LONDON (AP)- For sale: a sign of the times. Christie’s is auctioning off the 10 foot-long (3 meter-long) sign that adorned the European headquarters of Lehman Brothers, along with paintings, furniture and other objects from the offices of the collapsed…
Gustav Klimt and Napoleon Bonaparte Heading to Melbourne
MELBOURNE.- Famous Viennese and French artworks rarely seen outside Europe are coming to Melbourne in 2011 and 2012. Minister for the Arts Peter Batchelor announced the next two instalments of the highly successful Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Series …
Exhibition of New Sculptures by Franz West at Gagosian in Rome
ROME.- Gagosian Gallery presents an exhibition of new sculptures by Franz West. Belonging to the generation of artists exposed to Actionist and Performance Art of the 1960s and 70s, West instinctively rejected the traditionally passive nature of the r…
Exhibition of New Sculptures by Franz West at Gagosian in Rome
ROME.- Gagosian Gallery presents an exhibition of new sculptures by Franz West. Belonging to the generation of artists exposed to Actionist and Performance Art of the 1960s and 70s, West instinctively rejected the traditionally passive nature of the r…
Smithsonian Announces E. Carmen Ramos as Curator for Latino Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has appointed E. Carmen Ramos as its curator for Latino art. Ramos will be responsible for acquiring artworks for the museum’s permanent collection and producing a major exhibition and catalog b…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces E. Carmen Ramos as Curator for Latino Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has appointed E. Carmen Ramos as its curator for Latino art. Ramos will be responsible for acquiring artworks for the museum’s permanent collection and producing a major exhibition and catalog b…
Major International Collaboration Yields Never Before Seen Forbidden City Treasures
SALEM, MA.- When the last emperor of China, Puyi, left the Forbidden City in 1924, the doors closed on a secluded compound of pavilions and gardens deep within the palace. Filled with exquisite objects personally commissioned by the 18th-century Qianlo…
Pedro Barateiro’s "Theatre of Hunters" at Kunsthalle Basel
BASEL.- In Theatre of Hunters, his first major solo exhibition outside of Portugal, Pedro Barateiro presents a sequence of installations that include “staged” sculptures, found objects, photographs, drawings, paintings and films that encompas…
Post-War American Art: The Novak/O’Doherty Collection at IMMA
DUBLIN.- An exhibition of 76 artworks by many of America’s leading post-war artists gifted to the IMMA Collection by art historian Barbara Novak and artist Brian O’Doherty / Patrick Ireland opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Ar…
Post-War American Art: The Novak/O’Doherty Collection at IMMA
DUBLIN.- An exhibition of 76 artworks by many of America’s leading post-war artists gifted to the IMMA Collection by art historian Barbara Novak and artist Brian O’Doherty / Patrick Ireland opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Ar…