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Leonardo da Vinci bear sketch fetches over $12M CNN 11 hrs ago © Courtesy Christies Images Ltd A tiny sketch of a bear by Leonardo da Vinci sold for over $12 million on Thursday, setting a new auction record for a drawing by the renaissance artist. Measuring less than 8 square inches, the item is one of only eight Leonardo drawings left in private hands, according Christies, the auction house behind the sale. The sketch was made on pale pink-beige paper using silverpoint, a technique -- tau...

Turners Purfleet and the Essex Shore as seen from Long Reach Courtesy of Sothebys Maybe everyone was distracted by the imminent prospect of England defeating Denmark in the UEFA Euro Football Championship semi-finals at Wembley stadium tonight. But, over on Bond Street, not even auctioneer Harry Dalmenys (fairly painful) sporting puns could jolly along Sothebys Old Master evening sale this evening. It was hard not to feel sorry for Dalmeny, who appeared increasingly uncomf...

The First Art Newspaper on the Net   by Antonia Gabassi BERLIN .- There’s an interesting story behind the curation of the latest exhibition at the Galerie Kornfeld, in the resurgent City West region of the German capital. The show is called ‘The Day I Never Met You’, and it is a billed as being a ‘conversation’ between the contemporary British artist Alexander Adams, and the late Georgian painter Natela Iankoshvili, whose estate is represented by the gallery. On first viewing one might as...

Michael Werner Gallery opens an exhibition of over 60 works by Paul Cadmus Paul Cadmus, Study for ‘Male Nude #NM5’, ca. 1965. Graphite, crayon on paper, 10 1/2 x 14 inches, 26.5 x 35.5 cm. © The Estate of the artist. Courtesy Michael Werner Gallery, New York and London. NEW YORK, NY .- Organized in collaboration with Graham Steele, Michael Werner Gallery is presenting Paul Cadmus: Pleasant and Unpleasant at their East Hampton gallery. With over 60 works on view created over the span of 60 y...

John Hamilton Mortimer and the discovery of Captain Cook John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-1779), Captain James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks, Lord Sandwich, Dr Daniel Solander and Dr John Hawkesworth, c. 1771, oil on canvas, nla.pic-an7351768 The National Library of Australia holds within its large collection of artworks a most intriguing eighteenth century painting, the bequest of Dame Merlyn Myer. A beautiful work in good condition, the painting is unsigned and lacks its original title. Early resear...

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Honeycomb ruffs, butterfly crowns and caterpillar necklaces grace allegorical figures in Lea Bradovich’s Surrealism-meets-the-Renaissance portraits. Raised in northern Minnesota, the artist lives in Santa Fe and shows her work at Keep Contemporary. ................................................................ She sometimes uses models for the faces; for others, she lifts ideas from Old Master portraits. Abundant in natural references, they all brim wit...

We reveal the 10 most wanted looted artworks that the Nazis stole but have never been recovered.

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The façade of the Sursock Museum in Beirut on August 5, 2020. Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Thursday, June 10. NEED-TO-READ Lecturers Boycott Oxford Over Cecil Rhodes Statue – More than 150 lecturers have reportedly refused to teach students at Oriel College in Oxford, U.K., after Oxford University made the decision not to remove a statue of British imperialist C...

We combed through the auction catalogues to pick out some of the hottest items on sale during Germany's summer auction season.