Edgar Degas works on paper on view this winter at the Portland Museum of Art

PORTLAND, ME.- This winter, the Portland Museum of Art will present the exhibition Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist, on view February 23 through May 27, 2012, which will feature compelling works from a private collection that have never been exhibited together publicly. Comprised of more than 100 drawings, prints, pastels, and photographs as well as several sculptures, Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist will provide an insightful exploration into the oeuvre of one of the most skilled and complex artists in history, and grant [...]

Exhibition of Portraits from the Belle Époque on View at CaixaForum in Barcelona

BARCELONA.- Jaume Lanaspa, General Manager of “la Caixa” Foundation; Rafael Ripoll, Autonomous Secretary for Culture and Sport of the Government of Valencia; Xavier Solà, Secretary General, Ministry of Culture, Government of Catalonia, and Tomàs Llorens and Boye Llorens, curators of the exhibition, present Portraits of the Belle Époque at CaixaForum Barcelona. This presentation was also attended by Elisa Durán, Assistant General Manager of ”la Caixa” Foundation. An anthology brought together for the first time Portraits of the Belle Époque is the [...]

Sotheby’s Auction of 19th Century European Art to Include Important Works by Giovanni Boldini

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 4 November auction of 19th Century European Art in New York will feature three works by the prominent Italian painter Giovanni Boldini. This offering comes just after the close of the important exhibition Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris, which opened at the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara in 2009 and traveled to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts in early 2010. This exhibition represented the first major show of the artist’s work outside of [...]