MUSEUMS

Met Museum Reopens Fabled Gallery of Musical Instruments

stradivariThe famed “Batta-Piatigorsky” ‘cello made by legendary Antonio Stradivari is one of the highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newly reopened André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments.

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GALLERIES

Delaroache's 'Charles I' Highlights National Gallery Show

delaroche1Paul Delaroche’s painting “Charles I Insulted by Cromwell’s Soldiers,” which miraculously rose from the ashes of World War II, has finally gone on display more than half a century after it was thought destroyed by German bombers.

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AUCTIONS

Giacometti Walking Man Sets All-Time Sotheby's Record

hommeAt least 10 bidders gamely contested for the right to buy a rare bronze statue by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti. When the gavel fell, the art work set an all time record for a sale — $104.3 million.

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AUCTIONS

La Belle Ferronniere Sale Stuns at Sotheby's Auction

La BelleA painting with a long and controversial provenance tracing back to Leonardo da Vinci, shocked bidders at an Old Masters Sotheby’s auction after it sold for $1.5 million, more than three times its estimated value.

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MUSEUMS

Torn Picasso Raises Delicate Question: How Close is Too Close?

PicassoActorA woman who fell into a Picasso and tore a six inch hole in the canvas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, raises the delicate question, once again, about how accessible rare works should be in a public museum.

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