Monthly Archives: August 2009

Baibakov Art Projects announced the first major exhibition of Luc Tuymans in Russia, where the artist will also be a special guest of the Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. ‘Against the Day’ will open at the Red October Chocolate Factory in [Read More]

To complement its recently published catalogue of British pictures, Dulwich Picture Gallery will be exhibiting the best of its British paintings this summer in an unusual exhibition. Masterpieces from the original collection will be displayed alongside lesser-known paintings bequeathed by other collectors, [Read More]

This October, the Portland Art Museum will present a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view Raphael’s renowned painting The Woman with a Veil. This single-painting exhibition will bring one of the most important paintings of the Renaissance to Oregon for the first time. The [Read More]

A lost work by celebrated painter Sir Edwin Landseer has been rediscovered in a private English collection, and will be offered in Bonhams’ Scottish Sale in Edinburgh on August 21st. ‘Dunrobin Castle’, the most northerly major house in the British Isles, is [Read More]

A new exhibition at St. Barbe Museum focuses on the work of two artists who capitalised on national pride and interest in a growing maritime empire to create the first truly British school of marine painting. Peter Monamy (1681 – 1749) and [Read More]

Derek Gardner, who became professional artists after serving in the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy respectively and surviving enemy action, are the star lots in Bonhams next Marine Sale on September 15th. Both men experienced shipwreck following naval actions but went [Read More]

Camera Work will exhibit the works of the Danish photographer Pierre Winther in its gallery showrooms, from August 1 to September 5, 2009. Pierre Winther is the creator of illusions and stories of graphic quality, from which he has developed his own [Read More]

The Wallace Collection announces an exhibition of 25 new paintings by Damien Hirst including two triptychs, being shown in the UK for the first time. ‘The Blue Paintings’ marks the artist’s return to the solitary practice of painting. Created between 2006 and [Read More]

The Museum of Modern Art presents Ron Arad: No Discipline, the first major U.S. retrospective of Arad’s work, from August 2 to October 19, 2009. Among the most influential designers of our time, Arad (British, b. Israel 1951) stands out for his [Read More]

A dome installation by Bill Culbert featuring flurorescent tubes suspended in the dome and eight large scale photographs of local sites. Culbert is one of New Zealand’s most senior and respected artists who divides his time between London and France. This is [Read More]

Elms Lesters Painting Rooms announced an exhibition of new works by American painter James Marshall, aka DALEK, and Dutch artist Boris Tellegen, aka DELTA, both masters of the art of handling colour and texture, and both at pivotal points in their careers. [Read More]

Rossi & Rossi will welcome to London Grotto Fine Art, the only gallery in Hong Kong specialising in contemporary Hong Kong art. From 29 September to 23 October 2009, visitors to Rossi & Rossi at 16 Clifford Street , London W1, will [Read More]

Evocative paintings made by local artist Charles W. Ward (1900-1962) will be exhibited at the Michener Art Museum. Charles W. Ward: Paintings for People opens October 31, 2009 and runs through February 14, 2010. Ward’s work first came on the national scene [Read More]

The Newark Museum art pottery collection began with an exhibition in 1910, just one year after the institution was founded by John Cotton Dana, and since has grown to be one of the country’s premier holdings. Exhibited as a collection only twice [Read More]