The Ulster Museum, Belfast was tonight announced by judge Kirsty Young as the 2010 winner of the £100,000 Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries. Praised by the judges for its all-round excellence, the museum beat three other short-listed institutions, The Ashmolean [Read More]
Folk Fest – billed as “The World’s Greatest Self-Taught Art Show and Sale” – will celebrate 17 years in Atlanta with a three-day show slated for Aug. 20-22 at the North Atlanta Trade Center in Norcross. Nearly 100 galleries and dealers will [Read More]
In the exhibition “TINA MODOTTI – Photographer and Revolutionary”, KUNST HAUS WIEN presents a comprehensive retrospective of a legendary photographer who has still not received the attention she deserves. Tina Modotti, who was born in 1896 in Udine, Italy and died in [Read More]
The preliminary design for the 22 million euro project ‘Mauritshuis building for the future’ was unveiled on 22 June 2010. The ambitious design links Plein 26, the art deco building opposite the Mauritshuis in The Hague which is part of the Nieuwe [Read More]
Artist/composer Christian Marclay (b. 1955), known for the distinctive fusion of sound and image in his art, is the subject of a major exhibition this summer at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Activated by daily musical performances, the show explores Marclay’s [Read More]
The 70,000 sq ft Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, London owned by Cadogan Estate, will become the Museum of Contemporary Art for London, it has been announced. Art collector Charles Saatchi, 67, is giving more than 200 works and his Saatchi Gallery to [Read More]
Christie’s London Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auction realised £45,640,200 /$68,642,861/ €56,091,806, selling 84% by lot and 85% by value. “We curated this sale very carefully, offering a diverse range of works that were exciting and fresh, had great energy, and were of [Read More]
West Coast Bank is the silver sponsor of Uncorked -The Oregon Wine & Art Auction, The Rotary Club of McMinnville’s premier fundraiser. The outstanding food, wine, art and wine auction and entertainment will be held at the Methven Family Vineyards in Dayton, [Read More]
A landscape painting by Herman Saftleven once owned by one of Oscar Wilde’s closest friends is expected to fetch £15,000-20,000 when it is auctioned at the Old Master Paintings sale on Wednesday 7th July at Bonhams, New Bond Street. It is being [Read More]
Avisca Fine Art Gallery in conjunction with the National Black Arts Festival, the annual celebration of arts and culture in Atlanta, presents a two-person exhibition of mixed-media and oil paintings by April Harrison and Zoya Taylor. Both artists are self-taught, figurative artists [Read More]
Brian Gross Fine Art presents Gesture a group exhibition exploring various uses of gesture in abstract painting—ranging from spontaneous and expressive, to meditative and ritualistic. Featured artists include Donald Feasél, Robin McDonnell, Ed Moses, Robert Sagerman, Nellie King Solomon, and Amy Trachtenberg. [Read More]
In its upcoming exhibtion Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand will present works from Barbora Žůrková & Radim Žůrek from Prague, Czech Republic. “The Replacement” is their first solo show abroad. Opening reception: July 2, 2010, 7pm. Duration of the exhibition: until August 14, 2010. [Read More]
The Demuth Museum’s current exhibition features the early influences and childhood art work of Charles Demuth. Demuth, who was born in Lancaster in 1883, grew up in a home in which his early artistic talent was recognized and encouraged by his family. [Read More]
The Toledo Museum of Art announced that Brian P. Kennedy, director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, has accepted the position as the Museum’s ninth director with a start date of September 1. Board Chair Betsy Brady and George [Read More]