4 novembre 2009

Bonhams showcases museum-quality Kakiemon Ladies and a rare, unrecorded, full-size model of a cloisonné enamel go-ban (games board) The centrepiece of the sale will undoubtedly be the magnificent group of Kakiemon beauties which graces the front cover of the fine Japanese catalogue, going under the auctioneer's hammer at Bonhams New Bond Street on the 5th November. Products of a bygone era of Japan's feudal past, they were exported to the West to decorate the grand interiors of European palaces, reflecting the increasingly... [Lire la suite]

Hong Kong – Christie’s, the world’s leading auction house for the sale of extraordinary jewels at auction, will present its annual Fall sale of magnificent jewels on 1 December at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Featuring over 250 jewels valued in excess of HK$260 million/US$33 million, this sale will present to the region’s sophisticated collectors and connoisseurs an array of important diamonds, fine coloured gemstones, signed creations from the likes of Bulgari, Cartier, Graff, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Wallace... [Lire la suite]

Mathieu Mercier, Sans titre, 2006. Sérigraphie sur carton. 20,5 x 20 x 30,5 cm. Courtesy Galerie de Multiples © Mathieu Mercier Sur une initiative du label hypothèse, «Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble» est une exposition athématique qui regroupe des artistes de différentes générations dont les formes de production interrogent la notion d'auteur et les différents modes d'existence de l'oeuvre d'art.Organisé en plusieurs temps et lieux, et pensé de manière collective, ce projet pointe certains champs d'action du commissaire... [Lire la suite]