A sketchbook of some 33 drawings by Pablo Picasso worth about 8m euros ($11m; £6.8m) has been stolen from a museum in Paris, police have said. BBC
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Sotheby's happy with contemporary art auction in New York
"An auction of contemporary art in New York has taken an under-estimate haul of $125m (£82m) amid a halting market.
Yves Klein's Archisponge was top lot at the Sotheby's sale, fetching $21.36m (£14m) - almost $5m below estimate.
But the sale - which had been expected to raise at least $200m (£131.1m) - did set records for work by John Currin, Philip Guston, and Richard Serra"
full story @ BBC NewsTerracotta - Wisdom Smiles
"Terracotta - Wisdom Smiles" inspired by the Bearded Collie Dog (Beardie).Acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"
Monday, November 3, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Rothko at Tate Modern
26th September 2008 - 01 February 2009
"Tate Modern presents an exhibition by one of the world’s most famous and best-loved artists, Mark Rothko. This is the first significant exhibition of his work to be held in the UK for over 20 years.
Tate Modern's iconic 'Rothko Room' works are reunited for the first time with works from Japan. The Seagram Murals were originally commissioned for The Four Seasons Restaurant in the Seagram Building New York."
Rothko at Tate ModernThe website is worth a visit. Good navigation. Reasonable commentaries. Plenty of paintings on show.
Friday, September 26, 2008
New Paintings - Abstract Expression
"Paradise"
Acrylic on canvas
20" x 16"
"Portrait"
Acrylic on canvas
20" x 16"
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Picasso breaks record
An abstract painting by Picasso has sold in Sydney for $6.9m AUS (£3.32m), making it the most expensive piece of art sold at auction in Australia.
The 1954 painting, Sylvette - featuring model and muse Sylvette David - sold to an anonymous overseas phone bidder at the Deutscher-Menzies Galleries.
One of 40 works inspired by David, it was painted by Picasso when he was 73.
BBC NewsWednesday, May 14, 2008
Lucian Freud record breaker $$$
A life-sized Lucian Freud painting of a sleeping, naked woman has set a new world record price for a work by a living artist.
The 1995 portrait, titled Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, sold for $33.6m (£17.2m) at Christie's in New York.
The previous record was held by Jeff Koons' Hanging Heart, which fetched $23.5m (£12.1m) last November.
for full story - BBC NEWS
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Buddha statue sells for $14.3 m.
A record was set in the world of Japanese art. A seated wooden sculpture of the Buddha sold for $14.3 million. Interestingly the carver has depicted the Buddha with hair in a visible topknot rather than as the i-cone-ic icecream cone. It was purchased by Mitsukoshi Co. Ltd.
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Buddha sells for $14.3M.
"I" Conehead - "I" Buddha
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Buddha sells for $14.3M.
"I" Conehead - "I" Buddha
Friday, February 8, 2008
Picasso art stolen
"Two Pablo Picasso paintings worth millions of Euros have been stolen from a Swiss exhibition, police have said." Full story @ BBC
The missing paintings are titled "Head of Horse" (1962) and "Glass and Pitcher" (1944).
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Bono's "Fish Can Fly Tee"
"Fish can Fly"Bono's Hard Rock collaboration charity tee shirt "combines EDUN's trade for aid ethos and conscious consumerism with raising funds to benefit African cotton farmers..."
Click the link to purchase - Hard Rock T-shirts
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Thieves steal Picasso
Yahoo News reports that thieves have stolen two paintings from Sao Paulo's leading art museum - Picasso's 1904 "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and Brazilian painter Candido Portinari's 1939 "The Coffee Worker".
Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch"
link - Online Picasso Project
Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch"
link - Online Picasso Project
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