Tag: Art

LONDON.- A portrait of General James Wolfe
set
against the Plains of Abraham at Quebec where he heroically lost his
life in a
battle against the French is expected to fetch £80,000-120,000 when it
is
auctioned at the Old Master Paintings sale on Wednesday 7th July at
Bonhams, New
Bond Street. William Pitt the Elder appointed Wolfe to lead the British
assault
on Quebec in 1759. The resulting Battle of the Plains of
Abraham (or
the Battle of Quebec) is one of the most celebrated events in British
military
history and a pivotal victory in the Seven Years’ War. The
confrontation, which
began on 13 September 1759, was fought between the British Army and
Navy, and
the French Army, on a plateau just outside the walls of Quebec City.

NEW

YORK, NY.- Jen Bekman Gallery presents …Practice…, thirty-seven
photographs by Gregory Krum. …”Practice”… is Krum’s first solo
exhibition in
New York and it will be on view through Sunday, June 27th, at Jen Bekman

Gallery, located at 6 Spring Street, New York, New York. Titled after
Gerhard
Richter’s book The Daily Practice of Painting, …Practice… embraces
Richter’s
convictions about art and art making. In a series of carefully grouped
photographs, Krum explores the ways in which truth is derived simply by
virtue
of belief.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Franklin Bowles Galleries
presents
NEIMAN 2010, a major collection of silkscreens from LeRoy Neiman’s

personal archives, accompanied by rare original paintings and
works on
paper created over the past 50 years. As one of America’s
most-collected
living artists, Mr. Neiman began his career as a printmaker in the
late
1960s. Although Neiman’s output of silkscreens has been
prolific—he favors the medium for its ability to capture the
vibrant
colors, immediacy and movement of his paintings—the artist is also
an
accomplished practitioner in the fields of etching and
lithography.
Opens 15 May.

NEW YORK, NY.- Luhring Augustine presents TWENTY FIVE, a
group
exhibition commemorating the gallery’s history on the occasion of its
25th
anniversary. The exhibition will include works by: Janine
Antoni,
Nobuyoshi Araki, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Larry Clark,
George
Condo, Gregory Crewdson, William Daniels, Günther Förg, Zarina Hashmi,
Johannes
Kahrs, Jon Kessler, Martin Kippenberger, Ragnar Kjartansson, Luisa
Lambri, Glenn
Ligon, Paul McCarthy, Yasumasa Morimura, Daido Moriyama, Reinhard Mucha,
David
Musgrave, Cady Noland, Albert Oehlen, Ed Paschke, Jack Pierson,
Michelangelo
Pistoletto, Stephen Prina, Pipilotti Rist, Josh Smith, Joel Sternfeld,
Tunga,
Guido van der Werve, Rachel Whiteread, Christopher Williams, Steve
Wolfe, and
Christopher Wool. TWENTY FIVE is a look into Luhring Augustine’s
past
and present, with important works from significant exhibitions at the
gallery as
well as new ones. On view through 19 June.

BORDEAUX.-
The Frac Aquitaine and the Bordeaux musée
des beaux-arts cross their views of their collections to mark the
acquisition of
new works by the Frac Aquitaine in 2009. They propose to shed new light
on a
selection of their works: old works viewed in the light of the present,
and
contemporary works seen as a reflection of the past. The complete
collection of
Frac Aquitaine’s 17 new acquisitions is being presented for the first
time in
contrast with 19 works from the musée des beaux-arts collection from
different
schools (French, Flemish, Italian, English) and different periods (from
the 17th
to the 20th century).

LONDON.- An evening of special events will
take
place at the National Gallery on Friday 14 May as part of Museums at
Night
celebrations. The Gallery will be open until 9pm, including current
exhibitions
Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey and Christen Købke:
Danish Master
of Light. There will be live music, special talks and guided tours
programmed
exclusively for the evening. The Danish writer Carsten Jensen will be
discussing
Christen Købke’s paintings. After his talk the author will be signing
copies of
his latest book, We, the Drowned (6pm, Sunley Room, free).