Collectors of fine Japanese furniture and decorative arts are eagerly awaiting the March 25th sale to be mounted at Bonhams, New York. Consisting of over just over 300 lots, the sale is comprised of early 20th-century Decorative Arts, 18th and 19th-century netsuke [Read More]
Monthly Archives: February 2010
An exhibition of high quality reproduction prints, taken from woodblocks created by the acclaimed 18th century artist Sharaku presented alongside interpretative works by contemporary Japanese graphic and fine artists, opens at the Tennessee State Museum on February 18th. Sharaku Interpreted by Japan’s [Read More]
Two lamps produced and designed collaboratively by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti and his younger brother Diego, and a table designed by Diego Giacometti, which were owned by the late English actor James Mason (1909-1984) since the late 1960s, are being offered at [Read More]
Rosamund Felsen Gallery is pleased to present Ann Preston’s large-scale exhibition, Four Forms. Preston’s exhibition comprises an ambitious undertaking of mesmerizing scope, bringing together her unfathomable energy and imagination. Open through March 13, 2010. After a number of years concentrating on large-scale, [Read More]
In April 2010 Tate Liverpool is proud to unveil new commissions by acclaimed Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra. Rineke Dijkstra: I See a Woman Crying features two Liverpool-based video works never seen before in the UK. Open Monday 26 April – Monday 30 [Read More]
The Darwin Centre building, including its spectacular 8-storey concrete cocoon, was opened on September 2009 at an event with HRH Prince William of Wales and Sir David Attenborough. Visitors can explore world-class science in the Darwin Centre through amazing specimens, exciting displays [Read More]
Opening Reception Saturday, Februrary 20, 2010 From 5 – 8 PM Dallas, TX: PDNB Gallery will select special photographs from its archive by various artists that PDNB has not exhibited in recent years. These photographs highlight the breadth of innovation and style [Read More]
There’s so much we know nothing about. Here we are in our natural environment and the mysteries of the universe are all around us. I want to paint these mysteries – James Rosenquist New York, NY – As prime subjects, Time and [Read More]
Derek Eller Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Jessica Jackson Hutchins entitled Kitchen Table Allegory, on view through March 27, 2010. Using materials such as papier-mâché, glitter, paper pulp, hand-made ceramics, photographs both found and taken, fragments of her family’s clothing, and [Read More]
A collection of iconic prints, by some of the finest European artists of the past 500 years, will be on show at the National Gallery of Scotland this spring. The Printmaker’s Art will highlight the enormous skill of artists such as Rembrandt, [Read More]
The University Art Museum is to present the first U.S. museum survey of the British artistic team John Wood and Paul Harrison. Combining aesthetic restraint and slapstick performance, Wood and Harrison are ingenious inventors, stuntmen, and occasional masochists who often employ their [Read More]
Susan J. Bandes, director of Michigan State University’s Kresge Art Museum, will step down from that position to pursue research interests and teaching, effective May 1. Bandes will remain a full-time professor within the Department of Art and Art History. “In Susan [Read More]
NEW YORK – Some of the world’s most celebrated African-American artists and the prominent galleries that specialize in Afro-centric works will exhibit their work at the 1st Annual Harlem Fine Arts Show, Feb. 20 and 21, 2010. Bringing a major fine art [Read More]
On Thursday 25 February, the Rubens & van Dyck exhibition opens at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. From then until 23 May, visitors will be able to see works by two of the 17th century’s leading painters and some of their disciples. The exhibition [Read More]