Franz von Stuck painting rediscovered after century out of public eye

Franz von Stuck (né Franz Stuck, German, 1863-1928), ‘Lauschende Faune (Listening Fauns),’ circa 1899, oil-on-panel, as depicted (left) in a black & white photograph in the 1904 edition of the German art journal ‘Die Kunst,’ and (right) as it appears today, in need of professional cleaning to reveal its full image. To be offered without reserve on Sept. 23, 2022 at Soulis Auctions in suburban Kansas City, Missouri. Estimate: $75,000-$125,000

LONE JACK, Mo. – A Met-exhibited artwork by the influential German Secessionist painter Franz von Stuck (né Franz Stuck, 1863-1928) has been rediscovered after being out of public sight for more than a century. It will be auctioned on September 23 by Soulis Auctions, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.

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J. Garrett to auction T. Boone Pickens estate treasures, Sept. 10-11

18K gold Breitling Bentley chronograph watch, est. $30,000-$35,000

 

18K gold Breitling Bentley chronograph watch, est. $30,000-$35,000
18K gold Breitling Bentley chronograph watch, est. $30,000-$35,000

DALLAS – A second round of period antiques, fine art and personal items from the late Texas and Oklahoma oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens (1928-2019) will be auctioned in a two-day, online-only event slated for Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September 11 by J. Garrett Auctioneers. It was almost exactly two years ago, in September 2020, that J. Garrett held the Part 1 auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Immersive Salvador Dali art experience planned for Colorado site

A scene from the immersive Dali Alive art experience, which will debut in Aurora, Colo., in October. Image credit: Dali Alive © 2022 by the Salvador Dali Museum, Inc. St. Petersburg, FL and Grande Experiences. Worldwide rights ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali.

 

A scene from the immersive Dali Alive art experience, which will debut in Aurora, Colo., in October. Image credit: Dali Alive © 2022 by the Salvador Dali Museum, Inc. St. Petersburg, FL and Grande Experiences. Worldwide rights ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali.
A scene from the immersive Dali Alive art experience, which will debut in Aurora, Colo., in October. Image credit: Dali Alive © 2022 by the Salvador Dali Museum, Inc. St. Petersburg, FL and Grande Experiences. Worldwide rights ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali.

AURORA, Colo. – Grande Experiences, a company that specializes in multi-sensory art and culture experiences, in cooperation with the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, announces the world premiere of Dali Alive. The new permanent digital art gallery for the show is the Lume Colorado, located at Stanley Marketplace in Aurora. The Dali Alive experience will open to the public on Friday, October 21.

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Jasper52’s Aug. 31 sale has bidders seeing red: ruby red

GIA-certified 3.08-carat ruby set in an 18K gold ring with diamonds, est. $24,000-$29,000
GIA-certified 3.08-carat ruby set in an 18K gold ring with diamonds, est. $24,000-$29,000
GIA-certified 3.08-carat ruby set in an 18K gold ring with diamonds, est. $24,000-$29,000

NEW YORK – On Wednesday, August 31, starting at 5 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct a sale of Classic to Modern Jewelry and Stones. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Climate protesters target the Vatican’s Laocoon statue

‘The Laocoon,’ aka ‘Laocoon and his Sons,’ photographed on display at the Vatican Museums in August 2011. On August 18, climate change protesters glued their hands to the base of the ancient Roman sculpture. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit FaceMePLS. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
‘The Laocoon,’ aka ‘Laocoon and his Sons,’ photographed on display at the Vatican Museums in August 2011. On August 18, climate change protesters glued their hands to the base of the ancient Roman sculpture. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit FaceMePLS. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
‘The Laocoon,’ aka ‘Laocoon and his Sons,’ photographed on display at the Vatican Museums in August 2011. On August 18, climate change protesters glued their hands to the base of the ancient sculpture. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit FaceMePLS. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

ROME (AP) – On August 18, Italian environmental activists staged a second museum protest in as many months, gluing their hands to the base of one of the Vatican Museums’ most important ancient sculptures, the Laocoon.

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