Yearly Archives: 2009

The artistic achievement of Georgia O’Keeffe is examined from a fresh perspective in Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction, a landmark exhibition debuting this fall at the Whitney Museum of American Art. While O’Keeffe (1887–1986) has long been recognized as one of the central figures [Read More]

On Friday, September 18, Poster Auctions International and Long Island’s Cradle of Aviation Museum are teaming up to launch an exhibition of rare, early aviation posters. The exhibition, held on location at the museum, will showcase classic aviation posters from as early [Read More]

Galleries form London, Madrid, New York and across the United States will offer more than 3,000 original works of art at The Thirteenth Annual Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS), which takes place Thursday – Sunday, November 12-15, 2009 at The Cyclorama [Read More]

The Cleveland Museum of Art today announced the acquisitions approved by the Collections Committee of the museum’s Board of Trustees at its September meeting. Of the works added to the collection by gift or purchase, the following are among the most noteworthy: [Read More]

In his work for the ‘Generation Y’, solo show the artist will be presenting a number of images of young children ‘infected’ by images of consumerism and vulnerability. Some of their faces have logos etched into their skin, while others are dripping [Read More]

From September 29th to January 10th 2010, the Museo Thyssen-Bournemisza will be hosting a retrospective of the French painter Henri Fantin-Latour. Organised in collaboration with the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, it his the first time his work has been showcased in [Read More]

The Art Institute of Chicago will be offering visitors the rare opportunity to view one of Caravaggio’s masterworks from October 10, 2009 to January 31, 2010. Coming from the National Gallery, London, The Supper at Emmaus is one of the most highly [Read More]

The Chakra Shack, announced today that it will hold an exclusive online showing of the paintings of world-renowned artist Paul Heussenstamm. Heussenstamm, a third-generation artist, specializes in works of spiritual art, ranging from Hindu mandalas and yantras to Christian paintings and works [Read More]

The Children’s Cancer and Blood Foundation (CCBF) is proud to be hosting its second annual Contemporary Art Auction on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at Sotheby’s New York, beginning at 6pm. Auction proceeds will support the work of the Children’s Cancer & Blood [Read More]

Phillips de Pury & Company presents LATIN AMERICA, a theme auction offering a cross section of quality works of contemporary art, design and photographs for sale on October 3rd at the company’s Chelsea galleries in New York. Building on the success of [Read More]

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), who came from Cento near Bologna and was called “Il Guercino” by his contemporaries because of his squint, is one of the most important artists of the Italian Baroque era In the course of his career as an [Read More]

The Graphic Imperative is a select retrospective of forty years of international sociopolitical posters. Themes include dissent, liberation, racism, sexism, human rights, civil rights, environmental and health concerns, AIDS, war, literacy, and tolerance, and collectively provide a glimpse into an age of [Read More]

The Museum of Modern Art presents a weeklong run of Joan Braderman’s The Heretics from October 9 to 15, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters. The Heretics reveals the inside story of Heresies, a feminist art collective that was at the [Read More]

London Club of Dickens, Swinburne, Millais, Whistler, Kipling, Monet, Rodin, Degas, Turgenev, Lutyens and Sir Alfred Munnings Sells Pictures ‘The Arts Club Sale: Selected pictures from the Club and Members’ will take place in London on Tuesday, 10th November at Bonhams in [Read More]