The Louvre and Met Exhibition: A Comparative Look at Oriental Antiquities

The Louvre and Met Exhibition: A Comparative Look at Oriental Antiquities

By Le Figaro with AFP Published 2 hours ago, Updated now “The exhibition travels from Iran to Mesopotamia and presents the works of the Louvre in a different way, […] that we will better understand thanks to the works at the Met,” Ariane Thomas, French curator of the exhibition, told AFP. Netfalls / stock.adobe.com The … Read more

Giants Exhibition: Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats Unveil Rich Collection of African-American Artists at Brooklyn Museum

Giants Exhibition: Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats Unveil Rich Collection of African-American Artists at Brooklyn Museum

The global R’n’B star and hip-hop producer unveil, in the Giants exhibition, their rich collection of African-American artists at the Brooklyn Museum, Saturday February 10. She is a world star of R’n’B, he an influential hip-hop producer: music’s leading couple, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats have also assembled a rich collection of art, focused on … Read more

“It’s Pablo-matic”: An Exhibition of Picasso’s Legacy and the Women Artists Overlooked by History

The exhibition It’s Pablo-matic denounces the behavior of the Spanish master, who died fifty years ago, and does justice to the women artists of the XXe and 21e centuries that have not known its glory. By Le Figaro with AFP Published on 05/06/2023 at 17:52update on 06/05/2023 at 6:43 p.m. This content is not accessible. … Read more

Sotheby’s and Christie’s to Sell Naive Art and Rare Hebrew Bible in Spring 2023 Auctions

The two most important houses in the world, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, will notably sell at auction works by masters of naive art and symbolism and the Codex Sassoon estimated between 30 and 50 million dollars. By Figaro with AFP Published on 05/10/2023 at 1:14 p.m.update on 05/10/2023 at 2:33 p.m. This content is not accessible. … Read more

“From Hobby to High-End: The Success of an Artist Replicating Urban Settings”

An artist makes collectibles out of the most ordinary urban settings. The success is such that some works are now sold at Sotheby’s. By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 12/31/2022 at 06:00 This content is not accessible. Originally, creating miniature city sets was just a hobby for artist Danny Cortes. YUKI IWAMURA / AFP … Read more

Cindy Sherman’s historic New York gallery closes

In the center of the city that never sleeps, the Metro Pictures Gallery puts an end to more than forty years of intense artistic activity. No, it is not chromatic aberration. Much to the surprise of the art world, the iconic Metro Pictures Gallery in New York, which for years represented and exhibited the work … Read more

Chagall’s New York Met Stage Curtain sold for 837,000 euros

He wanted to pay homage to the genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The stage curtain, painted by the Franco-Russian master Marc Chagall, to immortalize the first performance of The Magic Flute at the Met Opera in New York in 1967, has just been sold by the Bonhams house, € 837,000, more than twice its initial … Read more