he ArtFund have helped the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge enrich its world-class collection with a Caravaggio-inspired Dutch oil on canvas. Hendrik ter Brugghen, Young woman tuning a lute (1626-7) Young woman tuning a lute (1626-7) by Hendrik ter Brugghen, is now on public [Read More]
Monthly Archives: October 2010
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Bonhams announces the November 11, 2010 auction of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art in New York. The fall sale will feature unique and traditional works from Africa, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Indonesia, Australia, Central and South America from as early as 1200 B.C. [Read More]
Christie’s New York have announced the sale of a Cycladic marble reclining female figure, the most important Cycladic idol ever to come to auction on December 9. Estimated at $3-5 million, the folded-arm female figure is one of the most iconic sculptural [Read More]
With growing demands on the world’s resources and energy, everyday items across the urban landscape increasingly find second lives through reuse and recycling. Few found objects, however, are reinvented in such interesting form as the rubber tires used by contemporary sculptor Chakaia [Read More]
The exhibition, Discords: Norwegian Architecture 1945–65 at The National Museum, open 14. November–03. April 2011 throws light on neglected aspects of post-war modernism in Norwegian architecture, adding detail to earlier accounts. It concentrates on the growth of discord among competing architectural ideologies [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents William Eggleston: Democratic Camera—Photographs and Video, 1961–2008, the most comprehensive U.S. retrospective of the Memphis-based contemporary photographer. Exhibition on view through January 16, 2011. The exhibition traces the artist’s evolution over a five-decade-period [Read More]
The Alexandria Museum of Art presents “Tilo Steinschulte Collection at AMoA”, open through December 4, 2010. AMoA is proud to honor architect, artist, collector, and philanthropist, Thilo Steinschulte for his generous contribution to the Museum’s permanent collection and to the cultural integrity [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York has announced that the highlight of the 16 and 17 November sales of Latin American Art will be Wifredo Lam’s 1970 masterpiece Les Abalochas Dansent Pour Dhambala, dieu de l’unité (est. $1.75/2.25 million). Wilfredo Lam, Les Abalochas Dansent Pour [Read More]
Mihai Nicodim Gallery announce the second solo show in the US of artist Ciprian Muresan. The artist’s practice is not confined to a specific medium. Muresan is commenting on art’s historical values through works in a multitude of media from drawing to [Read More]
Queen Gallery proudly presents Hugo E. Slepoy’s solo exhibition entitled ‘Originals’. Twenty-five of Hugo’s highly-detailed, original drawings will be on exhibit from Thursday, October 28, 2010 until Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Everyone is invited to attend the opening reception which will be [Read More]
Bonhams announce the November 9, 2010 bi-coastal auction of Modern and Contemporary Art. Held in New York and simulcast to Los Angeles, the sale features significant examples paintings, drawings, and sculpture from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries by artists such as [Read More]
The cultural importance of art and its place in our history is detailed in “Spotlight’s”comprehensive interstitial segments for Public Television. There are multiple elements that mark the historical landmarks of the human race, including industry, religion, war, and science. The one that [Read More]
Para/Site Art Spacepresents its Annual Fundraising Auction, an exciting event that makes a great opportunity to purchase works of art by both emerging and established artists. The auction contains 28 lots, and comes as a celebration of a year that has seen [Read More]
Downtown Venice will be energized with the vibrant and colorful art of the nation’s leading artists as well as the finest local talent when the 23rd Annual Downtown Venice Art Festival returns to West Venice Avenue on November 6 and 7. This [Read More]