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Ainsley M. Cameron will join the Cincinnati Art Museum as Curator of South Asian Art, Islamic Art and Antiquities.

Cincinnati Art Museum adds expertise and vibrancy with three new curators

April 04, 2017

CINCINNATI— The Cincinnati Art Museum has appointed Ainsley M. Cameron as Curator of South Asian Art, Islamic Art, and Antiquities; Peter Jonathan Bell as Associate Curator of European Paintings, ...

Uffizi Gallery Director Eike Schmidt was joined by Dr Diego Giolitti and award winning artist Helidon Xhixha to announce a forthcoming exhibition at the Boboli Gardens.

Uffizi Gallery Plans Summer Exhibition of Helidon Xhixha Sculptures in the Boboli Gardens

March 17, 2017

Contemporary artist Helidon Xhixha, whose sculpture at the inaugural 2016 London Design Biennale won the prestigious public award, has been invited by the Director of Florence’s respected Uffizi ...

LOT 1O Artist: Georges D'Espagnat (1870-1950) Title: Femme Nue Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 33” x 64” (84 x 162.5 cm) approximate canvas size Provenance: Estate of Louis & Annette Kaufman. ESTIMATE: $12,000-18,000

Hollywood Art collections: Important Impressionist & Modern Art at Carlyle Auctions, March 16, 2017

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March 07, 2017

Beverly Hills, California - March 7, 2017 - Carlyle Galleries International, Inc., (www.carlyle-auctions.com) the online fine art dealers and auctioneers, is hosting their next auction: “ART: ...

Gene Davis "Stripes (Blue)", Estimate: $40,000-$60,000

Weschler’s to Feature Two Original Works by Washington, DC Artists, Sam Gilliam and Gene Davis

February 27, 2017

WASHINGTON - Weschler’s, DC's only auction house, will present for sale works of art, jewelry, furniture, silver, coins, decorative art, rugs, and Asian art in its Capital Collections Estate ...

Pieter Brueghel the Younger, “Wedding Dance in the Open Air” (1607–14) (photo by Dominic Brown, © Holburne Museum)

UK’s first exhibition devoted to the Bruegel dynasty includes newly discovered paintings

February 13, 2017

The Holburne Museum is showing the UK’s first exhibition devoted to the Bruegel dynasty, including recent attributions for two paintings from the Museum’s own collection. Bruegel: Defining a ...

Gimmel and Fede Ring. Western Europe, mid-18th century. Gold, silver, diamond, ruby

Les Enluminures Presents Medieval Rings, Cameos: Time-Tested Symbols of Love for Valentine's Day

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February 06, 2017

We celebrate Valentine's Day with gifts as symbols of love – from chocolates and flowers to gemstone rings and jewelry. This was also true from Antiquity through the Renaissance with rings and ...

The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Announces Its Spring 2017 Exhibition Schedule

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January 12, 2017

EXHIBITION AND PROGRAM SCHEDULE Programs/participants are subject to change. All events are free of charge unless noted. Identity Crisis: Reflections on Public and Private Life in Contemporary ...

Statuette of a Griffin with an Airmasp, 125 – 75 B.C. Creator unknown (Greek). Bronze. Object height: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman

Remembering Antiquity: The Ancient World Through Medieval Eyes

January 29, 2017

The arts and culture of the Middle Ages were the inheritors of a rich classical tradition. For more than a millennium following the fall of Rome, antiquity was evoked and preserved through visual ...

Sandro Botticelli and workshop, Venere (Venus) [HALF BODY DETAIL], Oil on canvas, transferred from wood panel, Galleria Sabauda, Turin, inv. 172.

Botticelli Venus Painting on View for First Time in United States

January 23, 2017

Botticelli and the Search for the Divine: Florentine Painting between the Medici and the Bonfires of the Vanities To Open Feb. 11 at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary One of only ...

Mockup, Bjørn Okholm Skaarup's Hippo Ballerina, 2016.

Bronze Hippo Ballerina makes her NYC Debut this Feb 7 - July 31

January 03, 2017

Standing over 15 feet tall, weighing over 2 and a half tons, cast in bronze, and clad in a copper tutu, Hippo Ballerina, 2016, by Danish artist Bjørn Okholm Skaarup, will be making her Broadway ...

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Untitled (Standing Mobile, c. 1965) (Estimate: $150,000-250,000)

Bountiful and Beautiful: Skinner’s January Fine Art Auctions Feature Fresh-to-Market Works

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January 05, 2017

BOSTON, MA – Skinner, Inc. presents an outstanding two-session auction on Friday, January 27 in its Boston gallery. Fine Prints & Photographs starts at 12PM, followed by Fine Paintings & ...

WINTER ANTIQUES SHOW ADDS DESIGNER STAR POWER WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2017 HONORARY DESIGN CHAIRS

January 03, 2017

The Winter Antiques Show has enlisted some of the brightest stars in the world of interior design to be the Show’s Honorary Design Chairs: Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson, Celerie Kemble, and ...

LOT 2B Artist: Joseph Stella (1877-1946) Title: “Pittsburgh Types: In the bread line at Woods Run” Medium: charcoal on paper Size: 18 1/4” x 34 3/8” sheet size Date: 1905 Provenance: - East Coast Private Collection - Collection of Caesar P. Kimmel Exhibitions: - Whitney Museum - “Joseph Stella” April 22-Oct 9, 1994 ESTIMATE: $10,000-12,000

Carlyle Galleries Presents: “Old Masters, Impressionist & Modern Art” Auction Online - Thursday, December 22, 2016

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December 13, 2016

Beverly Hills, California - December 13, 2016 - Carlyle Galleries International, Inc., (www.carlyle-auctions.com) the online fine art dealers and auctioneers, is hosting their next auction: “Old ...

Leonardo da VINCI (Vinci 1452 – Cloux 1519 ) Recto: Study for a San Sebastian in a landscape

Retired Doctor Uncovers 'Lost' Leonardo da Vinci Drawing

December 12, 2016

A retired French doctor was the unknowing owner of a lost work by Leonardo da Vinci. Last March, he brought the inherited piece into a Parisian auction house who consulted experts, coming to the ...

New Viking Attraction in Stockholm Aims for Historical Accuracy

November 30, 2016

In spring 2017, a new permanent global attraction with a Viking theme will open in Stockholm's Djurgården– a long-awaited tourist venture on the island that is already packed with wonderful ...

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