Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University presents Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation from August 22 through December 6, 2009. Torben Giehler, Mont Blanc, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 83 x 143-1/2 inches, collection […]

Nineteen sixty-eight was a tumultuous year across the globe. It was the year American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jnr’s dream of blacks and whites co-existing harmoniously ended when he was assassinated in Memphis. Presidential nominee Robert Kennedy met the same […]

Since its founding, New York City’s waterfront has been essential to the life of the city. The harbor’s protected bay became the site for lucrative trade, first with Native Americans and later with the rest of the world, and provided the economic […]

Raucous behavior and silly plot twists take center stage in a selection of satirical etchings by artist John Sloan (1871–1951) on view in the Chandler Wing of the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and […]

A COLLECTION OF ITEMS relating to important Irish artist Sir William Orpen (1878-1931), discovered in a house in Brighton, will be offered for sale at Bellmans, Wisborough Green, West Sussex as part of their monthly three-day sale that takes place between Wednesday, […]

For the fifth year, Scion auctions off an unprecedented collection of contemporary works to benefit charities and non-profits that support independent artistic expression. The Installation 5 Tour collection features literal and non-literal self-portraits of varying cost by international art luminaries, with 100 […]

Armed with gods, mythological creatures, coarse satire and a modern social outlook, he made his art a mouthpiece for reform in a time of unrest under absolute monarchy, social injustice and stifled freedom of expression. Despite his international orientation and multifaceted, powerful […]

Have you ever wanted to learn how manuscripts were made? Who were the scribes and artists behind the illuminated pages? In The Medieval Scriptorium children – and adults – can answer those questions for themselves as they learn what it was like […]

With the exhibition >CHALO! INDIA. A New Era of Indian ArtCHALO! INDIA. A New Era of Indian Art< explores the present state of Indian contemporary art and the great changes it has gone through in recent years; examining the work of artists […]

All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts, the Dallas Museum of Art exhibition opening on August 30, 2009, will showcase a fresh look at the Museum’s collections in an interactive installation to commemorate the opening of the Dallas […]

Bonhams & Butterfields will hold its fall auction of 20th Century Decorative Arts on September 29, 2009. The 400 lot sale will offer a diverse group of high quality works spanning a century of design by well-known figures of the period. The […]

The second Esher Hall Antiques and Fine Art Fair opens its doors again at Esher Hall, Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, Surrey from Friday 9 until Sunday 11 October 2009. Some 40 exhibitors, all members of either the British Antiques Dealers’ Association or […]

Independent charity The Art Fund announces that it has given a rare edition of the iconic lithograph, Emiliano Zapata and his Horse by Mexican artist Diego Rivera, to the British Museum along with sixteen posters produced by other revolutionary Mexican artists between […]

State-of-the-art renovation will more than double the library’s size, add more than two dozen new computers, 11 laptop stations, wireless access, new areas for adults, teens and children and self-checkout stations New York Public Library President Paul LeClerc and Staten Island elected […]