□ Tuesday, 31 Jul 2007

Lisa Dennison To Join Sotheby's
LONDON - Sotheby’s has announced that Lisa Dennison, the Director of the Guggenheim Museum, will be joining the Company in September as an Executive Vice President of Sotheby's North America. More...

Forger back at work - and this time it's all above board
Notorious art faker sets out to find a legitimate use for his talents More...

□ Monday, 30 Jul 2007

Director of Guggenheim Resigns to Join Sotheby’s
Lisa Dennison, a 29-year veteran of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum who became its director less than two years ago, said yesterday that she had resigned to join Sotheby’s auction house, where she will focus on international business development. More...

□ Sunday, 29 Jul 2007

Arts Award Celebrates Achievements of 450 Young Artists
LONDON - A multi-media award show will be held on 31 July at Bow Arts Trust to celebrate the achievement of nearly 100 young Arts Award recipients from 15 Arts Award centres from all parts of London. More...

Aboriginal artwork in record sale
A painting that hung for several years in a bank has set a new record price for Australian aboriginal artwork. More...

□ Tuesday, 24 Jul 2007

Seducing France Into Affairs of the Art
PARIS — With the Louvre receiving more than eight million visitors last year and other French art collections drawing millions more, further incentives would hardly appear necessary to attract people to the country’s museums. More...

Woman Kisses, Damages Painting
A woman who says she was so overcome with passion for a valuable painting on display in France, has been charged with criminal damage after kissing it. More...

More Than 155,000 Visitors to Frida Kahlo Exhibition
MEXICO CITY - The Frida kahlo exhibition at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes has had more than 155,500 visitors so far, confirming its importance and success it has had with the public. More...

Most Important Viking Treasure in 150 Years Found
LONDON - A major Viking hoard was discovered in the Harrogate area in January 2007 by metal-detectorists David and Andrew Whelan. The size and quality of the hoard is remarkable, making it the most important find of its type in Britain for over 150 years. More...

□ Sunday, 8 Jul 2007

Sotheby's Week of Old Masters Realizes GBP45.2 Million
LONDON - Sotheby’s summer sales of Old Masters in London this week realised a combined total of £45,220,480 ($91,300,455 /€66,981,321) - up 42% on the same week last year (when the total was £31,814,320). More...

□ Saturday, 7 Jul 2007

New Record for Raphael - Portrait Sells For $37.3 Million
LONDON - A masterpiece by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (1483-1520) sold at yesterday evening’s auction of Important Old Master and British Pictures at Christie’s in London for £18,500,000... More...

□ Friday, 6 Jul 2007

Baltic Center Staff Revolt
The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, the £46 million complex hailed as the North’s answer to Tate Modern at its opening five years ago, is in turmoil with its director facing a motion of no confidence from his staff. More...

Record For Velázquez at $17 Million Set at Sotheby's
LONDON - This evening at Sotheby’s in London, a rare, alluring work by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez – Saint Rufina – sold for £8,420,000 ($17,003,348/€12,472,564), setting a new world auction record for the artist, and also... More...

□ Tuesday, 3 Jul 2007

On View In Hong Kong, China's Most Famous Painting
HONG KONG — Politics and art don’t always mix well, but the combination has yielded a rare chance for Hong Kong residents and visitors to see what is arguably China’s most famous painting. More...

□ Monday, 2 Jul 2007

Sotheby's Says First-Half Auctions Climbed 41% to $2.76 Billion
Sotheby's, the world's No. 2 auction house, sold 41 percent more art in the first half as buyers from the U.S., Russia and Asia flocked to London, according to preliminary figures on Sotheby's Web site. More...