Wednesday June 3rd 2009 from 5 PM TO 11 PM Paris 8th, around the Faubourg Saint-Honoré and the Avenue Matignon Around seventy-five of the most prestigious galleries of the Elysées – Faubourg Saint Honoré area will open for an exceptional evening: the “Nocturne Rive Droite”, held for the fifteenth consecutive year. Numerous collectors and art lovers impatiently await this annual event. The most renowned professionals – antiques dealers, galleries and booksellers – will ... Read More

English chemist Stanley William Hayter’s innovative prints—from the surrealist works of the 1930s to vividly colored abstractions of his later years—reveal his remarkable talent and range of success in the medium of printmaking. On view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from May 31 through August 30, 2009, Stanley William Hayter: From Surrealism to Abstraction traces the artist’s development as a printmaker through 44 of Hayter’s finest prints shown with ... Read More

To describe E-Cyclorama as a painting by Sanford Wurmfeld on the inside of a huge cylinder is to miss the point. This massive panorama of color, viewed by stepping inside the cylinder, makes it possible to experience the power, dynamics and beauty of color. On the cylinder’s walls, color moves through the entire spectrum, but the transitions are so subtle that it is impossible to be sure where one color ends and the next begins. Color becomes intense, independent and dynamic—a sort ... Read More

The San Antonio River Foundation has announced a partnership with the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) for “Down by the River,” a family event that will celebrate a segment of the Museum Reach of the San Antonio River Improvements Project. The event, which is part of SAMA’s “First Sundays for Families” series, will take place on the grounds of SAMA on Sunday June 7, 2009 from 12pm to 5pm. “Part of the San Antonio River Foundation’s mission is to bring grass-roots learning ... Read More

BOSTON, MA – Fusco & Four Associates is proud to celebrate with the International Poster Gallery (IPG) as they announce their 15th anniversary on Newbury Street. Since opening in 1994, International Poster Gallery has hosted more than 40 thematic exhibitions of original vintage posters. Fusco & Four has been with IPG every step of the way, offering public relations and marketing expertise in the art and antiques industry, and aiding the gallery’s exposure efforts through ... Read More

The Print Club of Albany will be exhibiting artwork donated by Albert Scaglione, founder and CEO of Park West Gallery, and Marc Scaglione, President of Park West. The “Park West Donation Exhibition” will be on display from Wednesday, May 27 through June 18 at Fulton Street Gallery in Troy, NY. Thousands of works of art have been donated to the Print Club of Albany by the Scagliones, and this is the first time that these works have been exhibited. The exhibition will include ... Read More

In The Limitations of Logic, his second solo exhibition at Wyer Gallery, Alistair McClymont presents the second in his series of tornado installations. A new horizontal tornado occupies the whole front section of the gallery where a system of scaffolding, industrial scale fans and an ultrasonic humidifier project a twisting ten-foot funnel against the gallery window. The new installation features alongside drawings made by the tornado itself: works in ink on paper formed by the ... Read More

Moscow Museum of Modern Art presents a new exhibition in the “Personalities” program. Yuri Burgelyan (1921-2008) is a well-known painter and teacher whose guidance helped to discover the talents of numerous contemporary artists. His works endeavour to depict a light and elusive mood that is so hard to feel in the noise and bustle of the big city. The artist experiments with the genres, mixing them – still-life with landscape, nu with still-life, portrait with landscape, etc. Yuri ... Read More

Gallery KH is pleased to present Still Life: Mignonette Yin Cheng, Honore Lee and Carol Stewart, opening June 5 through July 10, 2009. An opening night cocktail reception with the artists is scheduled for Friday, June 5, 2009, 5-8PM. Located in the heart of the River North Arts District, Gallery KH presents an outstanding collection of significant contemporary artists working in a variety of styles and media. Honor Lee – Blue Bowl Honor Lee’s complex ideas derived from the ... Read More

Artfest International, Inc. (OTCBB: ARTI) is pleased to announce that the Company will be attending the 2009 Licensing International Expo being held at the Mandalay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from June 2nd through June 4th. Corporate management will be meeting with companies and organizations that represent artists, to present to them the opportunity to use Artfest International, or one of its subsidiaries, Art Channel, Inc. and Art Channel Galleries, Inc., as distribution ... Read More

Peter Lik Fine Art Photography will be hosting an exclusive grand opening event at their newest and largest gallery to date, located in Las Vegas Forum Shops at Caesar’s Palace. Peter Lik will appear in person to unveil his latest masterpiece entitled “Spiritual Light.” “I am inspired by the awesome power and pure beauty of Mother Earth. Combining this passion with my love of photography has fulfilled my life’s dream. I am proud to release ‘Spiritual ... Read More

Phoenix Ancient Art, the world’s leading dealer in rare treasures from ancient Western civilizations, announced today that it has voluntarily repatriated 251 antiquities valued at $2.7 Million (EU 2Million) to the State of Italy. “We returned these ancient artifacts in the spirit of cooperation and collaboration with the international art world, and to demonstrate Phoenix’s commitment to the preservation and repatriation of national treasures to their host ... Read More

Hearst Art Gallery at Saint Mary’s College will present California in Relief: A History in Wood and Linocut Prints, on view July 25 – September 13, 2009. California in Relief presents a historical survey of relief prints in Northern California. Relief prints include, woodcuts, linocuts and wood engravings. This exhibition traces the history of one printmaking media and by doing so brings to light both long standing artistic movements; fascinating groups of artists working outside the ... Read More

The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is presenting the work of nine Bay Area artists in its NextNew exhibition that features work from emerging talent on the region’s contemporary art scene. This year’s show subtitled Green, surveys fresh perspectives on climate change and related environmental and conservation issues. Artists represented in the exhibition include Michelle Blade, Colette Campbell-Jones, Misako Inaoka, Vanessa Marsh, Carson Murdach, Sandra Ono, ... Read More

From May 30 to September 7, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities, an exhibition that examines the relationship between the work of two of America’s most celebrated artists, as well as the momentous period of American Modernism to which they both contributed. The exhibition was organized by the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, in Santa Fe, and SFMOMA’s presentation is coordinated by Senior ... Read More