LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects announces an exhibition of work by Los Angeles artist James Welling. This exhibition presents a selection from two recent bodies of work: Geometric Abstraction (2008) and Maison de Verre (2009). This pairing examines th…
Galleries buy Renaissance masterpiece Titian’s "Diana and Callisto" for $72 million
LONDON (AP).- Two major British art galleries have raised 45 million pounds ($72 million) to buy a Renaissance masterpiece that has been in the U.K. for 200 years and keep it on public display — a purchase announced Thursday as a substantial cult…
Marilyn Monroe chosen for Cannes festival poster
PARIS (AP).- Organizers of the Cannes Film Festival have chosen to honor Marilyn Monroe by selecting a photo of the Hollywood sex goddess for the poster of this year’s event. The organizers said in a statement Tuesday that “50 years after her death, Ma…
Man gets prison for NY part of art-theft spree
By: Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- A wine steward who served time in California after going on a bicoastal binge of plucking pricey art off gallery walls and using it to adorn his own home was sentenced Tuesday to prison in New York. …
Glenn Kaino to represent the U.S. at the 13th International Cairo Biennale slated for December 2012
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, on recommendation from the Federal Advisory Committee for International Exhibitions (FACIE), has selected acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist Glenn Kaino t…
New York School of Interior Design honors Jack Lenor Larsen and Thomas Woltz at its annual Spring benefit
NEW YORK, NY.- The New York School of Interior Design will honor Jack Lenor Larsen with a Lifetime Achievement Award and Thomas Woltz with the school’s first Thomas N. Armstrong III Award in Landscape Design at its annual Spring Benefit on Wednesd…
The passions of South Africa’s leading Afrikaans artist for sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- A series of stunning landscapes by J.H. Pierneef, (1886-1957), one of South Africa’s leading 20th century artists, whose work adorns South Africa House in Trafalgar Square, is for sale at Bonhams South African Art Sale on March 21 in Lon…
Phillips de Pury & Co. announces highlights from its upcoming auction of Contemporary art
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company announced highlights from its Contemporary Art Under the Influence auction that will take place on March 8th. “Phillips de Pury Company has always been ahead of new trends in the contemporary art market. O…
New images show Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Washington memorial amid criticism
WASHINGTON (AP).- As critics of a planned monument honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower object to everything from its giant scale to its depiction of the Cold War president and famed World War II general as a “barefoot boy from Kansas,” new images and docume…
Parallel Collisions: 2012 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Contemporary Art opens
ADELAIDE.- From an explosive light installation that clocks births, deaths and dying stars in real time to a full body cast that mimics the aging process by slumping, sagging and wrinkling in front of your eyes, the 2012 Adelaide Biennial of Australian…