Achaemenid, The Cyrus Cylinder, 539–538 BC Clay, British Museum. © Trustees of the British Museum British Museum’s Cyrus Cylinder at MFAH Houston ‘The Cyrus Cylinder… Read More »British Museum’s Cyrus Cylinder travels to MFAH Houston
Gerhard Richter Domplatz, Mailand [Cathedral Square, Milan], 1968 Oil on canvas, 108×114 in (275×290 cm) Richter, Bacon to lead Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sale ‘Study for… Read More »Richter, Bacon to lead Sotheby’s Contemporary Art auction, May 2013
Jean-Michel Basquiat: “Dustheads”, 1982 Estimate: $25-35 million Basquiat, Pollock, Lichtenstein to lead Christie’s auction On May 15 2013, Christie’s Evening Auction of Post-War and Contemporary… Read More »Basquiat, Pollock, Lichtenstein to lead Christie’s auction, May 2013
Spanish architecture firm Cruz y Ortiz arquitectos has turned the19th-century building into a museum for the 21st century Rijksmuseum opens after a ten year transformation… Read More »Rijksmuseum opens after a ten year transformation
Georges Braque Trees at L’Estaque (1908) Leonard Lauder’s $1billion cubist art to the Met Museum Leonard A. Lauder has pledged to give the Metropolitan Museum… Read More »Leonard Lauder donates $1billion collection of cubist art to the Metropolitan Museum
Paul Cézanne Les PommesEstimate $25/35 million Cézanne and Modigliani to lead Sotheby’s auction Seminal paintings by Paul Cézanne and Amedeo Modigliani from the collection of… Read More »Cézanne and Modigliani to lead Sotheby’s auction, May 2013
Edward Hopper: Blackwell’s Island oil on canvas, 35 x 60 inches Painted in 1928 Estimate: $15,000,000-20,000,000 Christie’s to sell Edward Hopper’s ‘Blackwell’s Island’ Christie’s New… Read More »Christie’s to sell Edward Hopper’s ‘Blackwell’s Island’
Pablo Picasso: “Le Reve (The Dream)” (1932) Steve Cohen buys Picasso’s ‘Le Rêve’ for $155 million According to several sources, American hedge fund manager Steven… Read More »Steven Cohen buys Picasso’s ‘Le Rêve’ for $155 million
André Derain (1880-1954): Madame Matisse au kimono Oil on canvas, Painted in 1905 Derain’s portrait of Matisse’s wife at Christie’s A magnificent portrait by André… Read More »Derain’s portrait of Matisse’s wife to be auctioned at Christie’s
Jackson Pollock: “The Blue Unconscious“, 1946 Pollock’s ‘The Blue Unconscious’ to be sold at Sotheby’s On 14 May 2013 Sotheby’s New York will present “The… Read More »Jackson Pollock’s ‘The Blue Unconscious’ to be sold at Sotheby’s
