Monthly Archives: May 2010

Timothy Taylor Gallery presents new work by Sean Scully, open through 3 July 2010. The first time that Scully has exhibited new work in London since 2006, this exhibition comes hot on the heels of a major retrospective, Constantinople or The Sensual [Read More]

An intimate portrait by Pablo Picasso of the artist’s friend Mr Minguell is to feature in the Impressionist and Modern Art auction at Bonhams on Tuesday 22nd June, and is estimated to fetch £700,000-1,000,000. The portrait shows Mr Minguell, a Catalan tailor [Read More]

The National Art Center in Tokyo presents “Post Impressionism:115 Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay”, an exhibition that brings together nearly 100 masterpiece paintings from the legendary collections of the Musée d’Orsay. Open 2010 May 26 − August 16. France in the late [Read More]

Ellen MacNeile Charles, president of Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, announced the appointment of Kate Markert as executive director. Currently the associate director at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Markert will succeed Frederick J. Fisher, who has led Hillwood as executive [Read More]

One hundred years after the death of Henri Rousseau in 1910, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, in collaboration with the Fondation Beyeler of Basel, dedicates an exhibition to the extraordinary French painter. Open 25 May through 12 September, 2010. Approximately thirty masterpieces provide [Read More]

In 1908 the London Underground (officially the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, later the London Passenger Transport Board, or LPTB), under the leadership of Frank Pick, began an aggressive promotional campaign that became one of the most successful, adventurous, and best [Read More]

San Diego Fine Art Society (SDFAS), a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening the pulse of the art community, presents ArtPulse:mobile, a new iPhone App that will give San Diegans and visitors unparalleled access to San Diego’s art and culture scene. This Gallery [Read More]

Very few of us have had the opportunity to experience the rich culture of Cuba by visiting the island nation. The Katonah Museum of Art will bring some of that culture to us when it opens Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from [Read More]

Illustrating its unconventional approach to displaying art, The Phillips Collection will present loosely themed groupings of some of its own masterworks with 25 masterpieces from Oberlin College’s Allen Memorial Art Museum. Half of the 24 paintings and one sculpture on loan from [Read More]

The Nasher Sculpture Center presents the first museum retrospective of drawings by contemporary British artist Rachel Whiteread. Featuring over 125 drawings and collages selected from the artist’s studio, as well as from leading public and private collections in Europe and the United [Read More]

Peter Blumhosts the exhibition John Zurier, Jason Fox, Richard Allen Morris, open through July 30, 2010 at 526 West 29 Street New York, NY 10001. The exhibition John Zurier, Jason Fox, Richard Allen Morris brings together 3 different painting positions. John Zurier: [Read More]

The National Museum of XXI Century Arts designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, will open to the public on Sunday 30 May, crowning the long-standing commitment by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage & Activities and the Ministry of Infrastructure. MAXXI is the [Read More]

The Toledo Museum of Art’s Interim Director Rod Bigelow announced that the Museum has received a $2 million lead gift to renovate its former glass gallery into a signature gallery for the Museum’s growing modern and contemporary collections. Perrysburg residents and long-time [Read More]

Art Alive Arts Trust is proud to present an exhibition of art works created by young offenders, ex-offenders and those at risk of re-offending as well as pieces by tutors of the trust. Art Alive Arts Trust is a registered charity that [Read More]