Drift 10: London’s Biennial Art Exhibition to Transform the River Thames

LONDON.- A stretch of the Thames in central London and Canary Wharf is set to be transformed this winter by a series of contemporary art works placed directly in the water and along its banks.  Now in its second year, the groundbreaking art show, DRIFT, gets fully underway on Thursday, 4 November, and continues into early January next year.  Canary Wharf by Julius Popp Staged by leading London arts company, ILLUMINATE PRODUCTIONS, the installations include breathtaking waterfalls at two locations on the [...]

Sotheby’s Presents Highlights from Its Autumn Sales of Impressionist & Modern Art

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s autumn Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York on 2 November 2010 will present a superb offering of works across the period. From an early painting by Eugène Boudin from 1868 to a Pablo Picasso canvas from the 1970s, the sale features classic Impressionist paintings, key Modern works, tremendous sculpture and powerful German Expressionist canvases. Highlights will include important works by Modigliani, Matisse, Monet, Rodin and Picasso, among many others. Prior to the auction, works [...]

Fair Weather at The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show

NEW YORK, NY.- Sixty-five of the world’s most influential art and antique dealers converged on the Park Avenue Armory, October 22-28, 2010 to participate in the 22nd annual International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, a greatly anticipated event of the New York fall season. The prestigious “International Show” – which is the flagship fair organized by Anna and Brian Haughton – has retained its position as the premier showcase in America for top dealers from Europe and the United States for [...]

Edward Hopper and His Time at The Whitney Museum of American Art

NEW YORK, NY.- As American artists rebelled against the academic art and aristocratic portraiture that predominated at the turn of the twentieth century, they began looking to modern life for their subject matter. One of central figures in this dramatic shift was Edward Hopper, whose work is exhibited in relation to his most important contemporaries in Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time, opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art on October 28, 2010.  Placing Hopper beside such artists as Robert Henri, [...]

Sotheby’s to Offer one of the Most Important Work by Titian to Appear at Auction in Nearly Twenty Years

NEW YORK, NY.- A monumental work by the Renaissance master Titian will be offered early next year in Sotheby’s sale of Important Old Master Paintings in New York on 27 January 2011. A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria is one of only a handful of multi-figured compositions by the 16th century artist remaining in private hands and the most important to appear at auction since 1991. It will be shown the public for the first [...]

19th Century Dutch and Belgian Paintings from the Rademakers Collection at the Hermitage

ST. PETERSBURG.- The exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum showcases 70 works from the collection of Jef Rademakers, one of the largest private collections of nineteenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings in Europe. Today it includes over 100 pictures by Romanticists, the earliest dating from 1806 and the latest from the 1870s. The paintings on display deal with the entire range of subjects that attracted Romantic artists from the Low Countries: summer and winter landscapes, seascapes and townscapes, a variety of still-lifes, night scenes, [...]

Landmark Exhibition of German Artist Hans Hartung’s Late Paintings Opens at Cheim & Read

NEW YORK, NY.- Cheim & Read presents a landmark exhibition of Hans Hartung’s late paintings, dating from 1987–1989. This is the first showing of Hartung’s works in New York since his controversial 1975 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and focuses on the artistic output of his last years of life. The show will be accompanied by a full color catalogue with an essay by Joe Fyfe.  Hans Hartung was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1904, but is often identified by [...]

Städel Museum Opens “In Chronological Order: Städel Works of the 14th to 21st Centuries”

FRANKFURT.- The holdings of the Städel Museum comprise masterpieces of European art from the late Middle Ages to the present. The temporary closure of its galleries in the course of the redevelopment measures carried out in the old building as part of the Städel’s extension and of making the new building accessible via the old building offers the unique opportunity to show the museum’s familiar treasures in an entirely new context. The temporary presentation of the Städel’s collection under the title “In Chronological [...]

Sotheby’s Presents Highlights from 19th Century European Art Auction in New York

NEW YORK, NY.- On 4 November, Sotheby’s 19th Century European Art auction will feature select works by important and popular artists, schools and styles of the genre. The curated sale, consisting of 82 lots with a pre-sale estimate of $20/30 million, contains eight works with high estimates at or above $1 million*, and will be exhibited in Sotheby’s New York galleries 29 October – 3 November, timed to coincide with Sotheby’s auctions of Impressionist & Modern Art. This exciting week at Sotheby’s promises [...]

Sixty Works from the DMA Collection and Important Local Collectors Presented in a Dynamic New Context

DALLAS, TX.- This exhibition marks a return to celebrating the rich holdings that form the acclaimed collection of modern and contemporary art at the The Dallas Museum of Art. Re-seeing the Contemporary, which also includes important loans from local collections, features surprising works, such as Steve Wolfe’s Untitled (Piano Music for Erik Satie), alongside more familiar icons such as Jackson Pollock’s Cathedral. Others on view include John Chamberlain’s Dancing Duke and Alan Saret’s Deep Forest Green Dispersion, two dramatic works of metal [...]

Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale in NY Expected to Exceed $240 Million

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will present one of the greatest rosters of master works in a single auction. The Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale, which will take place in New York on November 10, 2010, comprises seminal works by the foremost artists of the period including acclaimed masterpieces by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons and Rothko, as well as one of the finest examples from Gerhard Richter’s revered Candle Paintings Series. In addition to such masterpieces, Christie’s has been [...]

Exhibition Explores Both the Celebrity of, and the Woman Behind, One of the World’s Most Recognizable Icons

PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Andy Warhol Museum presents its latest special exhibition, Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend. Employing a dynamic range of artists and media, Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend visually explores both the celebrity of, and the woman behind, one of the world’s most recognizable icons. This exhibition is intended not only for those who appreciate the arts and diversity in media and style, but also for the ultimate Marilyn fan. Life as a Legend is on view [...]

On the Anniversary of the Birth of Pablo Picasso, Museo Picasso Málaga Presents New Acquisitions

MALAGA.- MPM’s permanent collection provides visitors with an overview of eight decades of Pablo Picasso’s work, conveying the painstaking creative capacity of an artist who is essential to understanding Western art history, and thereby embodying the desire to offer the city of Picasso’s birth some of the fruits of his talent. The rooms in the Palacio de Buenavista have been organized in such a way as to examine by theme issues that are important aspects of Pablo Picasso’s artistic legacy, [...]

Christie’s Sale in Dubai Features Works from Around the Middle East & Turkey

DUBAI.- Christie’s October 26th, 2010 Dubai sale of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art is blessed with a further selection of works from the renowned Farsi Collection, one of the most comprehensive groups of modern Egyptian art in private hands and a diverse range of 20 works from modern and contemporary Turkish artists.  Michael Jeha, Managing Director of Christie’s Dubai, said: “We are delighted to have been entrusted with the great private collection of Egyptian art which has in turn attracted a [...]

Los Angeles County Museum of Art Announces Partnership to Preserve Historic Watts Towers

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) today announced a collaboration with the City of Los Angeles’s Department of Cultural Affairs, toward the day-to-day preservation of the Watts Towers in a one-year agreement. LACMA will provide staff-time and expertise to identify repairs to the Towers, preserving the unique outdoor public landmark, and the City will provide $150,000 in funds towards this effort. LACMA will reach out to other local institutions including the Getty, the California African [...]