Monthly Archives: August 2009

Forty-four of Santa Barbara’s leading artists Santa Barbara’s leading artists will open their studios to the public for Santa Barbara Studio Artists’ Annual Tour over Labor Day weekend, from 11 am to 5 pm, Saturday September 5th and Sunday September 6th, 2009. [Read More]

The de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University presents three collections from September 26 to December 4: Art of Richard Mayhew: Journey’s End, A Sense of Place: Location/Inspiration, and The Eclectic Eye: Works from a Private Collection. Richard Mayhew, who claims both [Read More]

Christie’s First Open sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art will offer an array of exciting paintings, sculptures, and works on paper on September 23. Presenting the opportunity to enhance an existing collection or start one anew, First Open kicks off the category’s [Read More]

A major gift from Edward Lenkin (C’71, PAR’12) has enabled the Penn Libraries to acquire an outstanding collection of historical photographs of the Holy Land. The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography at the Penn Libraries comprises 3,763 original photographs, primarily of Jerusalem [Read More]

1997 was an eventful year – the death of Mother Teresa and Princess Diana sent shockwaves all over the world; Tobacco companies were finally getting ready to file settlement for a plethora of lawsuits litigated against the industry for smoking-related health problems; [Read More]

Raqib Shaw’s work offers a view of paradise and hell both at the same time – an exuberant creation of worlds marked by an absence of religious systems. “God is dead” might be the Occidental equivalent, in the shape of a Nietzschean [Read More]

THE LOCATIONS MART – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Corso Bettini, 43, 38068 Rovereto, Italy Presented on September 9, h 18 Curated by Gabriella Belli KUNSTRAUM INNSBRUCK, Maria Theresien Straße 34, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria Presented on September 10, h 18 Curated [Read More]

With her exhibition ‘COMPESHITSTEM – the new deal,’ Phoebe Washburn is presenting the largest and most complex installation which she has ever been able to realize during her career. The installation was conceived specifically for the kestnergesellschaft and its spaces. It confirms [Read More]

Christie’s London bi-annual sale of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints in September will feature a fantastic variety of original prints from the Renaissance to the present day including well-known artists such as Dürer, Rembrandt, Picasso, Beckmann, Matisse, Miro, Bacon, Warhol, Lichtenstein [Read More]

Christie’s London will offer the collection of legendary Academy Award winning film producer Ismail Merchant (1936-2005) on 7 October 2009 at their South Kensington salerooms. Ismail Merchant had a long and distinguished career working with the film director James Ivory. Their company, [Read More]

Veronique Scorer joins Bonhams as Director of the Knightsbridge Picture Department on 1st September. Veronique worked for Sotheby’s for fifteen years, where she was a Deputy Director. She ran the 19th Century Picture Department at Olympia and was latterly Head of 19th [Read More]

Arndt & Partner in Berlin will present the first solo exhibition by the Iranian painter Khosrow Hassanzadeh in Germany. The artist, whose work is currently also on show at the 53rd Venice Biennale, is one of the most prominent representatives of the [Read More]

The Baltimore Museum of Art presents the first comprehensive exhibition on the printmaking of the great French artist Henri Matisse. On view October 25, 2009 – January 3, 2010, Matisse as Printmaker unites the BMA’s extraordinary collection of Matisse prints with a [Read More]

A group of paintings by the still-life artist Oliver Clare will be auctioned by Birmingham based auctioneers Fellows & Sons on Tuesday 25 August. Clare was the son of George Clare and the brother of Vincent all of whom were prolific artists. [Read More]