Isolated by the ruling Tokugawa shogunate from the outside world, Japanese citizens were naturally curious about the Westerners who began to arrive on their shores following Commodore Matthew Perry’s historic voyages to Japan in 1853–1854. This growing fascination led to the flourishing [Read More]
Monthly Archives: September 2010
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Camilla Prini has been appointed by Bonhams, the international fine art and antiques auction house, as the company’s Agent for Northern Italy. She will be based in her hometown, Milan, but will cover the whole region, including Bologna, Genova, Verona, Bergamo and [Read More]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will hold its biennial Art Auction on April 6, 2011. This renowned fundraising event hosted by the Modern Art Council (MAC) will feature more than 50 lots representing an extraordinary range of work by [Read More]
An exhibition of some 40 of the finest and most celebrated masterpieces by the Dutch 17th-century artist Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667) was formally opened in the National Gallery of Ireland on Friday 3 September by Mary Hanafin, T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture and [Read More]
A work by Ahmed Moustafa Egypt’s leading contemporary artist will be one of the star lots in Bonhams next sale of Middle Eastern Contemporary art in Dubai on October 11. ‘Man in a rocking chair’ was executed early on in the artist’s [Read More]
Christie’s Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds sale in London on 5 October, presents a wealth of over 400 rare and beautiful treasures of high quality and significant provenance which span the 9th to the 19th century. Setting the tone, the [Read More]
Asian cinema is fast becoming a cinema without borders. ContemporAsian showcases films that get little exposure outside of their home countries or on the international festival circuit, but which engage the various styles, histories, and changes in Asian cinema. Presented in special [Read More]
In Guided Growth, Misako Inaoka revamps Johansson Projects into a zoological garden run wild, existing in a strange parallel world that we are perhaps too familiar with. Inaoka’s work echoes the alchemy of food processing by cross-breeding high art and toys, flirting [Read More]
Von Lintel Gallery is pleased to announce One Sun, an exhibition of new work by Japanese photographer Izima Kaoru. After fifteen years of exploring the macabre in his ongoing series Landscapes with a Corpse, Izima Kaoru looked to spirituality to ease his [Read More]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded a $50,000 grant to underwrite the 2010 Telluride Film Festival’s Guest Director program, this year featuring novelist and screenwriter of “The English Patient,” Michael Ondaatje. This is the third consecutive year that [Read More]
The history of the legendary New York, Ontario and Western Railway comes to life in the paintings of American railroad artist, historian and educator, Manville Burton Wakefield (1924-1975). Born in Grahamsville, N.Y., Wakefield spent his career studying and documenting the area surrounding [Read More]
A rare early 19th century view of Jamaica by John Lynn (1828–1838), The barque Woodmansterne calling for a pilot off Port Royal, Jamaica, upon arrival after her maiden voyage, 1829,i s to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of [Read More]
At 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 1 September 2010, Michael Eissenhauer, Director General of the National Museums in Berlin, was delighted to be able to greet Harald Fuchs (48), from near Erlangen, as the millionth visitor to the Neues Museum and handed him [Read More]
White Cube Mason’s Yard presents an exhibition of new works entitled ‘The Principle of Moments’ by British artist Darren Almond. Open through 2 Oct 2010. Known for works that meditate on notions of time, landscape and travel, as well as political and [Read More]