulsions. Religious devotion may have been the first motivation, but politics, aesthetic impact and human ego soon crept in....

Thornton Dial: Transcending the boundaries of self-taught art

The art world has divided its creative cast into artists with academic training in their craft and what might be called spontaneous artists, who paint or sculpt or fashion works just because they...

Titanic collection offered as 100th anniversary nears

Finding Lindbergh treasures changed man’s course

A Valentine’s tale: Boy courts girl? Not so fast!

Russian enamels: brilliant color, dazzling artistry

The final destination: location, location, location

Vintage lawn sprinklers are collectible garden art

Pittsburgh man lives on through his 'ghost signs'

Vintage electric guitar market rocks steady

Furniture designs of Zaha Hadid: fluid forms, perpetual motion

Sculpture for the people: John Rogers 19th century genre

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