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Jackson Pollock’s $250 million painting is on display at a Tokyo museum
It is been very long since the first piece of art left Iraq after being auctioned in the late 1970s. U.S. artist Jackson Pollock’s famous painting titled “Mural on Indian Red Ground” is at The Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art. Pollack’s 100th birth year is being celebrated by the museum with an exhibition titled “Jackson Pollock: A Centennial Retrospective”.
The painting which is valued at $250 million was originally purchased by Empress Farah the wife of Iran’s Shah Pahlavi in 1976. Since the Shah of Iran was overthrown in 1979, the painting was in possession of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition which opened on February 10th will end on May 6th 2012 and will include Jackson’s Pollock’s 70 other works.
Famous drawing “The Scream” will be auctioned
Sotheby’s auction house in New York has announced that Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream” will be auctioned off in Spring this year. The 1895 artwork is one of the most recognized and it depicts a man holding his head while screaming under blood-red sky. It is one of the four versions and this one belongs to Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen. This is the only drawing of The Scream that has been held privately. The other three drawings are owned by National Museum and Munch Museum in Oslo.
This particular version of The Scream is pastel-on-board and therefore is more vibrant and colorful than the other three. It also includes a hand-painted frame and poem by Munch which explains the inspiration for the drawing.
Rembrandt’s iconic ‘The Night Watch’ painting
If you are travelling to Netherlands, you just cannot ignore the works of Rembrandt. The Dutch painter was also known to be a master at etching artworks. The Night Watch (also known as Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch) which is considered to be one of his famous artwork, dated to 1642 has just got a new lease of life. A part of Rembrandt’s exhibit at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum the painting looks more like a stunning photograph rather than a dated and corroded. The latest LED lighting system changes the The Night Watch to a pretty broad-daylight image instead, and the entire set up took three months in the making. The light basically imitates an afternoon sunlight even though the image is facing west. The museum did plan to put the art in natural sunlight that would have aged the painting faster, and would need more efforts to maintain in case of rains.
$3 million Marden painting destroyed in transit
A $3 million painting by U.S. artist Brice Marden was destroyed while being moved from Moscow to New York due to the negligence of Lufthansa Cargo and others involved in its transport, a lawyer said on Friday. Marden’s “Au Center” came loose in its travel frame while being transported in 2008, resulting in “a significant amount of paint loss” and the destruction of the painting.
The gallery, which owned the painting, initially sued Lufthansa, Art Crating Inc. and others in New York state court in June, but the case was moved without objection to Manhattan federal court on Friday. Lufthansa and Art Crating Inc. did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Au Center,” painted in 1969, is a two-panel work in two shades of grey. Marden, 70, was the subject of a retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 2006 and the same year the New Yorker magazine called him “the most profound abstract painter of the past four decades.”
Adorable Hello Kitty painting for more than a million
There is this really cute Hello Kitty painting up for sale on eBay, and that’s what would be hanging on the wall of my room if I had the cash.It may sound a little crazy but I think, there are billions of Hello Kitty fans around the world and they will definitely understand what its like. So gals, if you win a $1.5m lottery ticket you know exactly what to so with it now. The bidding is on for another 23 days and the good news is that the shipping is free.
$150 Million Leonardo da Vinci Painting Not Real?
Arts & Culture: Leonardo da Vinci’s “La Bella Principessa” may not be the work of the renowned 15th century renaissance man. The painting, which is valued at $150 million, instead may be the work of 19th century German artist Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, according to Fred R. Klein, president of Klein Art Research Associates in Santa Fe, NM. Mr. Klein is an independent art historian known for his various discoveries of lost art. Klein’s finding of a drawing by Schnorr, “Half-Nude Female,” in the collection of the State Art Museum in Mannheim, Germany, put his investigative process in motion. Klein claims that the Mannheim drawing depicts the identical young woman with related braided hair as the “Principessa.”Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld, who lived from 1794-1872, is one of the relatively unknown Nazarene Brotherhood of German painters who worked in Rome and copied the styles and subjects of Italian Renaissance masters.
Klein previously has uncovered four unsigned drawings and one painting by other Nazarene artists in his investigative endeavors. Those drawings and collections are displayed in museum collections that include New York’s Morgan Library and the Frances Lehman Loeb Museum at Vassar College. ”The Mannheim drawing depicts the identical young woman with related braided hair as the “Principessa,” and it’s drawn on the identical vellum as well. Vellum, or parchment, is an eccentric material for drawing, which Schnorr often used, and Leonardo never used. Two other Schnorr drawings on vellum are at Mannheim. The “Principessa” recreates the exact woman, idealized in the manner of a Renaissance engagement portrait – possibly a gift from Schnorr to a favorite model.
Michael Jackson’s art collection is currently at an LA Airport hangar
The day when the legendary Michael Jackson has dies was a very sad day for all his fans and for people all over the world. Their idol has died and it will probably never be someone like him. That was also the day when some people were thinking of a way to get their hand of his private art collection. This was estimated to around $900 million which is very impressive, considering that he didn’t own rare paintings or other items, but only what he did himself.
Owned by his art mentor Brett-Livingstone Strong together with the Jackson estate, this collection can be seen at a Santa Monica Airport hangar which also doubled as his studio at times. Among the items he kept there, there’s a giant bronze sculpture of Michael Jackson, many wax pencil sketches made by MJ on a variety of themes like chairs, gates, keys and the number 7. There are also a lot of self-portraits and pictures of George Washington and Paul McCartney. In the collection are also included the wax pencils, paper, a white-feathered quilt and the white glove that Michael Jackson used when creating his art.
‘Lost’ Michelangelo Found Hanging
The almost apocryphal tales of lost and found masterpieces are to be fascinated by the world of art. A long-lost painting by iconic Renaissance artist Michelangelo was found – hanging under the noses of academics at a University of Oxford residence.
The Campion Hall, had been initially thought to be a creation by Marcello Venusti, but an Italian scholar, Antonio Forcellino, says infra-red imaging of the artwork has established Michelangelo as the man behing the masterpiece. In his newly released book The Lost Michelangelos, Mr Forcellino wrote: “No-one but Michelangelo could have painted such a masterpiece.”
$68.5 million Picasso paintings
It’s not a big surprise that Picasso’s paintings are sold for millions of dollars. Picasso is one of the most famous artists and his name is known all over the world. However, in this case it’s not really Picasso that seems to be the center of attention but rather his lovers. There have been several paintings created by Picasso and that represent or that have been inspired by his mistresses.
One of these paintings is called “Jeanne fille endormie” inspired by his mistress Marie-Therese Walter. This particular painting is worth $21.8 million. Another famous painting is the “Femme assise, robe bleue”. The name doesn’t say much but the actual inspiration came from another of Picasso’s mistresses, Dora Maar. This one was sold for $28.8 million. There was also a third painting, the star of the event, that was showing Picasso’s lover Francoise Gillot.
The event took place at the Impressionist and Modern Art auctions in London. Overall, the three paintings were sold for a total of $68.5 million. All the painting went to Swiss-based Greek collector Dimitri Mavrommatis that was biding over the phone.
Picasso’s paintings of his lovers earns Millions
The Impressionist and Modern Art in London are showcasing Paintings of the famed modern artist’s portraits illustrating love interest at Christie’s London. Starting proceeding was the “Jeane fille endormie”, painted around his mistress, Marie-Therese Walter, which fetched $21.9 million. Then there was the “Femme assise, robe bleue” painted with his lover Dora Maar as an inspiration. The painting fetched a whopping $28.8 million.
The “oil-on-board” painting was first acquired from Picasso’s daughter, Maya Widmaier-Picasso, in 1997. In total, the portraits earned a staggering $68.5 million. All the art were originally owned by the estate of the Swiss art dealer Ernst Beyeler, who passed away last year.
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