By: Mary Foster, Associated Press
KENNER, LA (AP).- They came in T-shirts and jeans to bid on crowns, scepters and capes of Mardi Gras kings and queens, or the jewels and coins tossed to their eager subjects. The glitzy pageantry and history of New Orl…
June Kelly Gallery celebrates its 25th anniversary with a group exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- The June Kelly Gallery will celebrate its 25th anniversary in March with a group exhibition of outstanding contemporary art by gallery artists, including several who have been with the gallery since its earliest days. The exhibition wil…
Antony Micallef’s "A Little Piece of Me" opens at The Outsiders, London
LONDON.- Eminent London artist Antony Micallef graces The Outsiders London gallery this spring with a special exhibition of his acclaimed ‘Head’ portraits, opening 9 March 2012. Following the runaway success of 2011’s sold-out show Happy…
First institutional solo exhibition of work by Mariechen Danz opens in Bremen
BREMEN.- “How to know?” sings German-Irish artist Mariechen Danz (born 1980 in Dublin, currently living in Berlin) in one of her performances. This question turns out to be central to her entire artistic practice. Knowledge in all its myriad …
Zak Kitnick: Three Men and a Maybe opens at D’Amelio Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- D’Amelio Gallery presents a new project by New York artist Zak Kitnick. In this work, Kitnick employs unfinished steel shelving components, nuts, bolts and welded steel—materials typically associated with the industrial realm o…
New exhibition at Nationalmuseum explores how artists have depicted various emotions over the centuries
STOCKHOLM.- This spring’s big exhibition, Passions, explores how artists have depicted various emotions over the centuries, from the Renaissance to the present day. The artists represented include such names as Dürer, Munch, Rembrandt, Tony Oursl…
Detroit Institute of Arts receives loan of Hughie Lee-Smith painting that hung in high school for years
DETROIT, MI.- Two Figures and Landscape, a 1954 painting from renowned artist Hughie Lee-Smith (1915–1999), recently joined six other works by Lee-Smith in the Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) “New Art for a New Self-Awareness” gall…
Karlsruhe art fair opens with 222 exhibitors showing around 30,000 works by 1,500 artists
KARLSRUHE.- “We’re ready to go”, said Britta Wirtz, spokeswoman for the management of Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH, pleased that “all the planning for the ninth art KARLSRUHE is now done and we can look forward to the 222 exh…
Menil names Sheryl Kolasinski as Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer
HOUSTON, TX.- Concluding a national search, Josef Helfenstein, director of the Menil Collection, has named Sheryl Kolasinski as the museum’s Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer. In this position – a new one at the Menil – Ms. Ko…
Paintings by Kehinde Wiley exhibited for the first time in New York at the Jewish Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum will present Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel, from March 9 through July 29, 2012. A new acquisition by the contemporary American artist Kehinde Wiley (born 1977, Los Angeles) served as impetus for the exhibition. …