LOS ANGELES, CA.- drkrm presents Ansel Adams Los Angeles, rarely seen photographs that reveal the lost landscape and lifestyle of a prewar Los Angeles. These nostalgic images from the archives of The Los Angeles Public Library Ansel Adams Collection, …
Comprehensive retrospective of American artist William N. Copley opens at Museum Frieder Burda
BADEN-BADEN.- Stripes, rhombuses, chequers or hearts are the shapes William N. Copley uses to humorously depict the battle of sexes. He cryptically sets his figures in an environment of lush decoration. From 18 February 2012 to 10 June 2012 the Museum …
Christie’s to offer The Raglan Collection: Waterloo, Wellington and the Crimea
LONDON.- On 4 April 2012, Christie’s will offer The Raglan Collection: Waterloo, Wellington and The Crimea at the South Kensington saleroom, 85 Old Brompton Road. This private collection from Cefntilla Court, Monmouthshire – the ancestral hom…
Scottish National Gallery explores the versatile and beautiful drawing medium of red chalk
EDINBURGH.- This spring, a fascinating new exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery will explore the versatile and beautiful drawing medium of red chalk. Comprising some 35 works from the Gallery’s world-class collection, Red Chalk: Raphael to…
The Morgan Library & Museum holds first retrospective exhibition of drawings by Dan Flavin
NEW YORK, NY.- Best known for his groundbreaking fluorescent light installations, Dan Flavin (1933-1996) was also an avid draftsman and collector of drawings. Throughout his career, the self-taught artist turned to drawing to plan his constructions and…
Museum robbed at Greece’s Ancient Olympia; gunmen steal dozens of antiquities
ATHENS (AP).- Two masked gunmen stormed into a small museum at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece on Friday, smashing display cases with hammers and making off with dozens of antiquities up to 3,200 years old, authorities said. …
Tate Modern presents a Comprehensive Retrospective of Yayoi Kusama
London.- The Tate Modern is proud to present “Yayoi Kusama” on view at the museum from February 9th through June 5th. Yayoi Kusama’s (b.1929) pioneering work spans over six decades and this exhibition will highlight the artist’s moments of most …
Mallett moves to magnificent new premises in Mayfair
LONDON.- On 23 February 2012 Mallett will leave its New Bond Street showroom to move to Ely House in Dover Street, in the heart of fashionable Mayfair. Ely House is the former London palace of the Bishop of Ely, built between 1772 and 1776 by the renow…
Danny Rolph presents a selection of large acrylic paintings on canvas at Poppy Sebire
LONDON.- In his paintings, Danny Rolph samples disparate cultural and historical references, from kids’ clothes patterning to particle physics, producing non-hierarchical and chaotic abstract fields. For his second solo exhibition with Poppy Sebir…
Ohio building with ties to Wright brothers eroding
CINCINNATI (AP).- An Ohio structure containing remnants of a two-story building where the Wright brothers rented space for their first bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished despite residents’ efforts to prese…