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Charity Events

The Art of Elysium's Pieces of Heaven Art Auction
in Partnership with BMW, Vanity Fair and Christie's

4 March 2010, 6:30pm Registration and 8pm Live Auction
Pali House, 8465 Holloway Drive, West Hollywood

Exhibitions & Special Viewings

Special Viewing: Highlights from The Arcana Collection:
Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula, Part I

10-12 February 2010, 10am – 5pm and 13 February 2010, 10am - 1pm
Christie's Los Angeles
360 N Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
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Christie's Los Angeles is proud to host a special exhibition of highlights from one of the finest 20th-century private collections of manuscripts and printed books, The Arcana Collection, to be sold at Christie’s King Street in London on 7 July 2010.

The sale of this library brings to the market some of the finest illuminated manuscripts and early printed books still in private hands. The manuscripts are remarkable not only for the quality of their illumination but also for their provenance from historic collections. They include a 13th-century Italian Bible with extensive illumination of the highest quality and the enchanting Book of Hours made around 1430 for Jacques and Jeanne Cauchon in the first half of the 15th century, the former from the collection of C. W. Dyson Perrins and both, subsequently, from the collection of Major J. R. Abbey. Other manuscripts were made for the European nobility and royalty including François I and Henri IV, Kings of France. Among the incunabula are the Epistolae of St. Jerome, printed on vellum at Mainz in 1470 and finely illuminated; the 1476 Jenson Pliny with contemporary Italian grisaille decoration attributed to the Maestro delle Sette Virtue; and the celebrated Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, printed by Aldus at Venice in 1499 and bound for the most renowned bibliophile of all time, Jean Grolier.

Viewing is free and open to the public.

Contact: + 1 310 385 2600

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Learning & Lectures

Artistic Awakenings: Buddhist Art in Southeast Asia

Short course begins 23 February 2010
Tuesdays, 6pm – 8pm, through 16 March 2010
Christie's Education
11 West 42nd Street, 8th Floor, New York
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Discover a world of stupas, bodhisattvas and breathtaking illustrations in this course, which will track the development of Buddhist art and its transmission from India through Southeast Asia. Examine the rich history of Khmer art and architecture. Explore the intricacies of the Borobudur monument in Indonesia, understand its mystery and its exemplary array of low reliefs and adjoining stupas. This site for pilgrimages will be one stop on your own educational journey of exploration and discovery. Participants will also be able to examine works first-hand in a behind-the-scenes visit to Christie's and a sale walkthrough with Christie's specialists.

Guest speakers, drawn from the academic, curatorial and auction worlds, will focus their talks on different geographical regions in Southeast Asia. Christie's Education is pleased to welcome two leading experts in the field of Southeast Asian art, Dr. Kathryn Selig Brown and Dr. Vidya Dehejia. Dr. Brown, former curator at the Rubin Museum of Art and Luce Fellow at the Asia Society, will present two lectures entitled "Dissemination of Buddhist Art from South Asia to Southeast Asia" and "Khmer Art and Architecture." Dr. Dehejia, Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Columbia University, will present a talk entitled, "The Mystery of Borobudur: Chandi, Mandala, or Stupa."

This course also includes a sale walkthrough at Christie's, date and time TBA.

Course Fee: $495

Contact / Register:
christieseducation@christies.edu
Tel: +1 212 355 1501

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Christie's Education Exclusive Study Trip to Art Basel

12-17 June 2010
Zürich and Basel, Switzerland
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The Art of Elysium's Pieces of Heaven Art Auction
in Partnership with BMW, Vanity Fair and Christie's

Exhibitions & Special Viewings

Special Viewing: Highlights from The Arcana Collection:
Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula, Part I

Learning & Lectures

Artistic Awakenings: Buddhist Art in Southeast Asia

Christie's Education Exclusive Study Trip to Art Basel

Wine Events & Tastings

Auction Calendar Sections

Christie's Calendar

Event Types

AWARDS & SPONSORSHIPS

Charity Events

The Art of Elysium's Pieces of Heaven Art Auctionin Partnership with BMW, Vanity Fair and Christie's

Exhibitions & Special Viewings

Special Viewing: Highlights from The Arcana Collection:Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula, Part I

Learning & Lectures

Artistic Awakenings: Buddhist Art in Southeast Asia

Christie's Education Exclusive Study Trip to Art Basel

Wine Events & Tastings

The Art of Elysium's Pieces of Heaven Art Auction
in Partnership with BMW, Vanity Fair and Christie's

Special Viewing: Highlights from The Arcana Collection:
Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula, Part I