Archive For The “Sculpture” Category
Violon et guitare,” by Juan Gris, rose to $28.64 million. Buyers Feast on Turn-of-the-Century Art – NYTimes.com Bullish art market surprises even the most seasoned art professionals. Christie’s succeeded in selling 67 Impressionist and Modern works of art for $231.4 million. There were two world records for the price of art: A bronze [...]
Timeless = Masterpiece So what makes a piece of art timeless or a masterpiece? Webster‘s defines a masterpiece as a “supreme intellectual or artistic achievement.” Anne Richter, an artist and educator in New York City, has this to say: “You know when you’ve encountered a masterpiece because it stays with you the rest of your life. [...]
Published from: Art Daily.org The Modern Masters Gallery announced the opening of a major new exhibition dedicated to the master of Surrealism, Salvador Dalí, ‘Vision of a Genius’. This new exhibition running until February 28th, 2011, is to be held at the gallery which is located on Cork Street, in the heart of Mayfair, London’s [...]
I recently came across a controversial article about art fighting nature in Colorado. The essence of the article is about 2 artists, Christo and Jeanne Claude, who are in the process of getting approval to do an art installation on the Colorado River. See the article called: Froma Harrop: ‘Art’ fights nature in Colorado. The [...]
Source: http://www.newyorkantique.net I, personally, love art deco and was thrilled to find this article on its role in today’s modern art world. Here is the article in it’s entirety: In this line of business of modern art, art deco plays a huge and impressively lavish role. The strong colors and sweeping curves lend art deco [...]
Setting a budget Starting to purchase artwork and paying thousands for the first piece is just crazy, unless you are a millionaire (even then it isn’t very wise). You may love it, but until you’ve learned how to purchase great art, it’s a good idea to start out with a budget. Purchasing a piece under [...]
Source: GoUpstate.com The first major exhibition to reevaluate the last half of Salvador Dali’s career will be presented exclusively at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Among the highlights of the exhibition will be several works that have not been seen in the U.S. in 50 years, including the monumental “Christ of St. John [...]
Source: ART KNOWLEDGE NEWS. 24 Jan. 2007. NEW YORK, NY.-Following the record-breaking success of its Old Master & 19th Century Art sale in December in London,Christie’spresents its flagship New York sale of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings, and Watercolors in a two-part auction on Wednesday, January 27. This extraordinary sale of over 320 [...]
Artzine online.com Blog posted 4 Jan. 2010 “You must have some very interesting walls in your home” said a woman at an antique store, many years ago, when I purchased an African mask with carved incisions reminiscent of a face from a Picasso painting from his “Demoiselles d’Avignon” period. What hangs on my walls may [...]
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