Can the stark and bare-bone sculptures of Alberto Giacometti reveal truths about our own times? Tony Dokoupil says, yes, they can: He pushed, prodded and gouged his masterpieces into existence. But ...
Antique stores may offer a trove of cheap treasures for anyone with a keen eye but they rarely turn up objects quite so undervalued as a rare chandelier by Alberto Giacometti, which caught the eye of ...
Indeed, the gallery has made it a tradition to highlight the artists and works that have had a connection with St. Moritz and the local area, the Engadin Valley. In the past, it has shown Gerhard ...
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A collector bought an antique chandelier for $300. Decades later, it sold for a mind-boggling profit
The unique piece was crafted by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti. A collector bought an antique chandelier for $300. Decades ...
Alberto Giacometti, “Sketches of a Woman and Man Wielding a Sword” (c. 1951), pencil on a notebook page, 29.2 x 47.2 cm; © Succession Alberto Giacometti ...
In black and white photographs, Alberto Giacometti looks like a sad Mick Jagger, his face deeply creased, his eyes dark under an unruly mop of curly hair. However humble he appeared, the artist burned ...
The artistic process is something that often eludes people. It’s not only the artist’s burning desire to create that can be confusing to people, it’s the commitment to research and the drive to keep ...
In a photograph from 1930, an abstract bronze sculpture of two copulating figures hangs on the wall of a polished Parisian dining room. Published in the magazine Art et Industrie, it’s one of the few ...
Alberto Giacometti, “Women with Her Throat Cut (Femme égorgée)” (1932, cast 1949) (all images by the author for Hyperallergic) As a teenager visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the first time, ...
The U.K. is fighting to keep a unique bronze chandelier by Alberto Giacometti within its borders, issuing a temporary export ban to give a local institution a chance to match the £2.4 million ($2.9 ...
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Giacometti: skulpturer, malerier, tegninger, 1965, no. 5 Paris, Artcurial, Corps-Figures. La figuration humaine dans la ...
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. In the early 1930s, before he turned to the attenuated heads and acid ...
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