- Kunsthaus Zürich presents 'Fashion Drive. Extreme Clothing in the Visual Arts'
- Significant collection of Asian art makes its US debut at the Kimbell
- "Parfums de Chine, la culture de l'encens au temps des empereurs" au musée Cernuschi
- Exhibition offers a glimpse into the variety and opulence of Spanish still life paintings
- Mauritshuis exhibition reveals an unfamiliar side of Jan Steen
- 'Art of the Mountain: Through the Chinese Photographer's Lens' at China Institute Gallery
- Exhibition at Luhring Augustine presents Late Medieval painting, sculpture, and stained glass
- Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts reunites Charles I's collection
- Masterpieces in focus at the Upper Belvedere: Rueland Frueauf the Elder and his Circle
- 'Mirroring China’s Past: Emperors and Their Bronzes' at Art Institute of Chicago
- Glittering treasures from the Indian Subcontinent go on display in Scotland
- Jade and gold burial suit, finest to survive ancient China, featured in Nelson-Atkins exhibition
- Bodleian Libraries exhibition celebrates first graphic designers of English texts
- First ever Dutch show of Cartier Collection Art Deco jewellery at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- ART DECO at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- Tate Modern opens the most comprehensive Modigliani exhibition ever held in the UK
- Barnes Foundation is sole U.S. venue for major exhibition exploring works of Anselm Kiefer and Auguste Rodin
- Bacon portrait of Freud to be shown for the first time since 1965
- Exhibition brings together the largest group of original drawings by Michelangelo
- "Treasures of the Earth: Mineral Masterpieces from the Robert R. Wiener Collection" opens at the Bruce Museum
- Major exhibition of Dutch masters opens at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Dessiner en plein air au Musée du Louvre
- Le Kunsthaus Zürich présente «Acclamée et brocardée. La peinture française 1820–1880»
- Animals: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg opens new exhibition
- The Crown of Kerch and Other Treasures at Neues Museum
- 'Andres Serrano: An American Perspective' at Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing
- Royal Scottish Academy opens largest exhibition of its hugely significant collection
- Imperial Porcelains from the Reigns of Hongzhi and Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty at the Palace Museum
- Frick Collection marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- GURLITT: STATUS REPORT. Nazi Art Theft and its Consequences
- Exhibition explores the practice and expression of religious beliefs in the lives of individuals
- Exhibition tells the story of the artists who fled to Britain to escape war in France
- 'Caravaggio: Masterpieces from the Galleria Borghese' to Open in California
- Bode-Museum presents over 70 major works of African sculpture
- Exhibition presents ancient sculpture to audiences as never before: In vibrant color
- Crocker Art Museum shows drawings by exceptional 18th-century Venetian masters Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo
- Exhibition reveals insights into the use of colour as a choice rather than a necessity
- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art exhibits 90 Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Golden Age
- "Portrait of the Artist" offers rare look at images of artists from the British Royal Collection
- Self portraits by Cézanne go on public display for the first time in the UK
- Cai Guo-Qiang Solo Painting Exhibition at the Prado Museum: Exploring the Spirit of Painting
- Major exhibition of prints, paintings and drawings by Rembrandt opens in Norwich
- Zeng Fanzhi | Van Gogh. A Contemporary Chinese Artist Reflects on Van Gogh
- First exhibition devoted to comparing Picasso and Lautrec opens in Madrid
- The Dali Museum introduces first-ever retrospective exhibition of designer Elsa Schiaparelli and artist Salvador Dali
- Kunsthistorisches Museum opens a major exhibition entitled “Rubens: The Power of Transformation”
- Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art opens extensive exhibition of works by Gerhard Richter
- Major Klimt exhibition opens in San Francisco
- Leopold Museum opens the most comprehensive retrospective in Austria of the oeuvre of Ferdinand Hodler
- The Cleveland Museum of Art opens Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar
- 'Bruegel. Drawing the World' at the Albertina
- 'François Ier et l'art des Pays-Bas' au Musée du Louvre
- Harn Museum of Art displays French art featuring women in the 18th - early 19th centuries
- Exhibition focuses on the power structures, god-worship and everyday life in Ancient Egypt
- Philadelphia Museum to Present Centenary Exhibition Dedicated to Renowned Collection of European Old Master Art
- 'Rubens, Royal Portraits' at Musée du Luxembourg
- Exhibition includes masterpieces by one of the most celebrated painters of the Italian Renaissance
- First Exhibition to Explore the Art of Five Major World Religions Includes One of the Earliest Depictions of Christ
- Rijksmuseum stages first show of Johan Maelwael
- Jean Honoré Fragonard exhibition unites fantasy figures and newly discovered drawing
- Exhibition presenting the art of Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dalí opens in London
- Oscar de la Renta exhibition opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Rare Netherlandish drawings unveiled at National Gallery of Art
- 63 Dutch Masters return home to Holland for an exhibition at the Hermitage Amsterdam until 27 May 2018
- RISD Museum exhibits seventy works on paper from the British Museum's collection
- The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art presents 'Lines of Inquiry: Learning from Rembrandt's Etchings'
- Major exhibition of 150 paintings and drawings by Raphael opens in Vienna
- "Fortuny : un espagnol à Venise" au Palais Galliéra
- First major U.S. exhibition on Teotihuacan in over twenty years opens in San Francisco
- "Dentro Caravaggio", technology sheds new light on master of shade
- Hubert de Givenchy à la Cité de la dentelle et de la mode
- 'Costumes espagnols : entre ombre et lumière' à Maison de Victor Hugo
- Exhibition marks the 450th anniversary of the accession of the Habsburg Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol
- Museo del Prado opens new permanent collection itinerary on same-sex relationships
- Giovanni da Rimini: A 14th-century masterpiece unveiled at the National Gallery
- Renaissance Venice. The Triumph of Beauty and the Destruction of Painting at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
- 'Adorning the Inner Court: Jun Ware for the Chinese Palace' at Harvard Art Museums
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts showcases art, innovation of haute couture design
- Desire, love, identity: British Museum explores LGBTQ histories
- The MET Costume Institute presents 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between'
- "Past Is Present: Revival Jewelry" at MFA Boston
- V&A to stage the first ever UK exhibition on fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga
25 avril 2018
A rare Ding 'Lion' pillow, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234)
Lot 5. A rare Ding 'Lion' pillow, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) wide. Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 112,080 - USD 168,120). © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The pillow is modelled with a foliate headrest carved and incised to the top with scrolling peonies, above a recumbent lion with the mouth open and the tail detailed with stylised scrolls.
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12 November 2003, lot 130.
A Rare Ding Ware Lion PillowRosemary Scott, Senior... [Lire la suite]25 avril 2018
A sancai-glazed pottery 'Lion' pillow, Liao dynasty (AD 907-1125)
Lot 878. A sancai-glazed pottery 'Lion' pillow, Liao dynasty (AD 907-1125); 8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 4,375. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017.
The pillow is hollow-molded below the amber-glazed top with a recumbent lion with snarling expression and bushy tail picked out in amber, green, cream and brown glaze.
Provenance: Bishop W. C. White (1873-1960) Collection, former Keeper of the East Asiatic Collection of the Royal Ontario... [Lire la suite]25 avril 2018
Modigliani masterpiece to lead Sotheby's May auctions with estimate of $150 million
Amedeo Modigliani, Nu couché (sur le côté gauche). Signed Modigliani (lower left). Oil on canvas, 35¼ by 57¾ in.; 89.5 by 146.7 cm. Painted in 1917. Estimate in excess of $150 million. Courtesy Sotheby’s.
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s unveiled Amedeo Modigliani’s stunning Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) to a packed audience of collectors and media, who are the first ever to view the masterpiece on exhibition in Asia. The painting is estimated to sell for in excess of $150 million in Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening... [Lire la suite]24 avril 2018
A jewelled gold and frosted glass presentation box, Hanau, circa 1871
Lot 389. A jewelled gold and frosted glass presentation box, Hanau, circa 1871; 9.5cm., 3 3/4 in. wide. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.
cartouche form, the lid applied with a rose diamond and ruby-set coat of arms of the House of Hohenzollern and the initial of Emperor William I, surrounded by the chain of the Order of the Black Eagle on a matte cobalt blue glass ground, framed with diamond-set scrollwork and flowers over a pierced trellis pattern on... [Lire la suite]24 avril 2018
A jewelled gold and enamel presentation box, probably Hanau, circa 1880
Lot 388. A jewelled gold and enamel presentation box, probably Hanau, circa 1880; 9.5 cm., 3 3/4 in. long. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.
of cartouche form, the lid applied with a rose diamond-set cypher of Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909) on a wavy engine-turned blue enamel ground under leafy cagework, flanked by a rose-diamond crown in each corner and a star on each side, the thumbpiece with crossed branch motifs, the bombé baluster sides and base... [Lire la suite]24 avril 2018
A jewelled gold and enamel presentation box, Charles Colins & Söhne, Hanau, circa 1855
Lot 387. A jewelled gold and enamel presentation box, Charles Colins & Söhne, Hanau, circa 1855; 10.2cm., 4 in. wide. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.
of cartouche form, the lid applied with the rose diamond-set cypher of Emperor Alexander II of Russia on a translucent blue engine-turned enamel ground with applied scrollwork, a collet-set rose diamond at each corner, the baluster sides and base engraved with scrolls and applied in relief with... [Lire la suite]24 avril 2018
A richly-jewelled two-coloured gold snuff box, Johann Wilhelm Keibel, St. Petersburg, 1845
Lot 386. A richly-jewelled two-coloured gold snuff box, Johann Wilhelm Keibel, St. Petersburg, 1845; 9.2cm., 3 5/8 in. wide. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.
rectangular with rounded corners, the lid applied with an emerald, diamond and ruby-set lozenge centred by an octagonal step-cut emerald and framed by diamond-set scrolls mounted in yellow gold over red enamel on a wavy engine-turned ground, a diamond at each corner, chased with scrollwork on... [Lire la suite]24 avril 2018
A turquoise-ground famille rose twin-handled vase, Jiaqing six-character sealmark in iron-red and of the period (1796-1820)
Lot 21. A turquoise-ground famille rose twin-handled vase, Jiaqing six-character sealmark in iron-red and of the period (1796-1820); 11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000(USD 42,090 - USD 70,150). © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The exterior of the vase is densely decorated with colourful lotus blooms, dragons, bats and foliate scrolls, set against a turquoise ground. The neck is applied with a pair of gilt-decorated iron-red dragon handles. The base is enamelled in turquoise.
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A lime-green ground famille rose twin-handled vase, Jiaqing six-character sealmark in iron-red and of the period (1796-1820)
Lot 20. A lime-green ground famille rose twin-handled vase, Jiaqing six-character sealmark in iron-red and of the period (1796-1820); 7 ¾ in. (19.8 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 112,240 - USD 168,360). © Christie's Images Ltd 2018
The bulbous body and tall flaring neck are elaborately enamelled with colourful lotus blooms, bats and peaches, all set against a lime-green ground and separated by bands ofruyi heads, key fret and foliate scrolls. The neck is further decorated... [Lire la suite]24 avril 2018
Alexander Coosemans (Antwerp 1627 - 1689), Still life with lemons, oysters and cherries; Still life with peaches and figs
Lot 25. Alexander Coosemans (Antwerp 1627 - 1689), Still life with lemons, oysters and cherries; Still life with peaches and figs; the former signed upper left: Alexr. Coosemans.f.; the latter signed upper right: Alexr. Coosemens.f; a pair, both oil on oak panel, each: 34.5 x 24.7 cm.; 13 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.
Provenance: Renato Magallaes Gouvea, São Paulo; Elías Gliksmanis, São Paulo; Thence by... [Lire la suite]