LOS ANGELES (AP).- Artist Mike Kelley, described by colleagues as an “irresistible force” in contemporary art, has died, police said Wednesday. He was 57. Kelley was found at his home Tuesday and it appeared he had committed suicide, South Pasadena Pol…
Cy Twombly: Photographs 1951-2010 opens at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels
BRUSSELS.- As a tribute to the recently deceased artist, the Centre for Fine Arts is turning the spotlight on a less familiar aspect of his oeuvre. The exhibition includes more than 100 dryprint Polaroid photographs (selected by Twombly himself), along…
Earliest known copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa found at Spain’s Prado Museum
MADRID (AP).- A “Mona Lisa” copy owned by Spain’s Prado Museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci’s apprentices alongside the master himself as he did the original, museum officials said Wednesday. The stunning find of what the P…
Obamas wrap up weekend with visit to museum
By: Stacy A. Anderson, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- The first family wrapped up a busy weekend with a walk Sunday to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, strolled a block …
Exhibition at FRAC Lorraine invites the audience to discern, decipher, construct . . . and imagine
METZ.- Digital book, electronic book, or e-book, are all terms designating the new forms given to the book, paperback, printed matter, or the manuscript. The creation and distribution of new reading tools undermine traditional modes of writing and read…
31 dog paintings by Royal artist from Bolton to sell at Bonhams
NEW YORK, NY.- Thirty one works by the renowned canine artist, Reuben Ward Binks (1880-1950), who regularly painted for the Royal family, will feature in the ‘Dogs in Show & Field: The Fine Art Sale’ on 15th February 2012 at Bonhams New York …
Art Fair Tokyo 2012 expands its venue, taking up all of the Tokyo International Forum Exhibition Hall
TOKYO.- For the seventh edition in this year, the fair will have an expanded venue, taking up the whole area of the Tokyo International Forum Exhibition Hall. As a result, the special section for young contemporary art galleries, “PROJECTS,” …
Eclectic Florida museum to be emptied by auction
BOCA RATON, FL.- Say goodbye to the twirling carousel, the rows of perfectly shined classic cars, the player pianos and jukeboxes. They’re selling all the neon signs, the slot machines, the antique guns, the Tiffany lamps, the hulking chandeliers. Ther…
Phillips de Pury & Company London announces it has become market leader in photographs
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company announced it has become the London market leader in the sale of Photographs following on from the success of the last auction in November 2011 which achieved £1,664,750; selling 74% by lot and 86% by value. The Phil…
Morphy’s to auction fine Tiffany silver, antique telephones and centuries-old armor in February antiques auction
DENVER, PA.- Some say chivalry is dead, but Dan Morphy says “Nay, verily.” Morphy’s central Pennsylvania auction gallery will soon be the setting for an auction of antique helmets, swords and other metal weaponry that even Sir Lancelot m…