- Exhibition at Grimaldi Forum Monaco celebrates the splendour of the last Chinese imperial dynasty
- The Michael & Eleonore Stoffel Stiftung acquired five works by Anselm Kiefer for the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
- "113 Ors d'Asie" au Musée Guimet
- "Flower Power: Spirit of the Summer of Love in Full Bloom" opens at the Asian Art Museum
- Hubert de Givenchy à la Cité de la dentelle et de la mode
- 'Costumes espagnols : entre ombre et lumière' à Maison de Victor Hugo
- Scottish National Gallery opens "Beyond Caravaggio"
- 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
- The MET presents 'Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220)'
- "Des Grands Moghols aux Maharadjahs. Joyaux de la collection Al Thani" au Grand Palais
- Exhibition at Frans Hals Museum exhibits 17th century works from the Netherlands and China
- "FANTIN-LATOUR. À fleur de peau" au Musée de Grenoble
- Asia Society Museum opens 'Secrets of the Sea: A Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia'
- Eighteenth-Century French Paintings From Across America on View at National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Exhibition devoted to the partnership between Michelangelo & Sebastiano opens
- 'The Poetry of Venetian Painting. Paris Bordone, Palma il Vecchio, Lorenzo Lotto, Titian' at Hamburger Kunsthalle
- Rarely seen Renaissance paintings by Venice masters on view at the North Carolina Museum of Art
- "Balenciaga, L’œuvre au noir" au musée Bourdelle
- "An Inner World. Seventeenth Century Dutch Genre Painting" at Clark Art Institute
- First exhibition dedicated to the work of Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti opens in Doha
- Looking North and South Considers Early European Prints at the Clark
- "Kimono - Au bonheur des dames" au musée Guimet, 22 février– 22 mai 2017
- 'Between Heaven and Hell: The Drawings of Jusepe de Ribera' at Meadows Museum
- Museum Ludwig celebrates Gerhard Richter's eighty-fifth birthday
- The Holburne Museum opens first exhibition devoted to the Bruegel dynasty
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts exhibition to explore transformative power of jewelry, art objects
- 'Masterworks from Budapest. From the Renaissance to the Avant-Garde' at Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, 18 February to 28 May
- Hermitage Amsterdam opens unique exhibition: 1917. Romanovs & Revolution
- Groundbreaking contemporary fashion exhibition comes to Carnegie Museum of Art
- V&A to stage the first ever UK exhibition on fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga
- SAP cofounder and art collector Hasso Plattner opens Barberini Museum in Potsdam
- Vermeer et les maîtres de la peinture de genre au Louvre du 22 février au 22 mai 2017
- Exhibition seeks to analyse an important moment in the career of Lorenzo Lotto
- Seven Centuries from the Woodner Collections Celebrated at National Gallery of Art, March 12–July 16, 2017
- "De Zurbarán à Rothko. Collection Alicia Koplowitz - Grupo Omega Capital Ω" au musée Jacquemart-André à partir du 3 mars 2017
- Getty Museum presents first major exhibition on 18th century artist Edme Bouchardon
- Scottish National Gallery welcomes in the New Year with Turner exhibition
- National Portrait Gallery to stage first major exhibition devoted entirely to Cézanne's portraits
- National Gallery of Victoria to present "The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture"
- Ground-breaking display on garniture/vase sets on view at the Victoria & Albert Museum
- Art Gallery of New South Wales exhibits nude art from the Tate Collection
- Portraits of artists from Rubens to Freud on display at The Queen's Gallery in London
- “Reuniting the Masters: European Drawings from West Coast Collections” at the Crocker Art Museum
- The origin of still life in Italy explored in new exhibition at the Galleria Borghese
- Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein opens exhibition of works from the Hilti Art Foundation
- Exhibition brings together historic and contemporary silver masterpieces
- « Le goût de la parure. Portraits du château de Versailles » au Château d'Angers
- State Hermitage Museum presents an exhibition of works by Mariano Fortuny
- The youth of Impressionism: Works by Frédéric Bazille on view in Paris
- The Frick Pittsburgh's world class collection highlighted in new exhibition and book
- Camille Pissarro, "Le premier des impressionnistes" au musée Marmottan Monet
- "Tenue correcte exigée : quand le vêtement fait scandale" aux Arts Décoratifs
- De l’alcôve aux barricades. De Fragonard à David. Dessins des Beaux-Arts de Paris à la Fondation Custodia
- Emotionally charged relationship between man and woman explored in exhibition
- From the Lands of Asia: A world premiere at Pointe-à-Callière
- Exhibition brings to Los Angeles some of the greatest achievements of German Renaissance art
- Exhibition at Museo del Prado offers a self-reflexive gaze on art and painting
- Rituals Cast in Brilliance–Chinese Bronzes Through the Ages
- Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth — Chinese Jades through the Ages
- J. Paul Getty Museum opens "Fashionable Likeness: Pastel Portraits in 18th-Century Britain"
- McCabe Fine Art opens exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe
- Spanish artist Pablo Picasso's sculptures on view at BOZAR
- Exhibition illuminates Syria's contributions to world heritage
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir retrospective opens in Spain
- Images of children in Spanish Romantic art on view at the Prado Museum in Madrid
- Exhibition pays tribute to one of the greatest art patrons of the early 20th century, Sergei Shchukin
23 septembre 2017
Chinese ceramics from the Mengdiexuan Collection at Christie's Hong Kong
© Christie's Images Ltd 2017
Lot 19. Two models of tea grinders, Five Dynasties (907-960). Estimate HKD 22,000 - HKD 30,000 (USD 2,830 - USD 3,859). © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
One green-glazed pottery, the other white-glazed stoneware. The larger, 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) long, box.
Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.
Lot 20. A Yue box and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907); 3 5/8 in. (9.1 cm.) diam., box. Estimate HKD 60,000 - HKD 80,000 (USD 7,718 - USD 10,291). ©... [Lire la suite]23 septembre 2017
Fine Pair of Natural Pearl, Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond and Diamond Pendent Ear Clips, Harry Winston
Lot 1849. Fine Pair of Natural Pearl, Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond and Diamond Pendent Ear Clips, Harry Winston. Estimation 7,100,000 — 9,000,000 HKD. © Sotheby's
Each suspending a drop-shaped natural pearl measuring approximately 11.37 x 18.25mm and 12.02 x 16.99mm, to the marquise-shaped or oval fancy vivid yellow diamond top weighing 3.26 and 3.23 carats respectively, embellished with marquise-shaped, circular- and single-cut diamonds weighing approximately 2.40 carats in total,... [Lire la suite]23 septembre 2017
Important Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond and Diamond Ring
Lot 1853. Important 11.46 carats Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond and Diamond Ring. Estimation 7,500,000 — 9,000,000 HKD. © Sotheby's
Set with an oval fancy vivid yellow diamond weighing 11.46 carats, flanked by two half-moon-shaped diamonds weighing approximately 1.40 carats in total, mounted in platinum and 18 karat yellow gold. Ring size: 6.
Accompanied by GIA report numbered 2185399094, dated 12 May 2017, stating that the 11.46 carat diamond is natural, Fancy Vivid Yellow Colour, VVS1 Clarity.... [Lire la suite]23 septembre 2017
Important Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond Ring
Lot 1698. Important 20.03 carats Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond Ring. Estimation 16,000,000 — 20,000,000 HKD. © Sotheby's
Set with an emerald-cut fancy vivid yellow diamond weighing 20.03 carats, mounted in 18 karat white gold. Ring size: 5½, illustrated unmounted.
Accompanied by GIA report numbered 1132342335, dated 23 September 2016, stating that the 20.03 carat diamond is natural, Fancy Vivid Yellow Colour, Internally Flawless.
Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite, Hong Kong, 03 oct. 2017,... [Lire la suite]23 septembre 2017
A white and russet jade patterned scabbard slide, Warring States period (475-221 BC)
Lot 6. A white and russet jade patterned scabbard slide, Warring States period (475-221 BC), 3 in. (7.5 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 120,000 (USD 10,291 - USD 15,436) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in 1997.
Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 2017, Alexandra House, Hong Kong 23 septembre 2017
A white jade 'Cloud scroll' scabbard slide, Warring States period (475-221 BC)
Lot 5. A white jade 'Cloud scroll' scabbard slide, Warring States period (475-221 BC), 4 1/2 in. (11.6 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 120,000 (USD 10,291 - USD 15,436) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in 1997.
Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 2017, Alexandra House, Hong Kong 23 septembre 2017
A white and russet jade 'Cloud scroll' scabbard slide, Warring States period (475-221 BC)
Lot 4. A white and russet jade 'Cloud scroll' scabbard slide, Warring States period (475-221 BC), 3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 100,000 - HKD 150,000 (USD 12,864 - USD 19,295) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in 1997.
Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 2017, Alexandra House, Hong Kong 23 septembre 2017
A white and russet jade 'Comma scroll' scabbard slide, Warring States period (475-221 BC)
Lot 3. A white and russet jade 'Comma scroll' scabbard slide, Warring States period (475-221 BC), 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 100,000 - HKD 150,000 (USD 12,864 - USD 19,295) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in 1998.
Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 2017, Alexandra House, Hong Kong23 septembre 2017
A white jade 'Cloud scroll' disc, yuan, Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC)
Lot 2. A white jade 'Cloud scroll' disc, yuan, Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), 2 5/8 in. (7 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 120,000 - HKD 180,000 (USD 15,436 - USD 23,154). © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in 1998.
Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 2017, Alexandra House, Hong Kong
23 septembre 2017
Artist Whose Radical Works Disrupted Georgian Society Featured in London Exhibition
Joseph Highmore, Pamela in the Bedroom with Mrs Jewkes and Mr B, 1743-44 © Tate, London 2015.
Curated by Dr Jacqueline Riding, Basic Instincts at the Foundling Museum in London (Sept. 29, 2017 to January 7, 2018) explores Georgian attitudes to love, desire and female respectability through the radical paintings of Joseph Highmore.
A highly successful artist and Governor of London’s Foundling Hospital, Joseph Highmore (1692-1780) is best known as a portrait painter of the Georgian middle class. However,... [Lire la suite]