The granddaughter of Pablo Picasso has decided to sell off the works of her grandfather on the amount of more than $290 million from its private collection, as it is reported by the web-portal ARTGIDE.
She also sells the famous detached house of Picasso in Cannes La Californie.
The number of works displayed for sale includes seven pictures, in particular the portrait of the first Picasso’s wife Olga created in 1923 and estimated at $60 million, painting «Maternity» (1921) with evaluation of $54 million, the work of 1911 named «Woman with mandolin (Seated Mademoiselle Leonie)» ($60 million).
All the works offered for sale were created between 1905 and 1965 years. Marina is going to sell the paintings after private communication with customers.
Among the reasons encouraged Marina to leave the inheritance of grandfather with whom she had strange relationships, her friend called the desire to «forget the past» and part with the estate «remained without love».
The action will be lasting not only on the water but also in the air. The ceremony of opening will be organized on the 28-th of January twice, at 6 pm with the repetition at 8 pm at the channel Cannaregio.
Since 20-th of September in Kyiv the exclusive exhibition starts in the course of which there will be objects of mass-market art, mean presswork on the paper or metal from the printing form.
According to the information provided by Guardian on the 6-th of December, the famous singer Lady Gaga visited the centre in New York where LGBT-youth reside who do not have a permanent accommodation.
Classic works created by the famous British artist and children writer Quentin Blake as well as pictures painted by English rock-musician Erik Clapton, the composer of electronic music Brian Eno, and Scottish actor Peter Capaldi are put for the sales on the 7-th of December. The organizers of the stated event are planning to collect money for the further functioning of London gallery.
As it is reported by the edition France24, at the auction in Paris the most famous gun in the story of French literature has been sold. The poet Paul Verlain tried to shot his love partner using the stated weapon directing to bullet to another famous literature activist Arthur Rimbaud.
UNESCO has recognized as the heritage the songs performed by Cossacks within the territory where Dnepropetrovsk region is situated now. It is reported at the web-site of the international organization.
On the 7-th of December in international mass media the information appeared claiming that Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez sent the manuscripts of his own books to the approval of Fidel Castro.
The Patriarch of Rome arranged a meeting with the scientist Stephen Hawking in Papal Academy of science located in Vatican. It is reported by Radio Vaticana.
In the title of the most long-ruling monarch 90-year-old governess replaced the king of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, 89, who died on the 13-th of October. He came to the throne in 1946. The reason of death has not been implicated yet.
Mark David Chapman who was 35 years ago convicted because of the murder of the leader of ‘The Beatles’ band John Lennon was not able to convince the profile commission in his deserving the early parole.
on the 21-st of August, the creator of the famous American band Backstreet Boys died. For now the reason of his death has not been defined yet. The edition Los Angeles Times reports about that.
The remains of Columbian laureate of Nobel Prize for literature Gabriel Garcia Marquez were buried in the repository of University of Cartagena. They had been moved from Mexico where the writer died two years ago at the age of 87.
