Fine Art News

Jasper Johns’ Flag, 1960-1966, from the late author Michael Crichton’s collection of contemporary art, auctioned on May 11, made $28,642,500 million, the highest price ever achieved for a work by Johns at auction. Four bidders fought for the flag which took two [Read More]

Critical Mass, one of Gormley’s best known works, is an installation made up of 60 life-size cast iron body forms which will be displayed on the roof of the De La Warr Pavilion. The artist comments: “This is the return of the [Read More]

Mint Museum Executive Director Phil Kline announced the inaugural exhibitions to be presented in conjunction with the new Mint Museum Uptown’s grand opening on October 1, 2010. They are New Visions: Contemporary Masterworks from the Bank of America Collection and Contemporary British [Read More]

Sotheby’s New York Latin American Art sale, on 27 and 28 May 2010, will showcase a range of Latin American painting and sculpture from the continents’ most important artists including exceptional works from several distinguished private collections and estates. Wilfredo Lam’s Sur [Read More]

Sotheby’s will be holding a spring auction under the heading of ‘Swiss Art’ at its premises in Talstrasse 83, on 14 June 2010. 114 works representing Swiss artistic creativity of the early 20th century will come under the hammer. With an estimate [Read More]

Bonhams’ highly anticipated New York sale of American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures will take place on May 26th. Consisting of just over 100 lots the meticulously selected catalogue is comprised of 19th and 20th centuries paintings from the Hudson River, Impressionist, and [Read More]

PITTSBURGH, PA, – On May 14, 2010, Small but Sublime: Intimate 19th Century American Landscapes opens at the Frick Art & Historical Center. The exhibition features 22 small-scale paintings and drawings by 18 American artists, which range from the realistic style of [Read More]

SAN MARINO, Calif. – The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens has added to its holdings a newly identified painting by prominent 17thcentury French painter Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674). Selected for acquisition by The Huntington’s Art Collectors’ Council at its spring [Read More]

Christie’s New York Latin American sale on May 26 and 27, will offer an exceptional selection of works by modern and contemporary masters hailing from Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and many other regions throughout the Americas. Rich in works [Read More]

An important work by the Russian artist Andrei Lanskoy is one of the highlights of Bonhams Russian sale in London on 7 June. ‘L’abîme du soir’ (£100,000 – 150,000) is an important example of the pure abstract style and powerful and saturated [Read More]

Sotheby’s will offer a masterpiece by the father and a key figure of Impressionism, Edouard Manet: Self-Portrait with a Palette, estimated at £20–30 million, on June 22, 2010, in its evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London, Manet’s significance in [Read More]

The Whitney Museum of American Art will host its annual Art Party to benefit its Independent Study Program (ISP) and other museum educational programs on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at a new location- 82 Mercer Street in New York City (between Broome [Read More]

Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Irish artist, Conor McGuire, in The Persistence of Form. The exhibition is scheduled to run from May 11, 2010 through June 01, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, May 13, 2010). Conor McGuire, Clifss of Mohar 2, Oil on [Read More]

An evening of special events will take place at the National Gallery on Friday 14 May as part of Museums at Night celebrations. The Gallery will be open until 9pm, including current exhibitions Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey and Christen [Read More]