NEW YORK, NY.- “We are delighted with our total of $26.9 million – the second highest ever for Latin American Art at Sotheby’s.” said Carmen Melián, Head of Latin American Art at Sotheby’s. “Throughout the evening sale we…
Wide Range of Latin American Painting and Sculpture at Sotheby’s Sale on May 25 & 26
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s various owner sale of Latin American Art in New York on 25 and 26 May 2011 will showcase a range of Latin American painting and sculpture from the continents’ most important artists including exceptional works that ar…
Huntington Aquires Depression-Era Sculpture and Early 20th Century American Painting
SAN MARINO, CA.- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens added to its holdings two significant works of American art on Saturday. At the annual meeting of its Art Collectors’ Council, the institution acquired a 22-foot-long …
Property from a Distinguished East Coast Collection to Be Auctioned at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announces that it will offer Property from a Distinguished East Coast Collection in a series of sales in New York through 2011. Assembled over several decades, the Collection offers both diversity and depth, holding import…
Surface Truths: Abstract Painting in the Sixties at the Norton Simon Museum
PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum presents Surface Truths: Abstract Painting in the Sixties, an exhibition of seventeen large-scale paintings created in the 1960s by artists such as Larry Bell, Thomas Downing, Helen Frankenthaler, Takeshi Kawashi…
Surface Truths: Abstract Painting in the Sixties at the Norton Simon Museum
PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum presents Surface Truths: Abstract Painting in the Sixties, an exhibition of seventeen large-scale paintings created in the 1960s by artists such as Larry Bell, Thomas Downing, Helen Frankenthaler, Takeshi Kawashi…
An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters at the National Gallery
LONDON.- The National Gallery presents a small exhibition of 12 paintings that have never been seen before in the United Kingdom. On view from March 3 through May 30, 2011. ‘An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters’ introduces vis…
An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters at the National Gallery
LONDON.- The National Gallery presents a small exhibition of 12 paintings that have never been seen before in the United Kingdom. On view from March 3 through May 30, 2011. ‘An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters’ introduces vis…
Jim Nutt at Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago Jim Nutt Coming into Character January 29–May 29, 2011 Seeing is a Kind of Thinking A Jim Nutt Companion January 29–May 29, 2011 Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago 220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 mcachicago.org Known for his fantastical invention, biting wit, and distorted figuration, renowned American […]
Crocker Art Museum Announces a Series of Exhibitions for Its Summer of Impressionism
SACRAMENTO, CA.- The Crocker Art Museum will present a series of exhibitions this summer showcasing the journey of Impressionism from France to the U.S. With a strong emphasis on landscape paintings, the exhibitions collectively feature works by renow…