artdaily Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), American, 1890-1991. The African Mask (Noir et Blanche), 1926. Gelatin silver print. JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, announced today that long-time patrons Harriette and Noel Levine have gifted their extensive photography collection to the Museum, encompassing 125 photographs that span over 160 years of the history of the medium. Their […]
Ben Hoyle “The upcoming auction in London on September 15 and 16 will feature Damien Hirst’s collection, estimated to be worth £65 million. The range of artworks includes preparatory drawings priced at £15,000, as well as the highly anticipated centerpiece, The Golden Calf, with an upper estimate of £12 million. Cheyenne Westphal, chairman […]
Nandalal Bose’s vision was a new art for his new nation, and he succeeded. “To complement Bose’s art, the museum presents Multiple Modernities, an exhibition on the second floor (Gallery 227) showcasing over 25 drawings, prints, and watercolors created during and after Bose’s era. Notably, the collection includes seven remarkable drawings by Rabindranath Tagore, known […]
NDTV Correspondent Subodh Gupta has managed to capture global imaginations through his ability to transform unconventional objects such as utensils and cow dung from everyday Indian life into works of art and metaphors of urban realities.Gupta is among a generation of young Indian artists whose commentary talks of a country on the move. Fuelled by […]
A lot of the declining interest has been shown by art funds, which have refused to buy overpriced modern-period works simply because they have been executed by the biggest names.New Delhi: Maher Dadha never imagined it would happen. A few weeks ago, at a Christie’s auction of Indian art in London, many paintings of M.F. […]
Ashok Nag KOLKATA: Indian installation and video art has started going places. With action around this genre hotting up at the buyer’s level, including investors and collectors at auctions, these pieces are turning into powerful tools to put across political, sociological, ecological and environmental messages. Over the past 2-3 years, prices of these works have […]
Source : albawaba.com • Global Art Market Remains Confident in All Regions with 10% Growth in Worldwide Sales Compared with First Half of 2007• 63% Year on Year Sales Growth in Asia• Impressionist and Modern Art Sale in London was Highest Ever Sales Total for an Art Auction Held in Europe Realising £144 million ($284 […]
By ARTINFO NEW YORK—Specialists at banks and auction houses are saying that in the face of a volatile stock market and a housing slump, many collectors are looking to take out loans against their art, the New York Sun reports. “Art now is seen as a definite asset class which is traded,” said Caroline Sayan, […]
The art collection of Yves Saint Laurent, who died last month, is to be auctioned off in what experts are describing as “the sale of the century” potentially worth half a billion euros. By Henry Samuel in Paris It is set to be the biggest single-owner art auction in history, and includes paintings by Goya, […]
Bold leadership and an ambitious curatorial vision have vaulted the Peabody Essex Museum into a spot among the country’s best Could the Peabody Essex Museum be the Boston area’s most exciting art museum right now? It’s a question nobody would have asked five or 10 years ago. But a string of excellent shows — in […]
