Rice Public Art announces four new works by women artists
Natasha Bowdoin, Power Flower, 2020.
HOUSTON, TX
.- In support of Rice Universitys commitment to expand and diversify its public art collection, four original works by leading women artists will be added to the campus collection this spring. The featured artists are Natasha Bowdoin (b. 1981, West Kennebunk, ME), Shirazeh Houshiary (b. 1955, Shiraz, Iran), Beverly Pepper (b. 1922 New York, NY, d. 2020 Todi, Italy), and Pae White (b. 1963, Pasadena, CA). Three of the works are site-specific commissions. The Beverly Pepper sculpture is an acquisition of one of the last works by the artist, who died in 2020.
Friday, 29 Jan 2021 08:08 AM MYT
A worker at Sotheby s Auctions poses with Sandro Botticelli s ‘Young Man Holding a Roundel’ during a preview where it is expected to fetch in excess of US$80 million in Manhattan January 22, 2021. Reuters pic
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NEW YORK, Jan 29 A portrait by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli sold for US$92 million (RM372 million) at an online Sotheby’s auction yesterday, smashing the record price for the artist.
“Young Man Holding a Roundel,” believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s, is considered one of Botticelli’s finest portraits and is the highlight of Sotheby’s Masters Week sale in New York.
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Julien s Auctions to offer Gretsch Family Archive
A 1990 Slingerland lite prototype drum with red stain finish.
LOS ANGELES, CA
.- Juliens Auctions will present Property from the Gretsch Family Archives, a two-day tribute to one of the most celebrated names in music instrument history to take place on Friday, March 26th and Saturday, March 27th live in Beverly Hills and live online at juliensauctions.com.
Rocking the auction stage will be the storied American music company Gretschs famous collection of guitars owned, played and/or used as early generation prototypes of their signature instruments by music legends such as Bono, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Brian Setzer, and more. Hundreds of items will be coming out of the Gretsch Family archive and heading to the auction block for the first time, where the public and music collectors will have the opportunity to bid for a piece of their companys rich legacy of world-class and high-end music artisanship. Items include a sp