Fine Art News

On the eve of its Eighth International Biennial, The Dissolve, SITE Santa Fe today announced that Irene Hofmann has been named Phillips Director and Chief Curator, effective October 1, 2010. The appointment was ratified at a meeting of SITE Santa Fe Board [Read More]

Idaho ’s premier exhibition opportunity for Idaho artists, this juried exhibition features the best of Idaho art in a variety of media. Held every three years, the Triennial is a statewide, juried art exhibition that reflects the quality and diversity of artwork [Read More]

On Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 Sotheby’s in London will bring to the market a first class array of works that track the course of Indian art: from classic Modern masterworks to cutting-edge Contemporary art. The sale is further distinguished by the rare [Read More]

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), announced its Board of Trustees has elected new members Charles L. Conlan II, Laurence Graff, and Edward J. Minskoff. In an 18-month period, MOCA has welcomed 17 new trustees, appointed Jeffrey Deitch as director, [Read More]

Christie’s London Old Masters and 19th Century Art Evening Sale will take place on 6 July 2010 and will offer a rich array of 68 paintings, drawings and watercolours spanning 600 years of European art history. Leading the sale is A Commander [Read More]

Quint Contemporary Art announces the opening of Double Up Double Up, open through July 3, 2010. The exhibition includes three artists new to the gallery Tavares Strachan, Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation, and Haim Steinbach. The exhibition will also feature works [Read More]

On Monday 14 June 2010 Sotheby’s Amsterdam will offer both 19th Century European Paintings and Modern & Contemporary Art. Sotheby’s has combined these two collecting fields into one sale since there is a demonstrable overlap in interest in Hague School and early [Read More]

The Portland Museum of Art is pleased to announce that it has received a major gift of approximately $3 million from the family of Emily Eaton Moore, a trustee and longtime supporter of the Museum, who passed away in March. One of [Read More]

The Milwaukee Art Museum’s three-day art festival has been going strong for more than four decades. One of the nation’s premier juried art festivals, it draws thousands of people each year. The festival features 181 artists from around the country showing and [Read More]

David Deming will retire as president and CEO of The Cleveland Institute of Art on June 30 after a 12-year tenure. A 1967 graduate of the Institute, Deming was appointed as the 9th president of his alma mater in 1998. After earning [Read More]

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is delighted to announce an extraordinary gift to its permanent collection from long-time friend and generous donor Charles Pendexter, a current resident of Brunswick, Maine. Totaling more than 1,500 prints and eight drawings, the Pendexter collection [Read More]

Sotheby’s London announced that its Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Monday, June 28, 2010 will present collectors with a one-off opportunity to acquire some of the best Post-War and Contemporary artworks by the venerated and highly sought-after School of London artists Lucian [Read More]

On October 10, 2010 the Crocker Art Museum—the first art museum established in the Western United States—will unveil a new 125,000-square-foot building designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects that will more than triple the museum’s current size. The new building will [Read More]

The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the Prado Museum in Madrid today announced the launch of a three-year partnership, marking the first such international program for Spain’s national museum. The multifaceted collaboration encompasses the loan of major paintings from [Read More]