Richter Painting Breaks Record for Living Artist at NY Auction
A 1968 oil painting by German artist Gerhard Richter sold for some US$37 million at Sotheby’s contemporary art auction on Tuesday, a new record for a work by a living artist. The sale took in US$293,587,000, at the low end of the pre-sale estimate of US$284 million to US$383 million, with 83 per cent of...
New Soutine Record Set as Christie’s Meets Impressionist Goal
A record was set for French artist Chaim Soutine on Wednesday at Christie’s auction of Impressionist and modern art, which met expectations with a total of just under US$160 million. The tightly edited sale of 47 works exceeded Christie’s auction a year ago by more than US$40 million, but the earlier evening featured only 31...
Russia’s New Mariinsky Theatre Woos the Doubters
Enlisting the drama of Prokofiev and the elegance of Tchaikovsky, St Petersburg’s new Mariinsky theatre staged a gala opening on Thursday designed to silence critics of the starkly modernist building erected in the heart of Russia’s imperial capital. The US$700-million glass and limestone building, which critics have dubbed the “Mariinsky mall”, glowed in the night...
Shakespeare’s New London Playhouse to Open Without the Bard
A new playhouse attached to Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London announced its inaugural season on Monday, but there was no room for a single work by the Bard. Instead the opening lineup at the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, named after the American director who pioneered the main Globe, will feature three Jacobean plays including John...
Music and Your School-age Kids: Interview with Prof Gunter Boos of AMADEUS International School Vienna
Children who are musically-talented or show strong interest in music will now have an avenue to develop their interest in music without sacrificing their academic studies, said Professor Günter Boos, Principal of AMADEUS International School Vienna. The school, nestled in the cradle of classical music, provides high-standard classical music training from professional musicians as well...
Christie’s to Enter Mainland China Market
Christie’s International (CHRS) will hold a sale in Shanghai in the autumn of 2013, making it the first international auction house to hold its own branded events in mainland China. Hot Deals The London-based company, which has maintained an office in Shanghai since 1994, has been granted a licence to operate independently in China, it...
New-look Rijksmuseum Puts Dutch Masterpieces into Context
The Dutch national museum reopens this month after a decade-long overhaul in which nearly everything has been changed except for the setting of its most famous painting. Rembrandt van Rijn’s “The Night Watch” will be the only work still hanging in the same place when Queen Beatrix officially opens the Rijksmuseum on April 13 after...
Paul Gulda Explains Life Through His Music
A lanky, bespectacled figure sits at the piano in the corner of the room; his dark features juxtaposed with the white lacquered Steinway where his fingers rest. Absorbed in a Chopin piece, Paul Gulda hums to himself while articulating the composition through his fingertips to deliver a captivating Nocturne. Hot Deals For the length...
Chinese Slump Dents Global Art Market in 2012
Chinese spending on art and antiques shrank by nearly a quarter in 2012, ending a streak of spectacular growth that helped drive up global prices and made China the biggest player in the market by 2011, a report said on Thursday. The study, commissioned by the European Fine Art Foundation which organizes The European Fine...
Violin Found in Bulgaria May be Stradivarius Stolen in London
British detectives are investigating whether a violin recovered during a police operation in Bulgaria is a US$1.8 million Stradivarius stolen from a London train station more than two years ago. The 300-year-old violin was snatched from Euston station in central London in November 2010, when its owner, Korean-born classical musician Min-Jin Kym, stopped at a...
AMADEUS International School Vienna Opens Doors for Singapore’s Music Prodigies
Click Here to View Photo Gallery What does it take to be next music virtuoso? Practise hard, for sure, but take care, too, that your mental and social development keeps pace with the physical and technical, to produce a well-rounded individual and artist. Hot Deals This is the philosophy behind the curriculum that AMADEUS...
Bulgari Will Showcase Elizabeth Taylor’s Gems in Oscar-week Exhibit
Famed jeweller Bulgari said it would put eight pieces of the late actress Elizabeth Taylor’s jewels on display at its Beverly Hills boutique, more than a year after the Hollywood star’s world-class collection fetched record prices at auction. The exhibition of pieces from that sale will include jewels Taylor obtained and wore during well-documented times...
