Fine Art News

The Whitney Museum of American Art celebrates the tenth anniversary of its Bucksbaum Award on April 21, 2010. The latest recipient of the award – selected by a jury from among the artists showing in the current Whitney Biennial, 2010 – will [Read More]

BROOKLYN, NY – This April Causey Contemporary is pleased to announce two solo debut exhibitions to the gallery. Run From View will feature the unique black and white silver gelatin prints of photographer Chuck Kelton. Also on view will be Day For [Read More]

This May the Whitney Museum of American Art will launch a series of large-scale, commissioned works on the site of its future downtown building at the corner of Gansevoort and Washington Streets in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The three commissioned projects, Whitney on [Read More]

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has completed a major transition in its volunteer leadership, ensuring the continuity of its mission and affirming its role as one of the most significant cultural institutions in the city and region. After nine extraordinary years of [Read More]

2010 is the 400th anniversary of the death of the painter Caravaggio, who died at Porto Ercole in July 1610. Whitfield Fine Art will mark this anniversary with a major exhibition, during summer of 2010, of important paintings by Caravaggio’s early Seventeenth [Read More]

On Thursday, May 6, 2010, Axelle Fine Arts in Chelsea will showcase the works of Laurent Dauptain. The artist combines a variety of brushstrokes to define facial features and the quality of the contours for his signature self portraits. His landscapes and [Read More]

Sotheby’s second sale of Contemporary Art: Turkish achieved a total of £2,436,850/ $3,779,067/ 5,577,465 TRY, comfortably within its pre-sale estimate of £1.9-2.9 million. The sale established 16 new artist records for artists including Fahrelnissa Zeid, Taner Ceylan, Haluk Akakçe and Canan Tolon, [Read More]

In a powerful curatorial debut, Peter Makebish brings his exhibition titled ‘In Dialogue’ to Anonymous Gallery @ Collective Hardware, pairing 4 generations of painters whose studio practices share bold continuity and intrinsic similarities: Ross Bleckner with Matt Jones; Kenny Scharf with Kadar [Read More]

Klaus Biesenbach, Director of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, announced that Peter Eleey has been appointed as the Curator of P.S.1. Currently Visual Arts Curator at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, a position he has held since 2007, Mr. Eleey will organize exhibitions [Read More]

Widely considered one of the pioneering artists of the twenty-first century, Jim Campbell manipulates the base materials of electronics and computers into a visual haiku of the information age. The essence of Campbell’s art is not in soldered connections, but rather a [Read More]

The High Museum of Art has announced a gift of 47 works of art, the majority of which are prints and posters by major artists working in fin-de-siécle Paris, from prominent Atlanta collectors Irene and Howard Stein. The Stein collection includes many [Read More]

As a highlight of the upcoming Spring auction season, Christie’s New York will present Property from the Collection of Raymond and Miriam Klein, a selection of exceptional fine art from the couple’s spectacular residence in historic Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. Works from [Read More]

Sotheby’s spring Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York on 5 May 2010 presents a superb offering of works by a range of artists including Monet, Picasso, Matisse, Feininger, and Modigliani. Many come from esteemed private collections and estates [Read More]

LeonidesArts New York Gallery along with the No Estamos Solas Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina: will open their gallery in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Mr. Mark D. Hurewitz, General Manager, Skyline Hotel and Mr. Leonides Molinar, Owner, LeonidesArts New York Gallery together [Read More]