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Art historians have discovered the original painting "St. Augustine" by Caravaggio
26.06.2011 The image of St. Augustine by Caravaggio was first exhibited at the current Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome exhibition in Ottawa. This masterpiece was re-"found" in a collection collected by the patrons of the artist : Cardinal Benedetto Justiniani and his brother Marquez Vincenzo.
It turned out that one of the self-portraits of Van Gogh depicted his brother Theo
25.06.2011 Was Vincent van Gogh an impulsive brush genius? How did the paints survive the destructive effect of time? Did Van Gogh paint a portrait of his brother, Theo?
Picasso’s Mistresses Conquered Christie’s
23.06.2011 Portraits of three beloved women of the great artist of the twentieth century, Pablo Picasso, raised the maximum amount at London’s Christie’s, who opened a series of art auctions, which will be held in the next few weeks.
More than 270 previously unknown works by Picasso confiscated in France
12.06.2011 The retired electrician, Pierre Le Gennec, turned out to be the most unexpected art collector: he discovered 271 unknown works by Picasso.
Russia has blocked the export of exhibits to exhibitions in the United States because of the Chabad case
31.05.2011 Russia’s response to a court decision to return items to the Jewish group of Chabad is a ban on the transfer of exhibits for temporary use to American museums.
Sotheby’s showed in Moscow the top lots of the June auction of Russian art
23.05.2011 Sotheby’s auction house decided to show the Moscow public the masterpieces of the upcoming Russian auction in London. An exhibition of the top lots of the upcoming June auction took place at the State Historical Museum on Red Square for several days until May 20, 2011.
Arrested man who stole art in the Forbidden City
19.05.2011 This is the first robbery of China’s main historical landmark in 20 years. Museum authorities are planning an emergency modernization of security systems.
Gil Elvgren pin-up illustration sold for $ 286 thousand
18.05.2011 The illustration “The Merry Nymph” by Gil Elvgren, sold for $ 286,800, set a new world record for value for the artist’s work, several times breaking his pre-auction estimate of $ 60,000.
Yale University Gives Free Access to Its Digital Archive
18.05.2011 NEW HAVEN - On May 10, Yale University Administration announced that Yale would be the first Ivy League institution to open free online access to digitized images of millions of objects from the university’s libraries, museums and archives.
Bidding on post-war and contemporary art Christie’s May 11, 2011
13.05.2011 On May 11 at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art auction in New York, Andy Warhol’s first self-portrait of 1963-64 was sold for $ 38,442,500.
$ 20.2 million for Andy Warhol’s Sixteen Jackie
12.05.2011 “We are very pleased with the results of the bidding process, which allowed the auction to gain a total of $ 128,104,500,” said Tobias Meyer, head of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Department.
The British National Gallery will limit the number of tickets for the exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci
11.05.2011 The British National Gallery plans to limit the number of tickets for the upcoming Leonardo da Vinci exhibition to reduce people’s discontent from the stampede due to too many visitors.
Key works of Renoir and Leavens sold at TEFAF
07.05.2011 This year, at the TEFAF Art and Antiques Fair in Maastricht, paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Jan Livens were sold to private collectors.
$ 29 million for Alma-Tadema’s Anthony and Cleopatra Meeting
06.05.2011 The meeting of Antony and Cleopatra: 41 BC (The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra: 41 BC) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was sold on May 5 at the 19th Century European Art Auction held at Sotheby’s in New York, for $ 29,202,500.
New York auction Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art brought $ 170.5 million
05.05.2011 The volume of evening trading on impressionists and contemporary art on May 3, 2011, Sotheby’s in New York reached $ 170,478,000, which, in general, corresponds to a preliminary estimate ($ 158.9-229.7 million).