Contemporary Works in Clay from Kansas City Collection Featured in Exhibition at The Nelson-Atkins

KANSAS CITY, MO- Contemporary works in clay from the outstanding collection of Lennie and Jerry Berkowitz are on view atThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in an exhibition that opened today, Dec. 15, in the Bloch Building. Collecting with Passion: Contemporary Ceramics from the Lennie and Jerry Berkowitz Collection features works of art by such noted American artists as studio potter Ken Ferguson and sculptor Akio Takamori. Each of the 17 works of art in the exhibition is among 24 that [...]

Joe Deal, Landscape Photographer and Educator, Dies at Age 62

TUCSON, AZ.- The Center for Creative Photography, which in 2009 became home to the Joe Deal Archive, reported Deal’s death on Friday, June 18, 2010. Joe Deal defined his artistic career with black‐and‐white photographs of the American landscape, which were both thoughtfully conceived and beautifully presented. One of ten photographers included in the renowned 1975 George Eastman House exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man‐Altered Landscape, Deal’s photography helped define how artists presented the built environment through the lens. His [...]

New Paintings by Renowned Colorist Ron Ehrlich at Stephen Haller Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Stephen Haller Gallery presents an exhibition of new paintings by the renowned colorist Ron Ehrlich. With a rare level of skill and a complex methodology Ehrlich tackles his paintings with a contrasting muscularity and intellectual vigor. Ehrlich’s provocative and intense personality is evident in the vitality of his painting. Art Critic Dominique Nahas describes this aspect of the work in the catalogue essay to Ehrlich’s recent exhibition at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art: At the heart [...]

Now Showing on Art in the Loop’s ARTwall: Forever People by Ascot J. Smith

KANSAS CITY, MO.- Art in the Loop is pleased to announce the newest art commission for the ARTwall, Forever People by artist, Ascot J. Smith. The ARTwall is a custom designed billboard structure that exhibits super-sized contemporary art at 13th and Grand Streets in downtown Kansas City. Forever People by Ascot Smith is set in the year 2200. A nameless couple sends recorded messages into the past hoping to prevent a dystopian future. However, the two begin to use the [...]

Disputed Da Vinci Portrait Sells for $1.5 Million at Sotheby’s

NEW YORK, NY.- A portrait once believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci sold for more than $1.5 million in New York on Thursday, around treble the top price estimated ahead of the auction. Auction house Sotheby’s said another version of the portrait, “La Belle Ferronniere,” is in the Louvre in Paris and it is that painting that is now generally agreed to have been by da Vinci himself or one of his pupils, while the painting sold [...]

Sotheby’s to Offer Painting that Sparked Debate and Controversy

NEW YORK, NY.- On 28 January 2010, Sotheby’s New York will offer a painting that has been at the center of one of the art world’s most heated debates for over eighty years: Portrait of a Woman, called “La Belle Ferronnière” by a follower of Leonardo da Vinci (est. $300/500,000). Depicting a lady in three-quarters profile, the portrait is another version of a composition in the Louvre, now believed to be by either Leonardo or one of his pupils, depicting [...]