The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey is proud to announce an exclusive exhibition presenting original works of art from one of the earliest illustrated folios of Pablo Picasso. The black and white artwork will be unveiled at a private opening night reception on Thursday, January 17th from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. for media and invited guests. [...]

Bonhams & Butterfields’ inaugural “Made in California” sale was met with great enthusiasm, establishing new world auction records for West Coast artists: Joan Brown (her untitled oil on canvas bringing $139,250), Lee Mullican (an oil on canvas selling for $36,000), Manuel Neri (work on paper bringing $42,000), Beniamino Benevenuto Bufano (a cast stone sculpture fetching [...]

Only the really wealthy can afford Gustav Klimt originals which cost millions of dollars.
So a lacquer reproduction priced at about S$400 can be considered a bargain.
And these bargains can be found at a charity auction at The Arts House.
Called ‘Art from the Heart’, the charity auction and sale will see proceeds go [...]

Officials at Brazil’s top modern art museum where two prized paintings were stolen this week have admitted its collection is uninsured.
The Sao Paulo Museum of Art also said there were major failures in the security system.
Officials said no alarm was operating when the works by Pablo Picasso and the influential Brazilian artist, Candido Portinari, were [...]

A painting by Spanish artist Joan Miro fetched a record-breaking 11.6 million (US$16.6 million) at a Paris auction, the Drouot Richelieu auction house said Friday.
‘Blue Star,’ a 1927 canvas featuring an irregularly shaped electric blue star surrounded by the artist’s trademark colored squiggles and shapes, was one of 10 works by Miro to hit the [...]