MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- An empty wooden box, a clear plastic cup, a pair of balloons, a spray of paint, a bed of moss, a moment in time. Exploring the poetic and conceptual promise of minimal gestures and simple materials, the Walker Art Center exhibition A …
Frank Auerbach Painting Emerges After 30 Years in Private Hands
LONDON.- An important and large painting Looking Towards Mornington Crescent Station (1972 -74) by the highly acclaimed artist Frank Auerbach will be sold by Bonhams in the 20th Century British Art auction at New Bond Street on November 17th 2010. The…
Frank Auerbach Painting Emerges After 30 Years in Private Hands
LONDON.- An important and large painting Looking Towards Mornington Crescent Station (1972 -74) by the highly acclaimed artist Frank Auerbach will be sold by Bonhams in the 20th Century British Art auction at New Bond Street on November 17th 2010. The…
Richard Avedon’s Lively Images at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
BOSTON, MA.- Richard Avedon (1923–2004) was the man who brought fashion photography to life. Instead of perpetuating static images of human mannequins posing stiffly in magazines, Avedon depicted his models as real women whose energy and exuberanc…
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Showcases Works by Paul Klee
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From August 7, 2010, through January 16, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will showcase the exhibition Prints by Paul Klee (1946). Organized by John Zarobell, SFMOMA assistant curator, collections, exhibitions, and commi…
Andy Warhol Screenprints Included in Bonhams’ Pioneers of Popular Culture Sale
LONDON.- Bonhams new and innovative Pioneers of Popular Culture sale takes place on 15th August 2010 at the inaugural Goodwood Vintage Festival. The sale celebrates all that is cool and iconic from the period 1940–1990, combining important and int…
New Salvador Dali Exhibition of Late Works Opens Exclusively at Atlanta’s High Museum
ATLANTA, GA.- A new exhibition opening exclusively in Atlanta explores artist Salvador Dali’s late work, including several major pieces that haven’t been seen in the U.S. in half a century. Dali is best known as a surrealist, his melting watches an ico…
Cartier-Bresson Exhibit Tells Stories in Decisive Moments
CHICAGO, IL (AP).- Henri Cartier-Bresson famously said a good photograph captures the “decisive moment,” but the comment is often misunderstood. Cartier-Bresson, who traveled the globe shooting many of the 20th century’s major events, was less interest…
Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909-1929 to Open at the V&A
LONDON.- The V&A’s major autumn exhibition, “Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909–1929”, will explore the world of the influential artistic director Serge Diaghilev and the most exciting dance company of the 20th century. D…
Cheshire’s Vanished Age at Bonhams, Tunicliffe’s Evocation of Time Gone By
LONDON.- A series of signed and numbered etchings of Cheshire life in the early part of the 20th century by the Macclesfield born artist Charles Tunnicliffe are for sale at Bonhams Prints sale in London on 22 September. Tunnicliffe is internationally k…