CAIRO (REUTERS).- An Egyptian court on Thursday jailed five officials, including a former head of the state’s fine arts department, over the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million, state media said. “Vase with Viscaria” was stole…
Bonnard’s Le Petit Déjeuner to Highlight Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced its upcoming Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on May 4 will include Pierre Bonnard’s Le petit déjeuner, an important interior scene from the artist’s last decade, a significant period of mode…
Art Chicago Atracts International Modern & Contemporary Galleries
Chicago,IL – Art Chicago was founded as an American version of the Art Basel contemporary art exposition in 1980. It was the first such in North America. For years it was held in the long barnlike sheds on Chicago’s Navy Pier. In 1989 the leaky old …
Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Liz Taylor to Be Projected on Building During Exhibition
SOUTHAMPTON.- Southampton is getting ready to paint the town this coming Sunday (27 March), when it opens a major exhibition by Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987), one of the giants of 20th century art. Nearly 200 works, including paintings, prints, poster…
Walker Art Center Acquires Merce Cunningham Dance Company Collection
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Walker Art Center and Cunningham Dance Foundation (CDF) announce the Walker’s acquisition of a comprehensive collection of artist-made set pieces, costumes, painted drops, and props, created for the internationally renowned M…
Christie’s Announces an Exhibition of Iconic Works by Zeng Fanzhi to Be Held in Hong Kong in May
HONG KONG.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, and the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai’s leading contemporary art museum, will present “BEING” (界線的共鳴), an exhibition featuring about 3…
Christie’s Announces an Exhibition of Iconic Works by Zeng Fanzhi to Be Held in Hong Kong in May
HONG KONG.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, and the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai’s leading contemporary art museum, will present “BEING” (界線的共鳴), an exhibition featuring about 3…
First U.S. Survey of Blinky Palermo’s Work Travels to the Hirshhorn in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hirshhorn is the premiere East Coast venue for the first U.S. retrospective of work by noted postwar abstract painter Blinky Palermo (German, b. Leipzig, 1943; d. Maldives, 1977). Although the artist’s reputation is well esta…
First U.S. Survey of Blinky Palermo’s Work Travels to the Hirshhorn in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hirshhorn is the premiere East Coast venue for the first U.S. retrospective of work by noted postwar abstract painter Blinky Palermo (German, b. Leipzig, 1943; d. Maldives, 1977). Although the artist’s reputation is well esta…
Exhibition in Valencia Marks the Centenary of the Birth of Artist Roberto Matta
VALENCIA.- This exhibition, organised by the IVAM, the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao and the Sociedad Estatal de Acción Cultural, commemorates the centenary of the birth of 20th century art. The exhibition comprises 32 paintings, some large-format, …