Fine Art News

Christie’s Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds sale in London on 5 October, presents a wealth of over 400 rare and beautiful treasures of high quality and significant provenance which span the 9th to the 19th century. Setting the tone, the [Read More]

Asian cinema is fast becoming a cinema without borders. ContemporAsian showcases films that get little exposure outside of their home countries or on the international festival circuit, but which engage the various styles, histories, and changes in Asian cinema. Presented in special [Read More]

In Guided Growth, Misako Inaoka revamps Johansson Projects into a zoological garden run wild, existing in a strange parallel world that we are perhaps too familiar with. Inaoka’s work echoes the alchemy of food processing by cross-breeding high art and toys, flirting [Read More]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded a $50,000 grant to underwrite the 2010 Telluride Film Festival’s Guest Director program, this year featuring novelist and screenwriter of “The English Patient,” Michael Ondaatje. This is the third consecutive year that [Read More]

The history of the legendary New York, Ontario and Western Railway comes to life in the paintings of American railroad artist, historian and educator, Manville Burton Wakefield (1924-1975). Born in Grahamsville, N.Y., Wakefield spent his career studying and documenting the area surrounding [Read More]

A rare early 19th century view of Jamaica by John Lynn (1828–1838), The barque Woodmansterne calling for a pilot off Port Royal, Jamaica, upon arrival after her maiden voyage, 1829,i s to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of [Read More]

At 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 1 September 2010, Michael Eissenhauer, Director General of the National Museums in Berlin, was delighted to be able to greet Harald Fuchs (48), from near Erlangen, as the millionth visitor to the Neues Museum and handed him [Read More]

White Cube Mason’s Yard presents an exhibition of new works entitled ‘The Principle of Moments’ by British artist Darren Almond. Open through 2 Oct 2010. Known for works that meditate on notions of time, landscape and travel, as well as political and [Read More]

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), kicks-off the school year with its annual College Night celebration on Thursday, September 23, from 7 – 11 p.m. This marks the 6th year of this FREE event (created by the MFA in 2005), welcoming [Read More]

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents Adolph Gottlieb. A Retrospective, the first retrospective exhibition of this great American Abstract Expressionist painter to be shown in Italy. Open through January 9, 2011. Like those previously dedicated to William Baziotes and Richard Pousette-Dart at the [Read More]

Tate Liverpool announce the appointment of Gavin Delahunty to the position of Head of Exhibitions and Displays. Gavin is currently Curator at mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art). He will join the gallery in November 2010 and succeeds Peter Gorschlüter, who has [Read More]

On October 20, 2010 Gagosian will inaugurate a new gallery in Paris. Gagosian Gallery Paris is located in the 8th arrondissement, between Avenue Matignon and the Champs Elysées, in what is known as the “Triangle d’or”. Occupying 900 square meters on four [Read More]

The Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane presents a solo exhibition of key works from the past five years by leading Sydney based Malaysian artist Simryn Gill, open through October 17. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘Simryn Gill: Gathering’ included [Read More]

The Demuth Museum’s forthcoming exhibition will present a unique examination of the friendship and art work of Charles Demuth (1883-1935) and Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986). Although their artistic styles were clearly independent, these two artists supported each other in their own creations of [Read More]