Vanquishing Infinity: Old Methods Lead To New Approach To Finding Quantum Theory Of Gravity Aug 22, 2009
Owing to their resemblance to the work of artist Piet Mondrian, these graphical computational devices are sometimes referred to as Mondrian diagrams. (Credit: Adapted from Bern et al., Phys. (Science Daily)
New modern art wing lights Chicago's Art Institute May 16, 2009
The top-floor galleries begin and end with works by Pablo Picasso, demonstrating the steady march toward increasing abstraction by such artists as Piet Mondrian and Constantin Brancusi. The added space also allows display of more of the museum's surrealist collection, some of which were kept in storage. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Picasso fails to sell at auction May 7, 2009
The most robust bidding at Tuesday's sale was for an abstract painting by Piet Mondrian called Composition in Black and White, With Double Lines, which sold for more than $9m (6m) - about twice its pre-sale estimate. Another Picasso work, the 1971 painting A Woman With A Hat, will be offered for sale on Wednesday at rival auction house Christie's. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
No buyer for Pablo Picasso painting at NYC auction May 6, 2009
The heaviest bidding Tuesday was for an abstract painting by Piet Mondrian, "Composition in Black and White, with Double Lines," which sold for nearly $9. 3 million. (Anchorage Daily News)
NYC spring art auctions will be smaller Apr 28, 2009
Both houses are offering exceptional works by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Max Ernst, Piet Mondrian and David Hockney, but there are fewer star quality works because "sellers are reluctant to sell to this market because they don't think they will get the best price," Nash said ... And an abstract painting by Piet Mondrian, "Composition in Black and White, With Double Lines" ($3 million to $5 million), has been on loan since 1967 at the Dallas Museum of Art. (AZCentral -- Business)
Monet's 'Water Lilies' coming to the High Apr 15, 2009
In addition to Picasso and Warhol, the exhibit will include Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Calder, Giorgio de Chirico, Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Fernand L;ger, Henri Matisse, Joan Mir;, Piet Mondrian and Jackson Pollock. The two museums have worked together before. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Landscape painting shaped the direction of art for a century, then all but vanished. What happened? Mar 1, 2009
Van Gogh, Gaugin, and Cezanne kept landscape in the vanguard of European art, and paved the way for painters like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Piet Mondrian, who all took landscape even further from nature, and deeper into abstraction. In one illustrative incident, Kandinsky famously noticed that a painting of his, accidentally hung upside down, was powerful on its own terms - without representing anything at all. (Boston Globe)
Auction lots in pictures Feb 26, 2009
Several paintings by Piet Mondrian are up for sale, including Composition I, dating from 1930. Some 30,000 visitors are expected to view the treasures at the Grand Palais in Paris before the collection is sold. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Saint Laurent auction rakes in $500 million Feb 26, 2009
Other top-selling pieces included a wooden sculpture by Romania's Constantin Brancusi that fetched euro26 million, a 1922 painting by Piet Mondrian that had inspired Saint Laurent's iconic 1965 shift dress, and a snake embellished armchair that set a record for a piece of 20th-century furniture, selling at euro21. 9 million. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
YSL art sale breaks new records Feb 25, 2009
Works by the Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian, Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi and French innovator Marcel Duchamp, also earned record sums, well above estimates. By contrast, a much anticipated Pablo Picasso work, the highest in the collection - Musical Instruments on a Table - flopped. (Ninemsn)
* Records tumble as Yves Saint Laurent art collection sold Feb 25, 2009
Works by other artists, including Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian, Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi and French innovator Marcel Duchamp, earned record sums, well above earlier estimates. CHINA CLAIM. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
YSL auction of a lifetime set to fetch $380M Feb 25, 2009
Two paintings by Piet Mondrian sold for eight-digit figures. One of the artist's familiar grid patterns with blue, red and yellow sold for 21,569,000 ($27,191,525), more than double the estimate of 10 million ($12,938,557). (CNN -- Showbiz)
Matisse sold for record price at Yves Saint Laurent auction Feb 24, 2009
A Piet Mondrian painting that had inspired one of Saint Laurent's most memorable dresses sold for nearly euro20 million. Sales reached euro206 million ($263. (International Herald Tribune)
Saint Laurent auction breaks world records Feb 24, 2009
5-million euros for a 1922 abstract composition by the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian, Christie's said. A 1921 piece of found art a bottle of breath freshener created by the Dadaist artist Marcel Duchamp sold for 8. (Globe and Mail)
YSL auction fetches record price for Matisse Feb 24, 2009
A Piet Mondrian painting that had inspired one of Saint Laurent's most memorable dresses sold for nearly euro20 million. "I never doubted the success of this sale," Pierre Berge, Saint Laurent's longtime partner, told reporters after the auction. (AZCentral -- Business)
Yves Saint Laurent sale proves art is in fashion Feb 24, 2009
Works by Piet Mondrian, a big influence on Saint Laurent, Constantin Brancusi, the Romanian sculptor and Marcel Duchamp, the experimental artist, earned record sums well above earlier estimates. The 1917 work Madame L. R. by Brancusi went for 29 million, proving to many experts that collectors and investors were ready to put big money into art as a refuge in hard times. (Times Online)
