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An Arctic Lawren Harris Sells at Auction

Posted: Thursday, May 27th, 2010 @ 8:28 pm in Auctions, Canadian Art | No Comments »

Image of Lawren Harris’s “Bylot Island I” taken with permission from Heffel.com “Bylot I,” an Arctic themed painting by my favourite Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris just sold for $2.8 million at Heffel’s recent May 2010 auction in Vancouver. I enjoyed watching the auction, and hope to keep up with future ones.

Heffel’s Fine Canadian Art Auction of May 26, 2010

Posted: Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 @ 8:23 pm in Auctions, Canadian Art | No Comments »

Screenshot of live auction taken from Heffel.com I’ve just discovered that Heffel Auctions has a live link to their current auction at Heffel.com. The artwork shown above is lot 171, Emily Carr’s Emily and Lizzie, which sold for $400,000 plus a buyer’s premium. The Bill Reid sculpture I mentioned a few days ago sold for [...]

A National Gallery of Aboriginal Art, Growing out of the Bill Reid Gallery

Posted: Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 @ 10:12 pm in Architecture & Buildings, Auctions, Bill Reid, Canadian Art, Museums & Galleries, News, Northwest Coast Aboriginal Art, Robert Davidson | 1 Comment »

Image of Bill Reid’s “Killer Whale (Chief of the Undersea World)” large version at Stanely Park taken from www.theravenscall.ca Via Google alerts, I just found the following fascinating suggestion for what to do with the historic building that currently houses the Vancouver Art Gallery (originally found in context at this forum): My favorite idea for [...]