In the 1890s, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement and Japanese ukiyo-e color prints, American artists began turning to the oldest of printmaking techniques—the woodcut—to create visually complex, color saturated works. Following in their footsteps, major American artists throughout the 20th [Read More]
Emil Holzhauer: The Georgia Years opens to the public at the Morris Museum of Art on August 29, 2009. Holzhauer’s paintings are being exhibited at the Morris for the first time. Emil Holzhauer, Back Porches, Macon, Georgia, 1948. Courtesy of the Charleston [Read More]
The Brandywine River Museum presents Jamie Wyeth–Seven Deadly Sins, a major exhibition of new works inspired by a traditional concept of human transgressions. With characteristic imagination, Wyeth has depicted the Seven Deadly Sins in a series of paintings with raucous, scavenging seabirds [Read More]
Coinciding with the 75th Birthday of Brigitte Bardot on 28th September 2009, James Hyman Gallery presents an exhibition of 75 vintage photographs by some of the most famous paparazzi photographers. Presented at the same time as London Fashion Week (18-22 September) Brigitte [Read More]
Newly appointed director of the Frye Art Museum Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker honors Charles and Emma Frye’s visionary patronage with an exhibition featuring a selection of important works from the Museum’s Founding Collection. The exhibition, Living Legacy, will be on view September 1, [Read More]
Thomas Eakins’ An Actress (Portrait of Suzanne Santje), is currently on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) where it has replaced Eakins’ The Concert Singer. Both paintings are on loan to PAFA from the Philadelphia Museum of Art [Read More]
Celebrating the life and legacy of the legendary Dutch painter and etcher Rembrandt van Rijn, the Nevada Museum of Art presents a major exhibit of etchings in its winter 2009 feature exhibition Rembrandt: The Embrace of Darkness and Light from November 7, [Read More]
Beginning on 11th September 2009 to 23th October 2009, Infantellina Contemporary, the first and only Berlin gallery featuring 100% Italian art, will present the exhibition “Stairway to heaven” by 12 emerging Italian talents: Antonella Boscarini, Marco Castagnetto, Francesco Dea, Andrea Giorgi, Giampaolo [Read More]
Commencing Christie’s Asian Art Week, the sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections on September 14 and 15 will bring together over 400 works of art, including superb ceramics, jades, bronzes, furniture [Read More]
The two-part sale on September 16th will consist of over 400 lots from the collection of the late Bluette H. Kirchoff as well as property from various owners. From the distinguished Kirchoff Collection of Netsuke and Sagemono is a late 18th-Century Ivory [Read More]
Allied Security Innovations, Inc. (ASI) (OTCBB: ADSV) reports that the tamper evident security products manufactured and distributed by its wholly owned subsidiary, CGM-Applied Security Technologies, Inc. (CGM-AST), have been selected by The National Gallery of Art of the United States of America. [Read More]
In 1704, in order to bring the interior decoration of the Liechtenstein summer palace to its long-delayed completion, Prince Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein (1657–1712) engaged Andrea Pozzo (1642–1709) to decorate the Great Hall, following several failed attempts by Marcantonio Franceschini [Read More]
The Serpentine Gallery presents a major survey of six decades of work by the influential artist and activist Gustav Metzger. Metzger’s practice represents a life-long involvement in left-wing politics, ecology and the creative and destructive powers of twentieth century industrialised societies. This [Read More]
Christie’s has announced the forthcoming Swiss Art sale is to be held on 21 September 2009. The auction comprises 153 lots spanning over four centuries of Swiss Art History. The evening sale offers numerous highlights by notable Swiss artists, including, amongst others, [Read More]