Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), who came from Cento near Bologna and was called “Il Guercino” by his contemporaries because of his squint, is one of the most important artists of the Italian Baroque era In the course of his career as an [Read More]
Daily Archives: September 16, 2009
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The Graphic Imperative is a select retrospective of forty years of international sociopolitical posters. Themes include dissent, liberation, racism, sexism, human rights, civil rights, environmental and health concerns, AIDS, war, literacy, and tolerance, and collectively provide a glimpse into an age of [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art presents a weeklong run of Joan Braderman’s The Heretics from October 9 to 15, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters. The Heretics reveals the inside story of Heresies, a feminist art collective that was at the [Read More]
London Club of Dickens, Swinburne, Millais, Whistler, Kipling, Monet, Rodin, Degas, Turgenev, Lutyens and Sir Alfred Munnings Sells Pictures ‘The Arts Club Sale: Selected pictures from the Club and Members’ will take place in London on Tuesday, 10th November at Bonhams in [Read More]
Sotheby’s will offer for sale Property from the Collection of Mary Schiller Myers and Louis S. Myers, noted collectors and arts benefactors from Akron, Ohio. Over a period of 40 years Mrs. Myers, with her husband, assembled a classic collection of Contemporary [Read More]
The Museum of Latin American Art will host Auction 09, a significant auction of modern and contemporary Latin American art on October 17, 2009. The auction will feature more than 120 museum quality works of art including paintings, sculptures, works on paper [Read More]
Fourteen contemporary artists have created works about Mary Magdalene for Gallery Met, inspired by the company’s new production of Puccini’s Tosca, which opens the 2009-10 season on September 21. The exhibition Something about Mary features original works by Hugh Bush, Paul Chan, [Read More]