Seventy Impressive Black-and-White Drawings by Roy Lichtenstein on View at Albertina

VIENNA.- The 1960s marked a dramatic change of direction in the art of Roy Lichtenstein: while his earlier works consisted mainly of paintings of American history and the American West, in 1961 he turned to black-and-white drawings. Inspired by advertising and media illustrations as well as by comic strips, Lichtenstein created about seventy impressive black-and-white drawings between 1961 and 1968. These were completely new in terms of subject and style. In the same period, the artist also made numerous black-and-white [...]

Museum of Modern Art Complements Abstract Expressionist Exhibition with “On to Pop”

NEW YORK, NY.- Complementing the exhibition Abstract Expressionist New York, in the Werner and Elaine Dannheisser gallery on the fourth floor, is the installation On to Pop, which showcases a selection of Pop Art highlights from the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection. Edward Ruscha, OOF, 1962. Oil on canvas, 71 1/2 x 67″ (181.5 x 170.2 cm). Gift of Agnes Gund, the Louis and Bessie Adler Foundation, Inc., Robert and Meryl Meltzer, Jerry I. Speyer, Anna Marie and Robert [...]

Cassatt, Picasso and Munch Highlighting Christie’s October Prints & Multiples Sale

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s presents the Prints & Multiples Sale taking place October 26-27, 2010. The two day sale features 454 lots and is expected to realize in excess of $9 million. Works included in the sale span the 19th through the 21st century, with a large portion devoted to the Post-War and Contemporary categories. This exciting selection of prints and multiples showcases works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ed Ruscha [...]

Chinati Foundation Names Dr. Thomas Kellein as Director

MARFA, TX.- The Chinati Foundation announced the appointment of Dr. Thomas Kellein as its next director. An accomplished art historian, curator, and museum director, Dr. Kellein, who will assume his duties in January 2011, succeeds Dr. Marianne Stockebrand, who earlier this year announced her retirement after serving as the museum’s director since 1994. Dr. Stockebrand will assume the role of Director Emeritus. Founded by artist Donald Judd in 1986, the Chinati Foundation is located in Marfa, Texas on 340 acres [...]

Exhibition Showcases 22 Artists, from Jasper Johns to Tara Donovan

BOSTON, MA.- Though richly varied in style, content, and medium, works on view in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), exhibition New Works: Prints, Drawings, Collages share a common thread: they are recently acquired (by purchase, gift, and bequest) and boldly inventive, created by cutting-edge American and European artists. More than 30 prints, drawings, and collages, made from 1960 to the present, are featured in the show, offering an exciting kaleidoscope of images. Many are newly created by emerging [...]

Christie’s to Sell Property from the Collection of Dennis Hopper

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the sale of artworks Property from the Collection of Dennis Hopper during its Post-War & Contemporary Evening and Day Sales in New York on November 10 and 11, 2010. The late Hopper, who fused film with fine art throughout his influential 60-year career, culled a comprehensive collection of contemporary art; including prized works by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The actor-artist’s collection is expected to realize over $10 million. Under the tutelage of James Dean, [...]

Works Exhibited at the Residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Sweden

STOCKHOLM.- Transparency and Trans-formations in Contemporary American Art, an exhibition of 23 works by 20 American artists—including Kiki Smith, Spencer Finch, Claes Oldenburg, Mark Bradford, and Jennifer Steinkamp—will be on view at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from April 16, 2010, through June 2012. Reflecting America’s increased emphasis on transparency and international engagement, the exhibition offers a view of the rapid shifts occurring today in culture, society, technology, and science. The exhibition builds on a 46-year history [...]

Michael Crichton Collection Features World-Class Artists

NEW YORK, NY.- Best-selling author Michael Crichton approached art in the same way he did his writing — through extensive research — but also by developing close friendships with many of the artists whose works he collected. The popular thriller writer died in 2008 leaving behind such blockbusters as “Jurassic Park,” ”The Andromeda Strain” and the TV series “ER.” But he also left a 20th century art collection that features some of pop art’s best known artists, including Jasper Johns, [...]

Jasper John’s “Flag” to be Shown by Christie’s in Los Angeles

NEW YORk, NY.- Christie’s announced the sale of works from the Collection of the late Michael Crichton at its highly anticipated Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 11 in New York. Best-selling author and screenwriter, film director and producer, Crichton is renowned for his terrifying and sometimes controversial scientific thrillers such as ‘The Andromeda Strain’, ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Timeline’, ‘The Lost World’, ‘Rising Sun’, and ‘State of Fear’, and for creating the television series ER. Crichton is also acknowledged [...]

Christie’s New York to Sell Major Works from the Collection of the Late Michael Crichton

LONDON.- Christie’s is honored to announce that it will offer at auction this spring in New York major works from the collection of the late Michael Crichton. Best-selling author and screenwriter, film director and producer, Crichton is renowned for his terrifying and sometimes controversial scientific thrillers such as The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Timeline, The Lost World, Rising Sun, and State of Fear, and for creating the television series ER. Crichton is also acknowledged as a leading authority on the [...]

Exhibit in Philadelphia Explores Legacy of Women in Pop

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- As radical social changes rocked 1960s America, the contemporary art world remained largely a boys’ club that largely ignored female Pop artists as their male counterparts grew to become icons of the era, according to a new exhibit. “Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-1968,” an exhibit at the University of the Arts from Friday until March 15, focuses exclusively on the forgotten women of Pop Art and shows about 50 works — some not seen publicly in 40 [...]

Moderna Museet’s Exhibition at New Museum in Malmo Focuses on the 60s

MALMO.- In the first presentation of Moderna Museet’s collection, the museum has chosen to focus on the 60s. A time in which the art is characterized by a drive to approach a reality outside the gallery space and to a greater extent fuse with life itself. Here we meet Robert Rauschenberg’s famous goat, Monogram, on the threshold into a new era where the concept of art widens and where high and low, kitsch and fine culture, are mixed with both [...]