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Sotheby's New Bond Street London Christmas 2016
When Everyday Objects Are Treated as Fine Art at Auction
While Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elizabeth Lederer was sold for a record-breaking $236.4 million after a 20 minute bidding war, a solid gold toilet, titled America…
Panorama of the Great Sphinx of Giza, Khafre's Pyramid and Pyramid of Cheops.
Museumgoers Eternal Love for Ancient Egyptian Exhibits
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s recently opened Dive Egypt exhibition is the latest in a long line of shows centered on ancient Egyptian art to draw massive crowds and fanfare.
Installation view of Man Ray: When Objects Dream, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen, Courtesy of The Met
Man Ray’s Objects on Film at the Met
In a mysterious photograph from 1922, a pair of shadowy figures hold each other’s faces in their glowing hands and kiss. Perhaps their palms and fingers can deliver heat, and that’s why the…
The Snettisham Hoard on display at the British Museum. The hoard contains hundreds of pieces of gold and other metal objects including about 70 intact torcs. License
Exploring the British Iron Age: 7 Fascinating Found Objects
Though often overshadowed by the grand architectural and artistic achievements of the Roman period, the artists and craftspeople of the British Iron Age produced some of the most technically…