Christie's and Sotheby's proved that Italian art is still molto popolare...

Art Business News;  December 1, 2003 ;     110 words ...Christie's and Sotheby's proved that Italian art is still molto popolare when the two auction houses held sales of 20th-century Italian art in London last month. Highlights included...managed to sell almost $11 million of Italian art--a new record--during the sale. Combined...

Power and the passion

China Daily;  September 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the passion of the most comprehensive Italian art collection ever to arrive in China...Works take the viewer on a journey as Italian art passes through a period in which varied...recent works are proof of the vitality of Italian art, which are exemplified in the return...

The Foundation for Italian Art & Culture to Hold Gala Event Celebrating...

PR Newswire;  November 27, 2006 ;     601 words ......PRNewswire/ -- New York-based Foundation for Italian Art & Culture will hold a celebratory...the Italian Senate. The Foundation for Italian Art and Culture (FIAC) is a not-for-profit...order to expand the appreciation of Italian art in the United States. Excellency Awards...

London landmark

The Spectator;  March 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ......permanent collection of 20th-century Italian art The opening of a new museum is a welcome...north London a group of significant Italian art works of the 20th century, the generous...large holding of choice 20th-century Italian art. Is the museum justified? What else...

Reception for opening of "Italian Art of Lights 2002" in Beijing

Xinhua News Agency;  September 27, 2002 ;     175 words ...Reception for opening of "Italian Art of Lights 2002" in Beijing BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- An...for a large- scale light sculpture display from Italy, the "Italian Art of Lights 2002", was held here Friday night at the Beijing Ditan...

Exhibitions: Modern and Estorick

The Independent - London;  February 8, 1998 ;     700+ words ......the new Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, a unique museum set up by the Estorick...himself. Above all, he had a relish for Italian art and was ambitious to form a major collection...his life. And certainly 20th-century Italian art crackles with novelty, machinery, city...

ART: PRIVATE VIEW Giorgio Morandi Estorick Foundation, London N1

The Independent - London;  May 22, 1999 ;     196 words ......20th-century artists. He's one of the giants of Italian art, but a gentle one: he's the quiet master...Giovanardi Collection of 20th- century Italian art. It's a rare chance to see a quantity...itself as a centre for the best of modern Italian art and is a very welcome addition to ...

Italian art gets set for the turn of century

The Star (Jordan, Middle East);  October 2, 1997 ;     700+ words ......have been brought together, by the Italian Art and Culture Association 'Il Polittico...the pictures that, according to the Italian art critic Arnaldo Romani Brizzi, become...The false 'lyrism' characterizing the Italian art of the '90s has in fact a 'pensive function...

ITALIAN STUDENTS BRING FRESH PAINT TO ODU.(DAILY BREAK)

The Virginian Pilot;  April 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Annas THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT NORFOLK -- Italian art has been revered for centuries. Think...University Gallery has put together a show of Italian art that's so fresh the paint's barely dry...conjuring the figurative history of Italian art. She has painted a slim model in a slip...

Brilliant, quirky and unexpected works.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  April 2, 2002 ;     186 words ......Times ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Italians: Three Centuries of Italian Art is one of the most important exhibitions to be shown in Australia...assembles some of the most interesting and superb pieces of Italian art from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Many of these works have...

Obituary: Federico Zeri

The Independent - London;  October 7, 1998 ;     700+ words ......black sheep and chief scourge of the Italian art-history world, building up his huge...amongst the world's top 10 experts on Italian art. But, for all that, he was never given...in utter contempt." Unlike his fellow Italian art historians, the flamboyant Zeri - who...

Critic's Choice

The Architects' Journal;  January 31, 2008 ;     255 words ...The Estorick is home to a timeless collection of modern Italian art, writes Andrew Mead Northampton Lodge, a late-Georgian villa...served as a gallery, housing the Estorick Collection of modern Italian art. Tate director Nicholas Serota led the tributes at the recent...

Representatives of an Italian art gallery sit at their stand...

Getty Images;  March 7, 2007 ;     82 words ...KARIM SAHIB Getty Images 03-07-2007 Representatives of an Italian art gallery sit at their stand... Full Size JPG (1244 KB) Representatives of an Italian art gallery sit at their stand at the Dubai International Financial Centre 07 March 2007 during...

Kidnapped Italian Art Expert Freed

AP Online;  June 20, 2000 ;     303 words ...AP Online 06-20-2000 Kidnapped Italian Art Expert Freed SAN'A, Yemen (AP) -- An Italian art expert and four Yemenis kidnapped by tribesmen were freed Tuesday after five days in captivity, a sheik who negotiated their release said. ``The men have...

Auction Sets Italian Glass Prices

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 28, 1996 ;     81 words ...A recent auction at Skinner of 20th century Italian art glass established important base prices, especially in...to a significant artist and studio. FYI: Very attractive Italian art glass is seen at shows and markets as decorative accessories...