Photographer Mick Rock’s Images that Defined Rock n’ Roll on View at Idea Generation Gallery

LONDON.- Celebrated as ‘The Man Who Shot the 70s’, Mick Rock’s images define rock n’ roll. Rock launched his career in 1972 with his portrait of an unknown David Bowie and spent the next four decades capturing the most fascinating and exciting characters in rock music. This outstanding exhibition will coincide with the publication of Rock’s new book Exposed: the Faces of Rock n’ Roll, which includes previously unseen and unpublished images, as well as rare and unexpected portraits. Mick [...]

Valentino Retrospective Showing Exclusively in Brisbane

BRISBANE.- A major retrospective exhibition of the House of Valentino is being shown exclusively at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Brisbane from August 7 until November 14, 2010. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘Valentino, Retrospective: Past/Present/Future’ incorporated a stunning array of Valentino Garavani’s haute couture designs from the late 1950s through to his final collection in January 2008, as well as recent creations by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli – appointed in October 2008 Creative [...]

Visitors Wait in Line for Seven Hours to See Frida Kahlo Exhibition in Berlin

BERLIN.- The exhibition dedicated to Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) at the prestigious Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin has received thousands of visitors each day who have waited in line for up to seven hours to enter. The exhibition, which closes on August 9, has broken records of visitors nearly every day since its opening in April, but in recent days, the lines are even longer and have a waiting period of four to seven hours. Many people wait with sleeping bags [...]

Maximilien Luce Retrospective at Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny

GIVERNY.- Covering Luce’s career, the exhibition brings together around 80 works and features some of the most significant examples of Neo-impressionist painting. Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) was born in Paris to an artisan’s family. He worked as a printmaker in his early years then, around 1880, devoted his career to painting. Camille Pissarro, who shared his anarchist convictions, introduced him to the Neo-Impressionist group in 1887. Luce adopted their technique of divisionism – the separate application of individual colors. But, far [...]

National Gallery Announces Bridget Riley: New Paintings and Related Work

LONDON.- Bridget Riley (b. 1931) is one of the most significant and original painters of our time. This Sunley Room exhibition focuses upon her most recent paintings and will enable visitors to investigate how Riley’s work relates to the National Gallery Collection. Two of Riley’s works will be made directly onto the walls of the exhibition space. ‘Composition with Circles 7′ is a wall-drawing that Riley and her studio will create especially for the longest wall of the Sunley Room. [...]

Biggest Work by Bouzanis to Appear at Auction at Bonhams Greek Sale

LONDON.- The biggest work ever to appear at auction by the major Greek expressionist painter Georgios Bouzianis entitled Frau mit Tisch und Stuhl, measuring 138 x 105 cm, is expected to sell for £200,000 – 300,000 at Bonhams 16th Greek Sale at New Bond Street on Tuesday 18th May. The biannual sale features a mixture of paintings and sculpture by some of the most famous 19th century, modern and contemporary Greek artists. 145 lots are being sold with prices ranging [...]

First Solo Show at Lori Bookstein Fine Art for Varujan Boghosian

NEW YORK, NY.- Through January 9th, 2010, Lori Bookstein Fine Art is presenting constructions, collages and sculpture by Varujan Boghosian. This is the artist’s first solo show at Lori Bookstein, following a two-person show with Paul Resika in 2006. A lifelong collector, Boghosian’s studio is a veritable trove of old children’s toys, antiquated tools and oddball objects, a palette composed not of paint but of parts and scraps scavenged from constant trips to flea markets and antique stores. His working [...]