SAN DIEGO, CA.- On Monday, February 27 The San Diego Museum of Art will premiere 106 works of art from its Edwin Binney 3rd Collection in an exhibition titled Into India: South Asian Paintings from The San Diego Museum of Art at the Thyssen-Bornemisza …
Waverly’s March 1 auction features complete 1st edition of Audubon’s Birds of America
FALLS CHURCH, VA.- The premier attraction of Waverly’s March 1 Fine and Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts auction is an 1840 first edition of John James Audubon’s The Birds of America. It comes with provenance from the Washington, DC-area collec…
New York Public Library launches a public engagement process in planning libraries for the future
NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Library’s plan to reimagine its libraries for the future is moving into its next phase, which includes a public engagement process to hear what users — from researchers to families to Library staff and patro…
Getty Research Institute appoints Joanne Pillsbury as Associate Director of Scholarly Programs
LOS ANGELES.- The Getty Research Institute announced the appointment of Joanne Pillsbury to the position of Associate Director of Scholarly Programs. A noted art historian, Dr. Pillsbury will oversee the GRI’s research departments and activities, …
Record set twice for William Trood in the Bonhams Dogs in Show & Field auction
NEW YORK, NY.- It has been a popular week for man’s best friend in New York and at Bonhams. The doggie-centric week kicked off this past Sunday with Barkfest, a doggy brunch and art preview hosted at Bonhams along with the American Kennel Club©. After…
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park adds Japanese garden to collection
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.- —Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, one of the nation’s most significant botanic and sculpture experiences, announces plans for The Richard and Helen DeVos Japanese Garden. One of the most revered and deeply apprec…
The Aesthetics of the Photobooth explored in new exhibition at Musee de l’Elysee
LAUSANNE.- When the first photobooths were set up in Paris in 1928, the Surrealists used them heavily and compulsively. In a few minutes, and for a small price, the machine offered them, through a portrait, an experience similar to automatic writing. S…
New site-specific works by Will Ryman on view at both of Paul Kasmin’s Chelsea galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Kasmin Gallery announces Will Ryman’s first exhibition at the gallery. The exhibition will include new site-specific works at both Chelsea galleries, making Ryman the first artist represented by Paul Kasmin to show in both gall…
Britain’s MI5 domestic intelligence service stumped by Charlie Chaplin mystery
LONDON (AP).- They foiled plots and cracked Nazi codes, but Britain’s spies were unable to solve the mystery of Charlie Chaplin’s birth. Although the entertainer is celebrated as one of London’s most famous sons, newly declassified files reveal that Br…
Most comprehensive survey of works on paper by Lucian Freud opens at Blain/Southern
LONDON.- Blain|Southern presents the most comprehensive survey of works on paper by Lucian Freud (b.1922 – 2011). Beginning in the 1940s and spanning the artist’s career, Lucian Freud: Drawings brings together more than 100 works, many of whi…