Japan takes Emily to heart May 31, 2008
One is for the exquisite Italian modernist Amedeo Modigliani, who is described as representing the primitive. The other is for Kngwarreye the modernist. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Gallery Ghost by Anna Nilsen May 22, 2008
Amedeo Modigliani (Gypsy Woman with Baby). Adriaen van Ostade (The Cottage Dooryard). (Suite101.com)
The visionary painting of an agonised soul Apr 23, 2008
It aims to show how the rediscovered Soutine, a contemporary and friend of Marc Chagall and Amedeo Modigliani, developed his unique technique during a time of great change in art. Soutine (1893-1943), who lived and worked in Paris for most of his career, is generally considered to have a style closely related to early 20th century Expressionism. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Books About Art For Kids Mar 10, 2008
Fish includes art by Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, Jacob Lawerence, Diego Rivera, Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Georges Seurat, Frida Kahlo and Marc Chagall. Margaret Hyde has a series of board books About Art for kids that feature such artists as Mary Cassatt, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Renoir, and Vincent Van Gogh. (Suite101.com)
From Visigoths to vivid shots Feb 24, 2008
"Head" is one of 126 works by the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani at Madrid's Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza through May 18. (PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) |Print| Text size + By Mark Feeney Globe Staff / February 24, 2008. (Boston Globe)
Italian artist celebrated in Spain Feb 19, 2008
Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani is being remembered. A retrospective of his work is on show in Madrid. (Xinhuanet, China)
Art collection is sold for $395m Nov 8, 2007
The 1916 work Portrait du sculpteur Oscar Miestchaninoff by Amedeo Modigliani, fetched $30. 8m (14. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
NYC Art Auction Brings in Nearly $400 Million Nov 8, 2007
Two other portraits which sold for more than $30 million include a 1955 work by Pablo Picasso ("Femme accroupie au costume turc [Jacqueline]"), and a 1916 work by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani ("Portrait du Sculpteur Oscar Miestchanioff"). Christie's auction of 91 Impressionist and modern art works brought in a total of $395 million, the second-highest amount ever. (Voice of America)
Classical picks Oct 5, 2007
The Amedeo Modigliani Quartet appears Sunday in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Young Artists Showcase series. Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Unknown Modigliani surfaces in Serbia Sep 26, 2007
BELGRADE A previously unknown painting by the early 20th century Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani will be displayed in November in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, experts said on Tuesday. The Portrait of a Man, dating from about 1918, is owned by an unidentified Serbian collector and is authentic, said Christian Parisot, president of the Modigliani Institut Archives L. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Australian gallery buys early de Chirico painting Aug 21, 2007
National Gallery of Australia director Ron Radford said the painting was a major addition to the gallery's collection of early European Modernist works, alongside Monet's "Waterlilies" and works by Amedeo Modigliani and Sonia Delaunay. "Impressionism to early Modernism is the most expensive area of the entire art market," Radford told reporters, saying the de Chirico work was acquired with the support of private donors. (Reuters.uk)
East Neuk comes of age as a home of chamber music Jul 6, 2007
No exception this year, as the gutsy young French foursome Quatuor Amedeo Modigliani took to the floor at St Monans. With all the charisma and good looks of a classical boy-band, their playing of Webern's luxuriant Langsammer Satz may have contained raw edges, but their empathy for Ravel's F major Quartet revealed itself in a performance of impressive energy, cohesion and imagination. (Scotsman)
Monet's Nympheas sells for 18.5m Jun 20, 2007
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* Piling on the paint with a trowel in Paris, or Romania Jun 15, 2007
The actors fail to live up to the art in this turgid bio-pic of the artist Amedeo Modigliani ... Don't cast a wide-eyed little boy as the dissipated grown-up artist's sorrowful inner child showing up to mope cutely whenever Modi, as the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani is nicknamed, lands in hot water. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Monet masterpiece for sale Jun 6, 2007
Works by Amedeo Modigliani, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol and Banksy will also be auctioned during the sales. Banksy's Pie Face (2006) is expected to make between 70,000 and 100,000, and it is the first time Sotheby's has included his work in an evening sale of Contemporary Art. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Jeanne Hbuterne May 28, 2007
Short biography of the life of the young French artist and lover of painter Amedeo Modigliani ... She met the Italian native Amedeo Modigliani at the Acad;mie in 1917 and their relationship was immediately all-consuming for Jeanne ... Even among temperamental artists, Amedeo Modigliani was not easy to live with. (Suite101.com)
Sotheby's and Christie's May Sell $1.4 Billion of Art in New York Auction Apr 17, 2007
U.S. collector Marvin Schein trebled his money in 10 years with an Amedeo Modigliani portrait, sold last year at Sotheby's. The auction house values its impressionist and modern sale at $218. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Best nonfiction 2006 Nov 29, 2006
This crisp, thoughtfully written examination of the life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani helps to clarify his place in art history. (). (Christian Science Monitor)
New York art auction fetches $640m Nov 9, 2006
The current season kicked off at Sotherby's on Tuesday, in a sale that yielded $310 million with a still life by French post-impressionist Paul Cezanne and a portrait by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani leading the bidding. Interest in this season's four big sales has the art world buzzing. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Top Stories)
Sotheby's May Pass $1B Mark With Nov. Sales Oct 24, 2006
Two nights of auctions on Nov. 7 -8 of other works from various owners - including pieces by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Amedeo Modigliani - could fetch a total of as much as 582 million for the two nights. Another contemporary collection being broken up for auction on Nov. 16 is that of David Whitney, the late business partner of architect Phillip Johnson. (New York Post -- Business)
Portrait of an artist consumed by creative freedom Aug 9, 2006
It would be hard to read Jeffrey Meyers's new biography of the painter Amedeo Modigliani as anything but an object lesson in how an artist, if determined enough, can destroy himself in the name of intensity for the sake of creative freedom. The shift in modern art from external reality to psychological insight was broadly liberating for writers, painters, and composers, who seemed to accept at face value Rimbaud's call for ``derangement of the senses. (Boston Globe -- Living)
- Mary Riddell: The truth behind Modigliani's nudes Jul 9, 2006
Amedeo Modigliani was a sexual predator whose models were procured by his art dealer. He boasted that 'to paint a woman is to possess her' and may have slept with all of them. (Guardian Unlimited)
Modigliani portrait fetches 16m Jun 21, 2006
A portrait by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani of his lover Jeanne Hebuterne has sold for 16. 3m. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Art: A record total for London auction Jun 21, 2006
The star lot, consigned from an otherwise unidentified American collection, was a portrait painted by Amedeo Modigliani in 1919, one year before his death. The portrait said to represent Jeanne H. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Lost City a labor of love for Andy Garcia May 10, 2006
He has appeared in big-budget movies like the Oceans crime capers and low-budget films such as 2004s Modigliani, in which he portrayed the artist Amedeo Modigliani. Over the years, Lost City has remained his darling. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Art Institute like a box of chocolates Feb 7, 2006
"There's a warmth and connection going on.'' A 21st century married twosome -- Ryan Roberts and Tricia Hardway, visiting the Art Institute from Springfield Monday -- listened as Nigro noted how, in the painting by Amedeo Modigliani, the husband's left arm lies gently on his wife's shoulder. His right hand is tucked into his pocket, indicating comfort. "It's intimacy without eye-to-eye contact,'' marveled Roberts, 32, a librarian. The love tour marks the launch of bite-sized, self-guided tours... (Chicago Sun-Times)
