BRONX, NY.- The Bronx Museum of the Arts will present the work of Sarah Sze at the U.S. Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, the 55th International Art Exhibition, on view from June through November 2013. Sze will create a sequence of constructed envir…
United States pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale to be presented by the Bronx Museum
BRONX, NY.- The Bronx Museum of the Arts will present the work of Sarah Sze at the U.S. Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, the 55th International Art Exhibition, on view from June through November 2013. Sze will create a sequence of constructed envir…
Exhibition of new works by British-born Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE at James Cohan Gallery
NEW YORK.- James Cohan Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by British-born Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE running through March 24th. In this multi-part exhibition of new sculptures, photoworks and the premiere of a new film, Shonibare exp…
Sotheby’s to offer Roy Lichtenstein’s iconic masterpiece Sleeping Girl from 1964 in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on 9 May 2012 will feature Roy Lichtenstein’s Sleeping Girl from 1964 (36 x 36 in., 91.5 x 91.5 cm) – one of the high-points of the artist’s comic book inspired paintings and…
Shipwrecked silver begins voyage back to Spain on two Spanish military C-130 cargo planes
TAMPA (AP).- A 17-ton haul of silver coins, lost for two centuries in the wreck of a sunken Spanish galleon, began its journey back to its home country on Friday after the deep-sea explorers who lifted it to the surface lost their claim to ownership. T…
Ti-Ameny-Net: An ancient mummy, an Egyptian woman, and modern science opens in Richmond
RICHMOND, VA.- The University of Richmond Museums presents Ti-Ameny-Net: An Ancient Mummy, An Egyptian Woman, and Modern Science, on view from February 23 to June 29, 2012, in the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature. The exhibition celebrates the…
Picasso’s "Guernica" undergoes medical check at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid
MADRID (AP).- Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica,” one of the world’s most iconic paintings, is getting a full health check as it marks its 75th anniversary. A giant robotic machine is taking tens of thousands of microscopic shots of the black-and-white anti-wa…
Greek museums to increase security after thefts
ATHENS (AP).- Greece’s Culture Ministry says it is taking extra security measures at museums across the country after two major thefts in as many months netted antiquities and paintings by 20th-century masters. The ministry said Thursday that a task fo…
High Museum of Art names artist Rashid Johnson as 2012 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art has named artist Rashid Johnson as the 2012 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize. Named after the renowned African American artist and art scholar, the Driskell Prize is an annual award that recognizes a scholar…
One of Russia’s finest emerging artists exhibits at Erarta Galleries in London
LONDON.- Erarta Galleries London presents Les Paradis Naturels, a new collection of paintings by Aleksey Chizhov. One of Russia’s finest emerging artists, Chizhov’s paintings present a hallucinatory world encouraging growth and emotional dev…