Monday, October 25, 2010

Daily art news





A Christie's exhibitor stands close to an artwork entitled 'The Whirling Dervishes' depicting six Mawlawi dervishes performing a Sema dance around the circular stage of an Ottoman-era Semahane (ritual hall), by Egyptian artist Mahmoud Said during a Christie's auction house exhibition at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 24 October 2010. Christies will auction International Modern and Contemporary Art at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel on October 26, while the watches and jewels go under the hammer the next day.


The Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain takes place in Paris’s Grand Palais. Many wealthy buyers were hesitating, reflecting a sober mood in strike-bound France, said exhibitors. However, one of the early sales was a $2.8 million Lucio Fontana work

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