LONDON (REUTERS).- Artist Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted skull sculpture will go on display as part of the first major retrospective of his career to be staged in his native Britain. “For the Love of God,” which fetched the then equivalent of $100 mi…
Exhibition of Yuendumu doors at the South Australian Museum
ADELAIDE.- The Yuendumu Doors, on permanent display in the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery from 7 October 2011, represent one of the earliest examples of Aboriginal artists successfully transferring their ancient ground paintings to a large-scal…
Morphy’s Nov. 12 sale features noted antique doll collection, private collection of early teddy bears
DENVER, PA.- Fine antique dolls and rare German teddy bears will take center stage in Morphy Auctions’ sleek new saleroom on Nov. 12 in a specialty auction numbering 569 lots. Many of the dolls to be auctioned came from the collection of the late …
Tibetan artists transports 20,000 kg of soil from Tibet to Dharamasal India for art installation
LONDON.- Through a long and arduous journey, the Tibetan contemporary artist Tenzing Rigdol has transported twenty thousand kilos (20,000kg) of soil from Tibet to India to build a site-specific installation at Dharamsala. Constructed as a raised platfo…
Joseph Heller letters reflecting about Catch-22 to be auctioned
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Two Joseph Heller letters reminiscing on his epic war novel “Catch-22” will be auctioned at Nate D. Sanders’ Tuesday November 8, 2011 auction commemorating the 50th anniversary of the landmark war book. Heller wrote to …
Publisher, author and artist Fleur Cowles’s archive donated to Harry Ransom Center
AUSTIN, TX.- The personal archive of publisher, author and artist Fleur Cowles has been donated to the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. In 1950, Cowles published Flair magazine, a work …
Hepworth Wakefield presents ‘The Unquiet Head’ exhibition
WAKEFIELD.- The Hepworth Wakefield presents The Unquiet Head, an exhibition of new works by British painter Clare Woods from Saturday 22 October 2011 until Sunday 29 January 2012. These paintings have been newly commissioned as part of the gallery…
Lost Alfred Hitchcock Feature, The White Shadow, Recovered in New Zealand
WELLINGTON.- After a world-wide search, a large part of The White Shadow (1923), thought to be the earliest surviving feature by Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1990), the celebrated master of suspense has been found in New Zealand – just in time for the filmma…
DeCordova Presents Wall Works on View through Spring 2012
LINCOLN, MA.- DeCordova presents Wall Works, the newest exhibition in a series of projects designed to rethink and recontextualize the Permanent Collection. For Wall Works, on view June 11, 2011–Spring 2012, six artists were invited to create site…
Property from the Collection of Edward P. Evans to Lead Sotheby’s Auction in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- The 19 May auction of American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture at Sotheby’s New York will be led by important works from the Collection of Edward P. Evans. A well-known member of the equine community, Mr. Evans’s collection fea…