The Dayton Art Institute exhibition The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse draws nearly 60 works from Monet, Manet, Degas, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, Corot, Gauguin and others, drawn from the Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Notable pieces include Monet's Charing Cross Bridge (Reflections on the Thames) (1901-1904), Manet's The Cafe Concert (1878-1879), Degas' Before the Race (1882-1884), Van Gogh's A Pair of Boots (1887), Cezanne's Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from the Bibemus Quarry (1897), Matisse's Odalisque with Green Sash (1927), Picasso's Woman with Bangs (1902), and Gauguin's Vahine no te vi (Woman of the Mango) (1892).
Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries, an article from Antiques And The Arts Weekly published March 27, 2001, discusses Stieglitz’s influence and the galleries he operated in New York, including the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession (291), the Anderson Galleries, the Intimate Gallery, and An American Place, and previews the National Gallery of Art's exhibition Modern Art and America.
Elmar Oliveira, a renowned violinist, will join the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra for its spring concert at the Zeiterion Theatre in New Bedford. Oliveira has received honors including Portugal's Order of Santiago and the Society XIII Peter Francisco Award.
The Stradivarius violin made by Italian master Antonio Stradivari was sold at Sotheby’s in London for 388,500 pounds. The anonymous private collector purchased it after pre-auction estimates suggested it could reach 450,000 pounds. Sotheby’s Tim Ingles noted the instrument’s characteristics are close to Stradivari’s instruments from the so-called 'golden period.'
The article reports that in Yekaterinburg on March 13, an antique violin made in 1750 by the Italian master Nicolò Michelegn Bergonzi was presented to the Ural Academic Philharmonic Orchestra. The instrument, once stored in a bank, was gifted to the Sverdlovsk Philharmonia by Governor Eduard Rossel at the Governor's Ball; Vladimir Spivakov helped locate the violin in America, with expert evaluations in London and Paris leading to its transfer. The instrument will be played by the orchestra's principal violinist Margarita Gorshkova, and a bow from Hill & Sons was also presented.
The article discusses a gesso panel created for Sauchiehall Street's Willow Tearooms by Margaret Macdonald, wife of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The panel, valued at 300,000, was kept in storage after ownership disputes in the early 1990s, briefly returned to Sauchiehall Street in 1996, and is now offered for purchase to Glasgow City Council to keep it in the city.
The article discusses Wall Street billionaire Henry Kravis potentially selling two Renoirs through Phillips rather than Sotheby’s, which could unsettle the auction market. Phillips is said to have acquired the paintings from Kravis, with Bernard Arnault’s involvement noted; the paintings are estimated to fetch $12 million to $24 million, with “The Reader” estimated at $12 million to $16 million.
The New York Times article reports on a country-house discovery of a Cimabue painting, unveiled as a circa 1280 Madonna and Child, following a tip from Sotheby's specialist Richard Carlton-Jones to curator Dillian Gordon of the National Gallery in London.
The Art Newspaper reports that Woman at a virginal, formerly in the Beit collection and now owned by Baron Rolin of Brussels, may be by Johannes Vermeer and will be shown at the Metropolitan Museum’s Vermeer exhibition. Curator Walter Liedtke suggests it is from Vermeer’s period and possibly authentic, though the painting will be displayed with a neutral caption for scholarly judgment.
The article reports that on 17 January the Tate Gallery identified two Turner paintings circulating in the underworld as fakes, not the works stolen from the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt in 1994. The director of the Schirn, Hellmut Seeman, notes the pictures were offered to a private detective in Antwerp by two Germans. The Tate had previously insured for £24 million, chose to buy back legal title for £8 million, and the recovered price had grown to £31 million while awaiting results, resulting in an overall payout of £23 million.