The Agora Gallery (530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York, NY, 10001) is proud to present Valencia artist Meghan Oare in The Revelry of Energy. Scheduled to run from January 6th through January 27th, the collection will feature a captivating selection of Meghan Oare’s dynamic and vibrant paintings. About Meghan Oare: Dynamic and vibrant paintings by Meghan Oare resemble a continuous cycle of emotions that we experience as humans. Oare’s ability to have faith in the ... Read More

The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces Treasure Market, March 26–29, 2009, with the theme “The Art of Collecting.” This biennial sale of art, antiques, and collectibles, now includes two evening events preceding the popular Saturday and Sunday sale. Bonhams appraiser Alan Fausel, frequently featured on “Antiques Roadshow,” is the guest speaker at the Champagne Preview, which kicks off Treasure Market on Thursday, March 26. “The first sale, in 1958, ... Read More

(Orlando, Fla.) – About 270 original prints — many of them signed and/or numbered, by major 20th-century masters like Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro and others — will be sold at auction on Saturday, Feb. 7, by Baterbys Art Auction Gallery. The sale will be conducted live (and online), in the beautiful Pointe Orlando complex, located at 9101 International Drive in Orlando. The auction will begin promptly at 2 p.m., with a one-hour preview from 1-2 ... Read More

Menaul Fine Art (http://www.menaul-art.com) wanted to expand their international distribution of abstract art by Scott J Menaul. Rollins, Florida’s most prestigious executive MBA program, (http://www.crummer.rollins.edu/) was looking for an international marketing case study. The two met and Rollins accepted Menaul Fine Art for the INTL 602 International Marketing Project 2008. Mary Conway Dato-on, PhD and Associate Professor of International Business at Rollins College, located in ... Read More

Musicians and Performers as Artists is the central theme of Image Makers Art, Gallery of Stars located in New Hope, Pennsylvania. For over ten years, the gallery has featured the visual artistic talent of many famous entertainers. Tony Bennett is the feature artist in our new winter Holiday exhibit. For over Fifty years, consummate entertainer Tony Benedetto aka Tony Bennett, has been seriously pursuing a career as a talented painter in addition to his vocal prowess. “I’m on a ... Read More

The distinguished jury panel of the Chinese Art Prize today announced the Gold and Silver Prize awardees of the 2008 Chinese Art Prize, a gala event at Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai. The winners: Min Xiaofang (Gold) and Kang Yongfeng (Silver). The Viewers’ Choice Prize went to Song Yongjun. “In such an uncertain economic climate, endeavors such as the Chinese Art Prize take on even greater significance as committed promoters of young, emerging artists, as well as springboards ... Read More

The largest exhibition of Western art by black artists ever assembled opens December 20 at the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. “The Black West: Buffalo Soldiers, Black Cowboys and Untold Stories” features 65 works of art by 16 contemporary African American artists. Visitors to the museum can view the exhibition through March 22, 2009. “The Black West” is an important and groundbreaking exhibition because it tells the often overlooked story of ... Read More

ACM SIGGRAPH announces the call for Art Papers for SIGGRAPH 2009, taking place 3-7 August in New Orleans, Louisiana. SIGGRAPH encourages paper submissions on topics that explore the creation of art and its place in society, helping people understand the changing roles of artists and art creation in the increasingly computerized, online world. The papers should present challenging ideas in accessible ways with the goal of informing artistic disciplines, setting standards, and stimulating ... Read More

Each year during the holiday season, artists across the country hope to receive a very special commission: the official White House holiday card. Once commissioned, the artist gains immediate notoriety since his or her work is mailed to more than one million people – including nearly all world leaders and dignitaries. This year’s lucky artist, T. Allen Lawson, 45, attended and honed his craft at Chicago’s famed American Academy of Art in the mid-1980s. The Academy is ... Read More

The Executive Committee of the Board of Museum Associates, the non-profit that operates the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has presented a plan to the Board of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) outlining the terms of a proposed merger. The goal of this plan would be to preserve the independence and integrity of both institutions while combining their operations and infrastructure. The proposal is non-binding. Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director said: ... Read More

The popular online art gallery, OverstockArt.com, has officially released the annual Top 10 Oil Paintings rankings for 2008. After a complete domination of the top spot by renowned Dutch master, Vincent Van Gogh, a relative new comer, Gustav Klimt, has taken over with his masterpiece, The Kiss, and blew everyone away. According to David Sasson, CEO of OverstockArt.com, the company releases its Top 10 list of best selling art to show which oil paintings are the “trendiest, most ... Read More

A groundbreaking exhibition devoted to one of the greatest living painters opens at the National Portrait Gallery on 26 February 2009. Gerhard Richter Portraits is the first major exhibition to show a selection of Richter’s portraits across the entire span of his career. Dating from the 1960s to the present, it includes important early black-and-white paintings made from magazine photographs, works based on private snapshots, a special installation of his celebrated series 48 ... Read More

In the last few years, photographer Annie Bertram has made a name for herself with her unique style, and the Gothic art scene can hardly do without her: among others, she did artwork for albums by such popular bands as Blutengel, Scream Silence or Terminal Choice, and her work appears regularly in large magazines as exclusive photo spreads and on covers. Her first photography book titled “Die Farben der Träume” (“The Color of Dreams”) was published very successfully in ... Read More

Opening Reception Saturday, December 13, 2008 from 7 to 10pm On View December 13 until December 31, 2008 Corey Helford Gallery is proud to present “These Predicaments”, a solo exhibition of new works by pop surrealist David Stoupakis. For his second solo exhibition at the Gallery, Stoupakis parlays his talent for the supernatural and macabre into dramatic narratives that reveal symbolic turning points and unexpected dilemmas. A delicate balance of childhood innocence and haunting ... Read More

From December 10-18 artnet Online Auctions will feature a special sale of prints and works on paper by Alexander Calder from the 1960s and 1970s. Leading the sale is a group of 28 prints with estimates from $500-$3,000. Three works from 1969, Dents de scie (estimate: $500-700), Encore de l’acier (estimate: $1,800-$2,200), and Charpente de fer (estimate: $1,200-1,500), each signed by the artist, employ the strong black lines and biomorphic forms prevalent in the artist’s ... Read More