This jewelery award will become an annual Award for the best jewelery design using Solid Natural Opal combined with any Natural Gemstone. Entrants are to design a piece that will incorporate two stones that harmonize and compliment each other in a jewelery design This competition is open for both professionals and non professionals. The winner will be picked by Public vote and announced on 1st October 2008, October being the Birthstone month for Opal. Entry Conditions -. To become an entrant in this design you ... Read More

Christie’s King Street ~ 4 February 2008 at 6pm London – An impressive collection of eight major works by Egon Schiele (1890-1918) will be offered in Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale including Art of the Surreal on 4 February 2008. Estimated to fetch in excess of £7.6 million, the collection is being sold to benefit the Neue Galerie in New York. Mutter und Kind, of 1910, marks a decisive turning point in Egon Schiele’s artistic and personal development (estimate: ... Read More

The results are in for AmericanStyle magazine’s 2008 Top 10 Fairs & Festivals readers’ poll. Now in its fourth year, the annual readers’ poll has become a coveted award by the nation’s top art events. The 2008 Top 10 Art Fairs and Festivals are: 1. Paradise City Arts Festivals (Northampton, Mass.; Marlborough, Mass.; Philadelphia, Pa.) 2. Scottsdale Arts Festival (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 3. Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival (Lancaster, Pa.) 4. Ann ... Read More

For the first time, Sotheby’s will present an exhibition of a single artist, the renowned sculptor, Bernar Venet, on the lush grounds of the Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Florida, outside Orlando. From January through April 2008, approximately twenty-five monumental sculptures will showcase the artist’s work of the last two decades, highlighting some of his most distinctive themes. These include Arcs, Straight Lines, Angles and Indeterminate Lines, many of them for sale. Executed by Venet ... Read More

The event will be held from February 16th 2008 until February 18th 2008 and will take place at Abacoa town centre in Jupiter, Florida. According to the organisers, ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival has transformed into a national art festival, having come into existence as a local art show. Recently, the festival was named one of the top-50 fine art festivals in the US. Visitors to ArtiGras can expect to see 300 artists performing demonstrations along with youth art competitions, private art previews and a celebrity ... Read More

According to a report in The New York Times, Mexican financier David Martinez paid a staggering $140m for the painting, titled No. 5, 1948, in a private sale in November 2006. The sale was reportedly brokered by Sotheby’s auctioneer Tobias Meyer, however, law firm Shearman & Sterling issued a press release on behalf of Mr Martinez, stating that its client does not own the painting or any rights to acquire it. US media mogul David Geffen, 64, was the previous owner of the drip-and-pour ... Read More

An artist from Katherine in the Northern Territory of Australia has been selected to take part in the annual Australia Week festivities in the US this month. After winning a $20,000 art prize in Sydney, 39-year-old Darren Siwes will have a collection of his photographs on display at a gallery in New York. Mr Siwe’s agent in South Australia, Paul Greenaway, says securing the exhibition in New York is a huge achievement. “He’s been in exhibitions in Austria, Germany, major exhibitions in Holland, ... Read More

Local artists are hosting an art auction on Friday to benefit Skipjack Nautical Wares and Marine Gallery in Portsmouth after a fire destroyed the gallery on Dec. 20. The gallery also served as a home for owners Joe and Alison Elder. The event will be held at Chez Papillote Restaurant in Portsmouth and a silent auction will begin at 6 p.m. A live auction will follow at 7 p.m. featuring artwork by more than 30 artists including J. Robert Burnell, Betty Burnell, Vicki Bruner, Ray Rountree and Angela ... Read More

Now in it’s 13th year, the L.A. Art Show, presented by the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA), returns to the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport. The show commences with an exclusive opening night gala on Wednesday, January 23rd followed by four days of satellite events surrounding some of the world’s finest art available for purchase. With more than 125 exhibitors from destinations around the globe, this highly anticipated event marks the first time that the IFPDA’s Los Angeles Fine Print Fair ... Read More

An all-new art and design show for Boston will debut in Spring, 2008 when Fusco & Four, producer of the Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS), presents AD 20/21. The show takes place April 3-6, 2008 at The Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street in the South End. With approximately 40-45 galleries and design exhibitors of the highest quality, the show will include major decorative arts movements such as Arts and Crafts, Art Deco, Scandinavian Design, and Mid-Century Modern side by ... Read More