Four photographic archives of previously unseen images of U2, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones are to go under the hammer at the Entertainment Memorabilia auction on 23rd June 2010 at Bonhams, Knightsbridge. In 1978 a band called The Hype [Read More]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
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White Cube Mason’s Yard is pleased to present a new exhibition by Antony Gormley. The artist has created a major new site-specific installation and a new series of cast iron blockwork sculptures. Engaging our mobility, Gormley considers how time acts on objects [Read More]
Ed Ruscha, born in 1937, is an icon of modern art and exceedingly prolific to this day. His paintings are ambiguous and provocative, recycling scraps from popular culture and redefining established genres. Is he one of the first pop artists, a trail-blazer [Read More]
The Rijksmuseum is hosting an exhibition of paintings, prints and drawings showing the spectacular expansion of 17th-century Amsterdam. A number of maps from the Rijksmuseum’s own collection charting the expansion agreed on in 1662 will also be on display. Central to the [Read More]
NOMA’s 2010 Summer Art Experience is a series of week-long, half-day programs for students aged 6 to 10. Each daily program consists of a visit to the Museum’s galleries to look at some of the masterpieces on display, followed by a fun [Read More]
The painting entitled ‘James Wyatt and his Granddaughter Mary Wyatt’ by William Henry Millais, who was assisted in its production by his brother, the better-known Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir John Everett Millais, is expected to fetch £20,000-30,000 at Bonhams 19th Century Paintings auction [Read More]
On Monday morning, 31 May 2010, around 1 hour before Ravenel’s Modern and Contemporary Hong Kong Spring auction began in the Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel, bidders had already begun arriving suggesting that a vigorous and energetic auction would ensue. This [Read More]
The Rijksmuseum has succeeded in acquiring the painting Girl with a large hat (1645-50) by the 17th-century painter Cesar van Everdingen. The use of bright and light colours is exceptional for the Dutch Golden Age and gives a summery ambience to the [Read More]
The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, The Broadway Mall Association, Marlborough Gallery, and the New York City Department of Transportation are pleased to announce a public exhibition of monumental sculptures by Spanish artist Manolo Valdés open through January 23, [Read More]
Grogan & Company Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers will be conducting their June auction on Sunday, June 6th at 12:00 p.m. The auction, comprised of Fine Art, 18th and 19th century Furniture and Decorations, Silver, Jewelry and Oriental Rugs from a variety [Read More]
Finalists for this year’s 27th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award have been announced today by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) and principal sponsor Telstra. Telstra Art Award curator Kate Podger congratulated the 96 [Read More]
The Museo del Prado will be exhibiting the eight mythological tapestries that comprise the only complete surviving example of this series on the loves of Mercury and Herse, one of the 246 tales recounted in the 15 books of Ovid’s great poem [Read More]
Nassau County Museum of Art’s (NCMA) newest exhibition portrays the magnetism we feel for bodies of water alongside the dangers, even the terror, that seas often present. This exhibition examines the romantic fascination artists have always had for expanses of water through [Read More]
The Dallas Fort Worth area has just released an attractions pass that allows both visitors and locals a great way to enjoy some of the region’s best attractions at savings of up to 30%. The new Dallas/Fort Worth & Beyond Attractions Pass [Read More]