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Giovanni Rufino/Courtesy of the CW Network (Badgley and Duff)) Gossip Girl’s recent three-way raised the ire of the Parents Television Council, who called the scene “reckless and irresponsible.” The three-way (as distinct from...
Jasper Johns (b. 1930, August, Georgia; lives and works in New York) Map, 1962, Encaustic and collage on canvas, 60 x 93 in., The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Gift of Marcia Simon Wiseman MOCA--the Museum of...
Alberto Giacometti working on one of his famous walking man sculptures (Ernst Scheidegger) The career of Alberto Giacometti, the leading Swiss artist of the 20th century, was punctuated by creative crises - not least during his...
HAS the top end of the art market bounced back? This was the opinion ventured by some commentators after the flagship sales of Impressionist and Modern art in New York last week. The auctioneers, predictably, were keen to...
This year to celebrate our anniversary and birthdays, we went to the Milwaukee Art Museum to see the Warhol exhibit: The Last Decade. We also went to Cafe Manna (will be in an upcoming post) and Penzey’s Spices in Brookfield,...
The Grand Chalet at Rossinière is the biggest chalet in Switzerland and one of the largest wooden dwellings in Europe. This palatial construction, which became the home of the world famous artist Balthus, can boast of hosting...
New Show Launches At Musée Rath Sculptures, paintings and drawings by major Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) reveal not only the breadth of his art but the role of Geneva in his life. Many are surprised to discover...
Giacometti's 1951 bronze, L'homme qui Chavire, prompted a bidding war A sale of Impressionist and Modern Art fetched more than than $180m (£108m) at an auction house in New York, marking an unexpected boom in the market. Top of...
In November Flo Peters Gallery will present René Burri, one of the last remaining great photography legends of the 20th century. The show gives a comprehensive insight into the work of the Swiss photographer and takes the...
NEW YORK, November 5 (RIA Novosti) - A famous painting by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, called Krass und Mild (Dramatic and Mild), was sold for $9.4 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The painting, created by a...
