Fine Art News

Penny Day, Head of Irish Art at Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, is heading for China and Australia to source Irish art for sale in London following the establishment of a specialist Irish Art Department at Bonhams. From the end [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields, international fine arts auctioneers, has established a reputation as a preeminent source for Fine Prints, each auction attracting collectors and setting record prices for rare impressions. The firm’s next offering is scheduled for October 26, 2010, the sale to [Read More]

Sotheby’s Autumn sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings in Honk Kong, totaled of HK$78 million / US$10 million (high estimate: HK$45 million / US$5.7 million*), the highest sale total for a various owners sale in this category at Sotheby’s Hong [Read More]

Drawn entirely from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, Abstract Expressionist New York traces the development of Abstract Expressionism from its auspicious beginnings in the 1940s to its seasoned maturity in the 1960s. The exhibition will be on view at [Read More]

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago presents Luc Tuymans Retrospective, open through January 9, 2011. Luc Tuymans (Belgian, b. 1958) is considered one of the most significant European painters of his generation and he has been an enduring influence on younger [Read More]

The Plains Art Museum presents a debut exhibition of a series of works entitled VORE by Andrea Carlson, open through January 16, 2011. This exhibition offers audiences the opportunity to view 16 large works in Carlson’s latest series reflecting on narratives, cultural [Read More]

Brian Gross Fine Art presents Filles de Kilimanjaro, an exhibition of recent oil paintings by Los Angeles artist Josh Dov. Open through November 19, 2010 Departing from the structured grid paintings for which he is known, Dov continues his exploration of color [Read More]

Painter Charlotte Lichtblau will have an exhibition of her paintings and drawings, beginning October 23, 2010 at the 8th Floor Space, a private gallery located at 17 West 17th Street.  The show, entitled A WORLD OF ITS OWN, runs through October 31st, [Read More]

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art Board of Trustees announces today the retirement of Dr. Ron Tyler as director of the museum. Tyler will serve as director until April 1, 2011; the board and museum management are currently working on a [Read More]

Museum of Fine Arts presents Dreams and Realities: Latin American Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors, 1959-1991, open through Museum of Fine Arts Dreams and Realities: Latin American Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors, 1959-1991 February 6, 2011. This exhibition is inspired by a large-scale etching [Read More]

Michael Werner Gallery presents an exhibition of major works by Marcel Broodthaers, one of the most important artists of the last century. Open through 13 November 2010 Born in Brussels in 1924, Broodthaers began writing poetry at an early age and was [Read More]

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) launches FreePort, its newest contemporary art initiative, with a commission by internationally renowned artist Charles Sandison. Figurehead, opening 2 October 2010, activates handwritten words from 18th-century ship logs and journals, creating an immersive environment of swirling, luminous [Read More]

Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills presents “Masters of the Gesture”, an exhibition of major Abstract Expressionist paintings, drawings and sculptures, including works by John Chamberlain, Willem de Kooning, Sam Francis, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Franz Kline, Joan Mitchell, David Smith and Clyfford Still. [Read More]

Contemporary surrealist artist Roz Keating is now offering her vibrantly colorful and visually engaging mixed media artwork for sale or commission online at ArtistRozKeating.com, a digitally-watermarked, W3C-validated and Web 3.0-Ready online art gallery developed by Miami web designer Bruce Arnold of WebReDesignMiami.com. [Read More]