Christie’s Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture sale achieved a total of $32,358,750, with works by Andrew Wyeth, Mary Cassatt, and Charles Prendergast commanding the highest prices. Two new world auction records were set for American artists Guy Pène Du Bois and [Read More]
An advanced but intentionally low-key collector, the late William D. “Bill” Ansley amassed a select private collection of contemporary art glass over a 40-year period, and in so doing, created a panoramic three-dimensional history of Murano production. To the amazement of his [Read More]
Steuben Glass presents an exhibition in the gallery at Steuben’s Flagship Store on Madison Avenue of the photographs of celebrated American Photographer Stephen Wilkes. “Ellis Island” is a show comprised of Wilkes’ haunting Ilfochrome prints. The work began as an assignment to [Read More]
The highlight of the 2010 summer season at the National Gallery Complex in Edinburgh will be a ground-breaking exhibition on the subject of paintings of Impressionist Gardens. Camille Pissarro, “The Artist’s Garden at Eragny”, 1898. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Ailsa [Read More]
The Marian Goodman Gallery is delighted to announce an exhibition of new work by Gerhard Richter on view through January 9th, 2010. On view will be a major representation of works made by the artist from 2005 to the present, including an [Read More]
At Sotheby’s Amsterdam two important, newly discovered still lifes by the much sought-after Dutch artist, Adriaen Coorte, were both the subject of long and spirited bidding battles and the two paintings brought a combined total of €3,097,500 (£2,827,219), far in excess of [Read More]
Sotheby’s London Russian Art Sales Series concluded bringing a total of £19.3/$31.9 million – near the high estimate (£14,882,080-21,246,220) – and established a healthy sell-through-rate of 74% overall. Highlights of the sales series include: • ‘Romanov Heirlooms’ Sale realises £7 million, seven-times [Read More]
Tate Modern will present the first major retrospective of Arshile Gorky (c.1904-1948) to be seen in Europe for twenty years. Celebrating one of the most powerful and poetic American artists of his generation, “Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective” will examine the extraordinary contribution [Read More]
Berlin artist Philipp Geist (33) shows video installation on the facade of the royal throne in Bangkok on the occasion of king Bhumibol’s 82nd birthday from Dec 5-13, 2009. The one-hour-show is the central part of the celebrations and will be seen [Read More]
From December 3 through 6, 2009, Miami Beach, Florida, will be home to the 8th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the international art show. More than 250 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa will take part. [Read More]
On Sunday 6 December at 4pm, Bonhams & Goodman will be hosting the To Life 2009 Fine Art auction to raise much needed funds for the Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre in Elsternwick, Victoria. Artists, collectors and dealers have generously donated [Read More]
Russian art continues to go from strength to strength as Bonhams Russian Art sale fetches an impressive £1.9 million. The eminent names on sale included Aivazovsky and Fabergé. The top lot by Aivazovsky, whose career spanned almost the entire 19th century, named [Read More]
As a major cultural highlight in Asia, the Hong Kong Arts Festival gathers leading international, regional, national and local talent in over 140 performances and related performing arts events every February and March. The 38th Hong Kong Arts Festival, which opens in [Read More]
CityCenter presents the first major permanent collection of art in Las Vegas to be integrated into a public space, and one of the world’s largest and most ambitious corporate art collections in existence today. The CityCenter Fine Art Collection features works by [Read More]