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Sotheby’s Giacometti Bust

WorthPoint

He worked in two and three dimensions, with sculptures, paintings, and prints all part of his work. He won the sculpture grand prize at the 1962 Venice Biennale, and after his 1966 death, his widow, Annette, oversaw his estate until her passing. Amy Moyer is the proprietor of Antmuffin: Art, Antiques & Collectibles.

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5 Hot Lots Coming to Auction in July

WorthPoint

Experts in maritime collectibles, Eldred’s has sold many sailors’ valentines, including another piece by Moran that fetched $16,250 in 2021 and the highest-recorded example in WorthPoint’s database that sold for $21,850 in 2003. Francis has been a writer and editor in the antiques and collectibles field for more than twenty years.

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A quartet of key art market players join forces to form ‘super group’ consultancy

The Art Newspaper

L-R: Brett Gorvy, Philip Hoffman, Ed Dolman, Patti Wong, Alex Dolman Courtesy of Emilio Madrid Four of the art market’s leading figures have joined forces to establish a new consultancy firm to manage top-level clients and their collections through what they say are unprecedented shifts in the trade. What should I be buying?”

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Peter Zumthor’s LACMA Design: Bold Artistic Vision or Controversial Misstep?

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Bold use of concrete and huge glistening windows loom over Wilshire Boulevard, supporting an exhibition floor 30 feet above street level, which will house LACMA’s permanent collection when it officially opens. Bold and distinctive on the outside, the building is unlike anything you might expect in a major museum on the inside.

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The tale of a French psychiatric asylum that harboured Second World War resistance fighters—and where patients became artists

The Art Newspaper

The book’s format—an exhibition catalogue with essays of varying lengths—never gives a clear reason why Saint-Alban still functioned throughout the war. Foremost among those works were sculptures—carvings and assemblages—by Auguste Forestier (1887-1958), who arrived at the asylum at the age of 14 and remained.

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Knots, Spirals, and the Symbolic Power of Celtic Art

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Key Motifs For centuries, fans of art, sculpture and fashion have been forming an enthused circle around Celtic-inspired craft, drawn to the spiritually resonant and aesthetically attractive motifs that sit at the heart of Celtic artistic expression. A late Victorian silver quaich, possibly William Robb, Edinburgh, 1900. April 2022).

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Documenting Your Art Collection

Fine Art Estates

Most Fine Art Insurance professionals will agree that the best way to ensure that an insured loss is settled quickly and fairly is by properly documenting your art collection. Available Cloud-Based Collections Programs: There are many cloud-based programs that will catalogue collection images and data.