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A Russian silver decanter, Alexander Nikolaevich Sokolov, St. Petersburg, circa 1890 was auctioned at Sotheby's for USD 75,000 In the Russian Style, modeled as a standing cockerel, richly chased to emphasize the texture of the feathers, with a luxurious tail of strapwork ornament, the interior gilded, 84 standard, 24.4 oz., 758.92 grams and height 9 in. (22.8 cm).

Zaha Hadid, the world renown architect passed away on 31 March 2016. Zaha Muhammad Hadid, born in Baghda, Iraq on 31 October, 1950 was the first women and and the first muslim architect to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004. Her extraordinary talent is reflected in her works that include MAXXI National Museum of the 21st. century Arts (Rome), Bridge Pavilion, Maggie's Centres, Contemporary Arts Center, Sheikh Zayed Bridge and many more. The US $ 100,000 Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. #ZahaHadid

Bahi (AlBahie Auction House) honor auction house is holding its first auction titled ' Islamic Art and Orientalist '. This is a no-miss-opportunity to participate. Only seven days remaining for the launch of the first auction. On the fifth of April, at four o'clock pm at that cultural neighborhood Katara, Building 22 Q, Doha, Qatar. AlBahie Auction House, Katara Cultural Village, Building 22C, Doha, Qatar Website: www.albahie.com Email: info@albahie.com Ph: +974 4408 0534, +974 4408 0535 About Katara Katara Cultural Village is a place of cultural exchange for the arts in an exceptional location. Dedicated to excellence in all areas of cultural producttion including Cinema, Visual Arts, Music and Theatre.

KARACHI: Two Islamabad-based creative artists Hassan Shah Gilani and Natasha Humera Ejaz have displayed their work of art through pen and pencil, at Full Circle Gallery. The exhibition, which consists of sketches and pen work, is a combination of randomness and intricacy. The exhibition will continue till March 18. #ArtExhibition #Art #Karachi #Painting

5th April 2016. The auction will feature ceramics from the Nina Miller Collection. There will be over 200 ceramics on auction with estimates ranging from £1,000 – 1,500 to £80,000 – 120,000. The Nina Miller Collection is also highlighted by two unique ceramics Caractère (est. £20,000 – 30,000) and Deux Poissons (est. £25,000 – 35,000). Read More http://penandbrush.50webs.com #Picasso #Sothebys #Auction #Ceramics, #ArtAuction

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Shahid Rassam, one of most famous Pakistani artists is upset a Kolkata museum, which had agreed to exhibit his works on Ghalib’s poetry done in collaboration with Indian poet Gulzar, cancelled the event at the last minute. The museum claims they were misled into believing that Gulzar would attend. Shahid Rassam had planned to hold his exhibition, titled ‘Ghalib and Gulzar’, at Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH) Museum on February 20. Around 50 paintings and four murals were prepared for the exhibition in which Gulzar had apparently selected Ghalib’s verses for Rassam to paint. “Out of 50, 36 of these paintings were to be exhibited at VMH Museum including murals as big as 25-by-15 feet,” Rassam told The Express Tribune. “It took me four years to work on this project and the sudden cancellation at the last moment over email is uncalled for,” he said. The artist also shared the news at a press conference in Karachi on February 28. #ShahidRassam #Gulzar #Ghalib

National Museum of Pakistan is situated in the heart of Karachi, the cultural as well as financial hub of Pakistan. Established in 1951 in the historic building of Frere Hall it was shifted in 1970 to the present site in Burns Garden on Dr. Zia-ud-din Road. It has 14 galleries including Proto History, Pre-history, Freedom Movement, Gandhara Gallery, Quran Gallery etc. The museum is fully devoted to Pakistan's cultural heritage. It depicts Indus Civilization artefacts, Gandhara sculptures, Islamic art, miniature paintings, ancient coins and manuscripts documenting Pakistan's political history. The Ethnology gallery exhibits the salient features of different ethnicities living in the geographical boundaries of Pakistan. National Museum contains a collection of over 60,000 old coins, hundreds of well preserved sculptures, an enormous number of Arabic, Urdu and Persian manuscripts many of which are illuminated and illustrated. It also offers over 70,000 publications, books an...

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