Concern grows over rock-hewn churches of Lalibela
UNESCO has expressed its concern about the expansion of the conflict in Ethiopia to the city of Lalibela, and how it could affect the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, a World Heritage site since 1978.
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Art of the American West for auction at the C.M. Russell Museum
From 19-21 August 2021, the C.M. Russell Museum hosts its annual auction of art from the American West, offering works of art ranging from a few hundred dollars to a painting by Charles M. Russell valued at around $3 million.
The Cox Collection: Impressionist masterpieces up for auction
In November 2021, Christie’s will auction in New York one of the most important private art collections in the world, the one assembled by Edwin Lochridge Cox. Featuring masterpieces by Caillebotte, Van Gogh and Cézanne, among others, the combined value of the collection could exceed $200 million.
Western and California Art to be sold at Bonhams
On August 3rd and 4th, Bonhams will auction an important group of Western and Californian artworks in three separate sales.
National Gallery acquires Thomas Lawrence’s “The Red Boy”
The National Gallery in London has announced an agreement to acquire “The Red Boy” (1825), one of the most famous portraits by the British painter Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Prado Museum exhibits its Picasso
From this week, and for a period of five years, Pablo Picasso will finally be represented in the Prado Museum, although not with the Guernica (as the artist wished), but with “Bust of a Woman”, a work painted in 1943, and deposited in the museum by the American Friends of the Prado Museum.
Benin Bronzes: A Long Journey Back
Chronology of the plundering of the Benin Bronzes, and the long struggle for their repatriation
European art auctions in London
Highlights from Sotheby’s and Christie’s European and British art auctions in London, July 2021.
Baroque masterpieces return to their original version
In summer 2021, Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” and Velázquez’s “Las Hilanderas” can be admired as they were painted by their respective authors.
Bellotto, Leonardo lead auctions in London
On July 8th, 2021, “View of Verona with the Ponte delle Navi” by Bernardo Bellotto was sold for £10.57 million at Christie’s auction of Old masters paintings, just a few hours after a small drawing by Leonardo da Vinci achieved £8.86 million. The day before, Sotheby’s auction was led by an early seascape by J.M.W. Turner.