AMSTERDAM.- Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam presents a survey of the work of the world famous photographic duo of Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Inez and Vinoodh began their work together in 1986 in Amsterdam. Now, 25 years later, with their …
Jackson 5 Exhibit Opens at Detroit’s Motown Museum
DETROIT (AP).- A Jackson 5 exhibit has opened at the Motown Historical Museum in Detroit, marking the one-year anniversary this week of Michael Jackson’s death. The public is able to view photographs, awards and uniforms the group wore throughout its c…
Getty Acquires Letters from Surrealist René Magritte
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty Research Institute (GRI) announced today that it has acquired an important group of letters and postcards from the Belgian surrealist René Magritte. The group of over forty autograph letters and postcards to the Belgian Sur…
Series of Over 40 Letters Written by René Magritte Realizes $218,500
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s on Friday sold the most significant group of Magritte correspondence to appear at auction in more than 20 years for the sum of $218,500 (£147,356), against a pre-sale estimate of $200,000-400,000*. The collection was acqu…
Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portraits at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
San Francisco, CA – Through September 28, 2008, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents the exhibition Frida Kahlo. Organized by world-renowned Frida Kahlo biographer and art historian Hayden Herrera, the presentation will include …
The Jewish Museum Announces Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention
NEW YORK, NY.- A trailblazing figure in 20th-century
art, Man Ray (1890-1976) revealed multiple artistic identities over the
course of his career – Dadaist, Parisian Surrealist, international
portrait and fashion photogra…
Galerie Gmurzynska Presents Exhibition by Award-Winning Architect Zaha Hadid
ZURICH.- Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Prize winning architect, has curated and designed her latest exhibition entitled ‘Zaha Hadid and Suprematism’ for the famed Galerie Gmurzynska on the historic Paradeplatz in Zurich. Recently named one of the 100…
Early Mondrian Painting Stolen in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (AP).- Police say a portrait painted by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian early in his career has been stolen from a museum in the Netherlands. Thieves apparently forced the doors at the Freriks Museum in the eastern town of Winterswijk in the earl…
Galerie Gmurzynska Presents Its Latest Exhibition from Award-Winning Architect Zaha Hadid
ZURICH.- Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Prize winning architect, has curated and designed her latest exhibition entitled ‘Zaha Hadid and Suprematism’ for the famed Galerie Gmurzynska on the historic Paradeplatz in Zurich. Recently named one of the 100…
The Paula Modersohn Becker Museum shows "Lucas Cranach in Bremen"
BREMEN, GERMANY – The Paula Modersohn Becker Museum in
Bremen opened the exhibition “Lucas Cranach in Bremen” which runs through
August 23. As the leading member of a German family of artists, Lucas
Cranach was a painter, print…