MONTREAL.- From February 12 to June 26, 2011, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army, a major exhibition of archaeological works that will take visitors on a faraway journey covering 1,000 years o…
Paris to Be Sotheby’s European Centre for Decorative Art and Photographs Sales
PARIS.- Sotheby’s announced that Paris will become the company’s European centre for sales of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design and Photographs. Biannual sales in each category will be held at the Galerie Charpentier in May and November. F…
Guitar Heroes Exhibition Features Instruments Created by Three Legendary Master Craftsmen
NEW YORK, NY.- Three New York master luthiers, renowned for their hand-carved stringed instruments—particularly their archtop guitars, which have been sought after by many of the most important guitarists of the last century—will be the subje…
Exhibition of Objects that Have Connotations of Colonial History at Kunsthaus Glarus
GLARUS.- This group exhibition brings together eight Swiss and international positions concerned with objects that have connotations of colonial history and their integration into bourgeois cultures. Collections of exotica have a long, constantly chang…
American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White at the Art Institute of Chicago
CHICAGO, IL.- A special exhibition that explores the evolution of documentary images through the work of three of the foremost photographers of the 20th century will be on view at the Art Institute of Chicago from February 5 through May 15, 2011. Ameri…
Under the Big Top: The Fine Art of the Circus in America at the Fleming Museum
BURLINGTON, VT.- The circus was recognized in late-19th-century Europe as a subject of avant-garde art, but in America, it was not until artist Robert Henri’s appeal, in 1923, to paint contemporary life that artists began to search out and paint scenes…
Pioneers of Modern British Sculpture Offered in Bonhams’ 20th Century British Art Sale
LONDON.- A monumental work by Sir Anthony Caro, described by the Director of Tate Britain Stephen Deuchar, as “Britain’s most celebrated living sculptor”, will be offered in the 20th Century British Art sale on the 9th March at Bonhams, …
Representations of Dance in the Art of Modernism at the Sprengel Museum in Hannover
HANNOVER.- “No dance without ecstasy!” proclaimed the famous dancer, choreographer and dancing instructor Mary Wigman (1886-1973). Born in Hanover, this icon of German Ausdruckstanz (expressive dance) counts among the pioneers of the life ref…
Representations of Dance in the Art of Modernism at the Sprengel Museum in Hannover
HANNOVER.- “No dance without ecstasy!” proclaimed the famous dancer, choreographer and dancing instructor Mary Wigman (1886-1973). Born in Hanover, this icon of German Ausdruckstanz (expressive dance) counts among the pioneers of the life ref…
Pioneers of Modern British Sculpture Offered in Bonhams’ 20th Century British Art Sale
LONDON.- A monumental work by Sir Anthony Caro, described by the Director of Tate Britain Stephen Deuchar, as “Britain’s most celebrated living sculptor”, will be offered in the 20th Century British Art sale on the 9th March at Bonhams, …