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the-gadgeteer.com
The article discusses the K-Bow from Keith McMillen, a Bluetooth-enabled bow for violin, viola, cello and bass that is made of Kevlar and graphite. It describes the bow as a real-time controller with sensors for grip, tension, force, and angle, and notes that the accompanying software translates sensor data to MIDI or for live effects; it mentions the price starting at $2995.
soundslikesydney.com.au
Riccardo Minasi makes his Australian debut as Guest Director and violinist with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Glorious Baroque, featuring Vivaldi's Il favorito. The program includes Jamie Hey's world premiere Cello Concerto in G minor by Federico Maria Sardelli, and performances by Melissa Farrow on period flute and Siobhan Stagg in Zelenka’s Il Diamante.
deadlinenews.co.uk
Deadline News reports that four musical instruments, the Conan Doyle Quartet (a cello, viola and two violins), were crafted from a sycamore tree once in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s childhood garden in Liberton, Edinburgh. The project, led by woodworker Steve Burnett, follows the creation of the Sherlock Violin and ties to charity concerts and a tribute to Conan Doyle.
concordia.ca
German casino returns Nazi-looted painting by Dutch master Juriaen Pool II (1665-1745) to the Estate of Dr. Max Stern. The work, The Masters of the Goldsmith Guild in Amsterdam in 1701, was returned to the Amsterdam Museum after provenance research and restitution efforts. The article notes the painting’s journey from a German-owned casino to restitution and context about the Stern Estate and related institutions.
insidesocal.com
The article reports on the Los Angeles Philharmonic performance conducted by Gustavo Dudamel featuring Johannes Moser and his electric cello in Magnetar, a concerto by Enrico Chapela. It discusses the e-cello concept, the world premiere of Magnetar, and provides context about amplified instruments in modern classical music.
paulfrasercollectibles.com
Aleksandro Mendini's Proust's Armchair, designed in 1978 and executed in 1981, sold at Bohmans Contemporary Two sale in London for £46,850 ($73,804), surpassing its £20,000–£30,000 estimate. The sale also set records for three Gerald Summers chairs commissioned by Wilfred Randolph Brown, with prices of £38,450, £32,450 and £27,500.
auctionpublicity.com
Alexander Calder leads the sale with Deux blancs en dessous (est. $400,000-600,000). Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita has two works: Nude Study (est. $60,000-90,000) and Still Life (est. $30,000-50,000). Hérvé Télémaque contributes Untitled (est. $80,000-120,000).
dallasnews.com
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art has acquired a Mary Cassatt painting titled Woman Standing, Holding a Fan, dating from 1878-79. The work is noted as one of Cassatt’s two canvases painted almost entirely in distemper, and it was created during a period of collaboration with Edgar Degas. The museum did not disclose the price, but experts value it between $3 million and $6 million; the painting is on display in the second-floor paintings and sculpture galleries.
prnewswire.com
Mary Cassatt Woman Standing, Holding a Fan (1878–79) was acquired by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art to mark its 50th anniversary. The painting is notable for Cassatt’s use of distemper and its connection to her Impressionist development.
bbc.com
Claude-Joseph Vernet landscapes, A Grand View of the Sea Shore and A Mountain Landscape with an Approaching Storm, were reunited at the Dallas Museum of Art after being separated since 1806; the reunion was helped by a loan of the seaport painting from David H Koch.
Christie’s
Christie’s announced a private West Coast collection of Modern and Contemporary art estimated above $21 million. Works by Magritte, O’Keeffe, Hofmann, Miró, Dubuffet and Ruscha were scheduled across three New York sale categories.
auctionpublicity.com
Edgar Degas’ Petite danseuse de quatorze ans is cited as leading Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale. The sculpture is estimated at $25–35 million. The page includes quotes from Christie’s about the work and its significance.
thewesternartdealer.blogspot.com
Frederic Remington's painting "He Lay Where He Had Been Jerked, Still as a Log" sold for $1,583,000; Bob Kuhn's "Study of a Cougar" sold for $90,000; John Clymer's "Marie Dorian-Winter Refuge, 1814" sold for $391,000; Charlie Dye's "Texas Brush Popper" sold for $74,750; Clark Huling's "Grand Canyon" sold for $345,000; Richard Schmid's "The Last Lilies" sold for $69,000; O.C. Seltzer's "Charles Russell with Horse" sold for $74,750 and a drawing titled "Riders on the Mountain Trail" sold for $43,125.
huffpost.com
The article reports that Sotheby’s marathon Chinese fine-painting sale in Hong Kong drew intense bidding, selling for HK$738.3 million ($94.8 million) including fees, well above its HK$200 million hammer-price presale estimate. The piece notes this was the highest result for Sotheby’s in this category and references a Bloomberg report.