Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who was recently identified as the buyer of the $450m Salvator Mundi painting by Leonardo, has launched an artistic arm of his philanthrophic Misk Foundation. The Misk Art Institute, aims to “become Saudi Arabia’s leading platform for grassroots cultural production, diplomacy and exchange”. It […]
Hammer Galleries celebrates its third year exhibiting at The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht
MAASTRICHT.- Hammer Galleries presents a selection of works from their Modern Masters: Paris and Beyond exhibition at TEFAF Maastricht this year. Following the success of their critically acclaimed Renoir exhibition at TEFAF 2011, Hammer’s curren…
The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag to Show Alexander Calder Retrospective
The Hague, Netherlands.- The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is proud to present “Alexander Calder: The Great Discovery”, on view at the museum from February 11th through May 28th. Thanks to a prestigious Turing Art Grant, which made this important exhibiti…
Los Angeles Modern Auctions Becoming Choice Auction House for Modern Art on the West Coast
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) achieved strong prices for original modern paintings and sculpture in Sunday’s auction, reinforcing LAMA as the auction house of choice for important 20th century original works. The June 26, 2011 Mo…
Man Ray / Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism at the Peabody Essex Museum
SALEM, MA.- At the center of modern art history is a love story between two artists who could not live with or without each other. The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents Man Ray | Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism featuring 76 works by two giants of …
Calder Foundation Announces Rachel Harrison as the 2011 Calder Prize Winner
NEW YORK, NY.- The Calder Foundation and the Scone Foundation are pleased to announce the 2011 Calder Prize Laureate, Rachel Harrison. A work by the artist will be on view at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection during the opening week of the Venice Biennal…
NASA Art: 50 Years of Exploration Opens at the National Air and Space Museum
WASHINGTON, D.C.- You don’t have to be a rocket scientist or an astronaut to work for NASA. Engineers, pilots, physicists, astrobiologists, and, yes, artists, too, have helped further the mission of the space agency. In 1962, NASA administrator James E…
Significant Unique Works by American and Contemporary Artists at Swann Auction Galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries’ June 9 auction of American Art & Contemporary Art offers outstanding works by important artists. A circa 1943 painted metal stabile by Alexander Calder, which comes with copies of the artist’s handwritten lette…
Alex J. Taylor Receives Second Annual Terra Foundation for American Art International Essay Prize
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Alex J. Taylor has been awarded the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s 2011 Terra Foundation for American Art International Essay Prize. Taylor’s winning essay “Unstable Motives: Propaganda, Politics and the Late Work of…
Exhibition Includes Works by Calder and Large-Scale Sculpture by Seven Contemporary Artists
NEWPORT BEACH, CA.- The Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) is the only West Coast venue for Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy, an extensive reexamination of the modernist master whose work has inspired a new generation of contem…