LONDON (AP) — One of the largest paintings by Surrealist master Rene Magritte could set a record for the artist when it is goes up for sale with an estimated price of 14 million pounds ($17.5 million). Christie’s auction house told The Associated Press Monday that it will offer “La Corde Sensible” (“Heartstrings”) in London … Continue reading
POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — Some of Claude Monet’s famous water lily paintings are among the impressionist and modern art works that went on show Thursday at a faithfully reconstructed 18th century town house in Potsdam, just outside Berlin. The Barberini Museum is the brainchild of Hasso Plattner, a co-founder of software company SAP. Plattner initiated … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — A monumental painting by Georgia O’Keeffe that can be viewed horizontally or vertically sold for $12.9 million at a New York City auction. “Lake George Reflection,” created in 1921-1922, was offered at Christie’s on Thursday. Measuring 5-feet by 3-feet, it was inspired by O’Keeffe’s visits to Alfred Stieglitz’s family compound on … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — Facebook lost a crucial legal battle Friday as a Paris court ruled the social network can be sued in France over its decision to remove the account of a French user who posted a photo of a famous 19th-century nude painting. The ruling by the Paris appeals court could set a legal … Continue reading
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A reputed mobster told an undercover FBI agent that he had access to two of the long-sought paintings stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990 and could negotiate a sale of each for $500,000, a prosecutor said Monday. Robert Gentile, a 79-year-old convict from the Hartford, Connecticut, suburbs … Continue reading
WINONA, Minn. (AP) — One of two surviving versions of the painting”Washington Crossing the Delaware” has a new home at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona. The famed 1851 painting depicting George Washington was recently acquired by the museum’s founders from a private collector, who had loaned it to the White House for … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Decades after being stolen in Italy, an ancient statuette and an 18th-century painting were returned to the country’s government Tuesday after turning up in New York. The handover marked the latest case of U.S. authorities helping Italy and other countries reclaim what they see as cultural patrimony. “For decades, two significant pieces … Continue reading
Stephanie Kiah, a Brooklyn-based fine artist and Norfolk State alumna, will have the opening of her first solo gallery art exhibition in a Brooklyn, NY gallery on Feb. 12. She is a 2009 NSU graduate with a B.A. in Fine Arts. The exhibition titled “On Earth & Above” will be on display from Feb. … Continue reading
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