On November 17, 2009, The Monacelli Press will release Jim Olson Houses, the most comprehensive collection of projects built in the last decade by the founding partner of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects as well as the most prominent heir to the [Read More]
The National Gallery of Victoria yesterday closed its doors on the second most attended Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition. Over 330,000 people attended the Salvador Dalí: Liquid Desire exhibition by the time the NGV closed the doors on Sunday 4 October. Salvador Dalí [Read More]
“I’ve always been interested in how an object can be remembered and how that memory can be sustained and directed sculpturally, pulling things in and out of time, passing objects through the studio as a kind of filter returning them as new [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Renoir in the 20th Century, an exhibition focusing on the last three decades of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s career, until his death in 1919. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Two Girls Reading, circa 1890-91. Oil on canvas. 22 [Read More]
For its third season, the Pinacothèque de Paris, in association with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, will present one of the most interesting periods in art history: the Dutch 17th century. The exhibition will put on an outstanding ensemble of over one hundred [Read More]
Galerie Van den Akker, New York’s premier seller of European modernist furnishings, will host an exhibit of sixteen sculptures by artist Pamela Sunday. Pamela Sunday creates hand built ceramic sculptures inspired by nature and science. She is renowned for her meticulous craftsmanship [Read More]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by discussion with one or more of the film’s principal creators in “Up Close and Personal: Iranian [Read More]
As diners scurry to Smith & Wollensky, a legendary steakhouse in Midtown Manhattan, they may stop to admire something remarkable in front of neighboring 777 Third Avenue. Most office buildings in the area have entrances lacking imagination or inspiration. But 777 Third [Read More]
Sotheby’s autumn sale of 19th Century European Art Including Important British Paintings will be held in New York on October 22, 2009, and will offer a selection of high-quality works representing the best artists, schools and styles of the 19th century. Works [Read More]
Following the success of its Hong Kong sale in May, Seoul Auction, Korea’s leading auction house, will again present an exceptional array of Western and Asian art in the Modern & Contemporary Art sale to be held on 7 October, 2009 at [Read More]
The first exhibition to explore Leonardo da Vinci’s profound interest in and influence on sculpture will premiere at the High Museum of Art in October 2009. “Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius” will feature approximately 50 works, including more than 20 [Read More]
This fall, The Heckscher Museum of Art is presenting an exhibition that celebrates the rich, yet untold role of Huntington and the North Shore of Long Island in American art. “This project really began shortly after my arrival at The Heckscher in [Read More]
The Kunsthaus Zürich’s 2010 program is dominated by the museum’s centenary: on 17 April 2010, Carl Moser’s flagship building on Heimplatz will be one hundred years old. Switzerland’s oldest combined collection and exhibition space will treat visitors to some high-calibre shows, dedicated [Read More]
WATTEAU TO DEGAS: FRENCH DRAWINGS FROM THE FRITS LUGT COLLECTION As its major fall exhibition, the Frick presents Watteau to Degas: French Drawings from the Frits Lugt Collection, featuring more than sixty works on paper from the holdings of the Fondation Custodia, [Read More]