KRISTIANSAND.- Screaming from the Mountain: Landscapes and Viewpoints is a large scale exhibition examining the Northern European landscape tradition, departing from the painterly tradition of Romanticism, but with its main focus on how this can be mir…
Laumeier Sculpture Park Exhibit Explores the Complex Dog-Human Relationship
ST. LOUIS, MO.- Laumeier Sculpture Park presents an exhibition that examines the complex intersection between our human behavior and that of our domesticated partners. Dog Days of Summer features the work of ten artists spanning nearly three centuries …
Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Debbie Harry, A Highlight of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sale
LONDON.- Selected as the cover image for the major survey of Warhol’s portraiture published by Phaidon in 2005, Debbie Harry, from 1980, is one of Warhol’s most accomplished portraits of celebrity. One of only four such portraits of the Blondie star in…
Sotheby’s Auction Features Important Example of Miquel Barceló’s Bullfighting Paintings
LONDON.- The Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction taking place on 28th June 2011, will feature an exceptional range of works dating from the early Post-War period to the present day. Swirling with a dizzying, centrifugal energy across its exp…
Two Important Contemporary Art Collections Brought Together at Deichtorhallen
HAMBURG.- Two of the most important collections of contemporary art have been brought together in a joint show this summer at Deichtorhallen. One main feature of the collection of doctor and chemist Thomas Olbricht, who lives in Essen and Berlin, is a…
Portraits of Major Artists by Important Italian Photographers at the Estorick Collection
LONDON.- United Artists of Italy, an exhibition of portraits of some of the 20th century’s best-known artists by twenty-two leading Italian photographers, will be staged at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 39a Canonbury Square , Lond…
Jared French, Mary Nimmo Moran and Thomas Hart Benton Bring Strong Prices at Swann Galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- The top lot in Swann Galleries’ June 9 auction of American Art and Contemporary Art was Jared French’s Siren, an egg tempera painting, circa 1945, which remained in the artist’s possession until his death. The richly symbolic work s…
Works by Jared French, Mary Nimmo Moran and Thomas Hart Benton Bring Strong Prices at Swann Galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- The top lot in Swann Galleries’ June 9 auction of American Art and Contemporary Art was Jared French’s Siren, an egg tempera painting, circa 1945, which remained in the artist’s possession until his death. The richly symbolic work s…
Robust Selection of Art from the Middle East Featured in The Beirut Sale at Ayyam Gallery
BEIRUT.- On July 15, Ayyam Auctions will present its ninth auction, the 2011 session of the Beirut Sale. Held annually at Ayyam Gallery’s Beirut outpost, this forthcoming public auction will showcase a robust selection of contemporary art from the…
Dayton Art Institute Director Janice Driesbach to Retire, Interim Director Appointed
DAYTON, OH.- The Dayton Art Institute’s (DAI) Director and CEO, Janice Driesbach, announced that she will retire at the end of July. Driesbach, who was hired in November 2007 and began her tenure in January 2008, came to Dayton from Lincoln, Nebra…