THE HAGUE.- The Mauritshuis has acquired the exceptional history painting, Moses and Pharaoh’s Crown by Jan Steen (1626-1679), from a private collection. The museum already owns a superb collection of fourteen paintings by Steen, including undisp…
American Debut Solo Show of Berlin Artist Lars Theuerkauff at Cain Schulte Contemporary Art
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Cain Schulte Contemporary Art presents One, the American debut solo show of Berlin artist Lars Theuerkauff. The show opens on Friday, January 28 with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 with the artist in attendance. The show runs through…
Maurer Zilioli Contemporary Arts Presents Limbo by Silvia Beltrami
BRESCIA.- Maurer Zilioli – Contemporary Arts presents Silvia Beltrami, currently on display (January 29-March). Silvia Beltrami, born in Rome in 1974 and for quite some time now living in northern Italy, is regarded as the young, very promising represe…
Seventy Impressive Black-and-White Drawings by Roy Lichtenstein on View at Albertina
VIENNA.- The 1960s marked a dramatic change of direction in the art of Roy Lichtenstein: while his earlier works consisted mainly of paintings of American history and the American West, in 1961 he turned to black-and-white drawings. Inspired by advert…
Auction Record Set for Titian at Sotheby’s Old Master Paintings Sale in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Today at Sotheby’s sale of Important Old Master Paintings in New York, a new auction record was established for the Renaissance master Titian when his A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Al…
Original Color Photographs by Stieglitz and Steichen on View at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
NEW YORK, NY.- For the first time in more than 25 years, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will display five of its original Autochromes by Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz for one week only—January 25-30, 2011—as part of the current exhibit…
Original Color Photographs by Stieglitz and Steichen on View at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
NEW YORK, NY.- For the first time in more than 25 years, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will display five of its original Autochromes by Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz for one week only—January 25-30, 2011—as part of the current exhibit…
Italian Painter Marco Casentini’s Signature Geometric Abstractions at Brian Gross Fine Art
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Italian painter Marco Casentini opened a show of recent paintings at Brian Gross Fine Art. The exhibition features Casentini’s signature geometric abstractions, composed of overlapping rectangular shapes in intense, saturated colors…
Italian Painter Marco Casentini’s Signature Geometric Abstractions at Brian Gross Fine Art
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Italian painter Marco Casentini opened a show of recent paintings at Brian Gross Fine Art. The exhibition features Casentini’s signature geometric abstractions, composed of overlapping rectangular shapes in intense, saturated colors…
A Swedish Court Convicts 3 Men of Unnoticed Art Theft
STOCKHOLM (AP).- A Swedish court has convicted three men of stealing a valuable painting by Edvard Munch from a museum that didn’t realize it was missing. The Malmo District Court says the men, who were not identified, were guilty of stealing the Norwe…