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photographically detailed landscape, seascape, still-life and animal oil paintings using classical techniques
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$50M Bernini bronze donated to Toronto gallery
Date: 12 Jan 2007 | Views: 1768
A life-sized Crucifixion sculpture by 17th-century Italian master Gian Lorenzo Bernini has been donated to the Art Gallery of Ontario. Given to the Toronto gallery by the family of real estate developer and AGO board member Murray Frum, the bronze masterwork is entitled Corpus and is said to be worth $50 million.  More...
LACMA buys Italian renaissance sculpture
Date: 12 Jan 2007 | Views: 1602
He stands just shy of 5-feet-3 and weighs in about 300 pounds. He lost his right foot a while back. And he hasn't shut his mouth for close to five centuries. More...
Christie's Auctions Rise 36% on Klimt, Art Guarantees
Date: 12 Jan 2007 | Views: 1418
Christie's International, the world's largest art seller, said its auction totals rose 36 percent last year to 2.5 billion pounds ($4.7 billion) as it sold a lion's share of expensive paintings by Gustav Klimt and other artists. More...
Christie's Annual Global Art Sales Total $4.67 Billion
Date: 12 Jan 2007 | Views: 1586
LONDON/NEW YORK - Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, today announced 2006 art sales totals of £2.51 billion ($4.67 billion), a 36% increase over 2005 sales that was achieved through more than 600 sales in sixteen saleroom locations around the world. More...
$39.3M Expected at Contemporary Art Sale at Sotheby's
Date: 11 Jan 2007 | Views: 2034
LONDON, ENGLAND - Sotheby’s forthcoming Evening Sale of Contemporary Art in London will be held on Wednesday, February 7, 2007. The sale will be a rich showcase of Contemporary Art from the past 50 years, with works by artists active from the 1950s to the present day. More...
Lost: The Looting of Iraq’s Antiquities
Date: 9 Jan 2007 | Views: 1392
The only real comparison is to the surface of the moon. Craters as deep as 16 feet cover multi-acre sites that are remnants of what is widely considered the cradle of civilization. More...
An Important Private Collection from Hanover
Date: 9 Jan 2007 | Views: 1362
AMSTERDAM - A large and interesting private collection from Hanover to be offered at Sotheby’s Amsterdam on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 March offers a wealth of old master and 19th century paintings, jewellery, silver, coins, art deco, furniture and works of art. More...
Record Visitors to Van Gogh Museum
Date: 6 Jan 2007 | Views: 1351
AMSTERDAM - Van Gogh Museum closes 2006 with record visitor numbers2006 was in many respects an exceptional year for the Van Gogh Museum. A record number of 1, 675, 000 visitors viewed the Rembrandt-Caravaggio, Japanese season and Vincent van Gogh and Expressionism (until March 4, 2007) exhibitions. More...
Nazi-Looted Painting In London Museum
Date: 5 Jan 2007 | Views: 1682
LONDON - We can report that a painting in the National Maritime Museum in London was looted by British troops from the Mьrwik Naval Academy, in Germany, and later presented to the Greenwich museum. We have tracked down a 1945 photograph, showing the picture hanging in the main hall of the academy (right). More...
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