MONTREAL.- A guest curator and a guest artist have explored the reserve collection of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal to each present their Points of View on the Collection. From the 7,600 works, both have selected a group of some forty…
The Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2011 to Present: Fia Backström & Andreas Eriksson
STOCKHOLM.- The partnership between the three nations sharing the Nordic Pavilion in Venice – Sweden, Finland and Norway – will try a new concept for the next three biennials. The previous requirement that all three countries should be represented by a…
In Its Inaugural Year, artMRKT San Francisco, Aims to Be a Premiere International Art Fair
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- artMRKT San Francisco will be a premiere International Art Fair devoted to the presentation of important artwork from the 20th and 21st centuries with a focus on San Francisco galleries and artists. In its inaugural year, the show w…
Pera Museum Presents Works by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from the Gelman Collection
ISTANBUL.- Between 23 December 2010 and 20 March 2011, the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from the Gelman Collection exhibition introduces to art lovers two of the most outstanding, globally renowned Mexican figures of 20th century art: Frida Kahlo and D…
First Large-Scale Exhibition of Contemporary Taiwanese Art in Hungarian Region Opens
BUDAPEST.- Taiwan Calling is the first large-scale exhibition in the region to present contemporary Taiwanese art. In recent years, the increasing number of programmes created by various European cultural institutions has shown a genuine and profession…
Double Solo Show at Centre of Contemporary Art Features Martin Sulzer and Barthélémy Toguo
BELLINZONA.- The exhibition entitled MUTATIONS, currently on view until the 6th February 2011, is a double solo show. It was inaugurated at the CACT Centre of Contemporary Art in Canton Ticino on 27 November. The artists involved are Martin Sulzer (Ger…
Sotheby’s Doha Auction ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Realises Above High Estimate, Total of $5.6 Million
DOHA, QATAR Sotheby’s ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Sale, the first-ever international auction entirely devoted to calligraphy, realised the outstanding total of $5,630,125 (QAR 20,500,765), in excess of the pre-sale high estimate of $5….
Sotheby’s Doha Auction ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Realises Above High Estimate, Total of $5.6 Million
DOHA, QATAR Sotheby’s ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Sale, the first-ever international auction entirely devoted to calligraphy, realised the outstanding total of $5,630,125 (QAR 20,500,765), in excess of the pre-sale high estimate of $5….
Vladimir Nemukhin and Boris Sveshinkov Featured in Exhibitions at the Zimmerli Art Museum
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.-Currently on view at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University are exhibitions by two major artists who worked in the Soviet Union in the decades before the fall of Communism, Vladimir Nemukhin and Boris Sveshnikov. The exhibiti…
Vladimir Nemukhin and Boris Sveshinkov Featured in Exhibitions at the Zimmerli Art Museum
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.-Currently on view at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University are exhibitions by two major artists who worked in the Soviet Union in the decades before the fall of Communism, Vladimir Nemukhin and Boris Sveshnikov. The exhibiti…