18 septembre 2015

“'Marie-Antoinette' watch. Automatic (perpétuelle) minute-repeating watch." Complete automatic date, equation of time, power reserve, metallic thermometer, platinum oscillating weight, sapphire bearings and rollers, large independent seconds hand and small direct-drive seconds, gold case, enamel dial, rock crystaldial, gold and steel hands; diameter 2 1⁄2 in.(6.4 cm). Replica made by Montres Breguet S.A., 2005–2008. B1160. Collection Montres Breguet S.A. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco announce... [Lire la suite]

© 2015 Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University. COLUMBUS, OH.- This fall, the Wexner Center for the Arts presents After Picasso: 80 Contemporary Artists, an expansive show tracing Pablo Picasso’s potent legacy and persistent impact on a variety of international artists across multiple generations. On view September 19 through December 27, 2015, the exhibition features nearly 150 works from such artists as Art & Language, Walead Beshty, Marlene Dumas, Richard Hamilton, Rachel Harrison,... [Lire la suite]

Adesmus divus   Adesmus diana   Adesmus turrialba

Paraleprodera stephanus fasciata Paraleprodera mesophthalma Paraleprodera diophthalma

Maschera, Cultura Chimù-Lambayeque, 1300 d.C. Maschera funebre in rame ricoperto da lamina d’oro. Altezza 26 cm. Venezia, Collezione Ligabue. FLORENCE.- At the dawn of the 16th century Europe was shaken by the epoch-making discovery: the ”Indies” – “the world that wasn’t there”. This event completely upset the traditional cultural view based on the Ancient Rome-Greece-Orient axis. According to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, the encounter with the new continent “was arguably the most important event in the history of... [Lire la suite]

Adriaen Coorte, Still Life with a Bundle of Asparagus, Red Cherries and a Butterfly, c. 1693 – 1695. Oil on paper on wood, 25.6 x 19.8 cm. Private collection. ZURICH.- The Kunsthaus Zürich announces that the 50 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings on display in the exhibition ‘A Golden Age’ are coming to the Kunsthaus on long-term loan for a number of decades. The exhibition is extended until 10 January 2016. Under an agreement with the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, collectors Ferdinand and Karin Knecht from Zurich... [Lire la suite]

A sensational Fancy Vivid Blue diamond, 13.02 carats, Internally Flawless. Est. US$ 35-55 million. Photo: Courtesy of the Gemological Institute of America. GENEVA (AFP).- A blue diamond weighing 12.03 carats and described by experts as internally flawless could sell for a record $55 million (47 million euros) when it goes up for auction in November, Sotheby's said Thursday.  The Blue Moon diamond, discovered in South Africa in January last year, will be exhibited in Hong Kong, London and New York before its... [Lire la suite]