BERLIN.- Pablo Picasso was the 20th centuryʼs most important artist. Picassoʼs many-faceted personality is reflected in the wide array of creative paths he chose — his forms, colors, and the materials he used. The Picasso Story invites you t…
Frank Auerbach Painting of His Lover Makes $1,307,200 at Bonhams
LONDON.- An important painting by the British
painter Frank Auerbach of his long-term lover, Estella Olive West,
entitled Head
of E.O.W. III, 1961, sold yesterday (30 June) for a remarkable £860,000 /
$1,307,200 at Bonhams, New Bond Street,…
Delaware Art Museum Presents ‘Art In The ’Toon Age’
Wilmington, DE – The Delaware Art Museum presents Art in the ’Toon Age, an exhibition of nearly 60 paintings, works on paper, and mixed-media pieces, from March 24 through May 13, 2007. This exhibition showcases artists from three generations a…
Frank Auerbach Painting of His Lover Makes 860,000 Pounds at Bonhams
LONDON.- An important painting by the British painter Frank Auerbach of his long-term lover, Estella Olive West, entitled Head of E.O.W. III, 1961, sold yesterday (30 June) for a remarkable £860,000 at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its 20th Cen…
SFMOMA Announces Exhibition that Re-creates 1946 Paul Klee Show of Prints
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…
Ringo Starr’s Gold Drum to Go on View at Met Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- On July 7, Ringo Starr’s 70th birthday, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will inaugurate a special display of his gold-plated snare drum that will remain on view to the public through December 2010 in the Museum’s second-floor Musical Inst…
A Useful Dream: African Photography 1960-2010 at Centre for Fine Arts
BRUSSELS.- Forming part of the Summer of Photography 2010, the exhibition entitled A Useful Dream celebrates fifty years of African photography and the building of collective identities in post-colonial Africa . It gives a general picture of present-da…
The Centre Pompidou salutes Futurism ~ The First Avant-garde Movement of the 20th century
PARIS – Futurism, the first avant-garde movement of the 20th century, celebrated technical progress, the energy of crowds, and the hectic activity of modern cities. In place of the balance and stability inherited from classical models, it wishe…
High Museum to Host Retrospective of Iconic 20th Century Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art will host “Henri
Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century,” the first major retrospective in
the U.S.
in more than 30 years of one of photography’s most original and
influential
masters. On view from…
Lackluster Bidding for John Steinbeck’s New York City Archive
NEW YORK (AP).- An auction of a trove of author John Steinbeck’s letters, manuscripts and photographs from his New York City apartment produced lackluster bidding on Wednesday, with half of the items failing to sell or fetching prices below their pre-s…