August 2017 Art News

On August 4, 2016, a monumental statue of Athena Parthenos (ca. 170 B.C.) from Pergamon was installed in The Met's Great Hall. A special loan from the collection of the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, the statue will remain on display in the Great Hall for two years.
 

Sotheby’s upcoming ‘Living in a Material World’ auction will be curated by Tony Chambers, Editor-in-Chief of Wallpaper* magazine. Watch our video for a first look at some of the pieces in the sale and to get Tony’s thoughts on design that really speaks to him. Design: Living in a Material World will take place in London on 17 October 2017. 

This past Tuesday, May 18, the London rare booksellers Maggs Bros. Ltd.—"antiquarian booksellers by appointment to the Queen"—launched its second exhibition to mark the opening of a new store after its recent relocation to 48 Bedford Square from its 80-year-long home 50 Berkeley Square.

Discover the story of this searing portrait of the artist’s muse, Dora Maar — a painting that was confiscated soon after its creation, and subsequently recovered by the Free French Forces during the Second World War.
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