Sotheby’s Orientalist sale in Paris on October 28 will consist of 205 lots of paintings, sculptures and works of art. It will also include a section dedicated to Islamic Art for the first time, with 120 lots illustrating les arts d’Orient from [Read More]
Manhattan Graphics Center is holding a no-reserve, no-buyer’s-commission, benefit auction of fine prints at Bloomsbury Auctions, New York. Available for bidding are over 400 fine prints by MGC members, a selection from the MGC archives, and donated works from fine print dealers, [Read More]
Cheim & Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of abstract sculpture by multi-media artist Jack Pierson. Pierson’s last exhibition with the gallery was in 2006. Most recently, his show, “Abstracts,” was on view at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, from [Read More]
217 Films and independent filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of Ashford, Connecticut announce the premiere of their new film about American master John Marin. On Friday, December 11 at 6:30pm, John Marin: “Let the Paint be Paint!” will make its world [Read More]
To celebrate the opening of Tate Modern’s major autumn exhibition “Pop Life: Art in a Material World,” a giant 53 foot (16 meter) helium balloon by Jeff Koons is being unveiled today at Covent Garden. It is the first time that Koons’s [Read More]
This group exhibition takes its title from the infamous 1962 book by St. Ives artist Sven Berlin. It will explore the influence of folklore, mysticism, mythology and the occult on the development of art in Britain. Focusing on works from the beginning [Read More]
The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) has selected Dan Fenelon to create a site-specific mural for its Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation Art Stairway. Fenelon is working on the mural throughout October and plans to complete it by November 1. The final mural [Read More]
Skinner, one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, announced its upcoming auction of Asian Works of Art – to take place on Oct 17th at 3 p.m. and Oct. 18th at 10 a.m. in its Boston gallery [Read More]
Celebrating its 16th year, SOFA CHICAGO 2009, the critically acclaimed Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair, returns to Navy Pier’s Festival Hall (600 E. Grand Avenue) Nov. 6 – 8 to present masterworks from top international galleries and dealers. The Chicago fair [Read More]
Gabor Szilasi is on a constant quest to capture the ordinary people and places of the present day. He finds beauty in the banal and is interested in documenting a society that is in constant flux. Gabor Szilasi: The Eloquence of the [Read More]
The Amon Carter Museum announces that it has acquired a major American painting by the artist Charles Sheeler: Conversation—Sky and Earth, painted in 1940. “This superb example of Sheeler’s work is a vital addition to our holdings of this important and versatile [Read More]
The Amon Carter Museum is pleased to announce that Brady Nichols Sloane has joined its staff in the newly created position of Public Programs Manager. Sloane is responsible for developing and implementing a broad range of programs and resources designed to assist [Read More]
From September 23 to November 5, 2009, Berlin Art Projects proudly presents “Heimspiel 09,” an exhibition of gallery artists. An opening will be held on Friday, September 25 from 7-9 p.m. in the Project Space on Auguststraße 50b. HEIMSPIEL 09 – A [Read More]
The Princeton University Art Museum will present Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait, a major exhibition that brings to light the artistry and life practices of the hunters who worked across two millennia in what are now the American [Read More]