NEW YORK (AP).- A 17th century portrait that once hung over the fireplace of Elizabeth Taylor’s Bel Air home — and only recently reattributed to the Dutch master Frans Hals — is expected to fetch up to $1 million at auction. “Portrait of a Ma…
Paul Klee and Cobra in international exhibition at the Cobra Museum in Amstelveen
AMSTELVEEN.- From 28 January through 22 April 2012, the Cobra Museum will present Klee and Cobra: A Child’s Play. The exhibition reveals the influence that Paul Klee (1879-1940) had on the Cobra movement (1948-1951), seen from the perspective of their …
‘Citizen Kane’ to be shown at Hearst Castle
SAN SIMEON (AP).- The 1941 film “Citizen Kane” will be shown at Hearst Castle, the elaborate California estate built by the newspaper magnate who inspired Orson Welles’ cinema classic. The Los Angeles Times says (http://lat.ms/wx3lpV) “Citizen Kane” wi…
Exclusive one night viewing of exquisite gemstone paintings by Fareen Butt
NEW YORK, NY.- St. Armand Ventures with Sergio Fernandez de Cordova and Jonathan R. Stein in collaboration with curcioprojects and Mayson Gallery are excited to present artist Fareen Butt’s unique series of crushed gems and semi precious stone …
Tatsuo Miyajima: Three Time Train / Counter Voice on the Wall Lokremise at Kunstmuseum St.Gallen
ST. GALLEN.- Time and space are recurring themes in the work of the Japanese artist, Tatsuo Miyajima. The basis for the art of Tatsuo Miyajima (born 1957 in Tokyo, lives in Ibaraki) are illuminated LED displays in color. In various tempos, these displa…
Foto/Grafica: A new history of the Latin-American photobook at Le Bal
PARIS.- ‘Photography’, wrote August Sander, ‘is like a mosaic: it only achieves a synthesis when you can display it all at once’. In order to arrive at such a synthesis, photographers have two forms at their disposal: the exhibition…
Brian Roughton joins Heritage Auctions as Director of American & European Art
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions has announced that longtime dealer, gallery owner and private collection curator Brian Roughton has joined the company as Director American and European Art. He has been an important fixture in the art business for more t…
"Rockwell’s America" named London’s best art exhibition for 2011 by American Spectator magazine
LONDON.- The American Spectator magazine’s December/January 2012 issue named the National Museum of American Illustration’s Norman Rockwell’s America – at London’s oldest art museum, Dulwich Picture Gallery for their Bicentennial Celebration last …
Five design teams make short-list for Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art temporary pavilion
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Following a late-November request for proposals, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has chosen five design teams from a pool of 15 to construct a temporary pavilion on the museum grounds to coincide with the exhibition Inventing the Mode…
University of Richmond Museums opens Dancing with the Dark: Joan Snyder Prints 1963-2010
RICHMOND, VA.- On view in the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, from January 24 to April 22, 2012, Dancing with the Dark: Joan Snyder Prints 1963-2010 features a selection of more than sixty works created between 1963…