4 septembre 2016

Robert Polidori, Dharavi #1, Mumbai, 2008. ​Archival UV cured ink on linen canvas. NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Kasmin Gallery announces its inaugural exhibition of acclaimed photographer Robert Polidori, on view from September 8 to October 15, 2016 at 515 W. 27th Street.  This exhibition will be the first U.S. show to feature Polidori’s “dendritic cities” images, a body of work begun in 2007. He appropriates the term “dendritic” from the branching extensions of a cell structure and uses it to describe the... [Lire la suite]

Spodumene, Mawi, Afghanistan, crystal (8.5 cm) and cut stone (317.96 cts). Image courtesy of Tom Spann.  NEWARK, DE.- The University Museums of the University of Delaware displays gemstones from the collection of Herb and Monika Obodda August 31-December 9, 2016 in the Mineralogical Museum in Penny Hall. This semester the University of Delaware Mineralogical Museum features gemstones used in jewelry, prized for their durability as well as their beauty. Minerals have long been fashioned into gemstones, both as... [Lire la suite]

Korea, unknown artist, Five Buddhas, 1725, ink and mineral pigments on hemp, Songgwangsa Temple; conserved by Robert and Sandra Mattielli. PORTLAND, ORE.- The Portland Art Museum announces an exhibition, symposium, and repatriation of a sacred Korean icon. Five Buddhas: A Korean Icon’s Journey through Time tells the story of a stolen painting—its discovery, restoration, travel to Oregon, and return to the Korean people. Oregonian Robert Mattielli lived in Seoul for three decades, during which time he often visited... [Lire la suite]

Abel Grimmer, (ca. 1570 Antwerp 1620), Five Allegories of the months of February, March, April, October and December . Oil on panel. Diameter of each 25 cm. Estimate CHF 500 000 / 700 000. Photo Koller. ZURICH.- Museum-quality artworks will come to auction during the September sales at Koller Zurich. A rare Renaissance panel depicting Venus and Cupid by Paolo Schiavo was formerly in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, and later was shown in the exhibition “Art and Love in Renaissance Italy” at the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 214. A diamond brooch, by Van Cleef & Arpels. Estimate: $20,000–30,000. Price Realised  USD 93,750. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 Designed as a stylized flower head, the dome-shaped pistil set with circular-cut diamonds, the flexibly mounted petals with baguette and circular-cut diamond terminals, circa 1950, 2 3/4 ins., mounted in platinum - Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, no. 18310 Previously sold at Christie's New York, 20 October 1978, Lot 78 Christie's. Magnificent Jewels &... [Lire la suite]