Category: Art
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Qatar Royals bought Cezanne’s painting for £158,4m, a Record!
A Record to Change the Whole Art Market Structure The sale beats the previous record of £88.7 million paid for Jackson Pollock’s No 5, 1948, in 2006. The other four pieces in Cézanne’s post-impressionist series, painted in the early-to-mid 1890s, are held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Courtauld…
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Roger Vadim’s Ferrari 250 GT California at Rétromobile 2012
Now in its 37th year, this year’s Rétromobile Parisian Automotive Fair has attracted more than 350 exhibitors who have brought their lovingly-maintained and – in some cases – eyewateringly expensive vehicles. Some 90,000 people are expected to visit the five-day exhibition (1-5 February 2012); some to look, some to buy. More than 80 cars and…
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Souvenirs from Earth – a new kind of television
SOUVENIRS FROM EARTH is an international Cable TV station, currently broadcasting in France and Germany, presenting a 24h art program, based on Video art, Film, Visual art, Music, Installations and Performances. Founder Marcus Kreiss and Curator Alec Crichton conceived this channel as a platform where artists of different sensibilities can find a high-end environment to…
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For all 911’s fans – The Porsche Museum’s “911 Identity” special exhibition
For more than four decades, the Porsche 911 has been deemed an automotive icon and the very epitome of the sports car. That means that the launch of the new Type 991 is an important event for the Porsche Museum Stuttgart as well. As a curtain raiser for 2012, the new generation is being welcomed…
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Jaguar’s Heritage Museum to close
It has long been known that Jaguar would have to close its Heritage Museum facility this year as part of its running down of the famous Browns Lane site, but many enthusiasts assumed that it would relocate immediately. Classicandsportscar says that is now confirmed not to be the case for the foreseeable future. Jaguar has…
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Should art be austere in a recession?
Willem Kalf’s still life of a luxurious 17th-century feast reminds us that you can’t impose austerity on the imagination