“Full Disclosure”–an exhibition opening on October 7 at UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery—is built upon the idea of “failure” as a path to learning. The show is an intimate look at the process of trial and error that lies behind the complex work of [Read More]
“Continuous Present” features a selection of work by 11 of today’s most compelling contemporary artists working in a broad array of media, including film, video, photography, painting, and sculpture. The artists chosen for the show are Francis Alÿs, Peter Fischli and David [Read More]
On October 22nd, international auctioneers Bonhams will offer over 100 lots of Samurai Arms & Amor. For collectors fascinated with the storied tradition of the Samurai, this upcoming sale at Bonhams New York represents an extraordinary opportunity. Timed to coincide with the [Read More]
Sotheby’s Hong Kong will hold its 20th Century Chinese Art Autumn Sale 2009 on 6 October, offering collectors a superb opportunity to acquire rare and premium works by some of the most celebrated and important 20th century Chinese artists. A total of [Read More]
Deep within the history of Oklahoma art lies a connection with New Mexico, an enchanted land and home to Western and Native American artists who inspired Sooner artists for decades and beyond. A new exhibition at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of [Read More]
Cranbrook Art Museum and Cranbrook Institute of Science mark the start of a pioneering collaboration entitled Artology: the Fusion of Art and Science Art at Cranbrook with the opening of Animal Logic: Photography and Installation by Richard Barnes at the Institute of [Read More]
The Kunsthalle Bielefeld is presenting a comprehensive survey of German Impressionism, an art movement that spread throughout the entire country. Starting with the major Berlin artists Max Liebermann, Max Slevogt, and Lovis Corinth, the show ranges over the many northern, eastern, southern, [Read More]
When Heritage Auctions’ Signature® Modern & Contemporary Art Auction opens Oct. 7 at its Dallas Design District Annex, Abstract Expressionist and Pop Art greats such as Sam Francis, Paul Jenkins, Joan Mitchell, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Indiana will grab the [Read More]
School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “The Wilde Years: Four Decades of Shaping Visual Culture,” an exhibition that celebrates designers, art directors and other creative professionals who have graduated from the BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department at SVA. Organized in recognition [Read More]
On October 3, 2009, Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art opens at The Frick Art Museum. This exhibition is composed of fifty-nine photographs from Cleveland’s extraordinary collection that chronicle the evolution of photography in [Read More]
In autumn the Martin-Gropius-Bau is showing impressive images taken by the press photographer Harald Schmitt, who has been on the staff of stern since 1977. From 1977 to 1983 he lived as an accredited photographer in East Berlin. Lenin, thrown from the [Read More]
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) celebrates fashion and photography with the work of Richard Avedon, one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. Avedon Fashion Photographs 1944-2000, on view October 18, 2009 –January 17, 2010, features 181 works, including [Read More]
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers presents Four Perspectives Through the Lens: Soviet Art Photography in 1970-1980s, a selection of 70 rarely seen photographs by four major artists working in the Soviet Union in the two decades before the fall [Read More]
Covering a span of time from 1400 to the present, with approximately 60,000 drawings as well as 250,000 individual prints and books with original illustrations, the Kupferstichkabinett at the Kunstmuseum Basel belongs among the most important collections of this kind. Its origins [Read More]