World's largest coffee bean painting

Coffee beans are usually ground for making everyone's favorite morning drink. But they can also be put to other uses. In Russia, one million coffee beans are being used to make a giant painting. The art piece has even been registered in the Russia's Book of Records as the world's biggest. The picture, showing a face of a woman and a cup of coffee, was exhibited in Russia's Gorky Park in Moscow. The artist together withThe several assistants worked 10 days to create the picture measuring 30 square meters. editor-in-chief of Russia's Book of Records measured the painting and registered it as the biggest in the world. The previous one was made in Albania, which was 25 square meters. The creators of the painting said they had already applied to the Guinness Book of Records to register their achievement. Source; Sam Daily Times

Read More........→December 17, 2013

Sotheby's brings Picasso, Miro to Moscow for 'priciest ever' show

Sotheby's on Thursday brought paintings by Picasso and Miro to Moscow for what it called its most valuable show ever in Russia, seeking wealthy buyers ahead of sales next month. The two-day exhibition at a gallery in central Moscow shows paintings including Picasso's "Tete de Femme" with an estimate of $20 to $30 million (14 to 22 million euros), and Catalan master Joan Miro's "Bonheur d'aimer ma brune". The auction house said the paintings on view in Moscow were valued at a total of more than $140 million. Moscow has joined a circuit of major world cities such as New York and Hong Kong where the top London auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's bring works for a preview ahead of sales for the convenience of wealthy clients. The Picasso and Miro paintings will be sold in New York on November 6.Paintings by Russian artists Semyon Faibisovich and Robert Falk will be sold on November 25 at a specialised sale in London, which Sotheby's said attracts mainly Russian buyers. The auction house is targeting Russian collectors who are growing in number and are the main purchasers of their national art, said Joanna Vickery, the head of Sotheby's Russian department. "The reason we're bringing them here to Moscow is that most of our buyers today are mostly based in Russia. And they're very busy. They don't always have time to travel to London for the sales," she said. "We see time and time again there's love for their own art," Vickery said of Russian art collectors, specifying that 90 percent of them came from Russia or other ex-Soviet countries. Voice of Russia, AFP.  Source: The Voice of Russia

Read More........→October 26, 2013