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Monograph of Swiss artist Nicolas Party set for February 2022 release
NEW YORK – Phaidon is delighted to announce Nicolas Party, the first comprehensive monograph to examine the artist’s career to date, to be published in February 2022. Swiss-born artist Nicolas Party (b. 1980-) is a figurative painter and sculptor whose color-saturated landscapes, portraits, and still lifes simultaneously celebrate and challenge representational conventions in the history of […]
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Swiss music machines, sterling silver are top attractions at Cowan’s July 29
CINCINNATI – Music boxes from an internationally known collection, silver from around the world, a European Art Deco bronze, and furniture that includes several outstanding Georgian and Elizabethan pieces are among the highlights of Cowan’s Summer Fine & Decorative Arts auction. Quality and diversity define the sale to be held on Saturday, July 29. […]
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Swiss art dealer charged in France in case of ‘stolen’ Picassos
PARIS (AFP) – A Paris court on Monday charged a Swiss art dealer, Yves Bouvier, with handling stolen goods in a case relating to the alleged theft of artworks by Pablo Picasso, a charge Bouvier categorically denies. The 52-year-old must hand over 27 million euros ($31 million) in caution money — the sum said to […]
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Suspected smuggled Da Vinci painting seized at Swiss bank
ROME (AFP) – A hugely valuable painting believed to be the work of Leonardo da Vinci has been seized from a Swiss bank on the orders of Italian police who suspect it was moved out of the country illegally. Italian prosecutors said Tuesday that the painting, a portrait of Renaissance noblewoman Isabella d’Este, had been […]