The Pasadena Museum of California Art is proud to present Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting, a survey of more than one hundred twenty works drawn from the oeuvre of the celebrated painter. Thiebaud is best known for his vibrantly colored paintings [Read More]
Daily Archives: October 20, 2009
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The international tour of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery’s groundbreaking 2008 exhibition “Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur” will include an additional venue, the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. The exhibition of 55 newly discovered Indian [Read More]
After thirty-six years of teaching at Princeton University, photographer Emmet Gowin retires at the end of 2009. To mark the occasion, to honor Gowin’s generosity as a teacher and perpetual student, and to celebrate his artistic legacy, the Princeton University Art Museum [Read More]
Beginning October 20, 2009, “The Last Gleanings” by acclaimed 19th-century French painter Jules-Adolphe Breton (1827–1906) will be installed over the mantel in the dining room at Clayton, the restored home of the Henry Clay Frick family at the Frick Art & Historical [Read More]
Geoffrey Beene (1927-2004) was one of America’s most original fashion designers, a true design pioneer that elevated his craft to an art. In this spirit, the Fashion Design Department of Phoenix Art Museum presents Geoffrey Beene: Trapeze, an engaging exhibition with attitude [Read More]
Stendhal Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition 7 Paintings from 1950’s and Graphic Works from October 31 – December 19, 2009. One of the exhibitions highlights will be an installation-like display of the typographic print No Smoking, devised by Fluxus artist [Read More]
Christie’s autumn auctions of Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art will be held on December 1 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Showcasing fine and rare works across a number of collecting categories including ceramics, jades, lacquer, and Classical [Read More]
Sotheby’s Sales of 20th Century Italian Art and Contemporary Art, Including Arab and Iranian Art, brought a combined total of £20,157,550/$32,799,234 (Est. £15.6-21.6 million) and saw a total of seven new artist records established. Commenting on the strong 20th Century Italian Art [Read More]
Christie’s is pleased to announce the Prints and Multiples sale on October 27th and 28th. The two day sale is comprised of over 440 works with estimates ranging from $2,000 to $450,000. Of the thirty Andy Warhol lots included in the sale, [Read More]
Stephen Shames, and his art dealer, Steven Kasher, approached Shepard Fairey earlier this year about creating artworks to support L.E.A.D. Uganda, an educational leadership program founded by Shames that locates vulnerable children with innate talents and molds them into leaders. Fairey agreed [Read More]