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The Symmachi Panel, ivory, Roman Empire (Rome), about 400, V&A: 212-1865. © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.- The Speed Art Museum is honored to present Louisville with an exhibition of treasures from one of the greatest collections of Medieval and Renaissance works of art in existence. Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum will be on view at the Speed through April 20, 2008. The Speed is thrilled to be one of only four museums in the United States to house... [Lire la suite]

Yohji Yamamoto a signé une ligne de joaillerie originale pour Mikimoto et une ligne de maroquinerie avec Hermès. Il nous a offert une collection superbe avec des vestes mi-cuir, ou en cuir coloré à l'ourlet laissé au naturel ou à basques corolle. Photo: Courtesy of Yohji Yamamoto

Detail of Polychrome Pectoral with Griffins and Birds, Achaemenid and Colchian, first half of half of 4th century B.C. Image credit: Freer and Sackler Galleries. NEW YORK.-The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) will present Wine, Worship, and Sacrifice: The Golden Graves of Ancient Vani. Wine, Worship, and Sacrifice: The Golden Graves of Ancient Vani features spectacular finds from four graves in Vani, a major religious and administrative center of ancient Colchis (present-day Republic of Georgia) and the... [Lire la suite]

John Galliano emmène Mrs Robinbson dans "La Vallée des Poupées"... C'est très beau, très portable (à condition d'avoir le portefeuille bien accroché), très commerciale (même les chaussures...) mais franchement, pas très créatif. Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / imaxtree.com

Pietro Testa, Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, n.d. Pen and dark brown ink, black chalk on buff laid paper, 18.9 x 30.4 cm. Crocker Art Museum, E. B. Crocker Collection. SACRAMENTO, CA.- Nearly 60 master drawings from the celebrated collection at the Crocker Art Museum will be seen in The Language of the Nude: Four Centuries of Drawing the Human Body, an exhibition dealing with the human figure in artists' training and narrative subjects. Tracing the development of the ideal nude from 16th-century Italy to 19th-century Germany ,... [Lire la suite]

An 18th-century thangka. It took a two-year trek of discovery to remote temples and monasteries in Bhutan, but Western scholars succeeded in borrowing about 110 objects and recording 330 films of ritual dances never before seen in the West. All of them will go on view in “The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan” at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Punakha Dzong monastery Bhutan is the least accessible and least known of the Himalayan countries. Unlike Nepal and Tibet, Bhutan forbids trekkers in its sacred... [Lire la suite]

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Quatre vases à la forme inspirée des gouttelettes d'eau de nos vitres embuées... Le ventre rond accueille les bottes de fleurs plus ou moins courtes, et le long bras de verre soutient la tige d'une fleur solitaire. Vase "Goulue 3" - Designer: Marianne Guedin Sculptures énigmatiques ou objets du quotidien, les créations de Marianne Guedin se situent entre l'art et le design. Ses vases en verre soufflé bouche allient rondeur, équilibre, volupté, creux, bosse, eau, air, souffle, déséquilibre... une illusion... [Lire la suite]

La collection de Bruno Pieters a commencé par des modèles androgynes à cravate trop proches, selon moi, du déguisement, pour s'affirner, comme quoi un col élisabéthain change tout de suite la perception. Photo: Marcio Madeira

An archaistic white and russet jade vase, gu - 19th century Modelled after archaic bronzes, the oval projecting mid section carved with taotie masks, between the tall flaring neck and the spreading foot carved with upright and pendent lappets enclosing taotie masks, each section interspersed with flanges, the stone of grey-white tone with russet inclusions (chips). 18.1cm (7in) high. - Estimate: £800 - 1,200 Provenance: from an old European collection, acquired before 1939 Bonhams. Asian Art including Fine... [Lire la suite]