Category: Exhibitions & Events

Le Pho’s Femme du Mandarin (The Mandarin’s Wife) at ‘Nucleo Storico’ Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2024. Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Femme du Mandarin (The Mandarin’s Wife) signed and dated ‘LE-PHO 1931’ (lower right) oil on canvas 81 x 130 cm. (31 ⁵⁷/₆₄ x 51 ³/₁₆ in.) painted in 1931 on seal of the artist Exhibited Drouot, ...

The grand opening of Le Pho's exhibition on February 4, 1977; photograph of the artist's collectors Mr and Madame Collart (on left) at the exhibition published by the Daily Palm Beach News.

One of the great innovators, the most influential and best-loved modernists of European abstraction, Vasily Kandinsky (Russia/France, 1866–1944) broke new ground in painting during the first decades of the 20th century. In his influential treatise, On the spiritual in art, published in 1911, he wrote about art’s potential to ‘stand alone’, with imagery independent of ...

Works by Vietnamese artists Le Pho, Mai Trung Thu, Vu Cao Dam, Luong Xuan Nhi, and Nguyen Nam Son on display and auction sale at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November 2023; these works previously on view at Christie's Singapore, 29 October 2023 Christie's 20th Century Art Day sale brings together a selection of works by ...

Claude Monet's 'Le bassin aux nymphéas' fetched USD 74,010,000 during an exceptional evening sale at Christie's New York, 9 November 2023. Claude Monet (France, 1840-1926) Le bassin aux nymphéas stamped with signature 'Claude Monet' (Lugt 1819b; lower right); stamped again with signature ‘Claude Monet’ (Lugt 1819b; on the reverse) oil on canvas 100.1 x 200.6 ...

Christie’s Paris: Derniers souvenirs de Ferrières The exceptional results of the "Masterpieces Rothschild" sales that just took place in New York demonstrated the perfection of the collection of Baron James de Rothschild and his descendants at the Château de Ferrières. In each of these pieces, a unique décor through which styles, eras and continents are ...

Le Pho's Paysage du Tonkin (Landscape of Tonkin), a lacquer on the panel of exceptional dimensions or the largest known lacquer executed by Vietnamese master Le Pho, is proudly on display at the extensive exhibition “Paraventi: Folding Screens from the 17th to 21st Centuries” curated by Nicholas Cullinan and supported by Prada. This exhibition investigates ...

Le Nez is a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti which, like many of the artist's other works, went through several versions, the Swiss genius constantly reworking his motifs. Less well known than L'homme qui marche or the "Femmes immobiles" series, it is no less beloved by meticulous observers of the work of the artist who died ...

In the China Sea, the Matsu archipelago uses art to ward off Beijing's threat The former military power plant in Matsu, Taiwan, has been transformed into an art installation designed to recall the Chinese bombardments once suffered by this tiny archipelago which, like the rest of the territory, remains threatened by Chinese invasion. The exhibition ...

Christie’s Paris: La Collection Sam Josefowitz: Vente du Soir on 20 October 2023. Sam Josefowitz was one of the most revered collectors of our time. His vast-ranging collection of discoveries spanning antiquities to post-Impressionist works is defined by a passionate and scholarly approach. Whether entrepreneurial, cultural, academic or personal, Sam Josefowitz’s innate and boundless curiosity ...