“…the mistake is a part of it, it is poetry…and for that you need a bad camera.” -Miroslav Tichý The first North American museum exhibition of the photography of the mysterious and reclusive Czech artist Miroslav Tichý will be on view at [Read More]
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will feature more than 80 paintings, watercolors, and drawings of seascapes and coastal scenes from the early career of the pre-eminent late-19th-century American expatriate painter John Singer Sargent (1856—1925), from February 14 to May 23, 2010. [Read More]
McCaffrey Fine Art is proud to inaugurate our new gallery at 23 East 67th Street with the first ever solo exhibition of Kazuo Shiraga in the United States. Kazuo Shiraga: Six Decades opens on October 8 with a reception from 6:00 – [Read More]
Beyond Place: Recent Photography Acquisitions explores place as a subject in photographs by an international roster of artists. The selected works are mostly free of the human figure and focus instead on the power of the photograph to imaginatively transport the viewer, [Read More]
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery announced its annual exhibition of fine art by Greek and Italian artists is scheduled to run from December 15, 2009 through January 5, 2010, featuring work from Tommaso Arscone. As depicted by Tommaso Arscone, the female face is intriguingly [Read More]
‘It is the nakedness of drawing that I like. The act of drawing is what locates, suggests, discovers….’ Timothy Taylor Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of works on paper by Philip Guston, one of the most important and influential American [Read More]
The Gift of Ann Lewis AO provides an extraordinary road map of Australian art practice over the last 50 years, shaped by the vision of one of Australia’s best regarded collectors and arts supporters. Running 8 December 2009 until 18 April 2010, [Read More]
The two day Russian Art sale at Christie’s in London realized a total of £8,889,025 / $14,746,892 and was sold 82% by value and 70% by lot overall. The sale was highlighted by Nicholas Roerich’s (1874-1947) painting “Legend, From the Series Messiah”, [Read More]
The Fleming Collection is to show all its Scottish Colorist paintings together in its gallery for the first time as part of a series of exhibitions during 2010 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its foundation as a charity. More than 30 [Read More]
In January 2010, the National Gallery of Victoria will present a major exhibition of the work of internationally renowned sculptor Ron Mueck. Open 22 January–18 April 2010. Known for his extraordinarily life-like creations, this exhibition will feature twelve sculptures by Mueck including [Read More]
Max Beckmann’s painting “View of the Outskirts at the Sea near Marseille”, formerly in the possession of the famous collector and friend of the artist Stephan Lackner (California), surpassed all expectations at auction in Berlin; it sold for 2,618,000 Euros, the new [Read More]
Bonhams will be offering an impressive array of important works in their upcoming 9th December Old Master Paintings Sale at their New Bond Street saleroom. Amongst some of the marvellous paintings on offer is a pair of captivating still life oils by [Read More]
Spectacular large-scale installations and compelling site-specific and performance works feature in ‘The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT6), which opened December 5th. APT6 shows at the Gallery of Modern Art and Queensland Art Gallery, in Brisbane, until April 5, 2010. [Read More]
Christie’s Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture sale achieved a total of $32,358,750, with works by Andrew Wyeth, Mary Cassatt, and Charles Prendergast commanding the highest prices. Two new world auction records were set for American artists Guy Pène Du Bois and [Read More]