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Patinated bronze sculpture by Emile Louis Picault (French, 1860-1915), used as the mascot for the 1906 Ten-Mile Corinthian Automobile Championship in Florida (CA$43,660).

Bronze sculpture by Emile Louis Picault (French, 1860-1915) sells for CA$43,660 at Miller & Miller auction

Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.
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December 13, 2018

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A patinated bronze sculpture by Emile Louis Picault (French, 1860-1915), used as the mascot for the Ten-Mile Corinthian Automobile Championship of 1906 in Ormond ...

Elisabeth Wild, Untitled (181), 2018. Collage on paper, 28.8 x 16.7 cm.

In Her Ninth Decade, Artist Elisabeth Wild Shows Her 'Fantasías' in Solo Exhibition

December 11, 2018

Carbon 12 in Dubai will show Elisabeth Wild’s first solo exhibition in the region, as well as at the gallery, from January 14 to March 10, 2019. Elisabeth Wild was born in Vienna (Austria) on ...

Unique and monumental ceiling light for Arredoluce, 1964-65 (estimate: $30,000-50,000), created by the seminal Lebanese architect and artist Sami El-Khazim for the World's Fair in New York in 1964. Ex-collection: Shah of Iran

Bonhams Modern Decorative Art + Design Sale to Feature Once in a Lifetime Cenedese Collection and Recently Discovered Italian Masterpieces By Osvaldo Borsani

December 11, 2018

On December 14, Bonhams sale of Modern Decorative Art + Design will offer over 150 works featuring rare designs of furniture, glass, and ceramics from the most sought-after Italian designers of the ...

Photograph of Kaywin Feldman courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

National Gallery of Art Elects Kaywin Feldman as its Fifth Director, Succeeding Earl A. Powell III

National Gallery of Art
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December 11, 2018

Washington, DC—The National Gallery of Art, Washington, today announced that its Board of Trustees elected Kaywin Feldman to be the institution’s next director—the fifth in the Gallery’s 77-year ...

Copy of DC Comics Flash #105 (Feb.-Mar. 1959), featuring the first Silver Age Flash in his own title, plus the first appearance and origin of Mirror Master ($20,000).

Copy of DC Comics Flash #105 (Feb.-Mar. 1959), graded 9.0, brings $20,000 at Bruneau & Co. auction

Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers
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December 12, 2018

CRANSTON, R.I. – A copy of DC Comics Flash #105 (Feb.-Mar. 1959) in superb condition, with a grade of CBCS 9.0, soared to $20,000 at a Toy & Comic Auction that featured many rare superhero ...

Feliz Ziem "Embarquement sur le quai des Esclavons, Venise"

After 100 Years A Major Felix Ziem Emerges

Rehs Galleries, Inc.
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December 10, 2018

Rehs Galleries Inc., a New York gallery specializing in 19th and 20th-century works of art, sells Embarquement sur le quai des Esclavons, Venise, a major painting by the French artist Felix Ziem ...

'Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen' Exhibition Opens at Rose Art Museum This Winter

December 10, 2018

The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University presents the first major retrospective of eminent American artist, curator, and teacher Howardena Pindell, who for nearly five decades has explored the ...

Loet Vanderveen, Antelope, 1988. Bronze with patina, 24 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. Crocker Art Museum, Loet Vanderveen Collection, 2016.60.16.

Sculptor's Awe of the Animal Kingdom Highlighted in 'Modern Menagerie' Exhibition

December 10, 2018

The Crocker Art Museum, in Sacramento, Calif., has opened "Modern Menagerie", an exhibition of sculptures by Loet Vanderveen, a California artist originally from the Netherlands. Vanderveen ...

Frick Executive Director Robin Nicholson to Become Executive Director/CEO of Telfair Museums

The Frick Pittsburgh
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December 10, 2018

PITTSBURGH, PA — The Frick Pittsburgh announced today that Robin Nicholson will be leaving his position as Executive Director in February 2019 to become Executive Director/CEO of Telfair Museums in ...

"After Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon. Hsia Yan. Gianguan Auctions. December 12 sale.

'70s Chinese Ink Meets 11th C. Traditional In Mid-Week Auction December 12

December 10, 2018

In a rare meeting of contemporary and traditional Chinese ink, Gianguan Auctions brings to the podium on December 12 both the creativity of the New York art scene in the '70s and that of 11th ...

James Mortimer presents new surreal and provocative paintings in February solo show

December 10, 2018

Land of Mortimer, a solo exhibition with new work by British artist James Mortimer will take place from Friday 8 February to Saturday 2 March 2019 at James Freeman Gallery Mortimer’s new body of ...

FACTION Art Projects announce second Harlem Perspectives, an annual exhibition celebrating the local talent of Harlem and uptown New York

December 10, 2018

FACTION Art Projects have announced their second Harlem Perspectives, an annual exhibition celebrating the local talent of Harlem and uptown New York. Harlem Perspectives II is co-curated by ...

Harvesting ice at Nuuk Port and Harbour, Greenland Photo: Kuupik V. Kleist/KVK Consult © 2018 Olafur Eliasson

Artist Olafur Eliasson Brings London Tons of Glacial Ice to Inspire Climate Change Action

December 07, 2018

Installation brings the reality of climate change to a global public by placing melting blocks of glacial ice in the centre of London Internationally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson, working in ...

(top left to right) Christopher Blay; Lauren Cross; (bottom left to right) Diane Durant; Arnoldo Hurtado

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art Announces the Establishment of Carter Community Artists, A Program Dedicated to Working with and Supporting Local Artists

December 06, 2018

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art is pleased to announce Carter Community Artists, a new program dedicated to working with and supporting local artists with the goal to create opportunities ...

Courtesy Estate of Charlotte Posenenske, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin and Peter Freeman, New York

Dia Acquires 155 Sculptural Works by Charlotte Posenenske Ahead of Landmark Exhibition

December 06, 2018

First North American Retrospective of Pioneering Minimal and Conceptual Artist Charlotte Posenenske Will Debut at Dia:Beacon March 2019 Charlotte Posenenske: Work in Progress charts the ...

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to Launch With Exhibitions of Tokyo-based teamLab, Black Cinema and 'Totoro' Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki

December 06, 2018

Kerry Brougher, Director of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, this week announced the details of the inaugural exhibitions that will be on view when the Museum opens in late 2019. The first ...

Kate Bunce, Musica, ca. 1895–97. Oil on canvas, 40 3/16 x 30 3/16 x 1 3/4 in., Birmingham Museums Trust (1897P17).

'Victorian Radicals' Traveling Exhibition Begins Multiyear U.S. Museum Tour

December 06, 2018

An unprecedented selection of paintings, works on paper, and decorative arts—many never shown outside the UK—by three generations of revolutionary British artists and designers. On view now ...

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), Dust jacket design for The Hobbit, April 1937, pencil, black ink, watercolor, goache. Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien Drawings 32. © The Tolkien Estate Limited 1937.

Works by Tolkein Among Suite of Winter Exhibitions at The Morgan

December 06, 2018

The 2019 winter season at the Morgan Library & Museum continues to celebrate visual artists and writers whose experimental methods and innovative creative processes have transformed our ...

This work, titled The Lotus Pond, 1967, by Zhang Daqian will be offered with an estimate of $150,000-200,000. Provenance: back cover of the May 10-31, 1970 exhibition catalog at Laky Gallery in Carmel, CA.

Important Paintings by Zhang Daqian to be Presented at Clars’ December 16th, 2018 Auction

December 06, 2018

Two paintings by Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 1899-1983) will headline Clars December 15th & 16th Fine Art, Decorative Art, Furniture, Jewelry and Asian Art Auction. Complementing the Daqians will be ...

GEORGE NAKASHIMA (AMERICAN, 1905-1990) THE IMPORTANT HOLTZ DINING TABLE, NEW HOPE, PENNSYLVANIA, 1986 Claro Walnut, American Black Walnut, rosewood. H: 29, L: 92, W: 65 in. Estimate $150,000-250,000

Nakashima Masterwork headlines December 10 Design Auction

Freeman's Auction
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December 06, 2018

Philadelphia, PA – Rounding out Freeman’s 2018 auction season is the December 10 sale of Design. The auction includes close to 130 lots, offering a varied selection of master American studio ...

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