10 février 2011
Christie’s auctions of Impressionist and Modern Art and Art of The Surreal realise £84.9 million/$136.3 million/€99.9 millions
A Christie's employee poses with Paul Gauguin's "Nature morte a 'L'esperence'" at Christie's auction house in London. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor.
LONDON. A painting by Paul Gauguin, billed as the top lot at Christie's auction of modern and impressionist works in London, failed to find a buyer on Wednesday. The tribute to the artist's friend Vincent Van Gogh, in the form of a still life with sunflowers called "Nature morte a 'L'Esperance," had been expected to fetch up to 10 million pounds ($16 million).... [Lire la suite]
09 mai 2010
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Napoleon Bonaparte & Salvador Dalí, 1999
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Napoleon Bonaparte, 1999. photo Philips de Pury & Co
Gelatin silver print. 58 1/2 x 47 in. (148.6 x 119.4 cm). Signed “H Sugimoto” on a label adhered to the reverse. This work is from an edition of five. ESTIMATE $50,000-70,000
PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist; Private Collection
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Salvador Dalí, 1999. photo Philips de Pury & Co
Gelatin silver print. 58 1/2 x 47 in. (148.6 x 119.4 cm). Signed “H Sugimoto” on a label adhered to the reverse. This... [Lire la suite]
10 janvier 2010
Salvador Dalí, Rhinocéros Cosmique & Rhinocéros à la dentellière @ Massol

08 mai 2009
'Surreal Things' @ the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
René Magritte, born Lessines, Belgium, 1898; died Brussels, Belgium, 1967, The Tempest, 1931, oil on canvas, 49.5 x 64.1 cm, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. Bequest of Kay Sage Tanguy. © Estate of René Magritte / SODRAC (2009).
TORONTO.- This summer, reality will be suspended at the Art Gallery of Ontario as it welcomes Surreal Things, an innovative exhibition organized by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. A Canadian exclusive which runs May 9 to August 30, 2009, this is the first exhibition to examine the... [Lire la suite]
08 avril 2009
"Une image peut en cacher une autre; Arcimboldo - Dalí - Raetz" au Grand palais

16 mars 2009
Salvador Dalí
"I have always been an anarchist and a monarchist at the same time." Salvador Dalí
"Je suis pratiquant, mais pas croyant." Salvador Dalí
Peintre, sculpteur, réalisateur et écrivain espagnol. Né à Figueras le 11 mai 1904, décédé à Barcelone le 23 janvier 1989. Entre ses moustaches inimitables, ses apparitions loufoques et son oeuvre révolutionnaire, Salvador Dali redéfinit le surréalisme d'un coup de pinceau. Sa fascination pour la psychanalyse marque l'ensemble de son travail, notamment grâce à sa... [Lire la suite]
08 mars 2009
Salvador Dalí: Liquid Desire @ the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Melbourne
