Art from the Collections of “la Caixa” Foundation and MACBA on view at the Guggenheim

BILBAO.- From January 31 to September 2, 2012, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao will be hosting The Inverted Mirror: Art from the Collections of ”la Caixa” Foundation and MACBA, a superb selection of works belonging to two outstanding contemporary art collections that represent the most significant tendencies and movements spanning the second half of the twentieth century to the present, such as Dau al Set, the El Paso group, the Vancouver School and the Dusseldorf School. Throughout the Museum’s third floor, The Inverted Mirror [...]

A way of thinking: Christie’s announces sale of works from an important private collection

LONDON.- Following the success of a selection of works from the celebrated Collection of Anton and Annick Herbert of Minimal Art, Conceptual Art and Arte Povera auctioned in New York in November 2011, Christie’s will offer for sale a portion of another extraordinary private collection, presented with the title ‘A Way of Thinking’. A unique assembly of works collected over the course of three decades and mainly acquired through inaugural gallery exhibitions, ‘A Way of Thinking’ represents a discerning vision. It contains exceptional [...]

Sotheby’s Contemporary Art and 20th Century Italian Art Sales Achieve Multiple Records

LONDON.- Tonight, Sotheby’s Evening Sales of Contemporary Art and 20th Century Italian Art, including ‘Italian Identity’ – an important private collection – brought the combined total of £39,456,950/$62,081,566/€45,048,011 against the pre-sale estimate of £34,982,000-48,338,000 – in excess of the total achieved for the equivalent sales last year (£34 million). A total of six artist records were established across both sales – for Alberto Burri, Leon Kossoff, Wim Delvoye, Francesco Lo Savio, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Giuseppe Penone. The Contemporary Art Evening Sale brought a [...]

Sotheby’s London to sell an exceptional private collection of 20th century Italian art

LONDON.- Sotheby’s announces that it will offer for sale an exceptional private collection of Italian Art that spans the whole of the 20th century. The collection, Italian Identity, which will be offered in Sotheby’s annual 20th Century Italian Art Sale on Thursday, October 13, 2011, represents all of the major developments in Italian Avant-garde art and is highlighted by the most comprehensive group of ‘Arte Povera’ ever to come to the open market. The collection, which includes pieces by Giorgio de Chirico, [...]

Over One Hundred Works of Art Made by Michelangelo Pistoletto Presented at MAXXI

ROME.- Michelangelo Pistoletto: Da Uno a Molti, 1956–1974 and Cittadellarte are the two exhibitions that MAXXI, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is devoting to the great Italian artist and will open to the public from March 4th to August 15th 2011. With more than 100 works on view coming from public and private, Italian and international collections, Michelangelo Pistoletto: Da Uno a Molti, 1956–1974 presents one of the most important living Italian artists, internationally recognised as a key [...]

Without You I’m Nothing: Art and Its Audience at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

CHICAGO, IL.- Addressing the cultural shift toward a greater level of audience engagement and participation with works of art, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, presents Without You I’m Nothing: Art and Its Audience on view through May 1, 2011. Featuring works drawn from the MCA Collection, Without You I’m Nothing charts the growth of this phenomenon over the past fifty years, where artists have increasingly involved the physical presence of their audience in the conception, production, and presentation of [...]

Exceptionally High Quality and Very Solid Sales at Art Basel Miami Beach 2010

MIAMI BEACH, FL.- The ninth edition of Art Basel Miami Beach closed on Sunday, December 5, 2010. More than 250 galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa exhibited works by over 2,000 artists. The show attracted 46,000 visitors, a record number. Art collectors, museum directors, curators and cultural journalists from all over the world enjoyed a program of special exhibitions, panel discussions, private collection tours, and events featuring film, performance, and video. Tim Neuger of Neuger Riemschneider [...]

Museum to Present Major Survey Devoted to Italian Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- In the fall of 2010, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a major exhibition devoted to the work of Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933) in the Dorrance Galleries for Special Exhibitions. Widely recognized as a key figure in the development of Italian art in the 1950s and 1960s and a founding member of the Arte Povera movement, Pistoletto has also gained increasing recognition in this country as an important influence on a younger generation of artists involved with [...]

Art 41 Basel: More than 62,500 Visitors, Extraordinary Quality, Strong Results

BASEL.- The 41st edition of Art Basel closed on Sunday, June 20, 2010. This year, the annual reunion of the international artworld attracted more than 62,500 artists, collectors, curators, and art lovers from around the globe, a new record for attendance at the show. The participating galleries, art lovers, and media were unanimous in pronouncing this a superb year for the show in terms of quality. Collectors rewarded the excellent material and booth presentations with strong sales throughout the week. [...]

Luhring Augustine Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Group Exhibition

NEW YORK, NY.- Luhring Augustine presents TWENTY FIVE, a group exhibition commemorating the gallery’s history on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. The exhibition will include works by: Janine Antoni, Nobuyoshi Araki, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Larry Clark, George Condo, Gregory Crewdson, William Daniels, Günther Förg, Zarina Hashmi, Johannes Kahrs, Jon Kessler, Martin Kippenberger, Ragnar Kjartansson, Luisa Lambri, Glenn Ligon, Paul McCarthy, Yasumasa Morimura, Daido Moriyama, Reinhard Mucha, David Musgrave, Cady Noland, Albert Oehlen, Ed Paschke, Jack Pierson, [...]

Franz West Presents Over 40 Works at Museum Ludwig

COLOGNE.- Beginning December 2009 Museum Ludwig will be showing the first major retrospective of Franz West (born 1947 in Vienna) in Europe. The Austrian sculptor is one of the most influential artists of our times. Over 40 works dating from 1972 to the present, which in some cases the artist has grouped together in themed constellations, allow the visitor to experience the sheer complexity and singularity of his oeuvre. The title Auto-Theatre underlines the performative, interactive dimension of his work. [...]

Bologna’s International Art Fair, Arte Fiera Art First, Announced

BOLOGNA.- Over its 34 editions, Arte Fiera Art First has strengthened its role as Italy’s most important and complete international fair of modern and contemporary art by presenting the best historical and avant-garde galleries. On the international art scene, Arte Fiera Art First confirms its constant promotion of Italian art from the early XX Century, to the ‘50s till today by presenting internationally renowned artists. It is a unique showcase for discovering modern masters such as Carlo Carrà, Felice Casorati, [...]