Smithsonian Celebrates Black History Month
The Smithsonian celebrates Black History Month (Feb. 1-29) with a series of films, lectures and performances at museums around the Institution. All programs are free, unless otherwise indicated.
Feature Event
The Institution will kick off Black History Month Sunday, Feb. 3 at 3 p.m. with “The Continuing Importance of […]
Russia is playing an increasingly pivotal role on the world stage and interest in Russian literature is gathering momentum, especially amongst Russians wanting to buy back their heritage. With this in mind, Bernard J Shapero Rare Books has launched a specialist Russian department (headed by PierreYves Guillemet, a fluent Russian speaker) embracing books, prints, maps […]
Museum Victoria January to March 2008
Museum Victoria venues include: Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks, Immigration Museum, Royal Exhibition Building and the IMAX Theatre Melbourne.
MELBOURNE MUSEUM
The Melbourne Story
The largest exhibition ever developed by Museum Victoria, The Melbourne Story, will reveal Melbourne’s unique and changing tale when it opens at Melbourne Museum in March 2008. The […]
[ February 6, 2008 10:39 pm to February 7, 2008 12:15 am. ]
Partial Solar Eclipse over Melbourne
The Moon will take a bite out of the Sun as a Solar Eclipse takes place on Thursday 7 February. Melbourne Planetarium Astronomer, Dr Tanya Hill is available for expert comment regarding this astronomical event.
Melbourne will experience a partial eclipse next Thursday, with just 9 per cent of the Sun obscured […]
CHRISTIE’S
Maritime Art
New York - Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Sale no: 1963 - Top Three
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
Sold:
$2,380,875
£1,196,420
€1,608,699
Lots Sold: 220
Lots Offered: 359
Sold by Lot: 61%
Sold by $: 68%
Exchange Rate: £ = $ 1.99 / € = $ 1.48
Lot
Description
Estimate ($)
Purchase Price
Buyer
358
Montague Dawson, Night Suspect, oil on canvas
$150,000-250,000
$241,000£121,106
€ 162,838
[…]
Gustave Courbet, Radical and Rebellious 19th-Century Artist, Featured in Retrospective at Metropolitan Museum
Exhibition dates: February 27-May 18, 2008
Exhibition location: The Tisch Galleries, 2nd floor
Press preview: Monday, February 25, 10:00 a.m.-noon
A pioneering figure in the history of modernism and one of the major artists of mid-19thcentury
France, Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was constantly at odds with authority. […]
Bloomsbury Auctions is expanding and revitalising its Photograph Department. Photographs have long been an important facet of Bloomsbury’s repertoire of expertise, however now there is a new full time expert, Zoe Bingham who comes to Bloomsbury with an impressive specialist background.
Zoe was manager at The Photographers’ Gallery […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 30, 2008
ELDER’S FINE ART & ANTIQUES AUCTIONS
NOKOMIS, FL
FEBRUARY 18 - MARCH 3, 2008
An 18th century gilt bronze egg given to Paul I will be among the antiques and art to cross the block online at Elder’s Fine Art & Antiques Auction February 18 - March 3.
(NOKOMIS, FL) - Self made American millionaire William […]
I hate to admit this is my opinion but, it is. Ebay has served us the fluff. Yes, they have taken their plan, confused it, and are expecting us not to know that it is just fluff, all puffed up. In fact, if you take an egg, fluff it up into an omelet, it’s still an egg. I […]
Cleveland, Ohio - January 29, 2008 - For many avid collectors of antiques and collectibles the cold of winter has forced them indoors. There is no better time to grab a warm beverage, a comfortable chair and a copy of the February edition of the Kovels’ on Antiques and Collectibles Newsletter. Nothing else brings the […]
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