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Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to offer Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts on March 29, 2010 in Los Angeles.  The 500-lot sale will offer an array of works for varied tastes and collecting levels from the 16th through the 20th centuries with a focus on English, French, Italian, Spanish and German property.  Highlights from the sale will include a strong selection of more than 30 clocks by prominent makers as well as property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Z. Wick, Los Angeles, California and the University of California, Irvine Libraries. "The spring auction ...

This spring, the Frick presents a special exhibition of loans from Dulwich Picture Gallery, one of the major collections of Old Master paintings in the world.  Heralding the London museum’s bicentenary in 2011, the exhibition will introduce American audiences to this institution’s holdings and history through nine of its most important and best-loved works.  Indeed, Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery, to be shown exclusively at the Frick from March 9 through May 30, 2010, includes signature works that seldom travel, many of which have not been on view in the ...

Italian artists of the late 1800s, like Italian citizens, struggled to build on the strengths of the past while defining themselves in entirely new ways. Judith Meighan, associate professor in the history of art at Syracuse University, will present the lecture "Mediterranean Light: The Artistic Imagination of Italy" on Sunday, March 14, at 3 pm. This free lecture will be held at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. The investigation of light-so much more brilliant around the Mediterranean than in Paris-and its surrounding atmosphere became the means by which the innovative ...

Bonhams & Butterfields’ jewelry department opens its 2010 auction season on March 22nd, hosting Salon Jewelry and Watches, a simulcast sale in San Francisco and Los Angeles.  The 440-lot auction features signed pieces from top jewelry houses and a wonderful assortment of rings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches and watches from private collections.  Public previews of all lots will open for viewing in LA (March 12-14) and in San Francisco (March 19-21) prior to the auction.   “Many lovely antique and period pieces should attract jewelry collectors as well as general jewelry ...

  As the 7th Annual Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show came to a close, the show floor was buzzing about the remarkable number of sales that took place during this year’s event at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. Throughout its five-day run Feb. 12-16, the show boasted record attendance as its impressive array of 180 international dealers attracted more than 50,000 art enthusiasts, high-profile collectors and industry experts that were eager to admire the nearly 200,000 items on display.  Exhibited items included fine art, sculpture, furniture, silver, textiles, ...

  A change in luxury spending habits caused by the recession has helped the international art and antiques market weather the global economic storm. This is revealed by a new report commissioned by The European Fine Art Foundation which organises The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) to be held in the Dutch city of Maastricht in the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) from March 12-21, 2010. The report The International Art Market 2007-2009, Trends in the Art Trade during Global Recession has been prepared by Dr. Clare McAndrew, a cultural economist specialising in the fine and ...

  The High Museum of Art, in collaboration with the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS), will present an exhibition of 25 masterpieces of the Venetian Renaissance—12 paintings and 13 drawings—that will include two of the greatest paintings of the Italian Renaissance, Titian’s “Diana and Actaeon” and “Diana and Callisto” (1556–1559). The two monumental paintings have never before traveled to the United States. The exhibition will also include paintings by Tintoretto, Veronese and Lotto from the collection of the National Galleries. The High’s presentation of “Titian and the Golden Age of ...

The Birmingham Museum of Art welcomes a new communications director. Nick Patterson, a Birmingham native, assumed responsibility for internal and external communications, including public relations and marketing at BMA January 27. Prior to arriving at the museum, Patterson was an associate editor at Southern Living Magazine, where he wrote feature and travel articles for nine years. Before that, he worked as a Media Relations Specialist for the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He began his career as a news reporter and columnist with the Birmingham Post-Herald where he worked for ...

"After the excessive days are over, stability has once more gained a foothold on the art market. Quality objects make for great results", said Robert Ketterer, auctioneer and owner of Ketterer Kunst. "There is an upward tendency", he adds with regards to the upcoming spring auctions. The lots of the auctions on 23 and 24 April 2010 will already delight the hearts of art lovers. Thematic focal points will be on: 1. Modern Art 2. Post War/Contemporary Art<3. Old Masters and Art of the 19th Century on 1. Modern Art This auction is headed by a real rarity: Otto Griebel‘s watercolor "Zwei ...

  The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Stephen J. Bury to the post of Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian at the Frick Art Reference Library. For the past ten years, he has been at the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom, and one of the world’s greatest research institutions, where he is a Deputy Director and Head of European and American Collections, as well as Maps, Music, and Philatelic Collections. Previously, Dr. Bury was Head of Learning Resources at the Chelsea College of Art & Design, London. Comments Anne L. Poulet, Director ...