NEW YORK, NY.- This winter, Sotheby’s will celebrate the legendary Buhl Collection of photographs in a single-owner sale in New York. The collection explores the theme of the human hand, encompassing works from the art form’s early 19th centu…
"The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Clark" opens at the Kimbell Art Museum
FORT WORTH, TX.- On March 11, 2012, The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Clark opened at the Kimbell Art Museum, the only U.S. venue for this first-‐ever international touring exhibition of French Impressionist masterpieces…
Doghouse designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright rebuilt for documentary film
SAN FRANCISCO (AP).- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The Fallingwater home in southwestern Pennsylvania. But a child’s doghouse Frank Lloyd Wright designed hundreds of landmark buildings and homes during a prolific career that spanne…
Smithsonian scientists discover multiple species of seacows once coexisted
WASHINGTON, DC.- Sirenians, or seacows, are a group of marine mammals that include manatees and dugongs; today, only one species of seacow is found in each world region. Smithsonian scientists have discovered that this was not always the case. Accordin…
Stanford visiting artist Ellen Lake creates a cultural paradox across decades
By: Robin Wander
STANFORD, CA.- Ellen Lake discovered a golden age of 16mm film. For a brief period the diacetate Kodachrome film used between 1939 and 1942 produced lush color and appears today perfectly preserved, as opposed to triacetate film that c…
Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art opens first solo exhibition in Denmark by Jakob Emdal
COPENHAGEN.- What influences the behaviour of the viewer in the exhibition space? And with what techniques are we guided or controlled by the institution? These are some of the questions Jakob Emdal raises in his first solo exhibition in Denmark, in wh…
Flatterland Funkytown: Polly Apfelbaum’s inaugural exhibition at D’Amelio Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Polly Apfelbaum’s inaugural exhibition at D’Amelio Gallery, Flatterland Funkytown, is a continuation of the artist’s long exploration of floor based works that oscillate between structure and formlessness. The installatio…
Following six months as artist in residence, Edward Thomasson presents his work at South London Gallery
LONDON.- British artist Edward Thomasson presents an exhibition of new works in the South London Gallery’s first floor galleries following six months as the inaugural Nina Stewart Artist in Residence in the SLG’s Outset Artists’ Flat. Th…
Sotheby’s Hong Kong to hold important watches Spring 2012 sale in April
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Important Watches Spring Sale 2012 will take place on 4 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Following the success of last season, which recorded the highest total ever for a sale of Important …
National Air and Space Museum will invite 30 of its social media followers to welcome space shuttle Discovery
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Air and Space Museum and NASA will invite 30 of their social media followers to the first “NASA Social” April 19 to welcome space shuttle Discovery to the National Collection. Registration opens at noon EDT Thurs…