OTTAWA.- Attention artistic teens, aged 16 to 19! The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) is challenging you to show off your talent in its nationwide So You Want To Be an Artist? contest. Find your inspiration in a visit to the NGC’s art collection or on…
Dennis Hopper’s Bullet-Hole Andy Warhol Sells for $302,500 Today at Christie’s
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- An Andy Warhol portrait of Mao Zedong that actor Dennis Hopper shot two bullets through sold for $302,500 at Christie’s on Tuesday, more than 10 times its high estimate. The 1972 screenprint from Hopper’s art collection is done in …
High Hosts Second Annual Collectors’ Evening to Help Build the Museum’s Collection
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art will host the second annual Collectors Evening on Friday, January 28. The event, instituted in 2010 to build and improve the Museums permanent collection, invites guests to take an active role in choosin…
Dennis Hopper Art Collection Up for Auction Next Week at Christie’s in New York
NEW YORK, NY. (AP).- Dennis Hopper shot two bullet holes through an Andy Warhol portrait of Mao Zedong but instead of earning the wrath of the artist, Warhol called the “Easy Rider” star a collaborator. Warhol’s “Mao” is among 300 works of fine art an…
Collector Jane Batten Donates Nine American Masterpieces to the Chrysler Museum of Art
NORFOLK, VA.- In addition to his extraordinary success as a businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist, the late Frank Batten, Sr. was also a distinguished art collector. Now, thanks to the generosity of Jane Batten, nine works from the Batten Coll…
National Gallery of Denmark to Present Country’s Largest Art Collection in Three Stages for 2011
DENMARK.- Over the course of 2011 and 2012, the Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmarks extensive collections of art will be restaged and presented in three separate stages. On 28 May 2011 we will open the new section on Dan…
The Speed Art Museum Announces Thorntons Inc. Donates $1 Million for Expansion
LOUISVILLE, KY.- The Speed Art Museum announces a $1,000,000 donation from Thorntons Inc. to the Museums Changing Speed Capital Campaign. The Capital Campaign will fund the expansion and renovation of the Museums site in Louisville. The exp…
The Speed Art Museum Announces Thorntons Inc. Donates $1 Million for Expansion
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.- The Speed Art Museum announces a $1,000,000 donation from Thorntons Inc. to the Museums Changing Speed Capital Campaign. The Capital Campaign will fund the expansion and renovation of the Museums site in Louisville. T…
Ground-Breaking Exhibition of Contemporary 21st Century International Art at GoMA
QUEENSLAND.- An ambitious and ground-breaking exhibition of contemporary international art from the first decade of the twenty-first century is present at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) from December 18, 2010 to April 25, 2011. Queensland Art Gallery…
Dedicated Sale of 20th Century British Art Announced at Sotheby’s for December 15th
LONDON.- Following the success of The Robert Devereux Post-War British Art Collection at auction last month, Sothebys will stage its dedicated sale of 20th Century British Art in London on Wednesday, December 15, 2010. A number of distinguished p…