A COLLECTION OF ITEMS relating to important Irish artist Sir William Orpen (1878-1931), discovered in a house in Brighton, will be offered for sale at Bellmans, Wisborough Green, West Sussex as part of their monthly three-day sale that takes place between Wednesday, [Read More]
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For the fifth year, Scion auctions off an unprecedented collection of contemporary works to benefit charities and non-profits that support independent artistic expression. The Installation 5 Tour collection features literal and non-literal self-portraits of varying cost by international art luminaries, with 100 [Read More]
Armed with gods, mythological creatures, coarse satire and a modern social outlook, he made his art a mouthpiece for reform in a time of unrest under absolute monarchy, social injustice and stifled freedom of expression. Despite his international orientation and multifaceted, powerful [Read More]
Have you ever wanted to learn how manuscripts were made? Who were the scribes and artists behind the illuminated pages? In The Medieval Scriptorium children – and adults – can answer those questions for themselves as they learn what it was like [Read More]
With the exhibition >CHALO! INDIA. A New Era of Indian ArtCHALO! INDIA. A New Era of Indian Art< explores the present state of Indian contemporary art and the great changes it has gone through in recent years; examining the work of artists [Read More]
All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts, the Dallas Museum of Art exhibition opening on August 30, 2009, will showcase a fresh look at the Museum’s collections in an interactive installation to commemorate the opening of the Dallas [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields will hold its fall auction of 20th Century Decorative Arts on September 29, 2009. The 400 lot sale will offer a diverse group of high quality works spanning a century of design by well-known figures of the period. The [Read More]
The second Esher Hall Antiques and Fine Art Fair opens its doors again at Esher Hall, Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, Surrey from Friday 9 until Sunday 11 October 2009. Some 40 exhibitors, all members of either the British Antiques Dealers’ Association or [Read More]
Independent charity The Art Fund announces that it has given a rare edition of the iconic lithograph, Emiliano Zapata and his Horse by Mexican artist Diego Rivera, to the British Museum along with sixteen posters produced by other revolutionary Mexican artists between [Read More]
State-of-the-art renovation will more than double the library’s size, add more than two dozen new computers, 11 laptop stations, wireless access, new areas for adults, teens and children and self-checkout stations New York Public Library President Paul LeClerc and Staten Island elected [Read More]
The exhibition of the work of artist, musician and critic John Miller, who was born in 1954 and lives in New York and Berlin, provides a comprehensive insight into a body of work that has been formulated since the 1980s and creates [Read More]
Five artists from the Prince’s Drawing School who worked as artists in residence at Kensington Palace over the last year will be exhibiting at Thomas Williams Fine Art on Bond Street this autumn. Jennifer Blake, Perienne Christian, Amelia Power, Daniel Preece and [Read More]
Steeped in a rich history, the Providence Art Club has long been a place for artists and art patrons to congregate, create, display and circulate works of art. Since its founding in 1880, the Club continues its tradition of sponsoring and supporting [Read More]
In October and November 2009, Artifact Design Group will present The 10th Wave III: In Person an exhibition of contemporary international art textiles and fiber sculpture, curated by browngrotta arts. The 10th Wave III: In Person will feature the work of more [Read More]