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Published on Friday September 18, 2009
Ivory is one of the hardest organic materials in existence, but it has very poor elastic properties. Any area which is under pressure or tension is therefore subject to the formation of cracks.
The regions most exposed to the danger of cracking are… Published on Friday September 18, 2009
Chinese lacquer is one of the oldest lacquers known to us. For over a thousand years Chinese lacquer has been used to fashion, cover or decorate boxes, screens, vases, figures, jewellery and many other objects. Thin layers of lacquer could be painted… Published on Tuesday June 30, 2009
Next week we set off for Paris for the Piasa auction. I love this event - for me it is a "must-go" opportunity to buy art, see friends, eat wonderful dinners and do some good business. This year I take with me a wonderful new book: "Picasso's Paris"… Published on Wednesday June 24, 2009
Published on Monday June 22, 2009
My marquetry
Expressing the world through the beauty of texture and warmth of wood.
Dusan Rakic Published on Tuesday May 19, 2009
At the end of his reign, the first legendary Emperor Huang Di was said to have been immortalized into a dragon that resembled his emblem, and ascended to Heaven. Since the Chinese consider Huang Di as their ancestor, they sometimes refer to themselves… Published on Friday February 13, 2009
Published on Tuesday November 25, 2008
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Published on Thursday November 6, 2008
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Published on Wednesday October 1, 2008
Much of the inhabited area of China is covered in porous loess, which produces scant mineral deposits on the pottery surface.
Distinguishing between excavated and recent objects is therefore sometimes very difficult and often thermoluminescence is… Published on Monday July 7, 2008
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Published on Wednesday June 25, 2008
40.9 millions GBP for a Monet
London – Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale took place this evening (24 June 2008) and realised £144,440,500 / $283,970,023 / €182,428,352 - the highest ever total for an art auction… Published on Thursday June 5, 2008
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Fausto Bertinotti, the chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, in the Hall of the Palace Refectory of the seminary he will inaugurate tomorrow, 1 st of April 2008, at 5 pm the exhibition: "Faïence. Hundred years of the International Museum of Ceramics… Published on Monday March 10, 2008
View all the artworks of Shayna Bracha Farber on ArtQuid, click here Published on Monday February 25, 2008
Visit Alejandro Cabeza's ArtQuid Gallery, click here! Published on Thursday February 7, 2008
Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art tonight realized £116,699,900 ($230,517,312) – considerably in excess of the pre-sale estimate of £81,090,000 - 112,110,000. The total realized is the highest for any sale ever staged… Published on Thursday February 7, 2008
London – Triptych 1974-77 by Francis Bacon (1909-1992) sold for £26.3 million ($51.7 million/€35.2 million), becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold at Christie’s in London and the most valuable Post-War and Contemporary… Published on Monday February 4, 2008
London/New York/Hong Kong – Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, today announced 2007 art sales totals of £3.1 billion/ $6.3 billion , a 25% increase in £ and 36% increase in $ over 2006 sales. The results were achieved… Published on Thursday November 22, 2007
Living Dresse is the title of the new Loretta Viscuso's Exposition, now in Verona from the 9 th to the 24 th of November inside the Ethic Shop in vicolo Mazzini 5/a.
Since 1990 Loretta has organized hundreds of workshops inspired by… Published on Wednesday November 21, 2007
New York , New York, November 15, 2007 – “Last night and today’s results, the most spectacular in Sotheby’s 263-year history, are evidence of the hunger that exists across a global community of buyers for Contemporary… Published on Thursday November 15, 2007
New York – Christie’s Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art totaled $325,006,000 this evening, the second highest ever for a sale in the field. Sixteen new world auction records were set including for artists such as Jeff Koons,… Johannes Nielsen, China 
I sold two bronze sculptures from Sweden to France, the customer got very satisfied with his deal. Thank you ArtQuid and thank you Rudolph!
