How do Russians bargain at Sotheby's?

The auction house "Sotheby's" on Thursday evening was sold out - sold Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh and the Soviet founder of abstract art Kazimir Malevich. Among the buyers were probably billionaires from Russia and other post-Soviet countries. At auctions where old works are sold ...

Russian woman painted portraits of Putin and Medvedev by breast

Artist Irina Romanovskaya fulfilled a long-standing idea and painted portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The St. Petersburg resident chose, it must be said, an unusual technique for painting her paintings: the girl applied paint to the paper with her chest and body. “The process is very labor-intensive and slow...

US refused to give Poland Russian art dealer

A court in New York rejected Warsaw's request to extradite Russian art dealer Alexander Khochinsky to Poland. At a hearing here on Monday, federal judge Jed Rakoff ruled that there was no reason to extradite the art dealer from the United States. Polish authorities accuse 64-year-old ...

Artist from the USA paints pictures by touch

By the age of 30, artist John Bramblitt had completely lost his sight. But it was then, in this state, that painting became important to him. Mixing colors, John Bramblitt compares himself to a chef who adds the right amount of ingredients to a dish exactly according to the recipe. ...

Adolf Hitler's picture will be sold at the end of June at auction

The auction, which will feature works by the Nazi dictator, will take place on June 20 at the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, Bavaria. “In total, 14 works by Hitler, the authenticity of which was established by a special examination, will go under the hammer at our auction. These are watercolors and drawings, in…

Ex-Prime Minister of Georgia bought the most expensive painting by Pirosmani

Former Prime Minister of Georgia, billionaire entrepreneur Bidzina Ivanishvili purchased at Christie's auction in London the painting “Arsenal Mountain at Night” by artist Niko Pirosmani. This is stated in a message distributed by the auction house, which held the “Russian auction”. “Christie's is delighted that Nico is the buyer of this masterpiece...

In New York, sold the most expensive painting in the world

Painting by artist Pablo Picasso "Algerian Women (version O)" sold at Christie's for $ 179,4 million, including the auction house commission. This is a record for a piece of art ever put up for auction. The initial valuation of Algerian Women was $ 140 million. Buyer's name ...

Hitler's picture put up for auction in the US

The watercolor painting by Adolf Hitler in his early years will be auctioned in Los Angeles this week. The still life with flowers was painted by the future leader of Nazi Germany in 1912. The publication notes that Hitler moved to Vienna to try himself ...

American artist restored the image of Mona Lisa

American artist Jenness Cortez, working in the genre of classical realism, announced the completion of work on the restoration of the image of Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Mona Lisa" ("La Gioconda"). The work of Cortez, according to her, shows how the artist's painting could have looked at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. ...

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