New York – Babcock Galleries presents African Americans: Seeing and Seen, 1766 – 1916, an incisive overview of refined and controversial fine art and popular culture images of African Americans as artists and subjects. Bitter brutality and cruel caricature alternate with respectful [Read More]
Daily Archives: January 17, 2010
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One of the most innovative and influential artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) was at his most inventive between 1905 and 1945. The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris (February 24 – April [Read More]
Weather has become “climate”, climate has turned into “climate crisis” – an unstoppable threat of our natural environment has been a global discussion topic for years. The internationally renowned Finnish artist Ilkka Halso (*1965 ) has been dealing with healing and rescue [Read More]
On January 26th Bonhams will hold the first Maritime Sale to be presented at its New York galleries. Highly anticipated amongst collectors, this inaugural sale will focus solely on maritime related paintings and decorative arts. Featured in the nearly 200 lot sale [Read More]
Author and art consultant Barbara Guggenheim will discuss the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of collecting art at an event titled How the Art World Works: New Twists on the World’s Second Oldest Profession at the Gibbes Museum of Art on Thursday, February 4. [Read More]
David L. Dee has been named Director Emeritus at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah. Dee, who served as Director and Curator of Asian Art from 2002 to 2009, also served as Interim Director, Exhibitions Coordinator, and [Read More]
Christie’s announced the appointment of Marc Porter as Chairman of Christie’s Americas effective January 2010. In this role, Mr. Porter will lead the Top Client Program in the Americas and remain President of Christie’s Japan, and a member of the Board of [Read More]