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Kenwood House masterpieces presented at an exhibition in Houston
03.06.2012 June 3 at the Houston Museum of Art, Texas, will exhibit the best works of Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough in the exhibition "The Treasures of Kenwood House" ("Treasures of Kenwood House", London), which was organized by the American Federation of Arts in New York.
Berlin sets documentary trends
01.06.2012 Starting June 3, in the House of World Culture, residents and guests of Berlin will be able to visit the exhibition of documentary art, which is held in the capital of Germany every two years.
Bird Nest authors open summer pavilion in London
01.06.2012 Yesterday in London, at the Serpentine Gallery, the pavilion was opened, created by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron with the participation of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei. The event is timed to the opening of the Olympic Games 2012, scheduled for July 27.
Baroness Thyssen sells the pearl of her art collection
30.05.2012 July 3 in London at Christie’s auction will be sold one of the most expensive paintings from the collection of Baroness Carmen Thyssen (Carmen Thyssen) - "The Lock" ("Gateway") by John Constable (John Constable).
Bacon Self-Portrait with Lucian Freud’s Body Exhibited at Christie’s
29.05.2012 June 27 evening auction of post-war and contemporary art Christie’s will present a selection of works by two of the greatest British painters of the twentieth century. The main event of the auction will be “Sketch for a self-portrait”, written by Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon) in 1964.
Christie’s Spring Asian Art Sales Reaches $ 81 Million
29.05.2012 The spring auction, dedicated to twentieth-century Asian art and contemporary art (there were three in total), was crowned with a total of 629,478,750 Hong Kong dollars ($ 81,076,863)At the same time, 60% of the lots were sold for an amount in excess of their estimated value, and 32 of them for an amount in excess of 10 million in Hong Kong currency (about 1.288 million dollars).
The canvas with Jacob Zuma mutilated discontented
24.05.2012 The picture, which depicts the President of South Africa, showing the genitals, the protesters stained in red and black paint.
The largest exhibition of Dürer opened at the German National Museum
24.05.2012 The German National Museum presented the early works of the famous native of Germany: 120 important works of Dürer are collected here, sent by 51 galleries from 12 countries.
The exhibition of the famous graphic artist Rockwell Kent opened in Philadelphia
21.05.2012 An exhibition of the artist, writer, adventurer and politician Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) opened in Philadelphia, which, as an engraver and book illustrator, left an important legacy for US art. His drawings and prints are still proving their effectiveness both in advertising and as book illustrations.
Baltimore Museum of Art Grants Maurice Louis
20.05.2012 The Baltimore Museum of Art announced that it recently received 21 works by the artist Maurice Louis, including Silver III, Untitled 5-76, and 19 ink drawings. The works were on the estate of the artist’s widow, Marcella Luis Brenner.
An exhibition of masterpieces from the National Picasso Museum in Paris opened in Hong Kong
20.05.2012 Hong Kong Department of Cultural Heritage’s Cultural Heritage Museum (LCSD) has opened the Picasso - Masterpieces from the Picasso Museum, Paris exhibition. This exhibition has become one of the cultural events to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the creation of a special administrative region in Hong Kong.
Jose Vidal Soler opened a solo exhibition in the country, from which he was forced to flee
19.05.2012 A Spanish artist who has lived more than 40 years in exile in Colombia, Jose Vidal Soler, known under the pseudonym Monjalés, presents a retrospective exhibition of his revolutionary and provocative works in Bogotá.
In Thailand, named after the best young artist
18.05.2012 Hataiwan Thepmalee, a schoolgirl from Chonburi, outstripped 108 participants and received the title of Thailand’s Best Young Artist 2012The 17-year-old girl from Darasamutr School took first place and was awarded the prestigious Royal Prize, which has been awarded by His Majesty the King of Thailand since 2008.
The whole Slavic epic in Prague
17.05.2012 The Slavic Epos, a cycle of 20 allegories that traces the history of Slavic peoples and is partially inspired by mythology, was painted by the famous Czech modernist artist Alfons Mucha at the National Gallery in Prague.
The work of the Argentinean Thomas Saraceno on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
17.05.2012 The roof of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art has become the place where the Argentine artist Tomas Saraceno installed an unusual installation.