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Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-1767), `View of the Tiber looking towards the Castel Sant'Angelo, with Saint Peter's in the distance’. Sold for: £2,857,400 LONDON.- A painting by Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-1767), estimated to sell for £150,000-250,00 in Bonhams sale of Old Master Paintings on 8th July, made a world record price for the artist at £1.3m. Titled `View of the Tiber looking towards the Castel Sant'Angelo, with Saint Peter's in the distance’, the painting was previously thought to have been painted by Locatelli, until a sketch by... [Lire la suite]

Raphael. La Donna Velata. c. 1514-1516. Oil on canvas. Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. MILWAUKEE, WI.- The Milwaukee Art Museum will present Raphael’s La Donna Velata in a one-work masterpiece exhibition March 26–June 6, 2010. The oil on canvas painting, completed ca. 1516, will be on loan from the Medici collection of the Palatine Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy and is the result of more than a year of negotiations. The work will leave the United States indefinitely after the exhibition closes on... [Lire la suite]

Importante parure comprenant: Un collier en or gris serti de diamants taillés en coeur, retenant un pendentif de 3 diamants en coeur. Poids brut : 79,80 g - Poids de chaque diamant sur le pendentif, accompagnés de certificats : 5,77 cts - HRD : G, vs2 ; 2,19 cts GIA : G, vs2; 3 x 1 ct - IGI : G, vvs2 /F, si1/G, si1. Poids total des diamants sur le collier : 26.13 cts, accompagnés d'une attestation du laboratoire PROGEMCO: couleurs G/H/I, puretés vs1, vs2, si1 Une bague assortie en or gris sertie d'un... [Lire la suite]

Chinese Rosewood Table LOS ANGELES, CA.- In the entire world, there are but a handful of companies that attempt the level of furniture making for which West Coast-based Burton-Ching has developed its sterling reputation. On July 13, 2009, international fine arts auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields offered part II of the famed Burton-Ching Collection to a highly enthusiastic crowd. The summer auction featured an incredible compilation of highly sought after English and Continental reproduction furnishings true to the designs... [Lire la suite]

Arman (1928-2005)., Louis XIV Porcelaine de Limoges, dans l'emboîtage d'origine. Ensemble de six assiettes signées et n° 164/260. Diamètre : 27,5 cm. Estimation : 600 / 700 € César (1921-1998). L'annulaire Porcelaine, dans l'emboîtage d'origine, édité à 700 exemplaires uniquement. Ensemble de six assiettes signées et n° 698/1 000. Diamètre : 26,5 cm. Estimation : 600 / 700 € Vente du Samedi 25 juillet 2009. Estampes, Tableaux XIX et XXe, Russes et Orientalistes, Hommage à P. Ambrogiani. Boisgirard Provence-Côte... [Lire la suite]

Sculpt wardrobe, 2007 Maarten Baas © Maarten Baas. Courtesy of Carpenters Workshop Gallery. Photograph Maarten van Houten LONDON.- This summer the V&A will explore the recent trend among European designers for limited edition pieces that push the boundaries between art and design. Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design will bring together around 50 objects that share common themes such as fantasy, parody and a concern with mortality. The exhibition will feature furniture, ceramics, lighting and large scale... [Lire la suite]

Max Ernst (1891-1976)Collage tiré de Une semaine de bonté. Oedipe 251933© Isidore Ducasse Fine Arts© Photo Peter Ertl. © ADAGP, Paris 2009 Après 1850, l'image à sensation est partout, livres et revues, presse et annonces prolifèrent. Né en 1891, Max Ernst est l'enfant de cette révolution-là. Sa culture et sa mémoire visuelles vont être mises à profit en 1933 lorsqu'il décide, en plein surréalisme, de détourner un certain nombre d'illustrations anciennes. Il puise à Sade comme à Fantômas, à Doré et Grandville autant qu'aux... [Lire la suite]

Vera Lutter, Campo Santa Sofia, Venice, XV: December 12, 2007. Unique gelato silver print, 68 5/16 X 56 in. LOS ANGELES, CA.- Gagosian Gallery announced an exhibition of large-scale unique photographs by Vera Lutter. This is her first exhibition in Los Angeles. In Lutter's conceptual approach to the camera obscura, the most rudimentary form of photography, the apparatus records in a very direct and immediate way what exists in the world outside. By choosing to retain the negative image, she transforms the visual facts of her... [Lire la suite]

Antoine Aguilar, Electrical Landscape (Lady Killer), 2008. Installation, vidéo projection sur un miroir. Dimensions variables © Antoine Aguilar L’exposition personnelle Mediatic Desert d’Antoine Aguilar à l’Espace d’Art Contemporain Les Roches, proposée par le collectif Untitled, est le fruit de sa recherche autour de cet obscur et petit objet du désir qui attire l'être humain et le dévore: la télévision.L’artiste affirme clairement que l’une des problématiques de son art réside dans l’exploration de cette surface plate... [Lire la suite]

Zhang Huan BRUSSELS.- The KT Wong Foundation has commissioned acclaimed contemporary artist Zhang Huan to design and direct a new production of Handel’s Semele, to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death. This is the first time a Chinese artist of Zhang Huan’s stature has both directed and designed an opera. Semele is the most ambitious project yet for the London-based KT Wong Foundation, which builds bridges between China and the wider world through cross-cultural collaboration. A co-production between... [Lire la suite]