350-Year-Old Stolen Rembrandt Found at California Church

MARINA DEL REY (AP).- A stolen Rembrandt sketch was too hot to handle for thieves, and even the detective who held the 17th century artwork in white-gloved hands Tuesday admitted he was nervous. After all, it was only days earlier that the 350-year-old artwork worth $250,000 was swiped from the lobby of a seaside hotel. The 11-by-6-inch pen-and-ink drawing was found in an unlocked public area of an Encino church Monday evening after a caller recognized it from news accounts of [...]

Preview Berlin: The Emerging Art Fair 2011 to Present an Internationally Oriented Group of Exhibitors

BERLIN.- Following the turbulent developments of Berlin’s art fair landscape in 2011, and even in its proverbial “perilous” seventh year, PREVIEW BERLIN – The Emerging Art Fair is looking forward to an internationally oriented group of exhibitors that follow the “emerging” principle, promising an exciting art fair for all those seeking new discoveries in the contemporary art scene. From September 9 to 11, an upcoming generation of galleries and project spaces from 15 nations will present the most ambitious positions of their programmes [...]

Between Film and Art: Storyboards from Hitchcock to Spielberg Exhibited in Berlin

BERLIN.- For the first time, the Museum für Film und Fernsehen, in cooperation with the Kunsthalle Emden, is showing storyboards for films of the last 80 years to a wide audience. The spectrum spans from delicate, monochrome works in graphite and Indian ink to tremendous bursts of color carried out in colored pencils, crayons or felt-tip pens, chalk and watercolor. A storyboard serves to visualize motion pictures, long before shooting actually begins. Both the sequences in front of the camera and the [...]

First Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Auction Announced at Artnet Auctions

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Artnet Auctions is proud to announce the first online auction of Contemporary Middle Eastern Art. This seven day sale brings together a unique collection of artworks by both emerging and established artists from the Middle East, including Ahmad Mater, Sadegh Tirafkan, Vahid Sharifian, and Parviz Kalantari. The artworks range from outstanding photographs to sculptures and paintings by sought-after artists from countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. This unique sale is curated by Nazy Nazhand, founder of ART [...]

Tomasso Brothers Fine Art Announce Participation at the International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Major pieces of European sculpture and works of art will be presented by Tomasso Brothers Fine Art at The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, the prestigious New York fair that takes place at The Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street , from Friday 21 to Thursday 27 October 2011. The Tomasso brothers, Dino, Giovanni and Raffaello, are known for their passion for sculpture and their dedication to scholarship so visitors to Stand A2 can expect to [...]

Freer Gallery of Art to Open the Shutters of James McNeill Whistler’s Famed Peacock Room

WASHINGTON, D.C.- For the first time in 25 years, the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art will open the shutters of James McNeill Whistler’s famed Peacock Room for public view on the third Thursday of each month, beginning Aug. 18, 12-5:30 p.m. Visitors to the room will have a chance to experience the tonal subtleties and decorative variations of Whistler’s “harmony in blue and gold” visible only in natural sunlight. The museum installed ultraviolet- and visible-light-filtering film on the windows, allowing visitors to see [...]

Following Its Successful Debut Last Year, Moniker Art Fair 2011 Announces 2011 Gallery Line-up

LONDON.- Following its hugely successful debut last year, Moniker Art Fair is back to shake up London’s art fair scene once again with its cutting edge crossover of fine art and street art. As well as continuing to focus on the more refined side of street art, Moniker will be expanding its 2011 programme to include galleries such as Scream London, who will showcase the iconic art of Andy Warhol alongside LA neo-pop artist, Greg Miller at the fair. Other artists exhibiting include [...]

A Rare Statue of Hercules was Found at Horvat Tarbenet in the Jezreel Valley

JERUSALEM.- A marble statue of Hercules from the second century CE was uncovered in excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting at Horvat Tarbenet, within the framework of the Jezreel Valley Railway project, directed by the Israel National Roads Company. According to Dr. Walid Atrash of the Israel Antiquities Authority, “This is a rare discovery. The statue, which probably stood in a niche, was part of the decoration of a bathhouse pool that was exposed during the course of the excavations. It is [...]

Rijksmuseum to Open Exhibition at the Schiphol Airport of Top Models of the Dutch Golden Age

AMSTERDAM.- From 7 September to 12 December, the exhibition Dutch Girls will feature at the Schiphol Airport annex of theRijksmuseum. The exhibition will consist of a small collection of nine well-to-do, leading models from the Golden Age, most stunningly painted by among others Frans Hals, Caesar van Everdingen, Isaak Luttichuys, and Barholomeus van der Helst. The paintings demonstrate the timelessness of vanity. Even in the 17th century, women and girls tried to look their best, particularly when they were immortalised in [...]

Dutch City Settles on Looted Jan Steen Painting “The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah”

AMSTERDAM (AP).- Lawyers for the U.S. heir of a Jewish art dealer who lost many paintings while fleeing the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands say she has settled with The Hague municipality on a valuable work by Jan Steen. The lawyers say Marei von Saher will receive euro1 million ($1.4 million) and donate her share in the painting “The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah” to a Hague museum. The piece has an unusual history: it was cut in two before the [...]