Masterpieces of the Prado Museum up close
Posted on Jan 14 - Filed Under Miscellaneous, Technology | View Comments
You still can’t touch this, but you can now get really up close to the masterpieces of the Prado Museum with the new Google Earth layer.
Yesterday, Google launched the Prado layer for Google Earth allowing you to explore high resolution images of 14 masterpieces exhibited at the Prado Museum in Spain.
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Asian Art Auction Week is Coming to New York
Posted on Sep 1 - Filed Under Antiquities, Arts, Miscellaneous | View Comments
Christie’s will be holding an Asian Art Week event in New York from September 15 through 18.
The following collections will go on the block:
- Masterpieces of Himalayan Bronzes
- Masterpieces from the Zimmerman Family Collection
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J&J Collection – Part 5
- Masterworks of Ancient and Imperial China
- Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
- Japanese and Korean Art
Many items are expected to sell in the million dollar price range and we will be covering the event as it unfolds during the week.
More million-dollar paintings sell in London this week
Posted on Jun 26 - Filed Under Arts | View Comments
As we wrote about it before, both Christie’s and Sotheby’s have large, multi-day modern art sale events this week in London. New results are in from the latest auctions and many masterpieces went for around a million dollars. Below is the selection of some of the recent sales:
“Idylle” by Henri Martin – 541,250 GBP ($1,064,098)
“Les deux fusils” by Fernand Léger – 481,250 GBP ($946,138)
“La dame en rose” by Raoul Dufy – 577,250 GBP ($1,134,874)
“MARCHÉ À LA VOLAILLE À GISORS” by Camille Pissarro – 577,250 GBP ($1,146,245)
“JEUNE FEMME À L’OMBRELLE” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir – 505,250 GBP ($1,003,274)
“L’ARAIGNÉE VERTE” by Fernand Léger – 481,250 GBP ($955,618)
The highest prices at Christie’s and Sotheby’s were paid for the paintings below, respectively.
“Nu sur fond rouge” by Marc Chagall – 881,250 GBP ($1,732,538)
“Danseuse” by Gina Severini – 15,049,250 GBP ($29,910,384)
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