Lost treasure from Horace Walpole s Strawberry Hill Collection discovered in Suffolk and set for auction
The soon-to-be-auctioned work is one of only three known examples of the model, with the other two currently held by The Louvre and the Fitzwilliam Museum.
CAMBRIDGE
.- A sculpture of an ostrich from the workshop of celebrated Renaissance sculptor, Giambologna, will go under the hammer at Cheffins Fine Sale in Cambridge on 21st April. Having been held in a private collection for over 180 years, and originally purchased from the Horace Walpole collection at Strawberry Hill House, the sculpture is set to sell for between £80,000 -£120,000.
Danziger Gallery opens an exhibition of Risaku Suzuki s Sakura or Cherry Blossom series
Installation view.
LOS ANGELES, CA
.-Danziger Gallery opened an exhibition that had been delayed due to the pandemic. This timely show is Risaku Suzukis Sakura or Cherry Blossom series. The show opened at Danziger at Fetterman in Los Angeles on April 8.
One of Japans most eminent photographers, Risaku Suzuki has been working for over 30 years capturing the natural world in both an individual and a quintessentially Japanese style. While he has created series on mountains, seas, snow, and Monets gardens, he has returned to the subject of cherry blossoms for over 20 years, in a manner that is at once timeless and contemporary. Up to 61 inches in scale, Suzukis Sakura are more than pretty pictures. Each individual image is a play between sky and flower, positive and negative space, line and form - as well as a contemplation of nature and the preciousness of every mom