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Juan Miro’s masterpiece sold for a record price
22.06.2012 Yesterday, during intense bidding, Juan Miro’s “Etoile Bleue” was sold in London at Sotheby’s auction for almost 30 million euros, which was a new record for the price of the artist’s paintings.
Sold a picture of Picasso, painted by him at 13 years old
22.06.2012 Picasso’s painting, painted at the age of thirteen, was acquired today in London by an anonymous buyer for 2.6 million euros (2.1 million pounds).
A new look at the Prado
22.06.2012 The joint work of the curators of the Prado Museum, scientists and philosophers, has led to a new interpretation of the masterpieces of the art gallery, which will be available not only within the walls of the museum, but also broadcast on television and the Internet.
The Resurrection of Lazarus by Caravaggio exhibited at the Palazzo Braschi after a long restoration
21.06.2012 The masterpiece "The Raising of Lazarus" (The Raising of Lazarus, 1609), made in the baroque style by the genius Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1571-1610), is currently fully restored and will be on display until July 15 this year in the Palazzo Braschi in the Eternal City.
Vandal mutilated a picture of Picasso
20.06.2012 An incredible video posted on YouTube captured the moment of the vandal desecration of Pablo Picasso’s Pablo Picasso Woman in a Red Armchair, 1929, exhibited in the Houston, Texas gallery.
The exhibition at the Picasso Museum offers a look at the history of the poster
20.06.2012 The exhibition is called The European Poster and covers the period from 1888 to 1938. The exposition is designed to show visitors the works of art created by artists from all over Europe in the period before the outbreak of World War II.
Pigs in the Louvre
19.06.2012 The controversial Belgian artist Wim Delvoye presented an amazing and unique exhibition, which is a dialogue of classical and contemporary art.
Exhibition of Russian avant-garde artist Tatlin in Basel
19.06.2012 The Museum Tinguely Museum in Basel devotes the largest summer exhibition to the work of Russian avant-garde artist Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953)Presented works will include early paintings, sculptural forms, reconstruction of the revolutionary tower and the Letatlin aircraft.
Picasso Museum in Barcelona unveils anniversary program
17.06.2012 In May 2013, a large monographic exhibition will open, which will contain more than seventy works, starting with the childhood of Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso) and ending with the time, shortly before his death.
The Irwin Museum Presents an Impressionism Exhibition "Finding Paradise: California Summer"
17.06.2012 From June 16 to September 20, the Irvine Museum in California hosts an exhibition of impressionists dedicated to the beauty of this land. The exhibition will feature work with various views of California, as it was almost a hundred years ago, before a large influx of population.
The dignity of all Russians is chaos. Kandinsky Prize Laureates Exhibition in Barcelona
17.06.2012 “West is West, East is East”, says the first sentence of the catalog of the exhibition of contemporary Russian art “In complete mess” (En un absoluto desorden), which since June 15 occupies all four floors of the Santa Monica Arts Center (ArtsSantaMònica), in Barcelona.
Ghiberti’s "Gates of Paradise" on display
15.06.2012 Lovers of Renaissance art will again have the opportunity to enjoy the original “Doors of Paradise” (Porta del Paradiso), Italian sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti (Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1378-1455)The eastern gate of the famous Baptistery of San Giovanni Battista (Battistero di San Giovanni) is considered the main work of the Florentine master.
New Aelita Andre show in New York
14.06.2012 In New York, the Agora Gallery has opened a new exhibition by Aelita Andre, a five-year-old artist from Australia, who began her career at the age of nine months.
The record price of the masterpiece of William Hammersheim at Sotheby’s in London
14.06.2012 On June 12, at Sotheby’s auction in London, the painting “Ida Reading a Letter” by Wilhelm Hammershoi was sold for £ 1,721,250 ($ 2.6 million), which exceeded its pre-sale an estimate of 500-700 thousand pounds, and was an absolute record for the works of this artist, and a record for any Danish work of art at auction .
Edward Hopper’s largest exhibition of paintings opens in Madrid
13.06.2012 The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and the National Museum of France Reunion (Réunion des musées nationaux de France) present an exhibition of works by Edward Hopper, which will be shown first in Madrid and then in Paris.