NEW YORK, N.Y (REUTERS).- An Andy Warhol self-portrait purchased in 1963 for $1,600 on an installment plan is poised to fetch $30 million or more when it hits the auction block at Christie’s in May. “Self-Portrait,” a four-panel acrylic silkscreen dep…
Andy Warhol Painting Bought for $1,600 Could Fetch $30 Million at Christie’s Sale
NEW YORK, N.Y (REUTERS).- An Andy Warhol self-portrait purchased in 1963 for $1,600 on an installment plan is poised to fetch $30 million or more when it hits the auction block at Christie’s in May. “Self-Portrait,” a four-panel acrylic silkscreen dep…
Hockney, Warhol, and Diebenkorn Highlight Bonhams & Butterfields’ Fine Prints Auction
SAN FRANCISCO.- On May 3, 2011, Bonhams & Butterfields presents iconic Pop Art and abstract Expressionism highlights by famed artists Andy Warhol and Richard Diebenkorn during its Fine Prints auction in San Francisco. Simulcast to Los Angeles, the high…
William Bouguereau ~ An Artistic Revolution at Hirschl & Adler Gallery
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Hirschl & Adler Gallery presents William Bouguereau & His Milieu, on view until April 30th, 2011. In the 1950s, the art establishment had a rather narrow view of art and art history. When abstract art was at its peak, Hudson…
Exhibition of Portraits of Designer and Icon Diane von Furstenberg at Pace Gallery in Beijing
BEIJING.- The Pace Gallery, Beijing presents an exhibition of portraits of designer, muse, collector, and icon Diane von Furstenberg by some of the most celebrated artists of the past four decades, along with a retrospective of DVF fashion spanning the…
Reconsidering Bouguereau: An Artistic Revolution at Hirschl & Adler Gallery in New York
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Hirschl & Adler Gallery presents Bouguereau & His Milieu, on view until April 30th, 2011. In the 1950s, the art establishment had a rather narrow view of art and art history. When abstract art was at its peak, Hudson River School painti…
Reconsidering Bouguereau: An Artistic Revolution at Hirschl & Adler Gallery in New York
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Hirschl & Adler Gallery presents Bouguereau & His Milieu, on view until April 30th, 2011. In the 1950s, the art establishment had a rather narrow view of art and art history. When abstract art was at its peak, Hudson River School painti…
Film Clips that Established the Reputation of American Artist Bruce Conner at Kunsthalle Zurich
ZURICH.- To an alternately rousing and poignant soundtrack, Indians chase a stagecoach and a tightrope walker balances on a wire above a city – these images feature in the found footage masterpiece A MOVIE (1958), an assemblage of newsreel images …
Sotheby’s to Offer Property from the Collection of Dodie Rosekrans in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announced that it will offer Property from the Collection of Dodie Rosekrans in a series of auctions in New York through January 2012. Mrs. Rosekrans was an influential figure in San Francisco, Paris and Venice, known for …
Public Art Fund Presents Rob Pruitt’s Monument to the Father of Pop Art: Andy Warhol
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Public Art Fund presents Rob Pruitt’s The Andy Monument, March 30 – October 2, 2011, at the northwest corner of Union Square. The monument to Andy Warhol, the father of Pop Art and one of New York’s enduring cultural icon…