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mirrorspectator.com
Narek Hakhnazaryan, a cellist and NEC artist diploma recipient, won the Gold Medal in the cello division at the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. The article notes his background, performances, and the competition’s changes in prestige.
antiquesandthearts.com
Andy Warhol is the artist mentioned, with the artwork ‘Flowers’ (1978) described. The piece sold for 1,322,500 dollars including buyer’s premium at an artnet Auctions online sale.
artnews.conteart.com
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has acquired three French Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley, and a pastel by Mary Cassatt, all gifts from Chara C. and the late John Haas. The works are Path on the Island of Saint Martin, Vétheuil (1881) by Monet; Apple Tree in the Meadow, Éragny (1893) by Pissaro; Mooring Lines, the Effect of Snow at Saint Cloud (1879) by Sisley; and Madame Bérard’s Baby in a Striped Armchair (1880-81) by Cassatt.
inquirer.com
The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced a sweeping array of acquisitions including a Claude Monet landscape, a Camille Pissarro apple tree, and a Daniel Garber portrait of his daughter. The announcement also describes a promised gift of 190 self-taught artworks from Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz, which will expand the museum’s holdings in outsider art and support a related spring 2013 exhibition.
prnewswire.com
The artwork Andy Warhol Flowers (1978) sold for US$1,322,500 (Premium) at artnet Auctions, setting a world record for a 1978 Flowers painting. The painting measures 22 by 22 inches and is one of four Flowers works from 1978 recorded by The Andy Warhol Foundation archive; the buyer was a private American collector.
bbc.com
Gustav Klimt's 1915 painting Litzlberg on the Attersee, looted by the Nazis, is to be auctioned at Sotheby's in New York after being returned to its owner's great-nephew Georges Jorisch. The work is expected to fetch more than $25 million (£15.5 million). Proceeds will partly benefit the Museum of Modern Art in Salzburg.
auctionpublicity.com
Gustav Klimt's Litzlberg am Attersee (Litzlberg on the Attersee) is lined up for Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 2 November 2011 in New York, with an estimated value over $25 million. The painting and Kirche in Cassone – Landscape with Cypresses, both from Viktor and Paula Zuckerkandl, have notable provenance and restitution history connected to Georges Jorisch; proceeds from the Klimt sale will partially support Museum der Moderne in Salzburg. The work will be viewable in New York starting 29 October.
artinvestment.ru
Hans Holbein the Younger Madonna Mayer sold to Reinhold Wurth for more than $70 million. The buyer and dealer figures are discussed, with competing offers from Shtedelevsky Museum and Frankfurt Darmstadt Landesmuseum mentioned.
today.com
The article reports that Gustav Klimt’s landscape Litzberg on the Attersee, restituted to the heirs of Viktor Zuckerkandl, is expected to fetch more than $25 million at Sotheby’s autumn sale. The work was sold by Georges Jorisch and returned by the Museum de Moderne Salzburg; proceeds are said to benefit the heirs and the museum.
artnews.conteart.com
The High Court of Paris upheld the Fundació Dalí and VEGAP against ADAGP, recognizing Spanish law as governing the resale right for Salvador Dalí and that the Fundació Dalí, as administrator of royalties delegated by the Spanish state, is the beneficiary of the resale right from Dalí’s works.
artnews.com
The Evill/Frost Sale at Sotheby’s in London, described as the greatest collection of 20th-century British art to come to market, sold 117 paintings and sculptures for over £41 million ($67.6 million). The sale set multiple artist records, anchored by the Spencer works from Wilfred Evill’s collection, and involved buyers from Britain and abroad, including Pyms Gallery and Graham Kirkham; the bricks-and-mortar sale also noted strong interest for works by Stanley Spencer and Lucian Freud.
artnews.com
Peter Doig, Red Boat (Imaginary Boys), 2003-04, sold for £6.2 million ($9.9 million) at Christie’s London, exceeding its £1.4 million/1.8 million estimate. The sale followed a settlement of a lawsuit filed by Michael Werner Gallery against James H. Rich and Christie’s related to the artwork, which had involved a prior agreement that the painting be donated to the Carnegie Museum of Art; Rich pledged to donate or contribute to the museum depending on the sale outcome.
independent.co.uk
The Independent presents a profile of Josef Suk, describing him as one of the world’s great violinists and a leading lyricist among 20th-century virtuosi. It notes his lineage, great-grandfather Antonín Dvořák and grandfather Josef Suk, and his reputation for illuminating the inner meaning of music through his technique.
spokesman.com
London museum to show lost da Vinci reports that Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, authenticated as his work, will be displayed at the National Gallery in an exhibition titled Leonardo da Vinci: Painter of the Court of Milan, from Nov. 9 to Feb. 5, 2012. The piece is owned by a consortium represented by Robert Simon and was previously recorded in the collection of King Charles I.
prnewswire.com
Wynn Macau Limited acquired a group of Jiaqing period vases at Christie's London on July 7, 2011 for 7,993,250 pounds (more than $12.7 million) including buyer's premium. The four ormolu-mounted baluster vases set a world auction record for ormolu-mounted porcelain, and the pieces are planned to be displayed at Wynn Macau’s Cotai resort opening in 2015; the initiative aligns with Steve Wynn's cultural commitment to China. The Ming vase Yuhuchunping, from Emperor Hongwu's reign, was later donated to Macao and is part of the Macao Museum collection.
businessinsider.com
Julie Zeveloff reports that Qatar became the world’s biggest modern art buyer, driven by a spending spree and strategic acquisitions. The piece discusses Qatar’s art purchases including a Rothko painting in 2007, private sales facilitated by Philippe Ségalot, and large acquisitions from Ileana Sonnabend’s estate, with involvement from The Art Newspaper and Artinfo.
vuyiko.blogspot.com
A Stradivari violin made in 1725, found in Malang, East Java, is claimed to be one of the oldest violins in the world. The finder, Mudzoffar, bought it in 1957 for Rp 7,000 and later learned of its significance from internet articles and a Kompas.com interview.
enfilade18thc.com
Francesco Guardi, Venice, a View of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North, from the Fondamenta del Carbon, oil on canvas, 45¼ by 78½ inches, was highlighted as the centerpiece of Sotheby’s sale with an estimated £15-25 million. The work is part of a set of grand-scale vedute from the late 1760s and has a provenance from Chaloner Arcedeckne, acquired in Venice in 1768, and most recently loaned to the Iveagh Bequest at Kenwood House. The post also mentions two polar bear depictions attributed to Giandomenico Tiepolo with an estimated £400,000-600,000, and notes a sale result where Guardi’s Venice, a View of the Rialto Bridge sold for £26,697,250 / $42,865,105 / €29,834,146.
southfloridaclassicalreview.com
James Brooks-Bruzzese conducted the Reményi Ede Chamber Orchestra Wednesday night at the Broward Center. The Reményi Ede Chamber Orchestra of Hungary performed as part of Symphony of the America’s Summerfest series in Fort Lauderdale, with a program ranging from 18th‑century Austrian works to Piazzolla tangos, featuring some Symphony of the Americas members. The concert highlighted energetic performance, technical precision, and a mix of classical and romantic pieces, with Boccherini and Mozart works, tangos by Piazzolla, and a finale that included Leo Weiner’s Divertimento No. 1, followed by Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins, Cello and Cembalo.