BASEL.- Under Destruction is a group exhibition, featuring twenty internationally known contemporary artists, that examines the use and role of “destruction” in contemporary art. Fifty years after Jean Tinguely’s historic Homage to New York (…
Fifth Annual New York Art Book Fair Offers the Best in Contemporary Art-Book Publishing
NEW YORK, NY.- Printed Matter, the world’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to publications by artists, presents the fifth annual NY Art Book Fair, November 5–7 at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens. Free and open to the public, the F…
Tyler Museum of Art Announces Largest Single Gift in Museums History
TYLER, TX.- During a press conference held at the Tyler Museum of Art, TMA Director Kimberley Tomio was joined by Laura and Dan Boeckman in announcing that the couple donated one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive collections of contem…
Carsten Höller Develops New Work “Reindeer Red-Green” for Ernst Schering Foundation
BERLIN.- Carsten Höller’s exhibition “Rentier im Zöllnerstreifenwald,” on display at the Project Space of the Ernst Schering Foundation, is a cooperation with the Berlin National Gallery. In the context of his extensive solo exhibition…
Philadelphia Museum of Art Presents Major Survey Devoted to Italian Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a major exhibition devoted to the work of Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933) in the Dorrance Galleries for Special Exhibitions. Widely recognized as a key figure in the development of Italian a…
Carsten Höller Develops New Work “Reindeer Red-Green” for Ernst Schering Foundation
BERLIN.- Carsten Höller’s exhibition “Rentier im Zöllnerstreifenwald,” on display at the Project Space of the Ernst Schering Foundation, is a cooperation with the Berlin National Gallery. In the context of his extensive solo exhibition…
The Katonah Museum of Art Presents Mapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art
KATONAH, NY.- Maps; from Rand McNally to TomTom, they give peace of mind when setting out into unfamiliar terrain. This fall, let your GPS guide you to 134 Jay Street where the Katonah Museum of Art presents Mapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary A…
LACMA Debuts the First North American Retrospective of German Artist Blinky Palermo
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964–1977, on view October 31, 2010 through January 16, 2011. The exhibition comprises more than seventy works by the German artist, whose reputa…
Fortnight of Sales at Christie’s Expected to Yield a Combined Total in Excess of $500 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- This November, Christie’s presents a spectacular line-up of fine art auctions, featuring the best examples of Impressionist & Modern and Post-War & Contemporary Art available on the auction market. Over the course of a fortnight, Christi…
Antik A.S. Auction in Istanbul Features Masterpieces from Modern Turkish Art
ISTANBUL.- On 7 November, The leading Turkish auction house, Antik A.S. will offer masterpieces of Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art. The sale consisting of selected 180 lots among the finest which ever to have appeared on the market for the first ti…