NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present a retrospective of works by Fu Baoshi, one of the most renowned modern artists in China, beginning January 21, 2012. Drawn primarily from the preeminent holdings of China’s Nanjing Museum,…
First edition set of John James Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’ fetches $7.9M in NYC
NEW YORK (AP).- A rare first edition of John James Audubon’s illustrated “The Birds of America” depicting more than 400 life-size North American species in four monumental volumes was purchased at auction Friday for $7.9 million. Christie’s auction hou…
Francis Bacon’s most seductive female portrait at auction at Christie’s London next February
LONDON.- On February 14 Christie’s will offer the extraordinary Portrait of Henrietta Moraes in their evening auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art in King Street, London. Having remained in the same private collection for almost thirty years, this ra…
The final two years of Jean Dubuffet’s life explored in new exhibition at the Pace Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- The Pace Gallery presents Jean Dubuffet: The Last Two Years, on view at 510 West 25th Street from January 20 through March 10, 2012. During the final two years of Jean Dubuffet’s life, his canvases exploded with raw emotion. The ar…
PAFA to mount definitive exhibition on African-American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- A major exhibition of artwork by African-American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner will premiere at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, on view from January 27 through April 15, 2012. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit will contain …
Mexico’s new public art exhibit examines ‘roots’
By: Isaac Garrido
MEXICO CITY (AP).- They look like images from a science fiction movie, gigantic white roots invading emblematic spots around the Mexican capital, crawling across stone plazas and snaking from windows of colonial buildings. “Raices,” o…
Larys Frogier appointed new Director of Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai
SHANGHAI.- Mr. Thomas Ou, Chairman of Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, has appointed Mr. Larys Frogier Director of Rockbund Art Museum, starting on 1st January 2012. Ms. Lai Hsiangling, former Director of RAM, is now at the Board of RAM and serves as E…
The Fable of the Bees by Jan Peter Hammer at Supportico Lopez in Berlin
BERLIN.- The Fable of the Bees by Jan Peter Hammer is an exhibition based on the 1705 poem by Bernard Mandeville “The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Public Benefits.” In his poem and ancillary prose Mandeville brings into being the cou…
First UK solo exhibition of work by German artist Hanne Darboven at Camden Arts Centre
LONDON.- This January Camden Arts Centre presents the first UK solo exhibition of work by German artist Hanne Darboven (1941-2009) bringing together examples of her intense, repetitive and systematic working process. The exhibition includes three chara…
Zhong Gallery for contemporary Chinese art opens in Berlin
BERLIN.- The Zhong Gallery in Berlin will open its doors on January 21 as Europe’s first gallery for contemporary art founded by Chinese gallerists, presenting erspectives on Chinese art which have received little attention from the European art s…