Yearly Archives: 2009

Acquavella Galleries will exhibit Grands Formats (Large Scale) works by renowned twentieth-century Canadian artist, Jean Paul Riopelle (1923 – 2002), through October 23rd. The current exhibition presents a selection of Riopelle’s large-scale paintings from the early 1950s through the 1970s in addition [Read More]

Hespe Gallery is exhibiting oil paintings by Eric Zener, through October 31. Transcendental ideas have always been important for Eric Zener to explore. Renowned for his oil paintings of swimmers in vivid blue water, Zener is moving in a new direction with [Read More]

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in collaboration with Tate Connects and sponsored by Newcastle University’s Medical School presents an exhibition by one of the UK’s most high profile contemporary artists Damien Hirst. Pharmacy (1992) will be exhibited within Baltic’s Level 2 gallery [Read More]

Best known for revolutionizing the art of photography, American artist Man Ray (1890-1976) produced a prolific collection of striking black-and-white compositions inspired by the African objects they depict. The Phillips Collection showcases these works in a new exhibition that explores the pivotal [Read More]

Sotheby’s Orientalist sale in Paris on October 28 will consist of 205 lots of paintings, sculptures and works of art. It will also include a section dedicated to Islamic Art for the first time, with 120 lots illustrating les arts d’Orient from [Read More]

Manhattan Graphics Center is holding a no-reserve, no-buyer’s-commission, benefit auction of fine prints at Bloomsbury Auctions, New York. Available for bidding are over 400 fine prints by MGC members, a selection from the MGC archives, and donated works from fine print dealers, [Read More]

Cheim & Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of abstract sculpture by multi-media artist Jack Pierson. Pierson’s last exhibition with the gallery was in 2006. Most recently, his show, “Abstracts,” was on view at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, from [Read More]

217 Films and independent filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of Ashford, Connecticut announce the premiere of their new film about American master John Marin. On Friday, December 11 at 6:30pm, John Marin: “Let the Paint be Paint!” will make its world [Read More]

To celebrate the opening of Tate Modern’s major autumn exhibition “Pop Life: Art in a Material World,” a giant 53 foot (16 meter) helium balloon by Jeff Koons is being unveiled today at Covent Garden. It is the first time that Koons’s [Read More]

This group exhibition takes its title from the infamous 1962 book by St. Ives artist Sven Berlin. It will explore the influence of folklore, mysticism, mythology and the occult on the development of art in Britain. Focusing on works from the beginning [Read More]

The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) has selected Dan Fenelon to create a site-specific mural for its Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation Art Stairway. Fenelon is working on the mural throughout October and plans to complete it by November 1. The final mural [Read More]

Skinner, one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, announced its upcoming auction of Asian Works of Art – to take place on Oct 17th at 3 p.m. and Oct. 18th at 10 a.m. in its Boston gallery [Read More]

Celebrating its 16th year, SOFA CHICAGO 2009, the critically acclaimed Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair, returns to Navy Pier’s Festival Hall (600 E. Grand Avenue) Nov. 6 – 8 to present masterworks from top international galleries and dealers. The Chicago fair [Read More]

Gabor Szilasi is on a constant quest to capture the ordinary people and places of the present day. He finds beauty in the banal and is interested in documenting a society that is in constant flux. Gabor Szilasi: The Eloquence of the [Read More]