- 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'
- After 30 years 27 European paintings leave their permanent home to go to Hazelhurst Gallery
- 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
- 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
- National Portrait Gallery to stage first major exhibition devoted entirely to Cézanne's portraits
20 octobre 2017
Galerie Delalande Paris at TEFAF New York Fall 2017
Cane, England, circa 1890. Handle in garnet and mounted silver. © Galerie Delalande Paris
Provenance: Private collection, UK.
G. M. Seutter (1678-1756), Pair of terrestrial and celestial globes, Augsburg, 1710. Old coloured table globes, they are both mounted on wooden eccentric colored stands for a special order from Italy. Diameter each 20.3 cm (8 in.) © Galerie Delalande Paris
Two globes fabricated by G. M. Seutter, a eighteenth-century publisher, cartographer and... [Lire la suite]20 octobre 2017
Zeng Fanzhi | Van Gogh. A Contemporary Chinese Artist Reflects on Van Gogh
Zeng Fanzhi and Axel Rüger (Director of the Van Gogh Museum) in front of Zeng's version of Wheatfield with Crows.
AMSTERDAM - In 'Zeng Fanzhi | Van Gogh', the Van Gogh Museum presents five works by Zeng Fanzhi (born 1964), one of the best-known contemporary Chinese artist and a fervent admirer of Vincent van Gogh.
Zeng has already exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the National Art Museum of China and Musée du Louvre and – especially for the Van Gogh Museum – has... [Lire la suite]20 octobre 2017
Rare et ancien masque Isan / Ishan, Nigeria
Lot 82. Rare et ancien masque Isan / Ishan, Nigeria. Estimation: 3 000 / 5 000 €. Photo Cornette de Saint-Cyr.
Bois. H. 29 cm Avec ses formes géométriques particulières, cet ancien masque orné de cauris sur le front emprunte des éléments aux groupes voisins, tels les Yoruba et les Igbo, au point que l’attribution des objets aux Isan est parfois délicate au point de partager les spécialistes du sujet. On notera la belle patine d’usage qui recouvre cet objet.
Provenance : - Ancienne... [Lire la suite]20 octobre 2017
Masque Dogon, Mali
Lot 22. Masque Dogon, Mali. Estimation: 3 000 / 5 000 €. Photo Cornette de Saint-Cyr.
Bois. H. 32 cm Masque « singe noir » Dege classique au front marqué de quatre bandes horizontales. Il apparaitrait dans les danses telles que les dama et celles du sigui. On notera la dureté du bois et la patine croûteuse. Petits accidents visibles.
Provenance : - Ancienne collection privée, aurait été acquis chez Christie’s Amsterdam dans les années 1990 - Collection privée Européenne
Arts... [Lire la suite]20 octobre 2017
Masque cimier, Cameroun
Lot 43. Masque cimier, Cameroun. Estimation: 4 000 / 6 000 €. Photo Cornette de Saint-Cyr.
Bois. H. 28 cm Rare et beau masque cimier figurant un personnage aux traits d’un exceptionnel réalisme portant une coiffure caractéristique des hauts dignitaires des divers royaumes du Grassland. Belle patine attestant d’une bonne ancienneté.
Provenance : - Collection privée Européenne
Arts d’Asie chez Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris, 75008 Paris, le 31 Octobre 2017 à 14h30. Expert... [Lire la suite]20 octobre 2017
A persimmon-glazed 'Yaozhou' bowl, Song Dynasty (960–1127)
Lot 27. A persimmon-glazed 'Yaozhou' bowl, Song Dynasty (960–1127), 5 1/2 in., 14 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Lot sold 7,800 USD. © Sotheby's.
of conical form with shallow sides rising to the a slightly everted rim, applied overall with a russet colored glaze with light patches of black undertones, all supported on a knife-pared foot revealing a buff colored body.
Note: A persimmon-glazed yaozhou bowl of similar shape and size was sold in these rooms, 28/29th... [Lire la suite]20 octobre 2017
A rare small persimmon-glazed 'Yaozhou' vase, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1179)
Lot 26. A rare small persimmon-glazed 'Yaozhou' vase, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1179), 7 1/2 in., 19 cm. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 USD. Lot sold 26,400 USD. © Sotheby's.
the ovoid body set between a short straight neck rising to an everted lip and a knife-pared foot exposing a dense body material, the exterior covered in a russet-colored glaze slightly thinning around the shoulders revealing a black undertone.
Provenance: The collection was formed in... [Lire la suite]20 octobre 2017
A fine and rare 'Yue' jar and cover, Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577)
Lot 11. A fine and rare 'Yue' jar and cover, Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577), 13 1/4 in., 33.6 cm. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 USD. Lot sold 21,600 USD. © Sotheby's.
the well-potted, elegantly balanced globular vessel standing on a flat foot rising to rounded sides set with eight squared lug handles around the shoulder separated by four sections of a raised filet, above a band of impressed circles interspersed with lobed leaves on a trefoil base and larger molded... [Lire la suite]20 octobre 2017
Alberto Giacometti's Grande Femme II sells for $29,390,850 at Christie's Paris
Lot 8. Alberto Giacometti, Grande Femme II. signed, inscribed and with the foundry mark ‘Alberto Giacometti Epreuve d’artiste Susse Fondeur Paris’ (at the back of the base); with the foundry mark again ‘SUSSE FONDEUR PARIS CIRE PERDUE’ (inside the base), bronze with dark brown patina. Height: 108 7/8 in. Conceived in 1960; this bronze cast in 1980-81 in an edition of 7 plus 2 artist's proofs plus one for the Fondation Maeght. Estimate On Request. Sold for: €24,907,500/ £22,167,675 /$29,390,850. © Christie’s... [Lire la suite]19 octobre 2017
Lot de trois statuettes, Thailande, Sawankhalok, 15°-16°siècle
Lot 138. Lot de trois statuettes, Thailande, Sawankhalok, 15°-16°siècle. Estimation: 80 / 150 €. Photo Cornette de Saint-Cyr.
Lot composé de trois statuettes en terre-cuite à couverte brune : un oiseau perché sur le dos d’un éléphant (6,5 x 7 x 4 cm) et de deux zébus (4,5 x 6,5 x 3,5 cm et 5 x 7 x 4,5 cm).
Arts d’Asie chez Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris, 75008 Paris, le 31 Octobre 2017 à 14h30. Expert : Cabinet Daffos-Estournel. Tel. : +33 6 09 22 55 13. Consultant pour le... [Lire la suite]