LONDON (REUTERS).- Kay Saatchi, ex-wife of leading British art patron Charles, is selling off part of her own collection at a Christie’s auction in June and expects to raise up to 3.4 million pounds ($5.4 million). The highlight of the sale, which will…
Leading British Art Collector Charles Saatchi’s Ex-Wife Sells Off Art at Christie’s
LONDON (REUTERS).- Kay Saatchi, ex-wife of leading British art patron Charles, is selling off part of her own collection at a Christie’s auction in June and expects to raise up to 3.4 million pounds ($5.4 million). The highlight of the sale, which will…
New Exhibition About Artist George Ault Opens at the American Art Museum
WASHINGTON, DC.- “To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America” is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from March 11 through Sept. 5. Alexander Nemerov, the Vincent Scully Professor of the History of Art at Y…
New Exhibition About 1940s America and Artist George Ault Opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
WASHINGTON, DC.- “To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America” is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from March 11 through Sept. 5. Alexander Nemerov, the Vincent Scully Professor of the History of Art at Y…
Fashion Independent: The Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor Opens at the Phoenix Art Museum
PHOENIX, AZ.- On February 27, 2011, Phoenix Art Museum opens the Museum’s largest exhibition space and the closet of an acclaimed American tastemaker to reveal an extraordinary wardrobe of custom-made couture and personally designed sporting ensem…
Auctions America by RM to Present Inaugural ‘Auburn Spring’ Collector Car Auction
AUBURN, ID.- An unrestored Futurliner bus from GM’s ‘Parade of Progress’ of the 1940s and ‘50s is an early star consignment for the expected roster of 1,000 quality motor cars and motorcycles going up for bids when Auctions America …
Philbrook Museum of Art Features Exhibition American Streamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow
TULSA, OK.- Philbrook Museum of Art opened another captivating, must-see exhibition on February 13. American Streamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow, focuses on a design style that emerged during the 1930s and 1940s, characterized by curving forms, a…
MFA Houston Presents First Retrospective of Venezuelan Artist Carlos Cruz-Diez
HOUSTON, TX.- For more than five decades Carlos Cruz-Diez (b. 1923) has intensively experimented with the origins and optics of color. His wide-ranging body of work includes unconventional color structures, light environments, street interventions, arc…
Unmarked Graves Found at Veteran Cemetery in Mississippi
By: Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
VICKSBURG, MISS (AP).- Authorities said Thursday they fear dozens of veterans could lie in unmarked graves at a Mississippi military cemetery after they found two unidentified coffins and used radar to detect other …
Cheim & Read Presents Exhibition of New Works by Collaborative Artists McDermott & McGough
NEW YORK, NY.- Cheim & Read presents an exhibition of new work by the collaborative artists McDermott & McGough. Their previous show with Cheim & Read was in 2008. David McDermott and Peter McGough (born 1952 and 1958), are known for their creative ap…