NEW YORK, NY.- On 9 November 2010 Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale will be led by a major 1955 Untitled painting by Mark Rothko which has been off the market for over 40 years (est. $20/30 million)*. The auction also includes major works by…
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale to Be Led by a Major Mark Rothko Painting
NEW YORK, NY.- On 9 November 2010 Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale will be led by a major 1955 Untitled painting by Mark Rothko which has been off the market for over 40 years (est. $20/30 million)*. The auction also includes major works by…
More than a Century After He Visited Madrid’s Prado Museum, Pierre-Auguste Renoir Returns
MADRID.- The artistic career of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), one of the leading figures of Impressionism, is characterised by an all-absorbing passion for painting that led him to achieve great renown and popularity among his contemporaries. The …
Images of a Capital: The Impressionists in Paris Opens at the Museum Folkwang in Essen
ESSEN.- From October 2, 2010 to 30 January, 2011 the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, is showing, with Images of a Capital – The Impressionists in Paris, a unique exhibition with numerous spectacular loans, dedicated to the first modern metropolis…
National Galleries of Scotland to Celebrate the Work of William McTaggart
EDINBURGH.- This year marks the centenary of the death of William McTaggart, one of Scotland’s best-loved artists. The National Gallery of Scotland will celebrate his life and work with a small exhibition featuring over 25 stunning watercolours, s…
The National Galleries of Scotland to Celebrate the Life and Work of William McTaggart
EDINBURGH.- This year marks the centenary of the death of William McTaggart, one of Scotland’s best-loved artists. The National Gallery of Scotland will celebrate his life and work with a small exhibition featuring over 25 stunning watercolours, s…
Correr Museum Examines Giacomo Favretto’s Short but Intense Career
VENICE.- Owing to the quality of his painting, his highly original development, the similarity with the works of other artists close to him or with contemporaries, the Venetian Giacomo Favretto (1849-1887) is one of the most important masters of the It…
British Culture Minister Barrs Export of Murillo Painting
LONDON.- The Culture Minister has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by the Spanish artist Murillo. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the painting of The Virgin and Child in the United Kingdom. The Minister’s ruling fo…
Prado is Extending the Opening Hours of its Turner Exhibition
MADRID.- Thanks to the support of Turismo Madrid, from 1 July, until 31 August visitors to the Museum can take advantage of two additional hours (Tuesdays to Saturdays) to visit this season’s major exhibition “Turner and the Masters”. In…
Richard Diebenkorn in Context: 1949-1952 at Leslie Feely Fine Art
NEW YORK, NY.- Leslie Feely Fine Art is presenting an exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture from Richard Diebenkorn’s Albuquerque period. In this precise and jewel-like exhibition, important Diebenkorns from the artist’s estate are…