Monthly Archives: July 2009

Immerse yourself in 16th-century Rome’s fascinating cultural and political history when you read the exhibition catalogue of From Raphael to Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada and presented by Sun Life Financial, the exhibition is [Read More]

The Joan Miró Foundation will be presenting František Kupka, an exhibition curated by Brigitte Léal, Assistant Director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre Georges Pompidou, and sponsored by BBVA. The exhibition will show for the first time in Spain a [Read More]

The Georgia Museum of Art acquired two important American paintings at the sale of the Florence and William Griffin Collection at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, N.C., Saturday, May 30. Between 1945 and the 1980s, the Griffins amassed an exceptional collection of southern [Read More]

Chelseaartgalleries.com, one of the most popular art portals in the world, announced today that it is extending its reach globally. The new destination site, oneartworld.com, will subsume and extend all of chelseaartgalleries.com’s functionality, while providing a location agnostic view of the art [Read More]

The Boca Raton Museum of Art has announced three new exhibitions. Gary T. Erbe: Forty Year Retrospective A showcase of more than sixty trompe l’oeil paintings drawn from private and public collections, by this self-taught artist. Gary Erbe (born in Union City, [Read More]

The J. Paul Getty Museum announces The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire, an exhibition showcasing masterworks of Aztec sculpture—among them recent archaeological discoveries—which will be juxtaposed with 16th- to 18th-century illustrations that reflect European interpretations of Aztec culture. The Aztec [Read More]

London’s Jewish Museum announced that it is getting closer to saving a 300 year old Hanukah lamp for the nation, thanks to the support of independent charity The Art Fund and other funding bodies. The ‘Lindo lamp’ is the earliest known English [Read More]

The International Photographic Review, organised by Rhubarb Rhubarb and known as Europe’s best event of its kind, celebrates its tenth anniversary this year by posing the provocative statement Photography is dead…Rhubarb has combined retrospectives with up and coming photographers, plus such renowned [Read More]

The Aspen Art Museum is proud to announce the debut of internationally celebrated American artist Fred Tomaselli’s largest museum survey exhibition to date—featuring a curatorial selection of the artist’s two-dimensional work from the late 1980s to the present. Organized by the Aspen [Read More]

Dr. David Nalin first visited Asia in the 1960s and became a pioneer in the treatment of cholera. In East Pakistan, now Dhaka, Bangladesh, he became captivated by the region’s culture. An exhibition at the Rubin Museum of Art will present more [Read More]

This fall the Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) explores the history and meaning of the mandala, Himalayan Buddhism’s artistic representation of man and the universe. Mandala: The Perfect Circle, organized by RMA Chief Curator Martin Brauen, begins with the mysterious early forms [Read More]

The architecture of classic Los Angeles eateries from the mid-20th century will be featured in one of two exhibitions opening this month at the University Art Museum at UC Santa Barbara. Using architectural drawings, vintage photographs, and memorabilia, Sardi’s to Orange Julius®: [Read More]

An engagement between an American and a British naval vessel during the War of 1812 by Derek Gardner is estimated to sell for £30,000 to £50,000 at Bonhams next auction of Marine Art on September 15th in New Bond Street, London. The [Read More]

During the fall 2009 and winter 2010 auction seasons Sotheby’s in New York will present works from the collections of renowned philanthropist and patron of the arts Dr. Arthur M. Sackler. The offering of several hundred objects from Dr. Sackler’s collections comprises [Read More]