Monthly Archives: January 2010

The Directors of Bonhams are delighted to announce the appointment of Perry Tung as a specialist and auctioneer to Bonhams Canada. Perry joins the company with immediate effect. Perry will be assisting Jack Kerr-Wilson, the President of Bonhams Canada, in gathering items for the Canadian sales as well as sourcing goods for […]

Following a worldwide search, the Board of Trustees of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), announced today it has voted unanimously to appoint Jeffrey Deitch as the museum’s new director, effective June 1. Deitch [DIEtsch], 57, is one of New York’s leading gallerists, specializing in modern and contemporary art, and […]

The current episodes on VernissageTV Art TV focus on art exhibitions and events during Art Basel Miami Beach Week. Among the highlights: Interviews with Jonathan Meese, FriendsWithYou, Olaf Breuning, Dzine, Greg Lynn, Maarten Baas, and Rosa de la Cruz. Focus Miami The current programming on VernissageTV has its focus on the art […]

Rabley Contemporary Drawing are exhibiting drawings by twenty two of the most exciting artists drawing today. They reflect fresh definitions and a resurgence of interest in drawing placing it centre stage of the contemporary fine art arena. “Emma Stibbon creates de-populated ‘Vistaramas’ of dramatic physical and constructed landscapes, her drawings in chalk […]

From January to April 2010, artist Andy Holden will be displaying a giant knitted rock as part of Tate Britain’s Art Now programme of contemporary displays. Never before shown in the UK, Pyramid Piece 2009 is a vastly enlarged replica of a small Egyptian stone fragment, created from knitted yarn and foam […]

This group show welcomes Jeanne Duval, F. Scott Hess, David Ligare, Jeffrey Ripple, and Marc Trujillo into the gallery’s stable of contemporary representational painters. After several successful years showing in San Francisco with Michael Hackett and Tracy Freedman, these five artists will make their New York debut at Hirschl & Adler Modern. […]

Tate has bought eight powerful hand-coloured etchings by William Blake (1757-1827) with the assistance of The Art Fund (£141,000), Tate Members (£200,000), Tate Patrons and the generosity of the public. The works were inherited by Blake’s widow Catherine, who later gave them to a gentleman called Frederick Tatham. Their ownership is then […]

The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), home to one of the world’s preeminent collections of Asian art, announced today the appointment of Seunghye Sun as associate curator of Japanese and Korean art. Sun assumes her duties at the CMA in July 2010. The addition of Sun is made possible by a spendable […]

Other artists include Arnaldo Pomodoro, Alexander Calder, & Yves Tanguy Skinner, Inc., one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will kick-off its 2010 season with a strong sale of American & European Paintings & Prints on January 29th at noon in the Boston gallery. Many of the […]

Works by Damien Hirst, Tim Hawkinson, Jennifer Angus, Nick Cave, Jochem Hendricks, Tessa Farmer, Susie MacMurray and Others On view from April to October 2010 Special Visitor Preview Offers Opportunities to Watch 8 Artists Install Site-Specific Works New York, NY presented by the Museum of Arts and Design from April 27 through […]

The Everson Museum of Art is pleased to present Tim Scott: The Sixties – When Colour was Sculpture January 30 – April 11, 2010. Scott’s monumental, colorful, steel sculptures will be one view, along with recent ceramic sculptures from his House of Clay series. “Because of their dramatic scale, which require large […]

“Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O’Sullivan” is the first major exhibition devoted to this remarkable photographer in three decades. The exhibition is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from Feb. 12 through May 9. The museum is the only venue for the exhibition. […]

Kaminski Auctions, announces the opening of its new Beverly Hills location and an exciting two-day appraisal event. The appraisal event, which is free and open to the public, takes place Thursday and Friday, January 14-15, 2010, from 10am – 4pm each day at 9312 Civic Center Drive, Beverly Hills. Kaminski Auctions’ appraisal […]

A West Hollywood antiques dealer has been named in a federal fraud case involving the $2 million sale of a fake Pablo Picasso that she paid an artist $1,000 to fabricate. Tatiana Khan was informed of the charges this morning by FBI agents who also seized a $700,000 de Kooning painting that […]

The Crafts Council announced that COLLECT 2010, the leading international art fair for contemporary objects, will return to the Saatchi Gallery on London’s Kings Road from May 14 – 17, 2010. Now in its seventh year, COLLECT has established itself as the event to view and buy the best in contemporary craft. […]