Gold stater of Lampsakos (394-350BC) Horses, Rulers and Victory in the Art of Ancient Greek Coinage, Kallos Gallery, London, until 29 July
Priced at £150,000
Founded in 2014 by the Swiss entrepreneur and collector Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza, London’s Kallos Gallery specialises in Greek antiquities and romantically titled exhibitions. The latest show, which coincided with London Art Week and continues to the end of July, focuses on a humble but exquisite group of 12 gold coins dating from 561BC to 135BC. The star exhibit is this gold stater of Lampsakos (394-350BC), one of only two known examples. It bears a three-quarter portrait of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, in bold relief on one side, and Pegasus, the winged horse she is said to have tamed, on the other.
Jangarh Singh Shyam, untitled ink on paper drawing (1999) Indian Dreaming: the Invention of a Tradition, Artcurial, Paris, until 28 August
Priced at €5,000
Artcurial stages its summer luxury goods auctions in Monaco, leaving its Paris premises to host selling exhibitions. This year’s show focuses on the popular art produced in India’s rural communities and often deeply rooted in mythology and folklore. Organised by the dealer Hervé Perdriolle, the show includes 19 works by nine artists, among them the late Jangarh Singh Shyam (1962-2001). The self-taught Gond tribal artist painted intricate monstrous figures on two walls of the Centre Pompidou as part of the influential 1989 exhibition Les Magiciens de la Terre.
English genealogical chronicle through Edward, Prince of Wales (1453-54) A Medieval Medley: Celebrating 25 Years of Les Enluminures, New York, until 10 September
Priced at $650,000
To mark the 25th anniversary of manuscripts expert Sandra Hindman’s opening of Les Enluminures in Paris, her New York gallery is holding an exhibition of books of hours, manuscripts, rings and works of art. At nearly 13 metres long, this parchment manuscript in Latin traces the line of descent of England’s kings from Adam to Edward of Westminster, Henry VI’s only son. It was copied by the prolific Considerans scribe, probably in London, and is decorated with six miniatures, nine coats of arms and hundreds of coloured roundels with gold crowns.
