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Exclusive Yves Saint Laurent Intimate Drawings Highlight Paris Auction

This is Beirut, 11/01 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Art Culture Auction Drawings Fashion

More than 20 drawings of nudes by French fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent will be auctioned this month at Sotheby’s in Paris. Other artworks collected by Saint Laurent, who passed away in 2008, and his partner Pierre Bergé, who died in 2017, will also be part of the sale. The auction, titled Yves Saint Laurent – Pierre Bergé: an intimate ...

Magritte and the Poetic Enigma of 'The Empire of Light'

Bélinda Ibrahim, 2024-11-26 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

New York Auction Magritte Painting

The Empire of Light by René Magritte undoubtedly ranks among the most fascinating pictorial series of the 20th century. An emblem of the singular artistic approach of the Belgian surrealist master, it embodies his relentless quest to challenge our certainties about reality and its representation. Created over three decades, from 1940 to 1960, the ...

René Magritte’s 'L'empire des lumières' Breaks $121 Million Auction Record

Madeleine Cadoux, 2024-11-21 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

New York Magritte Painting Auction

René Magritte’s Empire of Light has set a world auction record for the Belgian surrealist artist, selling for $121.16 million at Christie’s in New York on Tuesday. This record-breaking sale highlights the resilience of the high-end art market. Created in 1954, the painting had been estimated at $95 million, surpassing Magritte’s previous ...

Apatosaurus Skeleton Sells for 6 Million Euros at French Auction

This is Beirut, 2024-11-16 22:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

United States France Dinosaur Auction

A skeleton of a 22-meter-long dinosaur (70 feet) was sold for six million euros ($6.4 million) on Saturday, as reported by auction houses Collin du Bocage and Barbarossa. An anonymous collector purchased the vegetarian apatosaurus, which was excavated in the United States, for 4.7 million euros, bringing the total to six million euros after fees. ...

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