PARIS.- Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Contemporary Art totalled €9.3m, led by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s iconic Water-Worshipper (1984) at €2,416,750. This magnificent painting echoes Basquiat’s Haitian origins, combining personal cultural …
Guggenheim Museum Announces Winners For Rob Pruitt’s 2010 Art Awards
NEW YORK, NY.- At an awards ceremony and dinner on December 8, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum announced the winners of Rob Pruitt’s 2010 Art Awards, the second annual celebration honoring notable individuals, exhibitions, and projects that made …
Surrealist Triumph at Galerie Charpentie; Contemporary Art Sale Totals €13.7 Million
PARIS.- Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Contemporary Art totalled €9.3m, led by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s iconic Water-Worshipper (1984) at €2,416,750. This magnificent painting echoes Basquiat’s Haitian origins, combining personal cultural …
Parasol Unit Presents Exhibition Dedicated to the Work of Emerging British Artist Nathan Cash Davidson
LONDON.- Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art presents a solo exhibition dedicated to the work of emerging British artist Nathan Cash Davidson, comprising some twenty paintings dating from 2004 to the present. An artist and lyricist with a uniq…
Sharjah Art Foundation Announces Artists and Participants of the 2011 Sharjah Biennial
SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.- The Sharjah Art Foundation announces 119 artists and participants from 36 countries across the globe to partake in Plot for a Biennial, the 10th edition of the acclaimed Sharjah Biennial, March 16 through May 16, 2011. O…
Sotheby’s to Exhibit 12 Masterpieces by Eduardo Chillida at Isleworth
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announce the Estate of Eduardo Chillida is bringing a selection of the late artist’s monumental works to market for the first time since the Spanish sculptor’s death in 2002. Twelve large-scale pieces conceived f…
Glasgow-Born Sound Artist Susan Philipsz Wins 2010 Turner Prize for Contemporary Art
LONDON (AP).- An artist who used her own singing voice in an art installation won the prestigious Turner Prize award for contemporary art on Monday. Susan Philipsz received the 25,000 pound ($39,000) prize at the Tate Britain in London for her recordin…
AGO’s Toronto Now Series Continues with Laurel Woodcock Exhibition
TORONTO.- The fifth installment of the Art Gallery of Ontario’s ongoing Toronto Now series will feature an exhibition by local artist Laurel Woodcock. On view from December 4, 2010 to January 30, 2011 in the AGO’s free, street-front Young Gal…
Maxxi Opens Two Exhibitions in Support of the Work of Young Italian Artists
ROME.- Four site-specific installations that transform the museum space inside and out, 3,015 portfolios of young artists, 150 videos and 2 online databases, an “open call” to all those artists who have yet to present their work to the public…
ArtParis: the Event for the Modern and Contemporary Art Market Returns to the Grand Palais
PARIS.- ArtParis, the Paris springtime event for the modern and contemporary art market, is returning to the Grand Palais from 31 March to 3 April 2011. Some one hundred international exhibitors are being asked to conceive stands that showcase painting…