OAKLAND, Calif. –The first installment of the Robin Leach Collection will take center stage at Clars’ Oct. 13 auction, which is complemented by significant works in fine art by artists including Nathan Oliveira, George Rodrigue and Rufino Tamayo. The property to be offered at this sale comes from prominent California estates as well as museums, private institutions and special collections. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
LONDON – The newly named Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Archive Gallery at Tate Britain will open on Oct. 7 with a unique display of over 350 items, drawing on the personal papers of émigré painter Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (1906-1996), as well as related Tate Archive collections and paintings. The display is part of the regular six-monthly changing program in the Archive Gallery.
PORTLAND, Maine – The name N.C. Wyeth conjures the image of an extraordinary American illustrator and the patriarch of a renowned artist family—but what do we really know about N.C. Wyeth?
LONDON – The National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a major new portrait of designer Sir Jonathan Ive by the photographer Andreas Gursky, supported by Scott Collins in partnership with Outset Contemporary Art Fund.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A collection of historic photographs and political items related to former President William McKinley has been donated to an Ohio museum.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A bronze sculpture that mysteriously disappeared from the Los Angeles Central Library 50 years ago has returned to its original home.
OSTON (AP) – Boston’s regal Museum of Fine Arts, home to some of humanity’s greatest artworks, is scrambling to make amends.
HARISH, Israel (AP) – Israel’s Antiquities Authority on Sunday said that researchers have discovered the remains of a large, 5,000-year-old city that sheds new light on experts’ understanding of the period.