The upcoming Design Auction, concluding on 18 February 2025 at 2 pm, once again brings… Read More →
A coded letter from Maria Theresa which will be up for sale on 17th December… Read More →
On the 12 December 2024, Fritz Muliar would have turned 105 years old. On that… Read More →
Prized both as gems and as healing stones, aquamarines go back a long way in… Read More →
Alain Gruber – „L’Art de Vivre“
An Aesthete’s Savoir-vivre Louis XV, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette: his interest focussed on the eighteenth century,…
ARTWORK OF THE DAY – Viennese Silver
A pair of Viennese Maria Theresian candlesticks, silver, height 12 cm, weight 369 g, maker’s…
In discussion with a specialist: selling jewellery at Dorotheum
Hidden treasures In conversation with Astrid Fialka-Herics Selling jewellery at Dorotheum: what does it come down to? What opportunities are there? What are the most memorable moments? Astrid Fialka-Herics, Head of the…
Belvedere Catalogue Raisonné Carl Moll
Carl Moll (1861–1945) was a founding member of the Vienna Secession and Wiener Werkstätte. As head of Galerie Miethke, he brought the works of famous international artists such as Paul Gauguin, Vincent…
ARTWORK OF THE DAY – Capricci
Architectural Capricci The crumbling ruins with columns and antique statues in lots 322 to 328 mark out these pictures as architectural capricci. A group of paintings, all from the collection of the…
ARTWORK OF THE DAY: Josef Hoffmann Tea service
Drinking tea with Josef Hoffmann Josef Hoffmann is regarded as an important pioneer of Austrian modernism, who designed furniture, jewellery, cutlery, writing sets and toiletries sets, etc. for the Wiener Werkstätte. One…
Treasure of the day: A Diamond Ring by Bulgari
Brilliant Beauty A diamond ring by Bulgari: one of the most luminous diamonds from one of the world’s most famous jewellery manufacturers! Bulgari, the jeweller of the stars, has given splendid shape…
Modern Art
20 years of VIENNA ART WEEK
Is there anything in Vienna apart from Mozart, Sissi and Schönbrunn? Of course there is! When it comes to art, VIENNA ART WEEK and its Artistic Director, Robert Punkenhofer, have been trying…
