Founded by the Dutch as New Amsterdam in 1624, New York City was renamed by the English in honor of the Duke of York. Originally consisting only of Manhattan Island, it was re-chartered in 1898 to include the five present-day boroughs of [Read More]
Daily Archives: October 3, 2009
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Three works in the permanent collection of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, two of them not previously announced to the public, will be included in major traveling exhibitions this fall. Richard Caton Woodville’s “War News from Mexico” (1848), an iconic genre [Read More]
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened Paired, Gold: Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Roni Horn, an exhibition that brings together two important works from the permanent collection for the first time and illuminates the profound artistic connection between Felix Gonzalez-Torres (b. 1957, Guáimaro, Cuba; [Read More]
William T. Wiley (b. 1937) has created a distinctive body of work during a 50-year career that addresses critical issues of our time. The exhibition “What’s It All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect” will be on view at the Smithsonian American [Read More]
As Black History month commences, independent charity The Art Fund announces the Museum of London’s acquisition of an important photographic archive charting London’s Afro-Caribbean history. The ‘Roots to Reckoning archive’ comprises 90 photographs of London’s black community in the 1960s – 80s [Read More]
Following the tremendous success of Sotheby’s 20th Century Italian Art Sale last October, which was 94.2% sold by value and achieved the second highest total* for a sale in this category at Sotheby’s, the forthcoming auction on Friday, October 16, 2009 is [Read More]
Christie’s, the world’s leading arts business, announce their seventh auction of International Modern and Contemporary Art in Dubai which will take place on Tuesday 27 October 2009. The sale will bring together and offer to the international art market an important selection [Read More]
It can be yours, for € 25.000, the almost complete copy in an old coloring of the very rare “Sepculum humanae salvationis“. The fifth German edition of the so-called “spiegels menschlicher behaltnuß“, with some 272 woodcuts in the text, is a highlight [Read More]