World record setting $8.79+ million Heritage Auction comics event stands as the greatest comics auction ever
NEW YORK, NY.- Heritage Auctions Feb. 22-24 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction has officially become the single greatest comics auction ever conducted, realizing $8.9+ million over three days, completely obliterating the company’s prev…
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf: Adel Abdessemed’s second solo exhibition on view at David Zwirner
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner presents an exhibition of new works by Adel Abdessemed. Spanning both of the gallery’s 525 and 533 West 19th Street spaces, Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf is Abdessemed’s second solo exhibition since he joi…
Weserburg opens exhibition dedicated to the pioneer of Art Informel painting: Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze
BREMEN.- He is one of the most prominent artists of the 20th century, yet scarcely anyone knows his name. Art history views him as the pioneer of Art Informel painting, and yet the complexity of his artistic existence defies any categorization. In 1932…
Bidding now open on Antiquities-Saleroom for Antiquities and Pre-Columbian art absentee auction
BOULDER COUNTY, CO.- In a collecting category as highly specialized as antiquities, the most valuable asset an auction house can possess is not a 2,500-year-old Egyptian statue or a rare Pre-Columbian artifact – its integrity and reputation. Antiq…
Seven important works from Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed on view at Tate Liverpool
LIVERPOOL.- Artist Rooms returns to Tate Liverpool in 2012, with a display of seven important works from Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed (b. 1968). These works have recently been donated by Creed jointly to Tate and National Galleries of Scotl…
Photographs of supermodels by Marco Glaviano on view at the Little Black Gallery
LONDON.- The Little Black Gallery presents Marco Glaviano: Supermodels from 14 February – 24 March 2012. This is Glaviano’s first UK exhibition. Marco Glaviano (b 1942) is one of the most famous names in the fashion industry sought after by all th…
Louvre building new galleries for Islamic art; single largest expansion project since pyramid
PARIS.- The creation of a new wing dedicated to Islamic art at the Louvre represents a decisive phase in the architectural history of the palace and in the development of the museum. The design and installation of these new galleries is the museum’…
First major survey exhibition ever organised of Abraham Bloemaert’s work opens
SCHWERIN.- With fifty paintings and forty works on paper, The Bloemaert Effect, Colour and Composition in the Golden Age is the first major survey exhibition ever organised of Abraham Bloemaert’s work. Thanks to the stunning generosity of our lend…
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts displays "Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination"
Nashville, Tennessee.- The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is proud to present “Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination”, on view at the museum from February 24th through May 28th 2012. The exhibition includes approximately sixty works by…
Swann Galleries Photobooks & Photographs February Auction in New York
New York City.— On Tuesday, February 28th Swann Galleries will conduct an auction of Fine Photographs & Photobooks that ranges from 19th century albums depicting exotic lands to classic views of New York City, to thought-provoking works by con…