| Giacometti's "La Jambe" to be featured at Christie's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | | National Geographic Society to auction famous photos, art at Christie's in New York | | University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology unwraps mystery of mummy conservation | 
La Jambe, signed and numbered ‘Alberto Giacometti 3/6’ (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark ‘Susse Fondeur. Paris’ (on the side of the base) bronze with brown and green patina. Height (including base): 85 13/16 in. (218 cm.). Conceived in 1947 and cast in 1958. Estimate: $10,000,000-15,000,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- Among the many captivating highlights of Christie’s upcoming Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art is Alberto Giacometti’s La Jambe (The Leg), a seven foot tall depiction of a disembodied human leg. Modeled in the thin, elongated form for which the artist is best known, La Jambe is the artist’s final statement in a series devoted to depictions of isolated body parts – a vision inspired by Giacometti’s harrowing memories of wartime causalities and the lingering angst that permeated post-war Paris during the late 1940s. Estimated at $10-15 million, La Jambe is offered from a distinguished private European collection, and is among the top examples of modern sculpture to be featured in Christie’s November 7 sale in New York. Giacometti first conceived of the body parts series in 1947, the year in which he embarked on the first of the famously thin, attenuated figures of standin ... More | | 
This 1908 photo made by an unidentified photographer is a portrait of Arctic explorer Adm. Robert E. Peary in Cape Sheridan, Canada. AP Photo/National Geographic via Christie’s Auction House.
By: Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- National Geographic Society has chronicled scientific expeditions, explorations, archaeology, wildlife and world cultures for more than 100 years, amassing a collection of 11.5 million photos and original illustrations. A small selection of that massive archive — 240 pieces spanning from the late 1800s to the present — will be sold at Christie's in December at an auction expected to bring about $3 million, the first time any of the institution's collection has been sold. Among the items are some of National Geographic's most indelible photographs, including that of an Afghan girl during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, a portrait of Admiral Robert Peary at his 1908 expedition to the North Pole, a roaring lion in South Africa and the face of a Papua New Guinea aborigine. Paintings and illustrations include N.C. Wyeth's historical scene of sword-fighting pirates, Charles Bittinger's view of ... More | | 
The wrapped feet of a mummified young girl of the Ptolemaic/Roman Period, 332 B.C. -395 A.D. at the Penn Museum. AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma.
By: Kathy Matheson, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- The Penn Museum is unwrapping the mystery of mummy conservation, giving the public an unusual close-up of researchers' efforts to preserve relics from ancient Egypt. Human and animal mummies, as well as an intricately inscribed coffin, are among the items undergoing treatment and repair at the Philadelphia institution's newly installed Artifact Lab. Housed in a special gallery, the glass-enclosed workspace lets visitors share in "the thrill of discovery," museum director Julian Siggers said. "It demonstrates to you the work that's actually being done behind the walls of these galleries," Siggers said. Visitors can watch staff members use microscopes, brushes and other tools of the trade to inspect, study and preserve items including the mummy of a 5-year-old girl, several human heads, a colorful but damaged sarcophagus, and a painting from a tomb wall. Flat-screen monitors display magnified views of the relics as they are being examined. Conservators will als ... More |
| Imperial and Royal auctions at the Hotel des Ventes in Geneva announced for December | | Sotheby's London presents an exemplary selection of fine Chinese ceramics & works of art | | India's first Art Deco online auction to include objects from Indian Royal Collection | 
The jewellery sale will include a cigarette box and two gold and diamond pins, offered by His Majesty King Boris III of Bulgaria to his prime minister. They have remained in the same family to this day.
GENEVA.- Bernard Piguet, director and chief auctioneer of the Hôtel des Ventes Geneva, announces forthcoming sales of exceptional importance. From 10 to 13 December, emperors, kings, queens and princes will be the virtual guests of the Geneva based auction house, revealing a remarkable set of objects that have never before appeared on the market: Prince Romanov, Prince Youssoupov, Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain, King Boris III of Bulgarie, King Farouk of Egypt, Ferdinand Thormeyer (tutor to the children of Tsar Alexander III), Serge de Diaghilev, Serge Lifar… This is a unique opportunity to plunge into the world of these great names of history thanks to these many objects of prestigious provenance. The special Russia auction which will be held at the Hôtel des Ventes ... More | | 
A rare underglaze blue polychrome enamelled 'magpie and prunus' moonflask Qianlong seal mark and period. Estimate: 300,000-500,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London will present for sale an exceptional range of over 400 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on Wednesday, 7th November 2012. The auction will include an exemplary selection of important Chinese ceramics, jades, metalwork, furniture and scholar’s objects dating from the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD) to Republican China (began 1912) - displaying the wide variety of styles and media for which Chinese works of art are celebrated. Alongside this biannual auction, Sotheby’s will offer two single owner sales - 'Treasures from the Qing Court, A Personal Perspective', a selection of 22 works all produced for the Imperial court during the Qing dynasty from the collection of Cameel Halim, and ‘Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Peter and Nancy ... More | | 
Silver Kashmiri Art Deco box.
MUMBAI.- Leading Saffronart’s 24-hour online auction of Art Deco is a rare ‘Necessaire De Voyage’, or lady’s vanity case. Crafted in ebonized teakwood, with a full suite of custom-made silver and glass accessories, this piece would have once belonged to a distinguished Indian lady, and was probably used as a travelling dresser during long cruise-liner voyages to Europe, extended stays at summer homes in the hills, and in luxury tents during the ‘shikar’ or hunting season. Saffronart’s inaugural auction of Art-Deco will take place online at www.saffronart.com on October 31-November 1, 2012. Through this auction, Saffronart showcases the Art Deco style, which defined South Bombay in the 1920s and 30s, and is now synonymous with its unique heritage. Comprising 96 lots with an approximate total estimate of Rs. 1.39 crore (US$ 276,975), this auction offers an extensive and attractively priced r ... More |
| Work by Gabriele Münter at the top, again...in Ketterer Kunst's opening autumn sale | | Exhibition explores work produced by female contemporary artists over the past fifty years | | Bonhams appoint international gem specialist Graeme Thompson Head of Jewellery in Hong Kong | 
Gabriele Münter, Dahlien. Around 1940/45. Oil on board, 45,5 x 33,3 cm (17.9 x 13.1 in). Starting Price: € 32.000. Result € 160,000.
MUNICH.- With an overall result of € 2,4 million for the October auction, the auction season begins quite promising. “30% first time bidders in the auction of Post War/Contemporary Art alone confirm once more that the appeal of art is ever increasing“, said Robert Ketterer about the first part of the autumn auction season. The average increase of 61% per sold lot in the section of Modern Art confirms this trend as well. The company owner continues: “Besides the quality offered, it is the fact that art is a crisis-proof form of investment that is particularly striking. Another proof thereof are seven results beyond the € 20.000 mark in both auctions of Art from 20th/21st Century of up to € 20.000.“ The 400th anniversary on 8 December is already promising excitement. The beginning of the two-day auction marathon was in the section of Modern Art, with Gabriele Münter‘s harmonious flower still life “Dahlien“ (lot 354) as the auctio ... More | | 
Lee Krasner, Pollination, 1968 (detail). Oil on canvas, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated,1968.10, © Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art presents Difference?, an exhibition that explores work produced by contemporary artists over the past fifty years and includes approximately seventy works of art drawn exclusively from the Museum’s holdings and private collections in Dallas. On view October 19, 2012, through March 17, 2013, the works in all media created by artists of all ages and nationalities that comprise this exhibition are defined by a single commonality: the gender of their maker. “Difference? provides visitors with an opportunity to experience our internationally recognized contemporary art collection while posing a question on the significance, or lack of significance, gender plays in art,” said Maxwell L. Anderson, The Eugene McDermott Director of the DMA. The term difference has many meanings, both simple and ... More | | 
Graeme Thompson began his jewellery career in 2001 in London and in 2005 moved to New York where he studied at the prestigious Gemmological Institute of America and qualified as a Graduate Gemmologist. Photo: Bonhams.
HONG KONG.- Bonhams has appointed international gem specialist and auctioneer, Graeme Thompson, to head the company’s Jewellery Department in Hong Kong. Matthew Girling, Bonhams European and Middle East CEO, comments: “I’m delighted that Graeme Thompson has rejoined Bonhams and will be heading our Jewellery team in Hong Kong. Asia is, without doubt, going to be one of our most dynamic and burgeoning markets and Graeme will be responsible for building Bonhams jewellery business across this exciting region. Without doubt his appointment will assist our expansion in the international jewellery auction market.” Graeme Thompson began his jewellery career in 2001 in London and in 2005 moved to New York where he studied at the prestigious Gemmological Institute of America and qualified as a Graduate ... More |
| Thieves gamed security systems in Rotterdam heist, in and out in less than two minutes | | Bonhams Samurai arts selection a cut above, sale reveals interest in this specialized field | | French art fair ends on high note despite tax row, visitor numbers were up 3.7 percent | 
'Harlequin Head' by Pablo Picasso. AP Photo/Police Rotterdam.
AMSTERDAM (AP).- Thieves who stole seven paintings from a Rotterdam museum took advantage of an automatic door-unlocking system, the museum has acknowledged. The Kunsthal museum was responding to criticism after thieves broke in last week and grabbed works worth millions by Picasso, Matisse and Monet, among others. The museum said in a statement Monday it uses an electronic locking system that is activated after an alarm is triggered, but deactivates again shortly afterward for safety reasons. The thieves waited until the electronic system deactivated, broke a physical lock on an emergency door, and were in and out in less than two minutes. Police arrived in five. Spokesman Olivier Morot said he couldn't comment further. Police are still analyzing tips and clues in the Oct. 16 heist and have no suspects. ... More | | 
A suit of armor laced in orange. Helmet by Yoshisada, Muromachi period (16th century), armor 18th century. Est. US $25,000-35,000. Sold US $43,750. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- With impressive results for Samurai swords and armor, the Bonhams October 16 Arts of the Samurai sale proves Samurai culture has lasting appeal. Absentee, telephone and online bidders were particularly well-represented, revealing interest in this specialized field reaches far beyond the usual perimeters of the art market. Bidders from the US predominated, doubtlessly drawn to the sale by Bonhams Madison Avenue window display of Samurai armor, as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition celebrating curator Bashford Dean and the creation of the museum’s Arms and Armor department. That said, the UK, Europe, Japan and Hong Kong also vied for success. As Bonhams Japanese Specialist ... More | | 
Onlookers walk behind "The Incomplete Truth, 2007" by artist Damien Hirst. AP Photo/Francois Mori.
PARIS (AFP).- Paris' top contemporary art fair, the FIAC, wrapped up on a high note Sunday night, despite market jitters sparked by an abortive French plan to slap a new wealth tax on artworks. Visitor numbers were up 3.7 percent, at more than 70,500 over five days, including more than 15,000 collectors and art professionals, who flocked to see the 182 galleries represented at the show, organisers said Sunday night. The French government was forced last week to intervene to block a budget amendment that would have expanded a wealth tax to include artworks, following a storm of protest from top museums including the Louvre, and the wider art world. "French collectors were relieved to see the measure scrapped, and some were buying in a state of near-euphoria," said Georges-Philippe Vallois, the head of France's professional art ... More |
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 Portuguese artist Filipa César presents "The struggle is Not Over Yet" at Jeu de Paume PARIS.- “Luta ca caba inda“ (the struggle is not over yet) is as stage from a research project initiated in 2008, but Filipa César’s interest in Guinea-Bissau goes back to an early age and is closely associated with her father’s past. In her first trips to Guinea, César began to unravel the origin of cinema in this West-African country and specially the existence of a cinematic archive, which was in a very derelict state due to both the difficult atmospheric conditions and to the ongoing political instability of the country. The history of cinema in Guinea Bissau starts during the War for Independence with Portugal (1963-1974) with Amílcar Cabral, the revolutionary leader, sending four young guineanses - Flora Gomes, Sana na N’Hada, Josefina Crato and José Bolama Cobumba - to the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) to learn how to make cinema. For Cabral, cinema was a way of education and of bring ... More Ori Gersht: Two Videos, installation opens at The Jewish Museum NEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum is presenting Ori Gersht: Two Videos, an installation in the Museum's Barbara and E. Robert Goodkind Media Center from October 19, 2012 through March 24, 2013. Ori Gersht makes videos and photographs on borders, thresholds, and transitions in time and place. In Dew (2001, 3 min., 17 sec.), dew on the artist's lens evaporates to reveal the landscape of the Negev Desert. Two hours of film were condensed into three minutes, so that changes in the harshly beautiful landscape become a poetic metaphor for other kinds of changes, political and personal. Neither Black nor White (2001, 4 min., 45 sec.) was filmed from the Jewish quarter of Nazareth looking onto the Arab village of Iksal. Half a second was recorded every thirty minutes to show city lights at night dimming as the sun rose on the village over a ten-hour period. Ori Gersht (born 1967, ... More Noel Barrett to auction important antique toys, trains and Americana, Nov. 16-17 NEW HOPE, PA.- An unprecedented selection of French, German and American antique toys and trains, together with an equally impressive offering of early Americana, will take center stage at Noel Barrett’s Nov. 16-17 auction in New Hope, Pa. Headlining the 932-lot sale are the Athelstan and Kathy Spilhaus antique toy collection and the Rick Ralston collection of European and American trains and trolleys. Complementing the sale’s anchor collections are numerous attic discoveries and choice single pieces from a number of consignors. “There are many amazing objects – some considered unique and nearly all of which are absolutely fresh to the market,” said auction house owner Noel Barrett. The late Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus and his wife Kathy embraced all forms of toys – automata, boats, trains, wind-ups, steam toys and music boxes – whether of tin, wood or iron. The couple pictured ... More Neil Armstrong related and Apollo 11 memorabilia anchor space exploration event DALLAS, TX.- A trove of materials related to the late, great Neil Armstrong – including an amazing space-flown and moon-orbited Apollo 11 Crew-signed cover (estimate: $40,000+), originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and just one of 214 such covers the astronauts signed – and the famous Apollo 11 Mission will be offered as the collective centerpiece in Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 2 Space Exploration Signature® Auction. “When Armstrong passed away on Aug. 25 it signified the end to one of bravest, most humble and most well-loved Americans to have ever lived,” said Michael Riley, Senior Historian and Cataloger at Heritage Auctions. “Anything that he signed, or that is related to him is incredibly sought-after by collectors of all shapes and sizes. His passing has only intensified that interest and we expect to see these lots reflect ... More The Frick Pittsburgh announces appointment of Robin H. Gabriel as Director of Education PITTSBURGH, PA.- Frick Art & Historical Center Director Bill Bodine announces the appointment of Robin H. Gabriel to the position of Director of Education, a senior management-level position. The Frick provides educational programs for children, students, adults and families that serve more than 14,000 individuals annually. Ms. Gabriel holds an A.B. degree from Kenyon College and received an M.A.T. in Museum Education from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. She will be relocating to Pittsburgh from Baltimore, MD, where she recently served as Director of Education and Interpretation at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Prior to holding this post, she served as the first director of education at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation in Charlottesville, VA. (The Foundation is the organizational name for Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jefferson. ... More Racine Art Museum presents In-Depth: Rosita Johanson RACINE, WIS.- Opened October 21, 2013 through February 3, 2013, the Racine Art Museum exhibition Collection Focus: Rosita Johanson offers an in-depth experience of the work of late Canadian artist Rosita Johanson (1937-2007). A dressmaker by trade, fiber artist Johanson applied her natural ability of working with thread and fabric to creating colorful, embroidered narratives full of people, animals, and activity. This Collections Focus series solo exhibition at the Racine Art Museum offers 20 works created in the 1990s and early 2000s that together form an archive of Johanson's working methods and her subject matter over a prolonged period of time. Drawing on childhood memories, her imagination, and stories her father told her, as well as some topical political and social issues, Johanson would piece together compositions using appliqué, machine embroidery, and hand-stitching ... More |
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