Reynolda House Museum of American Art’s exhibition “American Expatriates: Cassatt, Sargent, and Whistler” will open Dec. 5, 2009 and will remain on view through Apr. 25, 2010 in the Northeast Bedroom Gallery. “American Expatriates” focuses on the art of a group of [Read More]
The Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a long-established yuletide tradition in New York, will be on view for the holiday season from November 24, 2009, through January 6, 2010. The brightly lit, 20-foot blue spruce [Read More]
The BBC and the British Museum have joined forces in an original and unprecedented public service partnership, focusing on world history. At its heart is a landmark series on BBC Radio 4, ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects’ which will [Read More]
For some time now the term *Hot Pot*, a traditional dish with chicken and pepper, is synonymous for the fast developing neighborhood of galleries around Moganshan Road. This area, also called M 50, consists of narrow alleys and old industrial buildings, and [Read More]
Artexpo New York, the world’s largest popular and fine art fair is returning in 2010 with a brand new look and new location. From March 25 – March 28, following The Armory Show and The Architectural Digest Show, Artexpo New York will [Read More]
Art Books by David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Vija Celmins, and Olafur Eliasson amongst those Offered Bonhams New York is pleased to present the Arnold Smoller Collection of Contemporary Livres d’Artiste. A wonderfully astute and varied assemblage of nearly 200 volumes, the collection [Read More]
Gallery KH is pleased to present Invoking the Unknown a rich collection of new abstracts by artist Rick Stevens, opening December 4 through February 22, 2010. An opening night cocktail reception is scheduled for Friday, December 4, 2009, 5-8PM. “We are thrilled [Read More]
On December 8 Christie’s celebrates New York’s Historical Design Gallery and surveys the entire modern movement with selected iconic designs spanning the late 19th, 20th and 21st centuries including French ceramics, New York related objects, Scandinavian Design, photographs, American Mid-Century Design and [Read More]
This year’s fall auctions at Villa Grisebach Auktionen in Berlin start off on 26 November 2009 with over 180 lots for sale in Modern and Contemporary photography. After the successful spring sale of photographs of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s architecture, Grisebach [Read More]
On 30th November at Bonhams New Bond Street will host the sale of Russian Art, featuring the eminent names of both Aivazovsky and Fabergé. The first painting by Aivazovsky, whose career spanned almost the entire 19th century, is named “The Morning Catch”. [Read More]
A selling exhibition of David Bailey’s iconic images of the 1960s – the 50th anniversary of a decade that changed our cultural history – will be hosted by Bonhams in New Bond Street The ‘Pure Sixties. Pure Bailey.’ exhibition will be on [Read More]
After years of planning and gathering donations ranging from a couple of dollars to millions, the Museum of Nature & Science celebrated “the ultimate dig” on Nov. 18 by breaking ground on the $185-million museum to be constructed at Victory Park. Approximately [Read More]
In an exhibition entitled “Idyll in an Obstructed Landscape”, to run from February 26 until May 16, 2010, Kunsthaus Zürich presents the work of the painter and poet Salomon Gessner, a long-time resident of Zurich. The show reconstructs Gessner’s cabinet, the cornerstone [Read More]
The winner of the prestigious Aspect Prize, the premier award for Scottish artists and one of Britain’s largest independently funded art prizes, is to be announced at a reception at The Fleming Collection in London on 11 January 2010. Four of Scotland’s [Read More]