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Insights on Auction Sales: A Terracotta Sculpture, a Hobby Race Car Model

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Whimsical Yet Refined This terracotta sculpture by Salesio Lugli sold for $184,500 at Morphy’s. Morphy’s recent Decorative Arts Auction was full of surprises, with the standout lot being a terracotta sculpture by Salesio Lugli that dramatically exceeded expectations. averaging $78.80 WorthPoint—Discover.

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Artistic Mediums of 2025: Where Touch and Technique Meet

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Both collectors and curators are sharpening their eye for the material and physical aspects of both emerging and established talents. Touch and technique are inextricably intertwined in textile and the mixed media works, encaustic painting and ceramic forms gaining in popularity. Sold for $75,000 USD via Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.

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Introducing Julia Day, the Frick’s new chief conservator

The Art Newspaper

Critics and visitors alike oohed and aahed at the restored 1914 mansion, still the centrepiece of its celebrated holdings of Old Master paintings, Italian and French sculpture, fine decorative objects and furniture. She admits to a special fondness for materials like metal, stone and glass.) That will not change.

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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. Materials and Mediums The La Tène period saw the Celts become master metal crafters.

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In pictures: Art Basel's Unlimited section offers visions of utopia

The Art Newspaper

There is a particular focus on sculpture, which, Carmine explains, “was a challenge. There is also a healthy dose of textile, performance and painting from the 1960s onwards. It’s good because it’s open, but it was a bit more difficult in terms of getting our rhythm in the space.” Here, Carmine picks some of his favourite works.

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WCG Private Practice Seminar

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She has a BFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute, a BA in Art Conservation from the University of Delaware, and an MA in archaeological and ethnographic conservation from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)/Getty Conservation Master’s program. Julia Brennan Principal, Caring for Textiles Julia M.

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Constructivism: The Intersection of Art and Industry in the Avant-Garde Movement

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Sold for £45,000 via Sotheby’s (November 2017) Founded in 1915 by Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Rodchenko , Constructivism’s vision was to produce artworks and buildings using modern materials and designs that would awaken the working class to imperialist divisions and inequalities. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.