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The French artist Niki de Saint-Phalle (born in 1930, Paris) has donated 175 pieces of her work, with an estimated value of $ 15,000,000 (€ 16,500,000) to the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice. The new collection which includes 63 paintings and sculptures, 18 etchings, 40 lithographs ...
(Annalisa Rossi)
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The Council of Milan has allocated $ 275,730 (€ 304,700) to restore works of art donated to the city located in Sempione park, Milan. They will be cleaned, repaired and protected with an anti-graffiti and anti-corrosion film. The monuments to be cared for include Il Ponte delle Sirenette by the ...
(Annalisa Rossi)
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Thousands of artworks have been lost following the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center twin towers on September the 11th. The likely obliteration of more than $ 100 million (€ 108.3 million) worth of public and private art includes works by Alexander Calder, Nevelson, Miró and Lichtenstein. Arts ...
(James Goulder)
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Sotheby's opened their new low middle range auction site at Olympia, west London on the 3rd September after nine weeks of frantic conversion work. The first sale takes place on the 18th of September with an auction of 19th century paintings with an expected sale result of $ 700,000 (€ 773,930). With Sotheby’s ...
(Andrew Moore)
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Christie’s South Kensington began the auction season on the 6th of September with their sale of 19th paintings recording a sale total of 70% (total value hammered $ 694,690, € 775,190) and 20th century British paintings at 66% (total value hammered $ 343,930, € 383,750). There was little excitement however ...
(Andrew Moore)
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Semenzato auction house in Venice reopens the Italian season on the 16th of September with a sale of Old Master works. The most important lots carry estimates between $ 50,000-100,000 (€ 55,220-110,440). Among the most noteworthy are an oil on canvas by Giandomenico Cerrini (1609-1681) entitled Guiseppe spiega ...
(Elena Balzani)
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Il Quarto Stato regarded by many Italians as the nation’s most important 19th century artwork, will be returned to Volpedo (Alessandria, in northern Italy) where it was painted a century ago. The painting by Giuseppe Pellizza is currently held at the Civica Galleria Moderna in Milan but will be ...
(Annalisa Rossi)
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| Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Quarto Stato |
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On the 14th of September 2001, the first contemporary art award in Milan will be presented in the city’s Museo del Presente. Named after the new museum for contemporary art (which is still under construction), the award has been set up by the Council of Milan and will be given to one of 120 participants in the ...
(Annalisa Rossi)
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Sotheby’s, London hold their sale of the Reba and Dave Williams Collection of modern and contemporary prints on the 8th of November. Of particular note is a rare etching by Lucian Freud dating from 1948 entitled Ill in Paris, estimated at $ 36,000-43,250 (€ 40,620-48,740) as well as Ben Nicholson’s ...
(Andrew Moore)
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As the US reels from the devastating attacks on New York, Washington and Philadelphia with many thousands of people believed to be killed and seriously injured, the long-term negative effects to the world financial markets are beginning to be made apparent. The destruction of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre ...
(Andrew Moore)
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