MoMA exhibits James Rosenquist’s F-111 as it was first exhibited at the Castelli Gallery in 1965

NEW YORK, NY.- James Rosenquist designed the eighty-six-foot-long F-111 to wrap around the four walls of the Leo Castelli Gallery, at 4 East Seventy-Seventh Street in Manhattan. He began the painting in 1964, in the middle of a turbulent decade marked by the escalating Vietnam War. Funded by citizens’ tax dollars, the F-111 fighter-bomber plane was being developed as the USA’s newest, most technologically advanced weapon. Rather than celebrate its military might, Rosenquist used the plane as a symbol of the [...]

David Zwirner to present works by American artist Dan Flavin at FIAC 2011 in Paris

PARIS.- David Zwirner announces the gallery’s participation in this year’s FIAC, held at the Grand Palais in Paris from October 20 to 23, 2011. For this year’s fair, the gallery (Stand B30) will present a significant installation of three related works by Dan Flavin, the American artist recognized for his pioneering installations of light and color made from commercially available fluorescent lights. The works at FIAC are from 1989 – untitled (to the citizens of the Republic of France on the 200th [...]

Fourth Hong Kong International Art Fair Welcome Over 161 Galleries from 30 Countries

HONG KONG.- Back for its fourth year, ART HK 11 – Hong Kong International Art Fair will take place from 26 – 29 May 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Sponsored by Deutsche Bank, ART HK 11 presents a strengthened exhibitor line-up that confirms the Fair‟s place as Asia‟s premier art fair, and firmly establishes ART HK 11 amongst the world‟s top art fairs. As part of its development and commitment to its role as the [...]

Works to Go on Display at the 37th London International Fine Art Fair at Olympia

LONDON.- The London International Fine Art Fair (LIFAF) at Olympia is the first fair of the Summer Season, presenting the most broad ranging fine art and antiques event when it opens on Friday 4 June 2010. With a 37 year history, LIFAF is London’s largest and most established fair of its kind. Bringing together more than 150 prestigious British and international dealers, private buyers, curators, interior designers and devotees from around the world, the fair reinforces London ’s role as [...]

MoMA Offers Intimate Installation Featuring Sculptures by Lee Bontecou

NEW YORK, NY.- Featuring three sculptures and more than a dozen works on paper by American artist Lee Bontecou (b. 1931), this intimate installation spans four decades of the artist’s career, from 1958 to 1998. Known for her richly evocative forms that conjure biological, geological, and technological motifs, Bontecou has described “the natural world and its wonders and horrors” as a central preoccupation of her career. Among the earliest works presented are large drawings made of velvety soot and wall-mounted [...]

ART HK 10 Presents the Strongest Ever Line-Up for an Art Fair in Asia

HONG KONG.- Back for its third year, ART HK 10 – Hong Kong International Art Fair will take place from 27 – 30 May 2010 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Sponsored by Deutsche Bank, ART HK 10 is delighted to present the strongest exhibitor line-up for an art fair in Asia to date, affirming its position as the leading art fair in Asia. This year, ART HK 10 will welcome over 140 galleries from 27 countries. [...]

Sotheby’s to Sell the Pierre Leroy Collection of Modern & Contemporary Art

PARIS.- Sotheby’s will offer Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary works from the collection of Pierre Leroy, Co-Managing Partner of Groupe Lagardère. Pierre Leroy’s collection of books and manuscripts is already world renowned; now his modern art collection will be unveiled for the first time, in Paris on December 8/9. Andy Warhol is the foremost figure in Pierre Leroy’s collection of contemporary art, which boasts two works by the Pope of Pop Art – both portraits, but of very different artists: Roy [...]