25 janvier 2010

Fotos Hedi Slimane

"All Martyrs", 'Da Costa Hours', in Latin, Belgium, Ghent, ca. 1515. Illuminated by Simon Bening. The Morgan Library & Museum; MS M.399, fol. 295v NEW YORK, NY.- The fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries saw the last great flowering of Flemish illumination. As a complement to The Morgan Library & Museum’s exhibition of The Hours of Catherine of Cleves, which goes on view January 22, 2010, a separate show of eighteen illuminated Books of Hours from the area of and around Flanders (part of modern Belgium) will... [Lire la suite]

Fotos Jeff Martin jmartinpictures

Simon Parkes, third from left, owner of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, and his associates lift the oil painting "Le Pont Sur Le Torrent," by Hubert Robert ís off the ground, in New York. The 20 feet wide and 13 feet tall painting originally commissioned circa 1780 and formerly owned by newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst will be on public view from January 23rd through the 28th at Christie's New York and be sold on the 27th. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer NEW YORK, NY.- Following the record-breaking success of its Old... [Lire la suite]