William Adolphe Bouguereau’s “Fishing For Frogs” Brings in $1.76 Million

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William Adolphe Bouguereau’s 1882 masterpiece Fishing For Frogsrealized $1,762,500 (Including Buyer’s Premium) at Heritage Auctions on Tuesday, May 15, as part of the company’s $5+ million American & European Art event. The price set an auction house record, becoming the … Continue reading  

Bonhams Breaks World Record Yet Again for Japanese Work of Art

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The world record for inro (traditional Japanese case consisting of nested boxes) sold at auction has been broken yet again by Bonhams in the third and final part of the Edward Wrangham sale that took place on the 15th May. … Continue reading  

Barry’s Night Of Wes Hunting Glass 5/17

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Tune in this Thursday, May 17th, at 8pm EST / 5pm PST for Barry’s Night Of Wes Hunting Glass! Barry is excited to feature stunning originals from an artist who is at the forefront of the American Glass movement, and … Continue reading  

Renovated and Reinstalled, The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia to Reopen in July

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On July 13, 2012, Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum will reopen to the public, its collection reinstalled and reinterpreted and its buildings and gardens restored to the condition that visitors would have experienced when the Rodin Museum first opened to the public … Continue reading  

“The Queen: Art and Image” Goes on Display at National Portrait Gallery, London

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The National Portrait Gallery’s touring exhibition of some of the most remarkable and resonant images of The Queen across 60 years of her reign – opens in London today ahead of her Diamond Jubilee weekend celebrations. From Beaton and Leibovitz … Continue reading  

Art HK Opens Its Fifth Year, Asia’s Premier Art Fair

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Back for its fifth year, ART HK 12 – Hong Kong International Art Fair will take place 17–20 May 2012, preview 16 May, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). This year ART HK will present 266 galleries … Continue reading  

Amon Carter Museum Receives $75,000 Digitization Grant

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The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces that it has received a $75,000 Access to the Artist Archives digitization grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The grant will allow the museum to digitize, catalog and publish … Continue reading  

Sotheby’s African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Sales Bring $17.7 Million

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Sotheby’s African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art auctions on Friday 11 May brought a combined total of $17,710,751, well over the pre-sale high estimate (total est. $9.7/14.8 million).* The single owner sale of the Muensterberger Collection brought $3,130,250, nearing the high … Continue reading  

Tomás Saraceno Creates Bold Vision for Aerial Urban Living at Metropolitan Museum

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Artist Tomás Saraceno’s Cloud City, a large constellation of 16 interconnected modules composed specifically for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, will open to the public on May 15, 2012. Measuring 54 feet long … Continue reading  

Renaissance-Era Rooms in Augsburg’s Fuggerhouse Conserved by World Monuments Fund

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At an inauguration ceremony today, two historic rooms of the Fuggerhouse in Augsburg, Germany, were reopened to the public to mark the completion of extensive conservation work. The mayor of Augsburg, donors to the project, and representatives of the Denkmalamt … Continue reading