On 3 October, Sotheby’s are offering aselection of over 140 lots estimated at HK$190 million / US$24.4 million*. Curated along thematic lines, the auction will present two special sessions – Female Artists of 20th Century China and The Art of Paper. Important works by Zao Wou-ki, Wu Guanzhong, Chu Teh-Chun and Wang […]
Monthly Archives: September 2011
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As part of the 5th annual Jeunes Talents (Young Talents) photography project, eight young photographers were sent on ten-day trips this past spring to various parts of France to capture their visions of contemporary French life. From September 22 to October 7, 2011, 53 of their photographs will be on display at […]
Carl Solway Gallery presents PETER SAUL: Print Retrospective, 1966-2010, on view September 16 through December 22, 2011. Peter Saul, Amboosh, 1967. Five color lithograph, 30 x 40 inches. Edition of 50. Photo: Carl Solway Gallery Scorching social commentary, cartoon-like grotesque figures and acidic colors characterize the paintings of Peter Saul. In organizing […]
Openartcollection.com, the New York based pioneer in virtual collectors’ networks and online art fairs has announced they will be hosting the virtual version of the (e)merge art fair in Washington DC (September 22-25). The (e)merge art fair is a new, vetted art fair focused on emerging artists and galleries with emerging art. […]
The Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion at Orange Coast College presents Joe Forkan – The Lebowski Cycle, on view September 10 – October 28, 2011. Joe Forkan Supper at Emmaus (After Caravagglo) Oil on linen “Begun in 2006, The Lebowski Cycle is a series of paintings exploring the idea of layered narratives, […]
Artspace.com releases STARS DONT STAND STILL IN THE SKY. a Multiple Commission with artist Lawrence Weiner. Lawrence Weiner, STARS DONT STAND STILL IN THE SKY. A central figure in the Conceptual art movement of the ’60s, Weiner often employs language as the vehicle for his artistic practice. This bold and whimsical sculpture […]
Paula Cooper Gallery presents Roy Lichtenstein Entablatures an exhibition of works by Roy Lichtenstein from his celebrated Entablatures series. The paintings, realized between 1971 and 1976, will be on view from September 17 through October 22, 2011. Having already risen to prominence in the early 60’s with his Pop art subjects, Lichtenstein […]
Leslie Sacks Fine Art presents Hockney in Los Angeles a prints exhibition on view 17 – 20 October, 2011. David HOCKNEY (b. 1937) One of the most widely acclaimed of all living artists, Hockney’s popularity is based on the enormous, continuing appeal of his pictures and the popular perception of him as […]
Raven Row presents Mathias Poledna / Florian Pumhosl on view 22 September–20 November 2011. For this exhibition Mathias Poledna (b. Austria, 1965) and Florian Pumhösl (b. Austria, 1971) have each created a single expansive new work. Poledna has produced a 35 mm film for Raven Row’s ground floor, and Pumhösl has made […]
Graham Nickson: Paintings 1972–2011 — Paths of the Sun, an exhibition open SEPTEMBER 15–OCTOBER 29, 2011, brings together three distinct but related bodies of work. The first, a group of early oils composed with frames hand painted by the artist, most created in the environs of Rome, was begun shortly after Nickson’s […]
The 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art is lead by the State Museum of Contemporary Art (SMCA) working collaboratively with the rest of the “Thessaloniki – 5 Museums Movement” (5M): Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and Teloglion Foundation of Art AUTh. The Biennale comprises […]
WIELS Contemporary Art Centre presents Alina Szapocznikow Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972 on view through 8 January 2012. WIELS Contemporary Art Centre opens its season with the premiere of an expansive solo exhibition of Polish sculptor Alina Szapocznikow (1926–1973). This major event, the fruit of an exceptional collaboration initiated by WIELS and the Museum […]
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts pdisplays the work of California-based artist Tracey Snelling in a new exhibition Woman on the Run on view Sept. 9, 2011–Feb. 5, 2012. Snelling’s sculptures of highly detailed vernacular buildings, streets and rundown neighborhoods show a keen sensitivity to the psychological tensions and hidden narratives […]
Steven Kasher Gallery presents a new body of work by the great American artist John Chamberlain. John Chamberlain: Pictures. on view September 15 – October 29, 2011presents nine monumental photoworks, comprised of multiple eight-foot-high stretched canvas panels, each panel hosting a highly-processed and colorized panoramic photograph by the artist. Created in 2010-11, […]
SongEun ArtSpace presents an exhibition “Agony and Ecstasy” showing selection of 23 works from the François Pinault Collection of contemporary art. This will be the first time that works from the François Pinault Collection will be presented in an exhibition in Asia. For this exhibition, François Pinault has decided to entrust the […]