Cowan’s European and Asian Fine and Decorative Art Auction, July 31, 2010 will feature Continental furniture, paintings, pottery and porcelain, and Orientalia. Leading the sale is a Portrait of a Woman by Frederick Soulacroix titled Resting with Fan. The captivating painting (est. [Read More]
“In life we experience many and varied relationships; people come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime”(Paulette McKoy 2010) One of the deepest desires of any normal human being is to be harmonised, and unified with others, as [Read More]
ARTS publication MEDIUM MAGAZINE (mediummagazine.net) has launched its new issue today, which marks the 6th year of production for the online title. As well as continuing to promote the work of artists from around the world, 2010 will see the launch of [Read More]
Local Detroit artists housed in the iconic Russell Industrial Center have come together to form the MOHO Arts District Workshops. This collaboration will allow residents to take advantage of the growing Detroit art scene by participating art classes and workshops. MOHO Arts [Read More]
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts are proud to announce that Ryan Hackett is the winner of the 2010 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. The coveted $25,000 prize was presented at an awards ceremony at [Read More]
The winner of the BP Portrait Award 2010 was announced on 22 June at the National Portrait Gallery. In a record-breaking year for entries, the prestigious first prize was won by 63-year-old artist Daphne Todd. Her winning portrait, Last Portrait of Mother, [Read More]
Frederick Cayley Robinson’s masterpiece, ‘Acts of Mercy’ (1916–20), comprises four large-scale allegorical works, which memorably explore the positive forces of the human spirit in the face of destruction. Cayley Robinson (1862–1927) is one of the most distinctive and yet elusive British painters [Read More]
Haines Gallery presents Wildfires, a seasonably salient exhibition of photographs by Youngsuk Suh. In his first solo exhibition in San Francisco, Suh continues his exploration of the myths of the American wilderness, a subject previously explored in his Instant Traveler series on [Read More]
Tate Britain has unveild its new Duveens Commission, Harrier and Jaguar, by Fiona Banner. Banner’s largest work to date, Harrier and Jaguar brings the highly-charged physicality of two real fighter jets, both previously in active military service, into the unexpected setting of [Read More]
Leonardo da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks is to go back on display in the National Gallery (afternoon of 14th July) after an 18-month restoration project which started in November 2008. The decision to restore the painting came after several years of [Read More]
The Everson Museum of Art is pleased to announce that long awaited exhibition Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller will open to the public on Saturday, August 14, 2010. The exhibition will remainon view through October 17, 2010. The interpretive exhibition explores [Read More]
Gallery KH presents a new collection of mixed media abstract paintings by artists Deborah T. Colter and Charlotte Foust, opening July 23 through August 31, 2010. An opening night cocktail reception is scheduled for Friday, July 23rd, 5-8PM. All gallery events are [Read More]
A pre-Raphaelite needlework book cover designed for The Book of Beauty: A Collection of Beautiful Portraits with Literary, Artistic and Musical Contributions by Men and Women of the Day, edited by Mrs F Harcourt Williamson and published by Hutchinson & Co in [Read More]
Graffiti NYC: Artists of the Third Rail features photographs, works on paper, paintings, sculptures, murals and live presentations by Martha Cooper, John Naar, Richard Hambleton, Snake1, Noc167, Jamestop, Stayhigh149, PNUT, Cap1, Tracy168, Futura2000, Dondi, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Phetus, among other [Read More]