Fine Art News

From the soothing, restorative environment of Waterfall City to the hidden wonders of Chandara, acclaimed author and illustrator James Gurney’s magical world of Dinotopia comes to life in this enchanting exhibition that features over 50 original oil paintings from the best-selling illustrated [Read More]

The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture travels to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in June 2010, presenting more than 60 major works in oil, bronze, and mixed media by the renowned “cowboy artist” Charles M. [Read More]

The Oregon Film Museum officially opened at 9:00am June 5, 2010. The Oregon Film Museum celebrates the art and legacy of films and film-making in the State of Oregon. Housed in the old Clatsop County Jail, the museum invites visitors to explore [Read More]

The Colomb Art Gallery’s annual Summer Exhibition is a local London event with an international appeal. This year’s collection will include original artwork from established artists including: Michael Hill, Pip McGarry, Marie Louise Wrightson, Will Teather, Elena Kourenkova, Annie Ralli, Stella Parsons, [Read More]

Brian Gross Fine Art Presents an exhibition featuring New York artist Teo González recent paintings. On view will be a group of new minimalist paintings, which González achieved by methodically painting thousands of tiny dots in loosely gridded arrangements. Subtle variations in [Read More]

This exhibition on marine painting from the Golden Age of Dutch culture in the 17th century centres on spectacular works by the main representatives of the genre – Ludolf Backhuysen, Jan Porcellis, Willem van de Velde (the Elder and the Younger) and [Read More]

The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the June 20, 2010, opening of The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy and Bill Viola: Visitation, two exhibitions presented in tandem this summer that reveal how different artists working more than 500 years [Read More]

The Saint Louis Art Museum announced that Simon Kelly will assume the role of curator of modern and contemporary art on September 15, 2010. Kelly joins the Museum after four and a half years with The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas [Read More]

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), presents “Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective” open through September 20, 2010, at MOCA Grand Avenue. This major traveling retrospective celebrates the extraordinary life and work of Arshile Gorky (b. c.1902, Khorkom, Armenia; d. 1948 Sherman, [Read More]

Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, is pleased to announce the global launch of Christie’s Mobile Web, an optimized mobile experience that is free to all users of web-enabled cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), regardless of the device’s operating [Read More]

The Princeton University Art Museum announced the launch of their participation in Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 600 museums across the United States in offering special benefits to all [Read More]

Coincidentally timed just as the special exhibition Birth of Impressionism opens at the de Young Museum, John E. Buchanan, Jr., the director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, announces the acquisition of The Absinthe Drinkers (Les buveurs d’absinthe), 1881, by [Read More]

Gene Shapiro, President of the eponymous American auction house specializing in Russian art, has announced that his company has moved to new premises in New York, located at 506 East 74th Street in the Upper East Side section of Manhattan. The inaugural [Read More]

Sotheby’s New York announced that it has been appointed by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LBHI) and Alvarez & Marsal, LLC, the professional services firm overseeing LBHI’s restructuring, to sell selected works from the distinguished Neuberger Berman and Lehman Brothers Corporate Art Collections*, [Read More]