LONDON.- CCA Galleries and Christie’s present a selling exhibition of works by the iconic British artist Sir Peter Blake; celebrating his six-decade printmaking career. Over 150 prints signed and numbered by the artist, will be on view and availab…
Gerald Scarfe: Heroes & Monsters at the German Museum for Caricature
HANOVER.- In 1979, the famous British rock band Pink Floyd released their album The Wall. To date, it has sold more than 30 million copies, making it the world’s biggest-selling double album. Following the huge success of this recording, the legen…
Cincinnati Art Museum Announces Thomas Gainsborough Exhibition
CINCINNATI, OH.- The portraits of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) made him perhaps the most famous British artist of the late eighteenth century. Nobles, statesmen, musicians and the range of men and women of the period’s merchant class all sat fo…
The Frans Hals Museum Presents Master Painters Side by Side
HAARLEM, NL – The Frans Hals Museum is
presenting
a work by the British artist Francis Bacon flanked by two monumental
paintings
by Cornelis van Haarlem. What links these artists is their admiration
for
Michelangelo. This Italian painter, …
Master Painters Side by Side for the First Time in the Frans Hals Museum
HAARLEM.- The Frans Hals Museum is presenting a work by the British artist Francis Bacon flanked by two monumental paintings by Cornelis van Haarlem. What links these artists is their admiration for Michelangelo. This Italian painter, sculptor, archite…
M HKa | Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp | to present major Craigie Horsfield exhibition
EXHIBITION: Craigie Horsfield, Run of the Mill OPENING: October 7, 2010 PRESS VIEW: 11.00 October 7, 2010 DATES: October 8 – January 17 2011 VENUE: M HKa: the Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium M HKa (the Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp) is to present a major solo exhibition of works […]
Unique Unpublished Bawden Book Depicting Kew Gardens Acquired for Bedford
LONDON.- Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and Bedford Museum today announce the acquisition of an unpublished, illuminated manuscript by acclaimed British artist and illustrator Edward Bawden (1903-1989). Entitled A General Guide to the Royal Botanic Gardens,…
Secret Portrait of Artist’s Confiscated Children to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- A portrait by British artist Sir Herbert James Gunn (1893-1964) of his three children, entitled Design for a Portrait Group, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its 20th Century British Art sale on 30 June 2010. It has been e…
British, Dutch and Flemish Masters to Lead Sotheby’s 2010 Summer Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s summer Evening Sale of
Old
Master and British Paintings in London will take place on Wednesday,
July 7,
2010 and taking centre stage will be J.M.W. Turner’s breathtaking
masterpiece
Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino. The s…
British, Dutch and Flemish Masters to Lead Sotheby’s 2010 Summer Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s summer Evening Sale of Old Master and British Paintings in London will take place on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 and taking centre stage will be J.M.W. Turner’s breathtaking masterpiece Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino. The sale wil…