BOLOGNA.- From 26 January to 6 May 2012 the MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna presents Marcel Broodthaers. L’espace de l’écriture, the first complete retrospective in Italy devoted to the Belgian artist, curated by Gloria Mou…
A way of thinking: Christie’s announces sale of works from an important private collection
LONDON.- Following the success of a selection of works from the celebrated Collection of Anton and Annick Herbert of Minimal Art, Conceptual Art and Arte Povera auctioned in New York in November 2011, Christie’s will offer for sale a portion of another…
Luis Croquer appointed to the position of Deputy Director of Art and Education at the Henry Art Gallery
SEATTLE, WA.- Sylvia Wolf, Director of the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, announced today that Luis Croquer has been appointed to the position of Deputy Director of Art and Education, concluding a comprehensive international search. Croquer was formerly D…
MoMA exhibits James Rosenquist’s F-111 as it was first exhibited at the Castelli Gallery in 1965
NEW YORK, NY.- James Rosenquist designed the eighty-six-foot-long F-111 to wrap around the four walls of the Leo Castelli Gallery, at 4 East Seventy-Seventh Street in Manhattan. He began the painting in 1964, in the middle of a turbulent decade marked …
Getty Museum announces acquisition of rare early Renaissance drawing attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum today announced the acquisition at auction of Portrait of a Young Man, Head and Shoulders, Wearing a Cap, drawn about 1470, attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo (c. 1443-1496). The drawing, from the early Flore…
Abu Dhabi developer outlines a new timetable for opening of Louvre, Guggenheim
DUBAI (AP).- The developer of an ambitious cultural district in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday outlined a new timetable for the stalled project, with its first attraction — a branch of the Louvre — now slated to open in 2015. A division of the Guggen…
Abu Dhabi developer outlines a new timetable for opening of Louvre, Guggenheim
DUBAI (AP).- The developer of an ambitious cultural district in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday outlined a new timetable for the stalled project, with its first attraction — a branch of the Louvre — now slated to open in 2015. A division of the Guggen…
Hajj: Journey to the heart of Islam at the British Museum brings together a wealth of objects
LONDON.- Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam will be the first major exhibition dedicated to the Hajj; the pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is central to the Muslim faith. The exhibition will examine the significance o…
Hajj: Journey to the heart of Islam at the British Museum brings together a wealth of objects
LONDON.- Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam will be the first major exhibition dedicated to the Hajj; the pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is central to the Muslim faith. The exhibition will examine the significance o…
Rothko & The Abstractionists: First major canvas by Rothko at a London auction in a decade
LONDON.- The first major canvas by Mark Rothko to be presented in a London auction in a decade, the spectacular Untitled was executed in 1955 (estimate on request). Realised at the height of the artist’s celebrated classic period, it forms part of…