The Columbia Art League is teaming up with the Central Missouri Humane Society for a silent live auction to benefit Columbia art and animals. “PawCasso: An Evening for Art and Animals” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Windsor Ballroom in the Holiday Inn Executive Center. Cost is $50 at the door. Bidding for the auction will begin at 7 p.m. and hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available. “We have had a wonderful response from the community,” Humane Society ... Read More

PARIS, – This real time confidence index is built on the same theoretical basis as the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index of the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan which is a benchmark for global stock markets. Movements on the Art Market Confidence Index by Artprice enable real time monitoring of the reactions of art market players to strictly current events (stock market variations, geopolitical events, the impact of a well-publicised sale, or any external ... Read More

In 1933, Mildred C. Green’s painting “The Junk Man” won top honors at the Buffalo Society of Artists’ annual exhibition. To folks at Goodwill Industries of Western New York — where six of the late artist’s paintings recently turned up in a collection bin, along with clothing and other items thrown out by faceless donors — that historical nugget seemed prophetic. Green’s small, unframed oil paintings — three farm scenes and three harbor scenes — sold for $2,501 on ... Read More

The Illinois Arts Council & Chicago Artists’ Coalition have announced the publication of the 2008 Illinois Art Fair Directory, listing more than 200 art and craft fairs held throughout the state. Available free of charge, the 2008 Illinois Art Fair Directory is made possible through the Illinois Arts Council in partnership with the Chicago Artists’ Coalition. Listings provide fair information for the general public and specific requirements for potential art and craft ... Read More

The Los Angeles Art Show, one of the most prestigious expositions in America, showcasing a variety of fine art from the 17th century to the present. In addition, this year the Los Angeles Art Show will be joined by the IFPDA’s 23rd Annual Los Angeles Fine Print Fair. Over 125 distinguished international and US galleries will come together to showcase the finest examples of works in the year’s most anticipated art show. Here’s a partial list of participating galleries. From New ... Read More

The Grove Center for the Arts & Media proudly presents “Bam! Art Hits the Runway” on February 15, 2008, 7:30 pm at Coast Hills Community Church, located at 5 Pursuit in Aliso Viejo, CA. This original production is designed to celebrate music, dance, art and theater and will feature a unique multi-media, living-art fashion show inspired by master painters. A reception with live music, delicious desserts, fine art and an auction will follow the event. The idea for ... Read More

The contemporary artworld has joined the global fight against epidemics Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria with the much talked about (Auction) Red being held at Sothebys. To go with the highly acclaimed Banksey piece we have already previewed the line up includes many more names that roll of the tongue when you talk about art like Damien Hurst, Jeff Koons, Murakami, Gursky and Yinka Shonibare just to name a few. Prior to the main event of the auction which will go off on Valentines Day the ... Read More

Roughly one month ago, the small Minnesota-based company, Aenvia LLC. boldly stepped into the vast world of e-commerce. Aiming to offer services to the global art community that had never before been found in one place, Aenvia immediately began to draw attention. Gathering some 200 users and accumulating an impressive collection of art valued at nearly $100,000 in less than 4 weeks, the site has certainly begun to make its way into the mainstream. “It’s an ongoing process. We’re ... Read More

Event Date: 22nd of February, 2008 Venue: Corsica Studios, Unit 5 Farrell Court, Elephant and Castle, London, SE17 1LB Entry fee: £10 on the door, £8 advance On a wintry night in February, those souls brave enough to be drawn from the comfort of their armchairs and lured into the unworldly atmosphere of Elephant and Castle’s Corsica Studios, will be rewarded by the year’s darkest, strangest night of entertainment to be found anywhere on earth. The edgy and demonic strains ... Read More

myartspace.com, the premier online social network for the art world and HotShoe International, Europe’s leading contemporary photographic magazine have collaborated to sponsor a juried fine art photography contest – “Next Perspective”. The grand prize is US $2000 in cash and a featured article in HotShoe International. The second prize is a digital SLR camera. Third prize is a US $500 gift certificate to B&H Photo. Entry to the competition is online. To ... Read More

The first annual “Sweet Arts Evening” to celebrate The Barn Studio of Art and its artistic legacy in Southern New Jersey will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16 at Cumberland County College in Vineland, N.J., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. A silent auction featuring more than 35 artists’ works, including paintings by Glenn Rudderow, Stan Sperlak, Oliver Grimley, Mike Cagno, and Patricia Witt, will be conducted throughout the evening. All proceeds from the silent auction will benefit the Barn ... Read More

A painting by Granville S. Redmond (1871-1935), a California artist, was the highlight of Clars Auction Gallery’s January 5 & 6 auction, a sale that also featured strong results for a variety of Himalayan and Sino-Tibetan antiquities. “Eucalyptus Grove,” an oil on canvasboard, fetched $16,380* and ultimately sold to a floor buyer after a period of intense bidding that included online and telephone bidders, as well. The painting, a close view of eucalyptus trees at sunset, was ... Read More

Denver, CO – GRI Studios is proud to announce the opening of latest venture, Ditto Gallery. Located in the Golden Triangle Museum District, Ditto Gallery showcases a diverse selection of local and international artist originals in a relaxed environment. With the use of superior digital technologies and 8+ years of reproduction experience, Ditto produces high-end art reproduction on canvas, art papers, and posters, making art affordable for art enthusiasts of all experience levels. ... Read More

Exhibition Dates: January 22 – May 11, 2008 Exhibition Location: The Howard Gilman Gallery On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the design for Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted’s 843-acre New York City masterpiece, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present Lee Friedlander: A Ramble in Olmsted Parks. On view from January 22 to May 11, 2008, the exhibition will feature 36 photographs, most never before on public display. Friedlander describes these striking photographs, ... Read More

The Detroit Marriott at Renaissance Center and the Detroit Institute of Arts make a perfect pair—both boast spectacular views and a slice of Detroit culture. Celebrating the recent Grand Opening of the reinvented Detroit art museum, this http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dtwdt-detroit-marriott-at-the-renaissance-center/ [Detroit luxury hotel] has crafted a Detroit Institute of Arts Package to give visitors easy access to what The Wall Street Journal has called “the most important ... Read More