A portrait of the last Russian czar, Nicholas II, remained hidden for almost a century on the back of a painting of Lenin and accidentally discovered, will be exposed to Sankt Petersburg, declared the restaurateurs, quoted by the AFP. 'The Czar's portrait painted by Ilya Galkin in 1896 remained hidden for 90 years on the back of another portrait, of Lenin's, made in 1924 by the … [Read more...]
A painting of Willem de Kooning sold for $66,3 million at an auction in New York
'Untitled XXV', a canvas of the contemporary painter Willem de Kooning, was sold for $66,3 million, on Tuesday night, by the auction house Christie's in New York, this representing the highest sum ever reached by a work of this artist. This impressive painting (2 meters on 2,20 meters), made by the Dutch-American artist in 1977, is emblematic for its strong and multicolored … [Read more...]