The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art has organized the first major exhibition of its American works on paper from the years 1910 to 1960. American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art will include more than 100 exceptional [Read More]
A monumental masterpiece (48 x 70 in. (122 x 178 cm)) by the great 17th century Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius will be offered early next year in Sotheby’s sale of Important Old Master Paintings in New York on 28 January 2010. Goltzius’ [Read More]
The November 23, 2009 auction of California and American Paintings and Sculpture at Bonhams & Butterfields offered a wide array of important Western scenes, Plein Air, Society of Six, and land and cityscapes by noted California and American artists. The Los Angeles-based [Read More]
Two paintings by Texas Impressionist Julian Onderdonk anchor the Texas Art side of Heritage Auctions’ Dec. 16 Signature® Art of the American West &Texas Auction, an auction featuring a host of the best names in Texas art, taking place live at Heritage’s [Read More]
After a hugely popular four-day viewing – attended by 1300 people – Sotheby’s Paris sale of exceptional works of art from Africa and Oceania attracted a packed saleroom throughout, with ferocious competition between telephone bidders and collectors in the saleroom. The sale [Read More]
Two purchases funded by the UK’s leading independent art charity The Art Fund, through its £5 million funding scheme Art Fund International, are going on display for the first time at a new exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow. [Read More]
Artists Mitch Cope and Gina Reichert will create “The Neighborhood Project” in the Walter Gibbs Gallery in the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) beginning Friday, Dec. 18. The artists will illustrate how art can transform neighborhoods, both visually and socially, by looking [Read More]
Michel Montecrossa in his new video ‘Climate Summit Songs by Michel Montecrossa’ sends a message of concern to the ongoing climate summit in Copenhagen. In this video consisting of concert scenes, music-clips and statements Michel Montecrossa’s straightforward lyrics speak about climate change, [Read More]
Bronx Architecture” is an online guide to the architecture of the borough developed by Lehman College Art Gallery/CUNY. Designed as a companion to “Public Art in the Bronx,” the Web site features over 75 buildings, background on architects, neighborhood walking tours, maps, [Read More]
Prendergast in Italy, the first exhibition devoted entirely to the watercolors, monotypes, and oil paintings by the American modern artist Maurice Prendergast, will open at the MFAH on February 14, 2010. Featuring more than 60 views of Venice, Rome, Siena, and Capri, [Read More]
As an abstract painter, Maine artist Frederick Lynch (born 1935) uses a system of repeated geometries and mathematical divisions to create his art. Division and Discovery: Recent Work by Frederick Lynch, on view February 27 through May 16, 2010, will feature 30 [Read More]
Today, Juergen Teller (*1964 in Bubenreuth) is one of the most sought-after fashion, commercial and portrait photographers world-wide. The exhibition in Kunsthalle Nürnberg takes a focused look back, showing a selection of his best-known photographs of Kurt Cobain, Kate Moss or Yves [Read More]
On view at The San Diego Museum of Art December 5, 2009 through March 7, 2010, From “Rembrandt’s Studio: The Prints of Ferdinand Bol” will focus on printmaking in Rembrandt’s Holland and document the efforts of the Dutch painter and printmaker Ferdinand [Read More]
dOCUMENTA (13) has announced Dr. Christine Litz has been appointed as a new member of the dOCUMENTA (13) organizational team. Recently appointed project manager, she is responsible for the realization of the ideas developed by the artistic director, Carolyn Christov-Barkagiev, and her [Read More]