| Jordaens, van Dyck, Breughel II and Cranach lead Christie's Old Master & British Paintings Sale | | Phillips de Pury & Co. announces highlights from its November Contemporary Art Auctions | | Christie's announces online-only sale of multiples by Matisse from The Matisse Family Collections | 
Jan Breughel II (1601-1678), Lilies, irises, roses and other flowers in a vase decorated with the figures of Amphitrite and Céres, on a stone ledge with a stag beetle and other insects, circa 1630. Estimate: £1 million to £1.5 million. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- Christie’s Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale on 4 December 2012 sets the tone for a week of Old Master sales at Christie’s London between 4 – 6 December. The sale comprises 54 paintings spanning 500 years of European art, providing connoisseurs around the globe with a broad array of rare opportunities to acquire important works. Highlights by big names range from Jan Breughel II (1601-1678), Lilies, irises, roses and other flowers… (estimate: £1 million to £1.5 million) to Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Portrait of a lady… (estimate: £700,000 to £1 million) and Lucas Cranach I (1472-1553), Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me, 1538 (estimate: £250,000-350,000). Significant works also include The Madonna and Child by Paolo di Giovanni Fei (c.1340/5-c.1411) (estimate: £700,000 to £1 ... More | | 
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Self-Portrait, 1982. Colored crayon, black felt tip pen, and acrylic on Arches wove paper. Sheet: 29 7/8 x 22 1/4 in. Estimate: $2,500,000 - 3,500,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company presents highlights from its New York Contemporary Art auctions with a combined low estimate of $86,359,000 and high estimate of $130,026,000. ?We are thrilled to present an outstanding selection of masterworks to today?s robust market. Our knowledgeable team of international specialists has allowed us to offer extraordinary works that we are confident will deliver stellar auction results.? Zach Miner, Head of Contemporary Art Evening Sales New York The Evening sale is comprised of 37 lots with a low estimate of $76,420,000 and a high estimate of $115,630,000. Evening sale highlights include: ANDY WARHOL, Mao, 1973, $12,000,000 ? 18,000,000 and Nine Jackies, 1964, $10,000,000 -15,000,000. Phillips will offer two iconic works by master of Pop Art, Andy Warhol. Bridging two tumultuous decades in world history, Warhol produced these indelible images that shape of vision of the ti ... More | | 
Henri Matisse, Bédouine au grand Voile. Aquatint. Estimate: $7,000-9,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the sale of Multiples by Matisse from the Matisse Family Collections, an online-only sale launching on November 19 and ending December 4. The sale comprises 96 lots that present a fascinating cross-section of the artist’s graphic oeuvre, and includes drypoints and etchings from his early career through to the large-scale lithographs and aquatints of his later years. All lots come directly from the artist’s family – an impeccable provenance. New collectors as well as established connoisseurs will not only find a range of techniques, styles and subjects, but a wide range of price points, from $50,000 down to only $1000, ideal for those beginning their collection or looking for the perfect holiday gift. The e-catalogue, packed with information on the artist, will be available for browsing on November 12, and the sale itself will go live on November 19. Fans of Matiss ... More |
| Enemies and allies at Henry VIII's court reunite in a new exhibition at The Queen's Gallery | | Canada circus to show off long-lost Salvador Dali painting in theatrical and acrobatic production | | Jordi Ruiz Cirera wins Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize 2012 for picture of a camera shy Bolivian woman | 
Francois Clouet, Hercule-Francois, Duke of Alencon and of Anjou, 1561. Photo: Royal Collection Trust © 2012, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
LONDON.- The court of Henry VIII was characterised by political intrigue and betrayal. Careers were made and lives lost by courtiers vying for the King’s favour – or daring to defy him. More than 500 years on, the enemies and allies from Henry’s court are reunited at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, in the exhibition The Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein, opened on Friday, 2 November. The exhibition celebrates the Renaissance in northern Europe through the work of some of the finest artists of the age, including Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder and François Clouet. It brings together paintings, drawings, prints, manuscripts, sculpture, tapestries and armour, and includes 27 works by the German artist Hans Holbein the Younger, who immortalised many of the key personalities of Henry’s court. Among the greatest portraitists of all time, Holbein achieved the status ... More | | 
Dali painted it while collaborating with choreographer Leonide Massine for the ballet "Mad Tristan".
MONTREAL AFP.- A massive painting by Salvador Dali created in 1944 as a backdrop for a ballet put on by New York's Metropolitan Opera was recently found and displayed Monday in Montreal. The eight by 15 meter piece was offered to circus master Daniele Finzi Pasca, who will use it in his next theatrical and acrobatic production, La Verita, which opens on January 17 in the Canadian metropolis. The artwork depicts the Spanish surrealist painter's vision of the 12th century legend of the adulterous love affair between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult (or Isolde). Dali painted it while collaborating with choreographer Leonide Massine for the ballet "Mad Tristan," inspired by Wagner's opera "Tristan and Isolde." He also designed the sets and costumes. Art lovers will immediately recognize Dali's style in the monumental stage curtain that shows a head in the form of a dandelion, a crutch standing on its ... More | | 
Margarita Teichroeb, from the series Menonos, by Jordi Ruiz Cirera © Jordi Ruiz Cirera.
LONDON.- The £12,000 award was presented to the London-based Spanish photographer at the National Portrait Gallery, London, last night (Monday 5 November 2012). The winning portrait goes on show at the Gallery from Thursday 8 November 2012. The winning image of a Mennonite woman, seated at a kitchen table, is part of Menonos, Ruiz Cirera’s long-term project to document the daily life of a religious community – one which forbids images. Having travelled to South America on two occasions, Ruiz Cirera gradually won the trust of the residents of several colonies located south of Santa Cruz. The Mennonites’ uneasy relationship with the camera is reflected in the winning portrait of Margarita Teichroeb, pictured at the home she shares with her mother and sister in the Swift Current Colony in Bolivia. ‘I wanted Margarita to look at the camera, but that was a problem for her, and I guess that’s why she is parti ... More |
| Father Russia: A celebration of the Russian character by Boris Kustodiev at Christie's | | PinchukArtCentre presents Two Weeks One Summer, a solo exhibition by Damien Hirst | | Work by Peter Doig, never sold before, leads Bonhams Auction of 20th Century British & Irish Art | 
Boris Kustodiev (1878-1927), The Coachman. Oil on canvas, 38¾ x 32⅛ in. (98.3 x 81.5 cm.). Estimate: £1,500,000-2,000,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- Christie’s announced the sale of Boris Kustodiev’s masterpiece The Coachman, 1923 (estimate: £1,500,000 – 2,000,000), which will be offered in Important Russian Art on 26 November 2012. It is presented from the prestigious collection of Peter Kapitza (1894-1984), renowned scientist and recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics, who was both a friend and patron to Kustodiev and acquired the picture directly from the artist’s wife in 1936. Further offered from the Kapitza collection is Alexander Shevchenko’s The City Outskirts, purchased from the artist’s daughter by Kapitza in 1963 (estimate: £50,000-70,000). As Christie’s celebrates 40 years of Russian Art sales, it is an exciting privilege to offer such iconic works as major highlights of our November auction. The Coachman was a key painting in the seminal Russian Art ... More | | 
Damien Hirst, Parrot and Red Birds with Butterflies, 2010. Three Parrots with Rabbit and Scissors, Red Bird with Shark's Jaw, Red Bird and Orange, Brown Jug of Water with Scissors. Photographs provided by the PinchukArtCentre © 2012. Photo: Sergey Illin.
KYIV.- The PinchukArtCentre presents the solo exhibition of Damien Hirst, the Mentor Artist of the Future Generation Art Prize. For Two Weeks One Summer show embedded into the context of the second edition of the Future Generation Art Prize, Hirst presents a series of eleven dynamic new paintings he has been working on since summer of 2010. The exhibition will be open until January 6, 2013 in the PinchukArtCentre. Damien Hirst’s new works have been painted from life in his Devon studio. They are varying in size, from more intimate canvases to large-size paintings. They can be seen as traditional still-life, with a strong element of memento mori, depicting an array of carefully arranged elements, both natural and inanimate, alongside objects and formal devices that have made their ... More | | 
Peter Doig, Road House, 1989 (detail). Estimate: £200,000 to £300,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- An atmospheric image by Peter Doig, from the most influential time of his career, is estimated to sell for £200,000 to £300,000 in Bonhams sale of 20th Century British and Irish art on 14th November in New Bond Street. Never previously offered for sale, ‘Road House’ is a powerful work by one of the worlds most sought after artists and presents a rare opportunity to acquire such a formative example of his work. Matthew Bradbury, Head of 20th Century British and Irish Art at Bonhams, says of this picture: ‘“This mysterious painting raises so many questions in the mind of the viewer, inviting us to delve deeper into the circumstances behind it. It is an iconic Doig image.” Peter Doig (born 1959) completed the picture ‘Road House’ in 1989. Born in Scotland in 1959, Doig grew up in Trinidad and Canada but it was only on his return to London in 1989, the year the present work was painted, ... More |
| The exceptional designer wardrobe of Catalina Barcena leads Christie's Vintage Couture Auction | | Extremely rare WWII German enigma enciphering machine on sale at Bonhams | | Christie's New York to offer a range of fine and rare musical instruments in November | 
A Jeanne Lanvin stage costume for La Dame aux Camelias ete 1924. Estimate: £1,000-2,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2012.
LONDON.- Following over thirty-five years of auctions dedicated to fashion, Christie’s, this November, will present the first in a series of carefully curated auctions: VINTAGE COUTURE. Offering glamorous dresses, important fashion pieces, wearable designs, luxury handbags and shoes, the sale will comprise a two-week online-only auction of 59 lots which will open for bids at 2pm GMT on Friday, 16 November 2012 to be held alongside a live auction (at which lots will be accessible to both internet and real-time bids) of 91 lots to be held on 29 November at 10.30am. All items on offer will be available to browse at Christie’s Old Brompton Road galleries in South Kensington, London, from 24 to 28 November 2012; estimates start from only £100. The live auction is led by an exceptional Jeanne Lanvin wardrobe from the collection of Catalina Barcena, a Spanish star of theatre and film in the early 20th century, featuring s ... More | | 
This 1941 oak enigma machine was an instrument used to pass coded German messages during World War II. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- This German enigma enciphering machine will go under the hammer for the first time on the 14th November in Knightsbridge (estimated £40,000- 60,000). Built by Heimsoeth and Rinke in 1941, this is the 3 rotor version, used by Germany between 1938 and 1944. Patented by H. A. Koch, at the end of WWI, there was a recognised need for new technology with an imminent Second World War approaching. Whilst this particular device was intended for commercial purposes, by 1939 the majority of enigma machines had been appropriated for German military use. The secret operations at Bletchley Park were responsible for decoding the information communicated by this machine to gain a winning advantage over the Germans. The construction of the machine Colossus at Bletchley Park, thanks to the efforts of British Intelligence, meant the messages scrambled by the enigma machine could eventually be decoded in under twenty-four hours, leading the allies ... More | | 
A Resonator Guitar, Model 175 Deluxe Special, Los Angeles Circa 1932-34 Dobro. Estimate $7,000 - 9,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's announced the sale of Fine Musical Instruments on November 27. The extensive sale will offer over 215 instruments ranging from a violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, to a D-28 guitar by C.F. Martin and Company, and to more contemporary guitars, including ten guitars from the Dopyera Collection. Commencing the auction, the sale offers a fine classical guitar from German born maker Hermann Hauser Sr., Reisbach, 1949, (estimate: $80,000-120,000); an Argentine classical guitar by Antonio Emilio Pascual Viudes, Buenos Aires, 1924 (estimate: $10,000-15,000); a Spanish classical guitar by José Ramirez, Madrid, 1905 (estimate: $5,000-8,000); and a Spanish classical guitar by Manuel De La Chica, Granada, 1966 (estimate: $5,000-8,000). For the fretted guitar collector, the sale features a selection of over 30 American guitars from recognized makers such as Gallagher Guitar Co. and their G-50 guitar, the ex ... More |
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 Baroque masterpiece set for conservation LONDON.- The Old Royal Naval College, in Greenwich, London has been awarded £335,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund towards the costs of conservation work in the Painted Hall, one of the UK’s most important baroque masterpieces, it was announced today (6 November 2012). The grant will also support the delivery of conservation skills training and a programme of associated public, community and learning events. Created in the early 18th century by painter Sir James Thornhill for Sir Christopher Wren’s Royal Hospital, for Seamen, the spectacular, Grade 1 Listed, Painted Hall is the jewel in the crown of the ORNC. Open to the public daily, and free of charge, it has contributed to the Old Royal Naval College’s popularity as a heritage visitor attraction (the ORNC was the country’s 11th most popular attraction in 2011 with over 1.7 million visitors), and is a highlig ... More Exhibition showcases some of the most provocative and important art being made in Canada today OTTAWA.- The second biennial exhibition showcasing new Canadian art acquired by the National Gallery of Canada over the past two years opened this past Friday November 2. Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012 features over 100 artworks acquired by the Gallery’s departments of Contemporary Art, Indigenous Art, and Photographs, and selected from some 300 pieces of contemporary art purchased by or donated to the NGC since 2010. A range of artistic media is on view, from paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, to photography, video and multimedia installations created by 45 emergent, mid-career, and long-established Canadian artists. Supported by the RBC Foundation, Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012 is on view until January 20, 2013. "In placing emergent practices alongside long-established Canadian artists who have been instrumental in “building” a context for Canadian ... More Bruce Munro to install two dramatic works at Waddesdon Manor BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.- 2013 sees a celebration of interior and landscape design at Waddesdon Manor, with displays that range from the ultimate in linen table decoration to dazzling light art in the grounds. The installations begin this Christmas 2012 with two dramatic works by light artist Bruce Munro. Munro first came to prominence with Field of Light at The Holburne Museum in 2011, over 5,000 bulbs woven together with fibre optic cables that lay dormant during the day, coming to life at night, like a vast shimmering field of blossoms. At Waddesdon his works will have impact by day and by night. Blue Moon on a Platter will be made of thousands of used CDs pinned to the undulating banks of Waddesdon’s amphitheatre, which measures 28 meters across. In the centre, a 1.5m ‘Moon’ of optic fibres will glow with blue light, while Angel of Light will spread its ‘wings’ across the front ... More iGavel Auctions achieves record sales of over 3.5 million NEW YORK, NY.- The iGavel Auctions sale of Asian, Ancient, and Ethnographic Works of Art presented by Lark Mason and Associates that closed on October 26, 2012, had 233 sold lots resulting in a total of over $3,500,000. Buyers were from many countries, with a large group of successful bidders from the People's Republic of China. "As iGavel approaches its' tenth year, this Asian sale represents the strongest auction in the company's history, and is a testament to a deep knowledge of the Asian art and antiquities market," said its founder Lark Mason. Six lots sold above $100,000 each, and received 197 bids. The top ten lots realized over $2.4 million, and received over 350 bids. The high-value lot from this auction was a Chinese Imperial Carved Zitan Armchair, 18th Century, which sold for $1 million and had 43 bids. Other highlights include: a Chinese Pale Celadon ... More Duke of Wellington's chivalry prevails in portrait miniatures at Bonhams LONDON.- A portrait of the Field Marshall Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, by Robert Thorburn is on sale with Bonhams at Knightsbridge on 21st November (estimate £3000-4000). Angela Burdett-Coutts, an avid collector of portrait miniatures, allegedly commissioned this piece by Thorburn. At the age of 32 she proposed to the Duke depicted in this image, having fallen deeply in love with this legendary military hero. Forty-five years her senior, Wellesley gently refused her advances with her best interests at heart. He stated in a letter to her that he could still act as her ‘Friend, Guardian, Protector’, offering a hand of friendship to soothe the affections he felt were misdirected to a man of his age. Jennifer Tonkin, Specialist in the Portrait Miniatures department, said, “We’re delighted to be able to include this rare image of Arthur Wellesley that derives from a very important group ... More A mile-high skyscraper? Yes, says Ecuador QUITO (AFP).- Not far from Ecuador's capital, tourists flock to a line etched in the ground and straddle it so they've got one foot on either side of the equator. A 30 meter (100 foot) obelisk marks the spot. Now, the provincial governor, thinking much bigger and grander, wants to build a mile-high (1.6 kilometers) skyscraper there. Besides drawing more visitors to what would be the world's tallest building, the structure would honor the Quitu-Cara, an indigenous culture credited with being the first to define the line marking the planet's waistband, said deputy governor Marcela Costales. Promotors say the building would cost $200 million to erect. Its main backer is Gustavo Baroja, governor of Pichincha province, which includes Quito. Contacts have been established with potential investors in the United States and Europe, and a delegation from Qatar that's interested in the tower ... More Drawing-room table with porphyry mosaic top acquired by Sweden's Nationalmuseum STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has added a table with a porphyry mosaic top to its applied art and design collection. The tabletop was produced by Elfdals Porphyrverk around 1860. The table, an important addition to the museum’s collection of 19th-century Swedish furniture, is on display on Level 1 of the museum. Last spring, Nationalmuseum acquired what is thought to be a unique Swedish table with a porphyry mosaic top. The tabletop shows neo-rococo influences in its form and decoration, which dates it to around 1860, four years after the Swedish royal family sold Elfdals Porphyrverk to Erik Gideon Arborelius. Arborelius ran the business until his death in 1866, and the factory burned down the following year, ending the production of large pieces in Swedish porphyry. Porphyry is a very hard material that is difficult to work with. Most previously known porphyry mosaic tabletops ... More |
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