“Venice: Canaletto and His 18th-Century Rivals” at the National Gallery

LONDON (REUTERS).- A major exhibition in London brings together works by Italian painter Giovanni Antonio Canal, best known as Canaletto, and some of his biggest rivals who fought for artistic and commercial supremacy. Painting Venetian views was big business in the 18th century, as wealthy English aristocrats on their Grand Tour sought to take back with them a memento of the canal city. Canaletto, The Entrance to the Grand Canal, looking West, with Santa Maria della Salute, about 1729 © [...]

New Installations, Light Works, Sculptures and Prints by James Turrell at Gagosian

LONDON.- Gagosian Gallery presents an exhibition of new installations, light works, sculptures and prints by James Turrell. This is his first exhibition with the gallery. James Turrel, Dhatu, 2010 For more than forty-five years, Turrell has explored the myriad possibilities of using light as a medium of perception. His formally simple works draw attention to the limits of seeing while seeking to expand the wordless thought that they provoke. Throughout these permutations, the light that is normally used to illuminate [...]

Sotheby’s to Sell Francis Bacon’s Figure In Movement, Gift from the Artist to his Doctor

LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced the sale of Francis Bacon’s Figure In Movement, the most significant painting by the British artist to appear at auction in several seasons, in its Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on 9 November 2010 in New York. The 1985 portrait of a man twisting and writhing, demonstrates the artist’s genius in painting the human figure in motion, and epitomizes the full spectrum of his legendary artistic technique. The monumental canvas was given by Bacon to his doctor [...]

British Sculptor Sir Anthony Caro OM, CBE to Exhibit at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi

BONDI.- Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi announced that one of the most important sculptors in the world, Sir Anthony Caro OM, CBE, will be part of the 2010 exhibition which runs from 28 October to 14 November on the spectacular Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk. Made possible thanks to the generous support of Transfield Holdings, a long time sponsor of Sculpture by the Sea, Caro’s sculpture Erl King will be on one of the exhibition’s prime locations in the sandstone [...]

Miami International Art Fair, a New Unique Art Fair Model for the 21st Century

MIAMI, FL.- Miami Beach will once again become a gathering place for art lovers across the globe. International Fine Art Expositions (IFAE) announces the Miami International Art Fair (MIA) will return January 14th-17th, 2011 to Miami Beach Convention Center, with a private preview evening January 13th. International Fine Art Expositions (IFAE), and MIA Associate Director Aldo Castillo, have designed the fair to be a catalyst for the finest galleries and dealers to access the South Florida market and has established [...]

Exceptional Public Exhibitions, Events and Auctions at Christie’s During Frieze Week

LONDON.- Christie’s will host an exciting series of public exhibitions, events and auctions from today until 18 October in London coinciding with the Frieze Art Fair. The leading highlights of the public exhibition are celebrated masterpieces by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Gerhard Richter, none of which has been seen before in the UK. These works will be offered at the evening auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York on 10 November 2010 and have a combined value [...]

The Christian Stein Collection: A History of Italian Art at the Valencian Institute of Modern Art

VALENCIA.- This exhibition, organised by the IVAM and the Museo Cantonale d’Arte in Lugano, presents for the first time in Spain a selection of over one hundred masterpieces of postwar Italian art from one of the most important and internationally prestigious art collection of gallery-owner Margherita Stein. In the best tradition of gallery-owners cum collectors, Stein chose the works that she felt passionate about rather than those that would further the art trade. This was a passion that she dedicated [...]

Claremont Rug Company Exhibits Major “Treasury” of Collectible Antique Art Pieces

OAKLAND, CA.- Claremont Rug Company today announced the acquisition of an 85-piece collection of rare 19th century art-level Oriental rugs assembled and held by a single family over four generations. Entitled “The Heartland Treasury of Antique Art Carpets,” the collection will be available for viewing on the Gallery’s website (www.claremontrug.com) on Thursday and at the Gallery’s location (6087 Claremont Avenue) on Saturday. Assembled by two generations of an industrialist family between the 1930’s and 1970’s, the collection contains a wide [...]

America’s Most Venerable Art Fair to Return at the Park Avenue Armory

NEW YORK, NY.- The Art Show, the country’s longest running national art fair, opens its doors in New York on March 2, 2011. Now in its 23rd year, The Art Show brings together museum quality exhibitions of art ranging from cutting-edge, 21st century works, to museum-quality pieces from the 19th and 20th centuries. Organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) to benefit Henry Street Settlement, the fair’s commitment to curatorial expertise and diversity is ever-present in the show’s [...]

Ai Weiwei Presents New Commission in The Unilever Series at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

LONDON.- Tate and Unilever today presented Chinese artist Ai Weiwei´s commission in The Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern (12 October 2010 – 25 April 2011). He is the first artist living and working in the Asia-Pacific region to be commissioned for the series. Born in Beijing in 1957, Ai Weiwei is one of the most prominent and influential figures in Chinese art today. In his many roles as conceptual artist, curator, critic, designer and architect, his [...]

Second Cycle of Exhibitions for Espai 13 at Fundació Joan Miró Opens with Marcus Coates

BARCELONA .- The Fundació Joan Miró presents Implicit Sound, the second cycle of exhibitions for Espai 13 curated by multidisciplinary artist TRES. The title of the project not only stresses its connection with the previous Espai 13 cycle, Explicit Silence, but also reflects visual artists’ growing interest in using sound in their work. The five participants in this project are all eminently visual artists who use sound in an implicit fashion, i.e. by including sound in their work though not [...]

Picasso to Julie Mehretu: Modern Drawings from the British Museum Collection

LONDON.- This survey of modern drawings from the British Museum’s extensive collection explores the significant interchange of ideas between artists mainly working in Europe and America during the past hundred years. It showcases some of the greatest artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, starting with Picasso’s study for his masterpiece Les Desmoiselles d’Avignon, the painting that changed the world in 1907, and concluding with Julie Mehretu, the Ethiopian-born artist and one of the stars of the contemporary international art [...]

Solo Show of Paintings by the American Artist Pat Steir at Galerie Jaeger Bucher

PARIS.- Galerie Jaeger Bucher presents a solo show by the American artist Pat Steir, born in Newark, New Jersey. Since her first exposition in New York in 1964 at the gallery Terri Dintenfass, Pat Steir has created a broad spectrum of paintings all born from her pouring technique which has been refined to the point of virtuosity : layers of paintings placed as successive veils whose meditative silence is reminiscent of Agnes Martin pictorial space. Pat Steir, Summer Moon, 2005 [...]

Major 20th-Century Private Sculpture Collection Goes to Chazen Museum of Art

MADISON, WI.- A major private collection of 20th-century sculpture will be made accessible to the public in its new home at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The museum announced the gift of the renowned Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection, comprising more than 70 sculptures and 250 preparatory drawings by artists including Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, Pablo Picasso, and David Smith, among other modern masters. The works will be installed in the museum’s [...]

SMU’s Meadows and Prado Museum Officials Sign Partnership Agreement in Madrid

MADRID.- This past week. 46 Dallasites, including Mayor Tom Leppert, gathered in Madrid to witness the official signing of a partnership agreement between the The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University and the Prado Museum in Madrid. The signing took place in one of the galleries of the Prado surrounded by Spanish Renaissance paintings, with Prado Director Miguel Zugaza, Deputy Director Gabriele Finaldi, and Chair of the Board Placido Arango orchestrating the event. The signing of the agreement at the [...]