LONDON (REUTERS).- He helped create one of rock’s greatest bands, but the late Syd Barrett always considered himself a painter before a Pink Floyd founder. Speaking at an exhibition of the troubled musician’s canvases and letters, his sister Rosemary B…
French Artist Jean-Antoine Watteau Features in Two Rival London Exhibitions
LONDON (REUTERS).- Whether by coincidence or design, French 18th century artist Jean-Antoine Watteau has two major London shows dedicated to him, both opened on Saturday. The Royal Academy’s show “Watteau: The Drawings” focuses on the artist as draught…
French Artist Jean-Antoine Watteau Features in Rival London Shows
LONDON (REUTERS).- Whether by coincidence or design, French 18th century artist Jean-Antoine Watteau has two major London shows dedicated to him, both opened on Saturday. The Royal Academy’s show “Watteau: The Drawings” focuses on the artist as draught…
Sotheby’s Contemporary Turkish Art Auction to Be Headlined by Mubin Orhon Paintings
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announce that its annual Contemporary Turkish Art Auction in London on Thursday, 7th April, 2011 will this year feature an exceptional collection of paintings by the modern Turkish master, Mubin Orhon. This unique collection com…
Sotheby’s Contemporary Turkish Art Auction to Be Headlined by Mubin Orhon Paintings
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announce that its annual Contemporary Turkish Art Auction in London on Thursday, 7th April, 2011 will this year feature an exceptional collection of paintings by the modern Turkish master, Mubin Orhon. This unique collection com…
Polish Artist Anna Ostoya Exhibits 28 Works Made in February at Bortolami Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Bortolami Gallery presents the first New York solo exhibition of works by the Polish artist Anna Ostoya. The show features a series of new collages on canvas entitled Exposures that were all made during February 2011. For this series, Os…
Museu da Electricidade in Lisbon Opens Exhibition of Manuel Baptista’s Work
By: João Pinharanda
LISBON.- The present exhibition is a rare historical opportunity: it reveals to us unknown parts of the artist’s work (projects created from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, but never built until now). A concentration on paint…
British Artist Miranda Donovan Unleashes the Home at Lazarides Gallery in London
LONDON.- Lazarides presents The Home Unleashed, the gallery’s second solo show by British artist Miranda Donovan which opened 24 February 2011. This new exhibition marks a departure from her recent preoccupation with all things exterior, and bring…
See the Beauty and Charm of The American Impressionists in the Garden at the Taft Museum of Art
CINCINNATI, OH.- Spring begins a bit early in 2011, when The American Impressionists in the Garden opened at the Taft Museum of Art. Bringing together brilliantly colored paintings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the exhibition features 40 p…
New Work by Richard Phillips for His Third Exhibition at White Cube Hoxton Square
LONDON.- White Cube Hoxton Square presents ‘Most Wanted’, an exhibition of new work by Richard Phillips(on view until Mar 5 2011), his third with the gallery. Phillips’ strikingly distinctive paintings are drawn from found imagery, which he uses to add…