Sculpture
A branch of the visual arts traditionally typified for being solid and three dimensional. Media used to create sculpture including stone, bronze, pottery and wood. In their appearance, sculptures may be divided into two categories, either free-standing (in the round) or adjoined to a background surface (relief).
With the development of plastic art in the 20th and 21st century, the definition of sculpture was broadened to include works specifically concerned with the three-dimensional form.
Marble bust stolen from Kent church
07 March 2011THIS marble portrait bust of Ann Borrett by the 18th century sculptor Henry Cheere was stolen from the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Shoreham, Kent at the end of January.
£33.5m record for Modigliani and for France
21 June 2010IT may have been an exceptional piece that generated an equally exceptional level of presale interest but, even still, few people present at Christie's Paris for the sale of Amedeo Modigliai's (1884-1920) Tête were expecting it to become the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction in France.
Why Epstein record is surprisingly modest
01 June 2010SETTING the highest price ever seen at auction for Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), this lifesize sculpture of a mother and child, overshot its £60,000-80,000 estimate at Sotheby's latest sale of Modern British art in London before being knocked down to a private buyer at £120,000.
Vendor and gallery strike deal over lost Eric Gill
10 May 2010THE issue of the Manchester Art Gallery’s missing Eric Gill sculpture has been resolved, Cheshire auctioneer Adam Partridge has told ATG.
Has Silverman found another Leonardo?
15 March 2010Five months after ATG revealed the reattribution of La Bella Principessa to Leonardo da Vinci, the man who spotted it is ready to unveil another major find.
What makes the £58m walking man so special?
05 February 2010If the price paid for Alberto Giacometti's (1901-1966) sculpture L'Homme qui Marche I is anything to go by, then the art market is now striding out of recession. Selling for £58m (plus premium) at Sotheby's evening sale on February 3, it became the most expensive object ever sold at auction.
Bumper totals at Impressionist and Modern sales
05 February 2010SERIOUS levels of demand emerged for works at the very top end of the art market as this month’s flagship Impressionist and Modern art auction series raised a combined hammer total of £225.8m, massively up on the £108.8m for the equivalent series last year.
Rare bust stolen from church
25 January 2010POLICE in North Yorkshire are seeking information following the theft in early January of a 17th century statue from St Andrew's Church, Newton Kyme, Tadcaster.
Record for Irish sculpture
19 October 2009IS there still life in the Irish art market? The auction record for a piece of sculpture by an Irish artist was broken at Adam's 140-lot sale of Irish art on October 14.
Cornish coup as Hepworth sells for £60,000
10 August 2009This 113/4in (29cm) high slate sculpture titled Maquette for Large Sculpture: Four-Square (Four-Circle) was the first that Penzance auctioneer David Lay had offered for sale.
Sculpture Week folds
08 May 2009LONDON Sculpture Week, which was scheduled for June 12 to 19, has been suspended due to lack of sponsorship.
Bacchus bronze hits golden £1m
09 December 2008In a week that saw the London salerooms offering their traditional December round of Old Master pictures, continental furniture and works of art, one of the strongest prices proved to be the £1m (plus premium) paid for this lively and intriguing 3ft (90cm) high bacchic bronze at Sotheby's on December 2.
‘London’s largest sculpture gallery’ in Kings Place
11 August 2008WHAT is billed as London's largest sculpture gallery will be launched on October 1 when Pangolin London opens in a 100 sq metre space at the new Kings Place development near King's Cross and St. Pancras International stations.
Muted end to the Colin Wilson monkeys saga
04 August 2008The final chapter in the story of ‘The Colin Wilson Monkeys’ ended quietly on July 30 when they sold at auction for an unspectacular £25,000.
Liechtenstein treasures to go on display in Paris
21 July 2008GALERIE Kugel in Paris are to hold an exhibition of the Prince of Liechtenstein’s collection of bronzes from September 10 to November 7.
Napoleon arrives twice – but size is everything
12 May 2008Two auctioneers, two Gérôme sculptures, but two very different estimates
Thief takes sculptor’s show entry
07 April 2008THIS lifesize bust of the actor Charles Dance has been stolen from a car only days before it was due to be entered for exhibition.
Now a third Giambologna monkey emerges
25 March 2008Is the final chapter in the story of Colin Wilson's ‘Giambologna’ monkeys about to be written? Not, it seems, without a twist in the tale.
Is this the finest sculpture on earth?
10 December 2007It is only 3.25in (8cm) high, but it made more than any sculpture or antiquity ever offered at auction.
Sculpture Week
10 April 2007Only five Mayfair dealers will participate in this year’s London Sculpture Week (June 14-22), the smallest number since the initiative was launched in 2004.
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