EDINBURGH.- This spring, a fascinating new exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery will explore the versatile and beautiful drawing medium of red chalk. Comprising some 35 works from the Gallery’s world-class collection, Red Chalk: Raphael to…
The Morgan Library & Museum holds first retrospective exhibition of drawings by Dan Flavin
NEW YORK, NY.- Best known for his groundbreaking fluorescent light installations, Dan Flavin (1933-1996) was also an avid draftsman and collector of drawings. Throughout his career, the self-taught artist turned to drawing to plan his constructions and…
Museum robbed at Greece’s Ancient Olympia; gunmen steal dozens of antiquities
ATHENS (AP).- Two masked gunmen stormed into a small museum at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece on Friday, smashing display cases with hammers and making off with dozens of antiquities up to 3,200 years old, authorities said. …
Mallett moves to magnificent new premises in Mayfair
LONDON.- On 23 February 2012 Mallett will leave its New Bond Street showroom to move to Ely House in Dover Street, in the heart of fashionable Mayfair. Ely House is the former London palace of the Bishop of Ely, built between 1772 and 1776 by the renow…
Danny Rolph presents a selection of large acrylic paintings on canvas at Poppy Sebire
LONDON.- In his paintings, Danny Rolph samples disparate cultural and historical references, from kids’ clothes patterning to particle physics, producing non-hierarchical and chaotic abstract fields. For his second solo exhibition with Poppy Sebir…
Ohio building with ties to Wright brothers eroding
CINCINNATI (AP).- An Ohio structure containing remnants of a two-story building where the Wright brothers rented space for their first bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished despite residents’ efforts to prese…
Celebrating the Best: New book published to mark the silver jubilee of TEFAF Maastricht
MAASTRICHT.- TEFAF Maastricht has much to celebrate. The art market has changed enormously since the Fair was founded 25 years ago and TEFAF has been at the forefront of a revolution in the way that art is bought and sold. Celebrating the Best, 25 Year…
New works by British sculptor Chris Jones at Marc Straus
NEW YORK, NY.- Marc Straus announces an exhibition of new works by British sculptor Chris Jones. Jones creates sculptures composed of fragmented images from magazines and used books that are beautiful, frightening, and exquisitely detailed: a macabre …
Swann Galleries announces annual auction of printed & manuscript African Americana
NEW YORK, NY.- On Thursday, March 1, Swann Galleries will offer an outstanding selection of Printed & Manuscript African Americana. Swann is the only major auction house to devote sales to this important historical material dealing with the African exp…
Photographer’s Own: Paper negatives from the 1850’s on view at Daniel Blau
LONDON.- What we see here are unique paper negatives from the 1850’s by some of the greatest old master photographers. They are the true originals, created by the light reflecting off the photographed subject. For their beauty, zeitgeist, rarity a…