Rather strange developments Jun 7, 2007
The exhibition features paintings and sculptures by pioneering artists including not just those in the title but also Salvador Dal;, Paul Klee, Aristide Maillol, Juan Gris and many others. "What I love about the show is that you can really be in the presence of great art here," said Maarten van de Guchte, museum director. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
On the Modern trail Oct 25, 2006
But its 20th century range from the early Modernist idealism of Aristide Maillol to the late Post-Minimalism of Joel Shapiro and Peter Shelton made sense for LACMA, whose collections are encyclopedic. Surrounding the Getty Museum, where the sculpture collection ends at 1900, the anomalous assembly is banal. (Los Angeles Times)
TV offers art history lessons in the buff Sep 9, 2006
In fact, the series' coup is its interview in Episode 3 with Dina Vierny, a regal 87-year-old French woman who modelled for Henri Matisse and Aristide Maillol. Sitting as firm as the Rock of Gibraltar and looking a whole lot tougher, Vierny insists that sex was never ever the main issue, although it was never entirely absent either. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. Announces 2005 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results Mar 8, 2006
" Year to Date 2006 Sales Worldwide sales to date have been exceptional, highlighted by the Impressionist and Contemporary sales in London and Old Master Paintings sales in New York. The London Impressionist and Modern Art sales led the market last month with a total of $155.9 million, up 50% from the prior year, with the evening sale recording its highest total ever for an Impressionist sale at Sotheby's London. The top lot of the sale was the rare Tahitian work Deux Femmes by Paul Gauguin... (PR Newswire)
