Frederick Carl Frieseke’s elegant “Lady Trying on a Hat,” a masterpiece of American Impressionism, led the day, selling for $450,000, well above its predicted high of $350,000. The work carried provenance extending all the way back to the artist. In 1906, Frieseke spent the summer in Giverny and the influence of French Impressionism is apparent
Bucharest exhibitions: Roman Franc’s Collectives to open at Romanian Peasant Museum The photography exhibition Collectives of Czech artist Roman Franc will open at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant on November 16. The exhibition covers a selection of group photos taken by Franc in various countries and cultures starting in 2015, including portraits of the communities
Amaza Lee Meredith’s Azurest South, her self-designed home for herself and her lover, reveals an avant garde representative of the Black American middle class Azurest South, Petersburg, Virginia, 1939, designed by Amaza Lee Meredith. Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources ‘As a designed object, the building was neither monumental nor exquisitely beautiful, but it had
This year has been a good one for Vilnius. The Lithuanian capital celebrated its 700th birthday on 25 January 2023, and a few months later it was named the European Union’s green capital for 2025. Perhaps most symbolically – as Lithuania continues to firmly reject its Soviet past and align itself closer with the west
PARIS, Nov. 7, 2023 /CNW/ — Artprice by Artmarket reaps the fruit of two years of development which enabled the complete overhaul of its online databases, leading to a 75% increase in its turnover for the third quarter of 2023 thierry Ehrmann, Founder of Artprice and CEO of Artmarket: “In January 2023, Artprice by Artmarket deployed its new
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he doesn’t believe it is the right time for elections as debate intensifies on holding a vote in 2024 while the country fights against Russia’s invasion. Issued on: 07/11/2023 – 01:07 2 min All elections including the presidential vote set to take place next spring are technically cancelled under
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he doesn’t believe it is the right time for elections as debate intensifies on holding a vote in 2024 while the country fights against Russia’s invasion. Issued on: 06/11/2023 – 23:15Modified: 06/11/2023 – 23:14 2 min All elections including the presidential vote set to take
Chaumet, the French luxury jewelry house’s airy workshop in Paris, overlooks Trajan’s column in the center of Place Vendôme. The jeweler that made pieces for Josefina Bonaparte, Eugenia de Montijo and Olga Picasso, has its artisans hard at work creating a tiara for a young and wealthy Chinese entrepreneur. That’s all we know about this
A Russian airstrike on the strategic Black Sea port of Odesa wounded at least eight people on Sunday night and damaged one of the city’s major art institutions, Odesa officials reported. According to a statement from Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, a missile launched by Russia caused significant damage to the Odesa Fine Arts Museum, one of
Sara Shamma: Bold Spirits9 September 2023 – 25 February 2024Dulwich Picture GalleryGallery RoadLondon SE21 7AD Dulwich Picture Gallery presents Bold Spirits, a new body of work by the renowned artist Sara Shamma, responding to specific paintings from the Gallery’s historic collection. For this display, Shamma has focused on the female figures in the collection, channelling