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Annie Leibovitz Agrees Loan Deal with Colony Capital: Report Annie Leibovitz Agrees Loan Deal with Colony Capital: Report

LONDON.- Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has arranged a deal with a private equity firm to sort out her debts, the Financial Times reported in its Tuesday edition. The paper said Leibovitz, who has photographed everyone from Michelle Obama to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, has lined up real estate investment firm Colony Capital as a sole creditor... [Read more of this review]

Winslow Homer Exhibition this Summer at the Portland Museum of Art Winslow Homer Exhibition this Summer at the Portland Museum of Art

PORTLAND, ME.- This summer the Portland Museum of Art will present Winslow Homer and the Poetics of Place, on view June 5 through September 6, 2010. In honor of the centennial of Homer’s death in September, this exhibition will showcase 20 works from the Museum’s collection of Homer watercolors and oils on canvas. Based upon the extraordinary gift... [Read more of this review]

Centre Pompidou Shows Fifty Large-Format Paintings in Tribute to Lucian Freud Centre Pompidou Shows Fifty Large-Format Paintings in Tribute to Lucian Freud

PARIS.- The Centre Pompidou is to pay tribute to Lucian Freud, one of the greatest of contemporary painters. Now 88 years old, he is one of the world’s most important living artists. He has not shown in France since the Centre’s last major retrospective of his work nearly a quarter of a century ago, in 1987, though his fame has since then only grown... [Read more of this review]

Sotheby’s to Sell Single-Owner Collection of British Watercolours and Drawings Sotheby’s to Sell Single-Owner Collection of British Watercolours and Drawings

LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, it will present for sale, in its New Bond Street galleries in London, An Exceptional Eye: A Private British Collection. The single-owner sale of some 250 lots will have at its heart an exquisite group of 18th and 19th century British Watercolours and Drawings and Portrait Miniatures,... [Read more of this review]

Rankin’s Cheeky: An Exhibition of Erotica by Rankin at Annroy Gallery Rankin’s Cheeky: An Exhibition of Erotica by Rankin at Annroy Gallery

LONDON.- Rankin’s Cheeky brings together selected erotica by Rankin. Taken from his recently published book of the same title, which includes forewords by Heidi Klum and Hugh Hefner, the photographs will be exhibited at Annroy Gallery from 11th March – 11th April. Rankin’s erotic studies combine outstanding female beauty with an exploration of... [Read more of this review]

Christie’s to Sell the Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody Christie’s to Sell the Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the sale of one of the greatest private American collections of Modern Art to come to auction: The Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody. Remarkable for its extraordinary depth and quality, the collection boasts a wealth of master works by the towering figures of the Modernist movement, including Pablo Picasso,... [Read more of this review]

Tim Van Laere Gallery Presents Paintings by Faris McReynolds Tim Van Laere Gallery Presents Paintings by Faris McReynolds

ANTWERP.- Tim Van Laere Gallery presents an exhibition with Faris McReynolds (*1977, Dallas,Texas, lives and works in Los Angeles,California.). This is the artist’s second solo exhibition at the gallery. Faris McReynolds, "My Rap Video", 2010. Oil on canvas, 107 x 132 cm. Courtesy: Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp and Roberts & Tilton,... [Read more of this review]

Painting and Imperial Objects Highlight Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Sale Painting and Imperial Objects Highlight Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Sale

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 23 March 2010 sale of Chinese Works of Art will feature paintings, ceramics, jades and furniture including a number of Imperial works from distinguished private collections. Among the highlights of the sale is A Fine and Rare Imperial ‘Zitan’ Stand and Base – zitan is widely recognized as one of the most luxurious of... [Read more of this review]

UK Artist Nasser Azam Completes Major Antarctic Performance Painting Series UK Artist Nasser Azam Completes Major Antarctic Performance Painting Series

LONDON.- Artist endures extreme weather conditions in sub-zero temperatures to produce a series of large-scale outdoor paintings inspired by the Antarctic continent. Painter and sculptor Nasser Azam has today returned to the UK having endured temperatures of -30˚C (wind chill of -45˚C) and battled winds as high as 100kph, whilst completing a series... [Read more of this review]

Groundbreaking Acquisition by DeCordova: Antony Gormley’s “Reflection II” Groundbreaking Acquisition by DeCordova: Antony Gormley’s “Reflection II”

LINCOLN, MA.- DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum announces the acquisition of Reflection II, a sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist Antony Gormley. It is the first international acquisition for DeCordova. Reflection II is scheduled to be installed Monday, March 15, 2010. Director Dennis Kois says, “the Gormley acquisition not only brings... [Read more of this review]

Peru Lifts Some Machu Picchu Claims Against Yale University Peru Lifts Some Machu Picchu Claims Against Yale University

NEW HAVEN, CT.- Peru has voluntarily agreed to withdraw fraud and conspiracy allegations it made against Yale University in a lawsuit seeking the return of Inca artifacts removed from Machu Picchu nearly a century ago. The South American nation recently filed papers in federal court dismissing six of 17 counts from its lawsuit. Peru sued in 2008, demanding... [Read more of this review]

Smithsonian Accepts Michelle Obama’s Inaugural Ball Gown Smithsonian Accepts Michelle Obama’s Inaugural Ball Gown

WASHINGTON, DC.- First Lady Michelle Obama formally presented the gown she wore to the 2009 inaugural balls to the Smithsonian’s First Ladies Collection Tuesday, March 9, during a ceremony at the National Museum of American History. The gown will be displayed in the center of a new gallery addition to the museum’s popular exhibition, “The First... [Read more of this review]

MUMOK Exhibition Explores Art and Television 1963-1987 MUMOK Exhibition Explores Art and Television 1963-1987

VIENNA.- “Changing Channels” investigates how art reflected and drew on the mass media of television between the 1960s and the 1980s. The exhibition presents works that show the increasing significance and the economic, technological and social mechanisms of the medium. The works in question were made at the moment when television itself had undergone... [Read more of this review]

Eight Remarkable Canadians Win Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts Eight Remarkable Canadians Win Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts

MONTREAL.- The winners of the 2010 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts were announced by the Canada Council for the Arts today at the Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal. Haida sculptor Robert Davidson, filmmaker André Forcier, painter Rita Letendre, video artist Tom Sherman, photographer Gabor Szilasi and painter Claude Tousignant... [Read more of this review]

Carnegie Museum of Art Announces Staff Promotions and Changes Carnegie Museum of Art Announces Staff Promotions and Changes

PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art announces two staff promotions and two curators sharing responsibilities of the chief curator. Dan Byers, previously assistant curator of contemporary art, and Amanda Zehnder, previously assistant curator of fine arts, have been promoted to associate curators. Zehnder, who joined the museum in 2005, has curated... [Read more of this review]