This October the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) presents “The Louvre and the Masterpiece” which will explore how the definition of a “masterpiece,” as well as taste and connoisseurship, have changed over time. The exhibition, presented by U.S. Bank, will feature sixty-two [Read More]
Daily Archives: October 18, 2009
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Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography Opens October 18 with Large-Scale Works by 40 Korean Artists The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, the most comprehensive exhibition of contemporary Korean photography to ever be shown in the United [Read More]
Larry Clark: Tulsa opens at the Columbia Museum of Art on October 14, 2009 and runs through February 7, 2010 in the Mamie & William Andrew Treadway, Jr. Gallery 15. Widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American photographers [Read More]
Major retrospective features abstract work of Brett Weston son of legendary photographer Edward Weston – At the Currier Museum of Art October 10, 2009–January 3, 2010 Brett Weston (1911-1993) was considered by many to be brilliant, visionary, prodigious, and among the most [Read More]
Bonhams specialists in London have announced that they have identified a magnificent Roman cameo glass vase which may, they say, be the most important of its kind in the world. Chantelle Rountree, head of antiquities at Bonhams, said: “It is of major [Read More]
The University of Tulsa, which manages the world-renowned Gilcrease Museum, has acquired the C.M. Russell Research Collection that contains more than 13,000 objects that cover a full range of the artist’s life and work. Russell’s biographer, Homer Britzman, gathered the items with [Read More]
Christie’s announced Le Quai Malaquais et l’Institut, 1903 by Camille Pissarro (estimate: $1.5-2.5 million), an important work that has been restituted to a member of the Fischer estate after its confiscation over 70 years ago, will be offered for sale this November. [Read More]