Nearly 400 of Washington’s most powerful and prestigious leaders gathered at The Phillips Collection for an evening of friends, family, and art. The Gala included Members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, Ambassadors, and Washington socialites. Guests dined among masterpieces by Degas, Matisse, [Read More]
With an excellent selection of work by iconic photographers such as Ansel Adams, Irving Penn, and Herb Ritts, collectors are eagerly awaiting the upcoming sale of Fine Photography scheduled to take place at Bonhams New York on May 19th. Garnering much pre-sale [Read More]
Sotheby’s Milan devotes two days to the Contemporary art sales, like in Paris, London and New York. The first session, the Evening Sale takes place on the 20th of May, while the Day Sale will be held on the 21st of May. [Read More]
In 2009 New York and Amsterdam celebrate the historical link between the two cities. New York began its history as a Dutch trading post at the southern tip of Manhattan. In 2009 it is 400 years since Henry Hudson discovered the island [Read More]
David Hockney’s “Beverly Hills Housewife,” painting of Los Angeles arts patron Betty Freeman, sold at auction for a record $7.9 million on Wednesday evening in New York. David Hockney – Beverly Hills Housewife 1966 The 12-foot double canvas shows Freeman on her [Read More]
Twenty of Andrea Carlson’s complex and layered works will be at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York, the George Gustav Heye Center beginning Saturday, June 13. Carlson (Anishinaabe/European, b. 1979) is a Minnesota-based artist whose works offer [Read More]
Michelangelo’s painting of The Torment of Saint Anthony, described by his earliest biographers, has been acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas. Its purchase was announced today by the Kimbell’s newly appointed director, Dr. Eric McCauley Lee. Executed in [Read More]
BECA gallery is pleased to present its Summer 2009 exhibition titled: ’12 x 12 x 122′ from June 6 – July 3, 2009. In an unusual twist on what appears to be a traditional, if not somewhat restrictive Call to Artists, BECA [Read More]
Moscow Museum of Modern Art together with pARTnerproject gallery opens the first solo museum exhibition of Claudia Rogge, the well-known Düsseldorf photographer. “A Retrospective” presents more than 30 large-scale photographs, as well as an installation that reflects the author’s ongoing fascination with [Read More]
All the galleries at Art Amsterdam will be staging a solo exhibition. This means that 120 artists will have solo exhibitions devoted to their work, which is unique at a contemporary art event. This is how Art Amsterdam will celebrate its 25th [Read More]
One of the most respected dealers of Lowbrow editorial and illustrated art, Matthew Abramowitz, brings his renowned Los Angeles, Calif., establishments, The 4th Wall Gallery and The Gallery@Storyopolis, to Dallas. Opening May 21st at 2925 Fairmount Street, The 4th Wall Gallery brings [Read More]
Seoul Auction, Korea’s leading art auction house, will present an exceptional array of Western and Asian art in the Modern and Contemporary Art sale to be held on 15 May, 2009 at 2pm at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. A total of [Read More]
The Gibbes Museum of Art announced that photographer and digital montage artist Stephen Marc of Tempe, Arizona has won the 2009 Elizabeth and Mallory Factor Prize for Southern Art and the $10,000 cash prize that accompanies the award. The Factor Prize acknowledges [Read More]
New York University’s Grey Art Gallery opens the first retrospective of the American photographer John Wood. John Wood: On the Edge of Clear Meaning, on view at the Grey Art Gallery from May 12 through July 18, 2009, which is the most [Read More]