International Journal

Where will the eggs be displayed? Two museums are in the running By Georgina Adam and John Varoli "The Art Newspaper" October 7, 2004 ST PETERSBURG. Now that one of Russia's richest men, the oil billionaire Victor Vekselberg, has bought the Forbes Collection of Faberg�, the big question is where the hoard will be displayed....

By John Varoli, The Art Newspaper, October 4, 2004 Russian president Vladimir Putin has announced the restoration of several buildings that make up the State Kremlin Museum, as well as the construction of a new exhibition hall, restoration studios and storage centre, to be completed by the museum�s 200th anniversary in 2006. The buildings to be...

A wonderful painting by Claude Monet which represents The British Parliament will be auctioned by Christie's Auction House and it is estimated to sell for $20 millions, reports The Telegraph.  October 1, 2004

Vatican announced that the latest two Michelangelo's frescoes will be restored. These frescoses have been realisated in 1550 when Michelangelo was 75 years old. "Ziua"Newspaper, 2004 September 24

A major New York art collector is poised to donate his trove of some 2,500 pieces of contemporary drawing to the city's Museum of Modern Art. Harvey S. Shipley Miller, who until recently collected mainly Russian avant-garde books, has served on the MoMA board since 2001, and spent only a year amassing his impressive collection of drawings, which is...

One of India's best known painters has agreed to sell 100 paintings for one billion rupees ($21.61m). Maqbool Fida Husain has been commisioned by an Indian businessman to create the paintings for a series entitled "Our planet Called Earth". It is belived to be the biggest ever art deal in India. The buyer, Guru Swamp Srivarasa, is described as a...

On September 8, 2004 David reaches the age: 500 years old. For first time, David statue was exhibited in Firenze on September 8, 1504 in Signore Square. Firenze celebrates the great event. Within this event will be included the exhibition "Shapes for David" to Academy Gallery, with participations of George Baselitz, Luciano Fabro, Jannis...