Important news 05.05.2011 29.01.2011
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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).
Klimt’s canvas for $ 44 million will have to be returned to its rightful owner
24.04.2011 The Austrian museum should return the precious canvas of Gustav Klimt to the heir to the rightful owner, after they examined it found that the painting was confiscated by the Nazis during the Second World War.
In Egypt, employees of the museum from which Van Gogh’s "Flower Vase" was stolen were convicted
24.04.2011 This week, an Egyptian court decided to detain five officials who had previously constituted the board of the state department of fine arts, because of the connivance that led to the theft of Van Gogh’s canvas
Poland releases Girl with Ermine on tour
22.04.2011 The most valuable masterpiece stored in Poland - The Girl with an Ermine by Leonardo Da Vinci, has received permission to travel to Spain, Germany and the UK.
Frans Hals Museum presented a gift worth more than 100 million euros
18.04.2011 Haarlem. - Representatives of the Elizabeth von Thuringen Foundation donated eleven works of art dating from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries to the city of Haarlem and the Frans Hals Museum.
Italian researchers are looking for the remains of the alleged model "Mona Lisa"
07.04.2011 A photo dated April 5, 2005 shows visitors to the museum The louvre museum , in Paris, admiring the canvas "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci. On April 5, 2011, Italian researchers unveiled a plan to exhume the remains of a Florentine monastery, hoping to identify a woman who had long been considered a model for Mona Lisa.
Unusual incident: a woman attacked the canvas of Gauguin
06.04.2011 An unusual incident occurred in the afternoon of Friday. Visitors to the museum told The Washington Post that a woman was trying to remove Gauguin’s "Tahitian Women" from the wall and damaged the plastic cover of the masterpiece.
Sotheby′s auction in Hong Kong brought $ 13.8 million
06.04.2011 Photo: Sotheby’s Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring Southeast Asian Contemporary and Contemporary Art Auction Brings $ 13.8 Million Numerous records were set for artists, including the works of such artists as Andres Barriokinto, Samsul Arifin, Nguyen Gia Tri and Indigerillas.
Great Mexican Monoliths Laid Out Online in High Resolution
28.03.2011 On the INAH website, three landmark sculptures for Mexican culture - Koyolksauhki, Tlaltekukhtli and the Stone of the Sun (Piedra del Sol) - are now available for detailed study to all comers.
The exhibition "Prado in the Hermitage" was opened by the President of Russia and the Spanish royal couple
26.02.2011 The opening ceremony of the Prado in the Hermitage exhibition, which launched the year of the exchange of cultural events between Russia and Spain, was held with the active participation of the Spanish King Juan Carlos and his wife Queen Sofia.
"Reading" Picasso was sold at Sotheby’s for 25.2 million pounds
09.02.2011 This time, at the evening auction of the Impressionism and Modernism department at Sotheby’s, the main attraction was the portrait of Maria Theresa Walter by Pablo PicassoThis is the painting “Reading” (“La Lecture”) of 1932, which was sold to the applause of the participants for 25,241,250 pounds or more than $ 40.5 million .
Silvano Vincheti: a student of Leonardo da Vinci posed for Mona Lisa
03.02.2011 Rome, Associated Press. Silvano Vinceti, a historian studying art, gave a press conference in Rome on February 2, at which he presented the results of his detailed study of Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci .
Google Art Project: Street View penetrates museums
02.02.2011 Google has launched a new project that allows any Internet user to take virtual tours of the halls of art galleries, enjoy high-quality images of great works of art, as well as create their own collections and store their favorite works in themAll of the above options of the new Art project will be available thanks to the well-known Street View technology.
Auction Christie’s raised in 2010 5 billion dollars
31.01.2011 A leading international project in the field of art business, Christie’s International, announced the results of sales for 2010, which totaled 3.3 billionpounds (5 billion dollars). These results indicate a 53 percent increase over last year, when the total figure was 2.1 billion pounds (including a buyer’s premium).
Titian left for 16.8 million at Sotheby’s "Old Masters Auction"
29.01.2011 The establishment of several records for the sale of works of old masters at once completed today’s morning auction of the English trading house Sotheby’s. Total sales for the week of Auctions of old masters in New York reached 109.2 million US dollars.