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If you live near or planning a vacation to Germany, you now have one more destination to go: a new museum in the German town Baden-Baden.   On May 9 2009 Russian tycoon Alexander Ivanov is planning to open first “world’s only museum dedicated to the Russian Imperial jeweler Faberge” there.   “The collector had [...]

If you click on the following link, you’ll see the incredibly beautiful paintings by Russian artist Natalia Goncharova. You may Google more information about her or consult Wikipedia.   Her paintings are represented extensively at the exhibition and I think they are breathtaking. The collection of Russian avangard paintings “in Spain is on view now [...]

Today I would like you to see this Mixed Installation by Zhang Huan.   I think Chinese artist Zhang Huan is in direct competition (or in sync) with Damien Hirst (think Hirst’s animal series: golden calf, zebra, shark in formaldehyde). The choice of materials from both artists and the ideas behind the objects exhibited is widely open [...]

In September of 2008, in two days, Sotheby’s had sold Damien Hirst’s works for a total of $206 mil. November had just corrected the art market.   Whether Hirst is trying his famous PR to attract attention to his branding and personae once again or he is smart enough to adjust the prices on his [...]

The art news of today is that a painting by Kazimir_Malevich see article at Bloomberg “Suprematist Composition” was sold at Sotheby’s auction in New York for $60 million. It is a record and a significant milestone for the artist, Russian art and the cubism-like art as well.    Even if you don’t know a thing [...]

Have you ever been to an auction? If not, you have a great opportunity to watch a record breaking painting by Claude Monet being auctioned at Christie’s Auction House.   An article by BBC News have a short clip of an actual auction .   Claude Monet by rerouting a river created a water-garden at [...]

For those of you, who live in San Francisco and Bay Area, I would like to remind: there are two major art exhibitions, which can’t be missed: Dale Chihuly at the De Young Museum and Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art. I already wrote about Dale Chihuly in my post Dale Chihuly’s Glass [...]

If you ever been to Las Vegas you’ve seen the dancing fountains in front of the Bellagio Hotel, which never fail to stop the throngs of people in their tracks to pause and admire the beauty, the engineering solution and the aesthetical impact of uniquely presented water, lights and music, so it affects all senses.    [...]

Once again the news is About Banksy and his Graffiti Art.     British graffiti artist Banksy did it again: under the cover of the night he managed to leave one of his works, believed to be the biggest one so far, on the wall of the Post Office in central London, right under the watchful eye [...]

Guggenheim Museum in Las Vegas is closing its doors on May 11, 2008.     Initially, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation opened two Las Vegas locations in 2001, but mere 15 months later had to close the larger one, because of shortage of funds and the luckluster attendance.    “Guggenheim Hermitage, a partnership between the Solomon [...]