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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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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...Full story
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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
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
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,...
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
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...
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
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...
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
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...
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
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....
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
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...
