NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Steve Martin glides from acting to music to writing so fluidly that he gives the impression it all comes easily to him. Martin admits “a certain kind of ease” with writing fiction, as exemplified in his new novel “An Object of Beau…
Donation of Two Works by Leading Irish Sculptor James McKenna to the Irish Museum of Modern Art
DUBLIN.-The donation of two works by leading Irish sculptor James McKenna to the Irish Museum of Modern Art, made by Desmond, Vivienne, Kate and Bebhinn Egan, was celebrated at an event at the Museum. The more recent donation Aisling, Scariff, 1964, is…
Major Alberto Vargas Retrospective Opens at the San Francisco Art Exchange
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A major retrospective of Alberto Vargas’ original artwork opens November 13 at the San Francisco Art Exchange. The exhibition is celebrating two important anniversaries: Twenty-five years since SFAE brought Vargas artwork to t…
New Works by Artist Raymond Pettibon on Display in "Hard in the Paint" at David Zwirner
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner presents an exhibition of new works by Raymond Pettibon, on display at the gallery’s 533 West 19th Street space. Raymond Pettibon’s work embraces a wide spectrum of American “high” and “low” cu…
Army Colonel’s Collection Led by Exceptional Chinese Jade Design of Cabbage and Crickets
AUSTIN, TX.- With Asian art currently dominating the headlines in nearly every antiques trade publication, the timing is 10 out of 10 for Austin Auction Gallery’s Nov. 21 sale featuring a superb 38-lot collection of early Chinese jade. Amassed pri…
Sotheby’s Presents Highlights from Its Autumn Sales of Impressionist & Modern Art
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s autumn Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York on 2 November 2010 will present a superb offering of works across the period. From an early painting by Eugène Boudin from 1868 to a Pablo Picasso canvas from …
Canadian Artist Rodney Graham’s Through the Forest at Hamburger Kunsthalle
HAMBURG.- Canadian artist Rodney Graham’s (*1949) exhibition entitled Through the Forest provides insight into the development of his complex body of work. The exhibition brings together close to 100 works, dating between 1978 and 2010. They come …
Largest Commissioned Sol LeWitt Scribble Drawing is Completed
BUFFALO, NY.- An ambitious installation of the largest commissioned scribble drawing by American artist Sol LeWitt, a pioneer in the development of Minimalism and Conceptual art in the 1960s and 1970s, has been completed at the Albright-Knox Art Galler…
Italy’s Largest and Most Important Art Fair, Arte Fiera Art First, Celebrates its 35th Edition
BOLOGNA.- This year, Arte Fiera Art First celebrates its 35th edition from 28 to 31 January 2011 at the Bologna Exhibition Centre. One of the first of the international modern and contemporary art fairs organized in Italy and abroad in the 1970s, Arte …
Italy’s Largest and Most Important Art Fair, Arte Fiera Art First, Celebrates its 35th Edition
BOLOGNA.- This year, Arte Fiera Art First celebrates its 35th edition from 28 to 31 January 2011 at the Bologna Exhibition Centre. One of the first of the international modern and contemporary art fairs organized in Italy and abroad in the 1970s, Arte …