HANOVER, NH.- The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College announced an important private gift of contemporary Aboriginal art. Will Owen and Harvey Wagner have gifted over three hundred works to the museum, representing the many exciting contemporary ar…
Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auction at Christie’s Realises $68.6 Million
LONDON.- The Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auction took place this evening at Christie’s and realised £45,640,200 /$68,642,861/ €56,091,806, selling 84% by lot and 85% by value. “We curated this sale very carefully, offering a diver…
Athens Institute for Contemporary Art presents ATHICAEmerges IV: Uncertainty
ATHENS,
GEORGIA – ATHICAEmerges IV:
Uncertainty introduces Athens to four artists whose works all have a
metaphorical relationship to the uncertain times we face. Through
installation,
painting, printmaking and sculpture the selected a…
Exhibition Examines Artistic Practice and Current Events
NEW YORK, NY.- Contemporary Art from the Collection, a complete reinstallation of The Museum of Modern Art’s 14,740-square-foot galleries for contemporary art, offers a focused examination of artistic practice since the late 1960s and how current …
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction Realises $62 Million-Within Pre-Sale Expectations
LONDON.- This evening, Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction realised the solid total of £41,091,800 ($61,806,176/€50,111,626) – within pre-sale expectations (est: £38,330,000- 52,830,000). This represents the third highest total …
Famous Chinese Modernist Painter Wu Guanzhong Dies at 90
BEIJING,
CHINA – Wu Guanzhong, known as one of the fathers of modern Chinese art
for combining western and Chinese elements in black and white oil
paintings, has
died. He was 90. He died in Beijing on Friday. Wu’s works have become…
Vogel Collection and Andy Warhol Polaroids at PAFA
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents two simultaneous exhibitions featuring gifts from Dorothy and Herbert Vogel and the The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. In 1992, Herbert and Dorothy Vogel pledged …
Wall Drawings by David Tremlett for the Gallery of Contemporary Art
HAMBURG.- With Drawing Rooms the Hamburger Kunsthalle presents the first comprehensive show of the artist David Tremlett in a German museum since 1992. For this exhibition, David Tremlett has taken over the entire third floor of the Gallery of Contempo…
Ron Mueck and Guy Ben-Ner at Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square
OAKVILLE< ON.- Oakville Galleries presents the only Ontario stop of the National Gallery of Canadaʼs touring exhibition Real Life, featuring artists Ron Mueck (on view at Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square) and Guy Ben-Ner (on view at Oakvill…
Contemporary Cuban Art Opens at the Katonah Museum of Art
KATONAH, NY.- Very few of us have had the opportunity to experience the rich culture of Cuba by visiting the island nation. The Katonah Museum of Art will bring some of that culture to us when it opens Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the …