LONDON.- The Little Black Gallery presents Yul Brynner: A Photographic Journey on view from January 11 through February 11, 2012. Yul Brynner’s reputation as one of the twentieth century’s most charismatic and versatile actors is irrefutable…
Ultimate in classic era design and rarity headed to RM’s Amelia Island sale in March
BLENHEIM, ON.- RM Auctions, the official auction house of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, has announced an exceptional roster of automobiles for its highly-anticipated Amelia Island sale, March 10 in Northeast Florida. Returning to the pres…
Canada’s Royal BC Museum appoints Museum of London’s Jack Lohman as new CEO
VICTORIA, BC.- The Royal BC Museum Board of Directors has named British cultural leader and scholar Jack Lohman as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. He will assume his new position on March 26, 2012. Lohman, Director of the Museum of…
Phillips de Pury & Company opens exhibition of Contemporary art from Azerbaijan
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company presents Fly to Baku: Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan featuring 21 contemporary artists from Azerbaijan, curated by Hervé Mikaeloff. “In the summer of 2011 my wife and I visited Baku for the first time we were…
Saatchi Gallery announces "INK: The New Ink Art from China" exhibition in June 2012
LONDON.- Ink is an exhibition featuring the finest examples of contemporary Chinese Ink art at London’s landmark Saatchi gallery and subsequently at Asia House. The exhibition, curated by Michael Goedhuis, is the first comprehensive display of thi…
Two portraits by celebrated Irish artist Sir William Orpen to headline Sotheby’s London sale
LONDON.- Two outstanding portraits by Irish artist Sir William Orpen will headline Sotheby’s sale of British and Irish Art in London on Thursday, 10 May 2012. The company is redesigning its traditional auctions of Victorian and Edwardian Art, and …
Christie’s to sell Elizabeth Taylor art collection including a Vincent van Gogh landscape
LONDON (AP).- A Vincent van Gogh landscape and other paintings from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor are up for auction in London next month. Christie’s auction house says 38 works belonging to the late actress will be included in Impressionist and m…
C’est la vie: Photography since 1940 opens at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich
ZURICH.- For the first time, the Swiss National Museum in Zurich presents its extensive archive of press photographs. The exhibition looks at recent Swiss history from
the perspective of the press photographer and reveals how, in the second half of t…
First major exhibition in the UK to showcase David Hockney’s landscape work opens
LONDON.- On January 21, 2012 the Royal Academy of Arts will present the first major exhibition in the UK to showcase David Hockney’s landscape work. Vivid paintings inspired by Yorkshire landscape, many large in scale and created specifically for …
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive presents The Reading Room
BERKELEY, CA.- The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive presents The Reading Room, a temporary project dedicated to poetry and experimental fiction. The space offers visitors the chance to take home a free book drawn f…