Leeds Art Gallery Displays Major Elisabeth Frink Sculpture

LEEDS.- Birdman, a life-size sculpture by acclaimed artist Elisabeth Frink (1930 – 1993) has gone on display at Leeds Art Gallery. Valued at £250,000, the unique plaster maquette was given to Leeds through the Art Fund by the Frink Estate and Beaux Arts London. This is the first sculpture by Elisabeth Frink to be part of Leeds’ permanent collection, which boasts works by some of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century. The acquisition of such an important piece by [...]

Winner of Bravo’s Work of Art, Abdi Farah, at the Brooklyn Museum

BROOKLYN, NY.- Work of Art: Abdi Farah, an exhibition of work by the winner of Work of Art, Bravo’s hour-long creative competition 10-part television series among contemporary artists will open to the public on Saturday August 14. This exhibition, which will be on view at the Brooklyn Museum through October 17, 2010, highlights ten artworks recently created in a variety of media by Abdi Farah. Libation is the centerpiece of the exhibition. A life-size sculpture of two young men sprawled [...]

Two Person Exhibition by Michael Joo and Damien Hirst at Haunch of Venison in Berlin

BERLIN.- Haunch of Venison Berlin presents ‘Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun?’ a two person exhibition by American artist Michael Joo (b.1966) and British artist Damien Hirst (b.1965). The exhibition opens on 1 May and continues through 14 August 2010. ‘Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun?’ is a unique collaboration between the two artists, who met in Cologne in 1991 and have remained close friends since that time. Engaged in a continuous, twenty-year discourse about their [...]