□ Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008

Never Before Seen in Public Personal Photos of John Lennon to be Auctioned at Christie's
Christie’s is to offer John Lennon’s lyrics for Give Peace a Chance from the legendary Montreal Bed-In of 1969, along with personal photos which have never been seen in public before (estimate: Ј200,000 300,000). More...

High Museum of Art Announces Acquisition from the Hartzog Estate of Four Works of Art
The High Museum of Art recently acquired four major works for its permanent collection, including the pastel “Mother and Child,” by Mary Cassatt; the oil painting “Snowscape with Cows, Montfoucault,” by Camille Pissarro; the oil painting “The Breakfast,” by Pierre Bonnard... More...

Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art Sale in May 2008 Features Evdard Munch
Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on May 7, 2008 in New York will present a superb offering of key works by many of the leading artists of the period: Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch, Fernand Lйger, Alberto Giacometti, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Joan Mirу and others. More...

Sotheby's London Presents its Annual Indian Art Sale Including 120 Lots of Exceptional Quality
With the ever growing interest in and rising profile of Indian Art on the international stage - and the conspicuous success and performance of Indian Contemporary artists in particular - Sotheby’s announced that its annual sale of Indian Art in London will take place on Friday, May 2, 2008. More...

□ Tuesday, 29 Apr 2008

Prices Expand, Auctions Contract
The May sales of Impressionist and Modern art are upon us next week. More...

Important and Rare Paul Gauguin Sculpture Up for Auction at Sotheby's
During his first visit to Tahiti (June 9, 1891 - June 14, 1893) Gauguin fell under the spell of the legendary beauty of Tahitian women. More...

□ Monday, 28 Apr 2008

Chinese artists painted into a corner
Beijing's 798 district has evolved from a low-rent home for bohemians to a consumer and tourist mecca More...

□ Friday, 25 Apr 2008

Sothebys London Offers the Most Important Painting by Bridget Riley Ever to Come to Auction
Sotheby’s announced it will offer Chant 2, the most important painting by Bridget Riley (b.1931) ever to come to the market, in its Evening Auction of Contemporary Art on Tuesday, 1st July 2008. Estimated at Ј2-3 million... More...

□ Thursday, 24 Apr 2008

Ancient Afghan Oil Paintings Discovered
Painting with oils was taking place in what is now Afghanistan centuries before such techniques were known to Europeans, researchers say. More...

Winston Churchill Painting Sells For Big Bucks
AN oil painting by Winston Churchill of a sunset over mountains in Morocco, a view he later took US President Franklin Roosevelt to see during World War II, was sold today for $US420,000 ($445,000) in New York. More...

□ Tuesday, 22 Apr 2008

Picasso or not, Etreinte is a geniunely bad painting
If the Dorset Picasso is genuine, it shows that until 1899 he could neither draw nor paint More...

□ Monday, 21 Apr 2008

Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art Sale in May 2008 Features Evdard Munch
Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on May 7, 2008 in New York will present a superb offering of key works by many of the leading artists of the period: Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch, Fernand Leger, Alberto Giacometti, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Joan Mirу and others. More...

French Art for the French
Despite France's jealously protective stance toward the nation's artistic reputation, contemporary French art has been streaming out of the country and into the hands of foreign buyers at an alarming rate in recent years. More...

□ Friday, 18 Apr 2008

Sotheby's N. Y. Sale of 19th Century European Art Achieves $26.3 Million
Today at Sotheby’s, the sale of 19th Century European Art including The Orientalist Sale achieved a total of $26,377,050 (est. $23.7/32.9 million). More...

Greek Art Triumphs at Sotheby's Once Again
Sotheby’s staged the first of its bi-annual sales of Greek Art in London this afternoon before a packed saleroom and frenzied telephone bank. More...