Yearly Archives: 2009

Wolfgang Ketterer, “one of the most renown European art dealers“ (Abendzeitung, 09 September 2000) and “precursor of the German auction market“ (Handelsblatt, 08/09 September 2000), died in his home in Kreuth on Tegernsee near Munich today on 14 October 2009. Wolfgang Ketterer [Read More]

The first solo exhibition in Europe of the American sculptor Lynda Benglis, best known for her ground-breaking work challenging accepted artistic norms through a pioneering merging of content and form, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), [Read More]

Bonhams sixth sale of South African Art in London on 14 October made a total of £2.5m (R29m) in a buoyant auction which saw new world record prices achieved for six artists. But as usual it was works by Pierneef, Stern, Laubser [Read More]

In the first solo exhibition of American photographer Robert Bergman (b. 1944), approximately 30 color portraits will display the artist’s exceptional ability to reveal the singular nature of each of his subjects and their common humanity. On view at the National Gallery [Read More]

Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act on view at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) downtown October 15, 2009, to April 11, 2010, traces the master American sculptor’s work from the late 1920s to the 1970s. Organized by the Seattle Art Museum and curated [Read More]

On October 15, Neue Galerie New York will open “From Klimt to Klee: Masterworks from the Serge Sabarsky Collection.” With this exhibition, the museum honors the life and work of its co-founder, Serge Sabarsky. A tireless advocate for German and Austrian art, [Read More]

Margot Stoeckl was born in 1963 in Gerlos (Tyrol). From 1979 to 1983 she finished the higher technical educational establishment for art craft and wooden processing in Innsbruck. Later she worked in the parental company, a carpenter’s workshop, and signed from 1986 [Read More]

Kate McKinney, a Los Angeles artist, is currently showing at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. Her installation in the exhibit “Fresh Voices of Jewish Art,” presents the viewer with a spiritual tableau aptly titled “The Amazing Experience.” The elements of her [Read More]

Eisele Gallery of Fine Art has pulled together an outstanding collection of over 750 original works of art with a common theme – the artists and/or subject matter that have strong ties to Cincinnati and the Northern Ohio region. Gallery Owner Doug [Read More]

The Taubman Museum of Art announced today that the institution’s building, designed by Los Angeles architect Randall Stout, has been awarded a 2009 International Architect Award, co-presented by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. and [Read More]

On October 22, 2009, Sotheby’s New York will offer a group of Polish paintings from the Slotkowski Collection in Chicago as a highlight of its sale of 19th Century European Art Including Important British Paintings. The Collection comprises six pictures estimated to [Read More]

Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, sold over 70% by lot on Monday 12th October, at its Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern & South Asian Art auction, held at the Royal Mirage Hotel, Dubai (UAE). The auction achieved total sales of [Read More]

The Robin Symes Collection – an eclectic range of Old Masters, 20th Century American abstracts, architectural items, textiles and tribal pieces belonging to the renowned dealer – reached £500,000 when it was was sold, without reserve, by Bonhams in their Oxford saleroom [Read More]

The Ana Tzarev Gallery (http://www.anatzarev.com/) is featuring an exhibition of paintings based on the artist Ana Tzarev’s extensive travels throughout Africa. Ana Tzarev has spent time in numerous regions across the continent. Her interest in African history and culture is reflected in [Read More]