Yearly Archives: 2009

Kofi Annan, Honorary President of the Prix Pictet, has awarded this year‟s Prix Pictet to British based photographer Nadav Kander and the 2009 Commission to American photographer Ed Kashi at the Passage de Retz, Paris. Ed Kashi, “Nigeria, 2006”. Series: “Curse of [Read More]

The exhibition James Tissot: “The Life of Christ” includes 124 watercolors selected from a set of 350 that depict detailed scenes from the New Testament, from before the birth of Jesus through the Resurrection, in a chronological narrative. It marks the first [Read More]

Chelmsford Museum has succeeded in snaring at auction its first work by locally born painter and Slade professor Frederick Brown (1851 -1941) – after being thwarted in its attempt to acquire a similar painting by the artist that went under the hammer [Read More]

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) presents an innovative exhibition that explores nontraditional methods of displaying, engaging with, and understanding African art—the first part of a long-term plan to reinstall all of the museum’s African art galleries. “iAfrica: Connecting with Sub-Saharan Art,” [Read More]

On 24 October, the monumental Wolfsburg Project lighting installation created by famous lighting artist James Turrell will be presented to the public at the Wolfsburg Art Museum. The Wolfsburg Ganzfeld Piece – as this work of art has been named – is [Read More]

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced that Dave Woody of Fort Collins, Colo., has received first prize for the “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009” for a photograph titled “Laura.” First prize is a cash award of $25,000 and a separate commission from [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to offer Fine Prints on November 3, 2009. Simulcast between the San Francisco and Los Angeles salesrooms, the auction will feature a diverse selection of old master, modern, contemporary prints and multiples ranging from the Renaissance to [Read More]

This autumn Modern Art Oxford presents a new work by the Berlin-based artist Susan Philipsz, entitled ‘You are not alone’, specially commissioned for the Radcliffe Observatory, Green Templeton College, Oxford. Built in the 18th century, the Radcliffe Observatory was modelled on the [Read More]

This exhibition is the inaugural show for the ELEVEN AND A HALF art dealership and features recent work by artists closely associated with West Cornwall: John Emanuel, Paul Lewin, John Piper, Michael Praed, Ken Symonds, Ges Wilson and Vincent Wilson. This group [Read More]

Fulfilling its commitment to sharing its celebrated Adolpho Leirner Collection with international audiences, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will send the collection to Zurich for its debut European presentation at Haus Konstruktiv this November. The Leirner Collection is the most prestigious [Read More]

The Barbican Centre is delighted to announce a new and dynamic multi-year partnership with The Sovereign Art Foundation. For the next three years the Barbican will play host to the annual Sovereign European Art Prize exhibition. This collaboration will commence in June [Read More]

An exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace next year is set to challenge the popular image of Queen Victoria. Opening in March 2010, Victoria & Albert: Art & Love will focus on the period of Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert, from [Read More]

The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a major traveling retrospective celebrating the extraordinary life and work of Arshile Gorky (American, born Armenia, c.1904-1948), a seminal figure in the movement towards gestural abstraction that would transform American art in the years after [Read More]

For the first time in Europe, an exhibition will be presented, which is focused specifically on narrating the art historical period of Socialist Realism in the former Soviet Union. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin [Read More]