Sarah Cascone

3 weeks ago | news.artnet.com | Sarah Cascone

Sotheby’s London is offering what is believed to be the only known self-portrait by Clara Peeters (ca. 1589–ca. 1657), the famed Flemish still life painter. Self-portrait with a lavish display of objects in a vanitas still life will carry a presale estimate of £1.2 million to £1.8 million ($1.6 million–$2.4 million) at the “Old Master and 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction” on July 2. “It’s unique partly because it includes what I think is a self-portrait.

3 weeks ago | news.artnet.com | Sarah Cascone

A global celebration of art from five continents, 90 countries, and 663 cultures is underway at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, which last week unveiled its renovated Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, home to galleries for the art of Africa, Oceania, and the ancient Americas. The project, which opened to the public May 31, was led by Kulapat Yantrasast of the firm WHY Architecture in collaboration with Beyer, Blinder, Belle Architects.

1 month ago | news.artnet.com | Sarah Cascone

Egypt has announced the “significant” discovery of three ancient tombs dating to the New Kingdom period (1550–1070 B.C.), found on the West Bank of Luxor in the Draa Abul Naga area. The latest discovery, first reported by the Associated Press, requires additional study, but all three tombs bear inscriptions with the names of the dead. One belonged to a man named Amum-em-Ipet, who worked in the estate of Amun during the Ramesside period, the 19th dynasty.

1 month ago | news.artnet.com | Sarah Cascone

What is there to learn about Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), the great painter who continues to make headlines long after her death? A new museum at her family home, the Casa Roja in Mexico City, promises to give art lovers fresh insights into her early life and career. Called the Museo Casa Kahlo, the institution will open on September 27 in the city’s historic Coyoacán district.

1 month ago | news.artnet.com | Sarah Cascone

The latest ancient Greek archaeological find to cause a stir is a Hellenistic marble workshop, discovered during a dig on Paros, part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea. You might not know Paros, but the island was renowned in antiquity for supplying much of the marble used to create Greece’s famed temples, monuments, and statues. The island’s quarries were particularly sought after due to the marble’s pure white color, semi-translucence, and fine grain.