During his first visit to Tahiti (June 9, 1891 – June 14, 1893) Gauguin fell under the spell of the legendary beauty of Tahitian women. Upon his arrival, he drew a set of impressive portraits charged with nobility. These drawings on paper […]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
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Chicago, IL – The Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, presents Seeing The City: Sloan’s New York, on view May 22 – September 14, 2008. John Sloan’s images of New York helped define the city in the popular imagination. In gritty […]
Artfest International, Inc. (OTCBB: ARTI – News) announced the addition of 5 new exclusive world-renowned Russian artists to its growing list of artists. Artfest acquired exclusive licensing rights to these new Russian art pieces as part of their goal of bringing top […]
LONDON – Camden Arts Centre presents Tal R: The Sum, on view 2 May – 29 June 2008. This new exhibition by Tal R comprises large scale paintings and an installation of over 200 etchings. A self imposed system allows Tal R […]
This is the last week to view Miami-based artist, Steven Gagnon’s driving video sculpture, the “Border Cruiser” at the ArtCar Museum in Houston, TX. The alternative exhibition space invited Gagnon to present his mobile video artwork as part of the group show, […]
CHICAGO – A carefully vetted compilation of 181 of the world’s foremost contemporary and modern art galleries will be exhibiting at Art Chicago 2008, running April 25 – 28, at The Merchandise Mart. A 17% increase in applications was received for Art […]
After one year and three months of working diligently, Walter Paul Bebirian (that’s me) has given careful consideration to and establishing for himself, that there’s finally a secure and suitable on-line environment to establish the first ever website Gallery containing “The Money […]
It was announced today by Elizabeth Jacks, director of The Thomas Cole National Historic Site at Cedar Grove, the launch of the 2008 season with an exhibition of rarely seen oil sketches of famous Cole paintings, including Cole’s oil study for Kaaterskill […]
Zahra Hosseinkhan is an Iranian -born artist who stormed into the Persian art world in 1985, at the tender age of 14, and had her own gallery by the age of 21. Now, at 34, she’s based full-time in Vancouver, and she’s […]
CHICAGO – Members of the convention and tourism industry, along with members of the arts, culture and education communities, joined officials of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) today as they unveiled 50 works of public art in the new, award-winning […]
NEW YORK, NY – The Jewish Museum will present Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 from May 4 through September 21, 2008. In the first major U.S. exhibition in 20 years to rethink Abstract Expressionism and the movements that followed, […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – The closing section of the Spring “Made in California” auction at Bonhams & Butterfields on May 5th will include a collection of 20 works of art to be sold to benefit Ms. Morgan Thomas, an active and vital […]
New York, NY – Sotheby’s spring Day sale of Contemporary Art on May 15th, 2008, will feature Ed Ruscha’s I Don’t Want No Retro Spective, 1979, an iconic work which recounts a fascinating story about the artist and the American actor, Bud […]
Bonhams Auction House has announced its inaugural Canadian Sale, to be held at St Lawrence Hall in Toronto on 19 June 2008. The auction of important Canadian-related art and sculpture will feature over 350 Lots, with estimates ranging from CAD$200 – CAD$150,000. […]