Sculpture

This year marks 40 years since the death of Henry Moore (1898-1986), the towering figure of modern British sculpture, with a raft of anniversary exhibitions taking place over the summer.

An undated cast of Giambologna’s Allegory of Astronomy hammered for a remarkable $500,000 (£367,325) at San Rafael Auction Gallery in California.

Galerie Negropontes has turned to photography to explore the work of another canonical artist.

Thuringian auction house enjoys more success with collection of local industrialist

A fragment of a Cycladic figure once owned by Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) is the lynchpin of an exhibition held by two dealers: Willoughby Gerrish and Elliot Davies.

Despite events that seemed to be conspiring to make life difficult, TEFAF Maastricht remains a must-visit

For some who are thinking of a visit to TEFAF Maastricht, the cost of staying over and paying for a hotel can be offputting and Maastricht appears too far away.

Specialist dealer sells items from his collection in two-day auction as he heads towards semi-retirement

Works by Modern British artists dominated the latest series of Modern and Contemporary art auctions in London.

Although he produced numerous bronze figures for public monuments and decorative elements for religious building, the German sculptor Ewald Mataré (1887-1965) is best known for his numerous figures of cows in a multitude of styles from realistic to cubistic.

Stehende Frau (Standing Woman) by Georg Kolbe soared to a new record at Grisebach (32% buyer’s premium) in Berlin.

Fantastically detailed boxwood sculpture can be traced to the couple who commissioned the work

Stuart Lochhead, the London specialist in European sculpture, sells big and fast at TEFAF Maastricht.

The primary draw to a sale at Roland Auctions (30% buyer’s premium) was a series of lots benefiting Columbia University.

This marble sculpture of Napoleon as Caesar is based on a model created by the French neoclassicist Antoine-Denis Chaudet for the Sèvres porcelain manufactory in 1810.