Fine Art News

Continuing a tradition from Austin Art Space’s predecessor, Artspoken, the two year-old gallery will host the 6th Annual “12buy12” Show. The traditional event is a juried exhibition and sale of art no larger than 12 inches by 12 inches created by artists [Read More]

On Tuesday, November 30th, Art Miami (www.art-miami.com), Miami’s longest running contemporary art fair and anchor fair to the city of Miami, will host its Opening Night VIP Preview to unveil an incredible showcase of works from internationally renowned modern and contemporary artists. [Read More]

Bonhams are to sell East Anglian paintings with East American connections in their East Anglian View auction in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on Thursday 2nd December 2010. Flatford, Ipswich, Dedham, Needham, Yarmouth have something in common. They are all Massachusetts locations which [Read More]

This year Bonhams annual sale of East Anglian Art will feature a pair of portraits which document the early beginnings of the famous Ransome family, the agricultural dynasty which was to transform the industrial fortunes of 19th Century Ipswich. The auction will [Read More]

Mike Weiss Gallery presents Kim Dorland: New Material, open November 6 – January 8, 2011. Consisting of paintings, watercolors, assemblage on paper and taxidermy animals, New Material pushes the limits of painting to visually narrate Dorland’s experience growing up in rural Canada. [Read More]

The Danish Arts Council’s Committee for International Visual Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Katerina Gregos as curator of the Danish Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011. Gregos is an highly recognized international Greek-born curator based in Brussels [Read More]

The Cleveland Museum of Art presents The Glory of the Painted Page Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection, open November 6, 2010-February 27, 2011. The history of the book forms one of the chief categories of the material culture of medieval and [Read More]

Two very different paintings by Valerie Walden will be included in the Fall 2010 Annual Austin Pastel Society Member Exhibition. One is a striking work titled “Fading Away” that features a dramatic glacier and mountain scene west of Anchorage, AK. The other, [Read More]

DC Moore Gallery presents an exhibition of work by Mark Innerst, on view through December 18,2010. Mark Innerst, All the Above, 2010, Oil on panel, 15 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. Photo: DC Moore Gallery Mark Innerst was born in York, Pennsylvania, [Read More]

The Sharjah Art Foundation announces the recipients of its 2010 Production Program Grants, with funds totaling up to 300,000 USD to be awarded toward the realization of proposed projects. The recipients, selected by a jury from a competitive field, are: Bani Abidi; [Read More]

The Finding of Moses, a 19th century masterpiece by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, has been sold for a remarkable $35,922,500, more than seven times the presale high estimate of $5 million*, at Sotheby’s in New York. The monumental canvas was sought-after by three [Read More]

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to present salt 2: Sophie Whettnall, the second in the museum’s new series of exhibitions showcasing innovative art from around the world. salt aims to reflect the international impact of contemporary art today, [Read More]

The Orientalist Museum (part of Qatar Museums Authority) is holding a unique exhibition entitled “A Journey into the World of the Ottomans”. The exhibition will take place from 29 October 2010 until 24 January 2011 in the temporary gallery of the Museum [Read More]

The 2011 programme at the Kunsthaus Zürich is the most exciting yet. News of one highlight has already leaked out: the prestigious private collection of the Nahmad family is to receive its world premiere in Zurich. There will be a retrospective of [Read More]