Fine Art News

A series of signed and numbered etchings of Cheshire life in the early part of the 20th century by the Macclesfield born artist Charles Tunnicliffe are for sale at Bonhams Prints sale in London on 22 September. Tunnicliffe is internationally known as [Read More]

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall will host a three-day Living Earth Festival, Friday, Aug. 6, through Sunday, Aug. 8, that acknowledges Native contributions to managing the environment and sustaining lifeways and foodways. The festival will [Read More]

At its May meeting, the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) elected Yves Béhar as the museum’s third Artist Trustee. Béhar joins Irwin Federman, who was also elected as a trustee at the meeting. Board Chair [Read More]

Montclair, NJ – If you’re a lover of fine art, but have always been intimidated by the process of selecting and purchasing art, fine art advisor Patricia Selden will ease your anxiety and provide you with the tools to be an informed [Read More]

‘Dare to Wear: Glass Dresses by Diana Dias-Leão’ open through 30 September 2011, is a stunning display of beautiful but deadly garments. Featuring 14 glass dresses and two barbed wire corsets, the display demonstrates Diana Dias-Leão’s glass making skills and her experience [Read More]

On 16 September 2010 the Ashmolean launches its first major art exhibition in one of the country’s newest and most important temporary exhibition centres. The Pre-Raphaelites and Italy brings together over 140 pictures from the Ashmolean’s important Pre-Raphaelite collection with loans from [Read More]

Award-winning international artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji premieres ‘Incidents at the 22 Hotel,’ a multidisciplinary performance work that makes the impossible possible. ‘Incidents at the 22 Hotel,’ with performances at 8:00 pm on August 13 and 14 at The Off Center, located on 2211-A [Read More]

The Florence Griswold Museum Presents an Exhibition Connecticut Treasures: Works from Private Collections, open through September 19 , 2010. Much of the state’s rich artistic heritage is privately held; these works have been cherished and preserved by their owners, often over several [Read More]

Two of the Scotland’s finest women artists, Anne Redpath and Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, are strongly represented in the year’s Scottish Sale at Bonhams on 17 August. Redpath’s beautiful and subtle view of Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera painted in the late 1930s [Read More]

Christie’s, announced worldwide sales of £1.71 billion ($2.57 billion) for the first six months of 2010, up 46% by £ on last year’s figure of £1.2 billion ($1.8 billion) for the same period (Figures include buyer’s premium). Christie’s continued to lead at [Read More]

This fall the AGO will reinstall four of its first-floor European galleries to host a special exhibition featuring the bold and imaginative work of Toronto-based artist Shary Boyle. Shary Boyle: Flesh and Blood, organized and circulated by the Galerie de l’UQAM in [Read More]

Christie’s London announce the landmark sale of 21 works by the iconic British artist Laurence Stephen Lowry, R..A. (1887-1976) to be offered at auction on Thursday 11 November 2010 from the private collection of Selwyn Demmy (b. 1932), renowned bookmaking magnate, boxing [Read More]

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents The Tribe and the Hermit by Montreal designer Michel Rouleau in the Design Lab, open through November 14, 201 . Six tent‐chairs are arranged in a circle on an ersatz lawn dotted with artificial flowers. [Read More]

The Woodshed Gallery in Franklin, Massachusetts will present the first solo exhibition of original fine art paintings by Franklin artist Kathe Kirchmyer August 10 thru September 3, 2010. This is the fifth in a series of exhibitions to showcase outstanding local artists. [Read More]