Upon first glance, Yang Yongliang’s photographs appear as dreamlike Chinese paintings, not unlike those he studied extensively as a student of traditional art at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. However, upon closer inspection, one finds that his works are cleverly crafted [Read More]
Christie’s New York has announced it will offer the most significant collection of paintings and illustrations by the beloved American artist Maxfield Parrish ever to be offered at auction. Major works from all periods of Parrish’s long career as an illustrator and [Read More]
“Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art” will present unique objects illustrating the Vatican’s impact on history and culture through 2,000 years. The exhibition will only appear in three North American cities, after which the items must return to the Vatican, [Read More]
Christie’s announce that they will offer the first part of an extensive selection of exceptional medieval and renaissance masterpieces on 7 July 2010 in London. The Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula Part I is an outstanding private collection which has [Read More]
Christie’s Auctioneers has announced its three Photographs sales this spring season will be held in New York on April 14 and 15, 2010. The three separate sales include two single owner collections, Three Decades with Irving Penn: Photographs from the Collection of [Read More]
From Saturday 27th March to the 16th May 2010 Rosemary Abraham’s latest collection of paintings will be on display in the grand surroundings of Sewerby Hall, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, UK. There will be around 100 paintings included in the exhibition including abstract [Read More]
“Pictures about Pictures. Discursive Painting” s the title of the exhibition of the Daimler Art Collection in the MUMOK. Around 130 works will be presented ranging from classical modernity and post-war avantgarde through European Zero and minimalism to international contemporary art. In [Read More]
The National Gallery of Victoria today opened a major retrospective exhibition of the work of Rupert Bunny (1864–1947). Melbourne-born Bunny was one of the most successful artists of his generation. Living most of his life in France, no other Australian artist achieved [Read More]
On March 14th, 2010, Clars Auction Gallery offered the most extensive collection of Richard MacDonald sculptures as part of their March Fine Estates Sale. This important collection came to auction from a former real estate developer of luxury homes. The collection of [Read More]
‘TimeScale’ continues Ian Johnson’s enquiry into the conceptual and physical implications of man’s impact on the urban and natural landscape and ways that this can be configured intuitively. It consists of inter-related sculptures, drawings and assemblages that interlace attributes of the elemental [Read More]
This spring, as the Commonwealth of Virginia celebrates the role of women in the arts through the statewide initiative, MINDS WIDE OPEN, the Chrysler Museum does the same with Women of the Chrysler: A 400-Year Celebration of the Arts, an extraordinary new [Read More]
Christie’s has announced the forthcoming sale of Selections from the Baio Collection of Photographs on April 15 at Rockefeller Center. The Baio Collection embraces many of the photographic techniques and methods used over the last 170 years, with a central theme running [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields will hold its Spring auction of California and Western Paintings and Sculpture on April 20, 2010. The Los Angeles-based sale will feature a wide variety of important California, Western, Society of Six, Hawaiian scenes and Plein Air works by [Read More]
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature German artist, Peter Martin, in its premier exhibition Contemporary German Art: The New York Experience. The exhibition is through April 13, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, March 25, 2010). Divinely spiritual figures loom out from an ashen darkness [Read More]