Earlier this week, the Brooklyn Museum announced its plan to sell 12 historical paintings in order to pay for the maintenance of their full collection. The auctions will take place on October 1 and 15 at Christie’s, and includes lauded works by Courbet, Corot and Cranach, amongst others, with works ranging in estimated value from…
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Two rare and newly discovered portraits painted by legendary Irish painter, Francis Bacon, will be up for auction at Sotheby's in London. The expected price for these paintings are £30 million. These paintings, Self Portrait and the triptych Three Studies for Self-Portraits, were sold directly from the Marlborough Fine Art soon after painted in 1975 & 1980. In 2007, a…
The art market is a world in itself, and often goes unmentioned within the discussion of what art is being created, but it is an undeniable force which is driving what is being created now. In 2014, the market had a record year, with Christie's leading the way, having announced art sales of $8.4 billion,…
In some museums, sleeping is discouraged. I remember when a friend and I visited the Louvre; we had already been to another museum in the morning, and we found ourselves going through the artworks like a checklist. After braving the crowds for the Mona Lisa, we both sat down on a couch in the hallway,…
A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY FRANCIS BACON EXHIBITION RUNS MARCH 9 THROUGH APRIL 6 Taka Ishii Gallery Photography/Film 1-3-2 5F Kiyosumi Koto-ku Tokyo #135-0024 Japan www.TakaishiiGallery.com Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film will present an exhibition of works by Francis Bacon from March 9 to April 6. The exhibition will include 11 contact sheets, which…
[qt:http://xxxxmagazine.tv/videos/mov/art/artbasel.mov http://xxxxmagazine.tv/videos/mov/posters/artbasel_poster.mov 640 360] ART BASEL 2009 GALLERY HIGHLIGHTS: PACE WILDENSTEIN GALLERY, MARLBOROUGH GALLERY, HOWARD GREENBERG, JAMES FUENTES LLC, RICHARD GREY GALLERY, MAXWELL DAVIDSON, i8 GALLERY From December 3 through 6, 2009, Miami Beach, Florida was host to the 8th annual Art Basel international art fair. Featuring more than 250 galleries from North America, Europe, Latin…