Fine Art News

An exhibition of new surreal paintings by Julio Valdez – a native of the Dominican Republic who draws his sensual inspiration and his palate of rich blues and greens from the sea that laps the island’s shores — open through June 15. [Read More]

DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum hosts Barbara Norfleet: Landscapes of War this summer, May 15-August 29. This is the first-ever presentation of Norfleet’s The Landscape of War series. The exhibition will also feature her seminal 1990 portfolio, Landscapes of the Cold War, [Read More]

Phillips de Pury & Company’s New York sales of the Halsey Minor Collection and Contemporary Art Part I totaled $37,901,000 selling 88% by value and 78% by lot. At Phillips de Pury in New York today, the much anticipated sales of the [Read More]

Julie Mehretu: Grey Area, an exhibition of six new large–scale paintings by American artist Julie Mehretu, is presented at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum as part of the Deutsche Bank Series at the Guggenheim, May 14 to October 6, 2010. Commissioned in [Read More]

This summer the Port of Rotterdam and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen are transforming an abandoned Submarine Wharf into the largest exhibition space in the Netherlands. From May to September a renowned artist is being given the opportunity to create a high-profile exhibition [Read More]

Christine Hiebert’s “Reconnaissance: Three Wall Drawings,” a site-specific wall installation, will be on view at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, through June 2010. Reconnaissance responds to and interacts with the complexity of the light-filled monumental Tanner Gallery designed by [Read More]

The world’s premier international art show for Modern and contemporary works, Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. More than 2,500 artists, ranging from the great masters of Modern art to the latest [Read More]

An insightful lecture series, book signings and myriad special events highlight the London International Fine Art Fair (LIFAF) at Olympia this June. This dynamic program along with the largest summer slate of prestigious British and international dealers in London make LIFAF the [Read More]

An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo presents 72 extraordinary works of the 16th through 18th centuries, from one of the preeminent collections of Italian Old Master drawings in private hands. It features masterpieces by gifted and historically [Read More]

artnet Auctions offers continuous online auctions of fine art, prints and photographs. Beginning May 11, artnet Auctions will present 60 modern and contemporary works of art by artists including Damien Hirst, Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol. Represented in the sale [Read More]

Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Australian artist, Kristian Mumford, in a special exhibition, Out from Down Under & Beyond. The exhibition is scheduled to run from May 11, 2010 through June 01, 2010. Distinctive and driven, artist Kristian Mumford creates strikingly beautiful [Read More]

A new auction record for a self portrait by Andy Warhol was set when the artist’s iconic and rare Self Portrait from 1986 sold for $32,562,500, more than double the pre-sale high estimate $15 million, at Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Contemporary Art, [Read More]

Niki Ciccotelli has been named director of education at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Ciccotelli, who joined Crystal Bridges in 2008 as head of school programs and has served as interim director of education since January, brings more than 13 years [Read More]

The Museum of Russian Art (MORA) announced an exhibition is being held in its honor on Wednesday, May 19th at the 25CPW Gallery. The exhibit is free and open to the general public including the press. A group of talented and diverse [Read More]