Auctioned chair that belonged to Queen Marie Antoinette
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- Published: Thursday, May 28 2015 17:49
Auction house Christie's will sell the last existing chair that belonged to Queen Marie Antoinette of Austria (Vienna, 1755- Paris, 1793).
Pride of Mexico Diego Rivera comes to South Korea
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- Published: Tuesday, May 26 2015 14:53
The exhibition of Diego Rivera titled Pride of Mexico, was inaugurated at the Sejong Museum in South Korea by the Foreign Secretary, Jose Antonio Meade.
Mayan relic arrives to UK
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- Published: Monday, May 18 2015 17:24
Under the Dual Year Mexico-United Kingdom from June, the exhibition "Maya revelation of endless time" will be shown at the World Museum in Liverpool. It is a curatorship composed of a total of 385 pieces from precincts of Campeche, Yucatan, Quintana Roo and Tabasco.
Whitney Museum reopens
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- Published: Monday, May 18 2015 17:19
On May 1, 2015, the Whitney Museum in New York, dedicated to exhibiting modern art in America, reopened on the west side of Manhattan in a building designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano.
Picasso, the most expensive sold at auction
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- Published: Wednesday, May 13 2015 21:09
The play The Women of Algiers, the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, was sold by Christie's auction house in 179.400 million, making the record as the most expensive painting ever sold at auction.
Mexican pavilion is inaugurated in Venice
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- Published: Monday, May 11 2015 15:54
"Possesing Nature" , a Mexican proposal for the artists Luis Felipe Ortega , curator Tania Candiani and Karla Jasso , where a magnificent piece, very well made , a monumental sculpture that carries a hydraulic system which takes water from the lake opens presents Venice , where the water passes over the sculpture to reach an opening on which the locations of drains failed projects into a film which becomes the container of a video filmed in Venice, Xochimilco and Tequixquiac , the public can see at the foot of the sculpture as if it were a mirror of water.
Christie's auction ' Candles in the sea ' in $ 521.000
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- Published: Wednesday, May 06 2015 16:14
"Sails at Sea" artwork in Oil Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla, was auctioned by Christies at 521.000, a surprising amount to analysts since cost between 600,000 and 800,000 dollars estimated , it is a table showing beaches ships and figures which was painted in the native city of Valencia Sorolla.
The art of Jeff Koons large
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- Published: Wednesday, May 06 2015 16:12
Jeff Koons, an American contemporary artist from his beginnings in art, showed a style that captivated art collectors and gallery owners. With his first major exhibition of Koons organized in Europe, opened late last November took more than five thousand visitors due to the success of their artwork.
Reopened graves of priests of Cheops
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- Published: Monday, April 27 2015 21:14
After eight years of being closed, reopened to the public Egypt tombs Iymery and his eldest son, Neferbauptah, known as the priests of King Cheops, who reigned about 4,600 years ago.
Tour of Ancient Rome
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- Published: Friday, April 10 2015 12:55
From next April 25, 2015, in Rome will be seen a reconstruction of temples, courts, schools and businesses "as they were in antiquity" through a tour of the Forum of Caesar.