HAMBURG.- Deichtorhallen Hamburg is staging a retrospective showcasing over 400 exhibits that provide a comprehensive insight into the art of the Danish painter, sculptor, filmmaker and performing artist Poul Gernes (*1925, † 1996), who numbers am…
Christie’s Announces Sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design, Autumn 2010
LONDON.- As the warmth of summer becomes a distant memory, Christie’s autumn sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design on Tuesday 26 October features a particularly strong array of lamps and glass inspired by the beauty of nature, which can be …
Christie’s Announces Sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design, Autumn 2010
LONDON.- As the warmth of summer becomes a distant memory, Christie’s autumn sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design on Tuesday 26 October features a particularly strong array of lamps and glass inspired by the beauty of nature, which can be …
Robert F. Kennedy-Owned Emancipation Proclamation Up for Auction
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln and bought by Robert F. Kennedy, who drew inspiration from the document as he enforced civil rights legislation in the 1960s, is going up for auction and could fetch as much as $…
Robert F. Kennedy-Owned Emancipation Proclamation Up for Auction
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln and bought by Robert F. Kennedy, who drew inspiration from the document as he enforced civil rights legislation in the 1960s, is going up for auction and could fetch as much as $…
Works by "New Topographics" Pioneer on View at the Art Institute
CHICAGO, IL.- Lewis Baltz (b.1945) is one of the most prominent representatives of the “New Topographics” movement, which changed the direction of American photography in the 1970s and has had a formative impact on every generation since. However, Balt…
Works by "New Topographics" Pioneer Lewis Baltz on View at the Art Institute
CHICAGO, IL.- Lewis Baltz (b.1945) is one of the most prominent representatives of the “New Topographics” movement, which changed the direction of American photography in the 1970s and has had a formative impact on every generation since. However, Balt…
Ray Charles Memorial Library Officially Opens in Los Angeles
B>LOS ANGELES (AP)- On what would have been his 80th birthday, Ray Charles has joined the likes of past presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan with his own namesake library in Southern California. The Ray Charles Memorial Library officially opened…
Ray Charles Memorial Library Officially Opens in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP)- On what would have been his 80th birthday, Ray Charles has joined the likes of past presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan with his own namesake library in Southern California. The Ray Charles Memorial Library officially opened i…
Exhibition of New Sculptures by Franz West at Gagosian in Rome
ROME.- Gagosian Gallery presents an exhibition of new sculptures by Franz West. Belonging to the generation of artists exposed to Actionist and Performance Art of the 1960s and 70s, West instinctively rejected the traditionally passive nature of the r…