VALENCIA.- The exhibition, organized in collaboration with Photo Library of Cuba and the National Arts Council of Cuba, shows a selection of 107 photographs taken between the decades of the twenties and fifties of last century by a group of 11 Cuban ph…
Emerging Chinese photographer Zhang Xiao’s award-winning series Coastline at Blindspot Gallery
HONG KONG.- Blindspot Gallery presents “Coastline” featuring emerging Chinese photographer Zhang Xiao’s award-‐winning series Coastline that focuses on the continuous 18,000 kilometres of China’s coastline. The series does n…
Exhibition featuring recent canvases by Syrian painter Thaier Helal at Ayyam Gallery, Dubai
DUBAI.- Ayyam Gallery, Dubai presents “ In Army We Trust ” an exhibition featuring recent canvases by Syrian painter Thaier Helal. Known for his large mixed media canvases that perpetually demonstrate the evolution of his artistic style, the …
Napoleon’s Wars: Louis François Lejeune, general and painter opens at Palace of Versailles
PARIS.- From 14 February to 13 May 2012, the palace of Versailles presents the exhibition Napoleon’s Wars. Louis François Lejeune, general and painter in the Africa and Crimea rooms. The soldier, spy, painter and diplomat Louis François Lejeune …
Viennese Secessionism collection leads Christie’s March sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design on March 8 will be highlighted by a collection of Viennese Secessionism from the Hollywood home of Ron Bernstein, and will include approximately 40 works by Josef Hoffmann, Kol…
World Chess Hall of Fame presents Anatomy is Destiny by Liliya Lifánova, with choreography by Davy Bisaro
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The World Chess Hall of Fame presents Anatomy is Destiny by Liliya Lifánova, with choreography by Davy Bisaro and sound design by Sebastian Alvarez. The performance will take place at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis on February 1…
Important gift of drawings presented in a cabinet exhibition at the Frick Collection
NEW YORK, NY.- Over the course of fifty years—from the 1950s until his death in 2010 at the age of eighty-one—former Frick Collection Director Charles A. Ryskamp (1928–2010) assembled an extraordinary personal trove of European drawings….
Second solo exhibition by artist Robert Morris in Berlin opens at Sprueth Magers
BERLIN.- Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers present the second solo exhibition by Robert Morris in Berlin. The American artist is displaying a selection of space-related works which offer an historical overview of his involvement with sculpture. The …
Sotheby’s to sell the Raymond & Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection of French 17th & 18th century silver
PARIS.- Sotheby’s announced the sale on 18 April 2012 in Paris one of the world’s most important collections of 17th & 18th Century French Silver – assembled for over half-a-century by Raymond Jourdan-Barry and his son Pierre. The superb…
Dr. Timothy Potts, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, to take the helm of the Getty Museum
LOS ANGELES, CA.- James Cuno, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, announced today that he has appointed Dr. Timothy Potts to be the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Potts will assume his new role on September 1. Director of the Fitzwilli…