Sunrise Ruby, a rare ruby and diamond ring weighing 25.59 carats, Cartier. Estimate: CHF 11,700,000 – 17,500,000. Price Realized: CHF 28,250,000 (US$ 30,335,698). Image courtesy of Sotheby’s ART AUCTION Sunrise Full Article »
Roy Lichtenstein, The Ring (Engagement), Oil on canvas sold at Auction. Price Realized: $41,690,000 (£26,762,100). Image courtesy of Sotheby’s ART AUCTION Sotheby’s May Contemporary Art Evening Sale Totals $380 Million Full Article »
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971), Polar Expedition, 1944, oil on canvas 34 x 44 inches (86.4 x 111.8 cm). Estimate: $200,000 – $300,000. Sold: $605,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions ART Full Article »
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Old Hag Production Cel and Key Master Background Setup animation (Walt Disney, 1937). Sold for $47,800 Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions ART AUCTION: Heritage Full Article »
c.1908 Zenette 3½hp Forecar. Engine no. 5873. Motorcycles. Sold for £13,800 (US$ 21,297) inc. premium. Image courtesy of Bonhams ART AUCTION Unusual motorcycles and machines shows weird side of collecting Full Article »
The 1939 Vincent HRD Series-A Rapide Motorcycle sold for £275,900. Image courtesy of Bonhams ART AUCTION Motorcycle rescued from being scrapped sells for £275,900 at Bonhams Spring Stafford Sale LONDON– Full Article »
Royal Man’s Mask (Mukenga). The 1970s. Kuba kingdom, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Baltimore Cultural Life. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Gift of the Friends of the Arts of Full Article »
El Capitolio, or National Capitol Building in Havana, Cuba. Image courtesy of ARCC Programs TRAVELS ARCC Programs brings American teens to Cuba to perform community service and experience the beauty Full Article »
Shao Jun Assassin’s Creed Chronicles:China. Image courtesy of Ubisoft ART NEWS Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China explores amazing art to bring Shao Jun’s adventure to life SAN FRANCISCO — The much Full Article »
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Two Puritans, oil on canvas, painted in 1945. Estimate: $20,000,000 – 30,000,000. Image courtesy of Christie’s Images Ltd ART AUCTION Two Puritans by Edward Hopper expected to Full Article »
Great Britain: George IV gold Proof 5 Pounds 1826 PR62 Cameo PCGS . Sold for $76,375.Rare coins Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions ART AUCTION Bidding war at Heritage Auctions as rare Full Article »
Shakir Hassan Al Said (Iraq, 1925-2004), Cubist Cockerel, oil on board, framed, 53 x 56cm (20 7/8 x 22 1/16in). Estimate: £25,000 – 35,000/US$ 38,000 – 53,000. Sold for £194,500 Full Article »
Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994), Africa Dances, oil on canvas, 105 x 114cm (41 5/16 x 44 7/8in). Estimated at £60,000 – 90,000-US$90,000 – 140,000. Image courtesy of Bonhams Full Article »
World Art Day: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), The Last Supper (1495-1498), tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic. Via Wikimedia Commons ART NEWS As art celebrations begin in museums and art Full Article »
Christie’s goes for a new world art auction record with an iconic Picasso painting titled Les femmes d’Alger (Version O)
Award-winning author and illustrator Jerdine Nolen, will discuss Irene’s Wish, a modern fable about the power of wishes at Writers Live Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books 2014. Hardcover: 32 pages. Full Article »
Beautiful Flowers at the street corner by John Wilson reminds us of Spring and to take photos of the Flowers We Love PHOTO CONTEST Artcentron ‘Flowers We Love’ Photo Contest becomes Full Article »
Two guests closely examine artworks at The Armory Show in New York. Image courtesy of Roberto Chamorro for The Armory Show ART NEWS Art business watchers optimistic that 2015 Armory Full Article »
Shanghai Planetarium Museum Design, the new museum project by Ennead Architects. Image courtesy of Planetarium Ennead Architects ART NEWS New Shanghai Planetarium Museum design bridges the past to the future Full Article »
Assyrian Gateway Human Headed Winged Lions ‘Lamassu’ from the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud at The British Museum – Room 6. In the background is the Balawat Full Article »