LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s February Contemporary Art sales realized £9,764,563 /$15,828,357 intotal selling 83% by value and 78% by lot. “We are delighted to have set multiple auction records during sales that have proven that th…
Photographer Simen Johan Explores Uneasy Connections Between Humans and Animals
NASHVILLE, TENN.- The Frist Center’s Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery will feature Simen Johan: Until the Kingdom Comes, comprising nine large-scale digital photographs and three sculptures. The exhibition opens Feb. 20, 2011, and will …
Disponible – a kind of Mexican show, Phase 2 at San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco Art Institute Disponible–a kind of Mexican show, Phase 2 Arturo Hernández Alcázar Natalia Almada Edgardo Aragón Manuel Rocha Iturbide Mauricio Limón Teresa Margolles Hector Zamora Phase 2: February 10–March 26, 2011 Opening reception: February 9, 2011, 5:30-7:30 pm The opening reception will be followed by the 2011 McBean Distinguished […]
First Major Exhibition in More Than Thirty Years to Examine Tipis of Plains Peoples
BROOKLYN, N.Y.- On View February 18 through May 15, 2011, Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains focuses on the tipi as the center of Plains culture and social, religious, and creative traditions from the early nineteenth century to the present. The exhibi…
The Museum of Modern Art Announces a Retrospective of Cindy Sherman for 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Museum of Modern Art will present the exhibition Cindy Sherman, a retrospective survey tracing the groundbreaking artist’s career from the mid 1970s to the present, from February 26 through June 11, 2012. The exhibition will bring t…
Phillips de Pury & Company’s London Contemporary Art Evening Auction Totals $8,725,040
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s February Contemporary Art Evening sale saw active bidding in a lively sale room realizing £5,409,200 /$8,725,040 with 84 % sold by value and 83% by lot. “We are delighted to have set three new auction records …
Tate Offers a Fresh Assessment of the History of Watercolour Painting in Britain
LONDON.- Tate Britain will present a fresh assessment of the history of watercolour painting in Britain from its emergence in the Middle Ages through to the present day. This major exhibition will show around 200 works including pieces by historic arti…
Austin Museum of Art Announces Departure of Executive Director and Chief Curator
AUSTIN, TX.- The Austin Museum of Art announced in January that Dana Friis‐Hansen, Executive Director and Chief Curator, was leaving the Museum. Friis‐Hansen joined the Museum as Chief Curator in 1999 and from 2002 until January 2011, he s…
Art Institute Presents Works by Swiss Contemporary Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss
CHICAGO, IL.- Lauded for their unmistakable wit and elevation of quotidian subjects, Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss have collaborated since 1979 in an exploration of the “poetics of banality”—the actions and objects of every…
The 54th Venice Biennale | Michael Parekowhai at The New Zealand Pavilion
PRESS RELEASE The New Zealand Pavilion Venice Biennale 2011: 54th International Art Exhibition Artist: Michael Parekowhai Commissioner: Jenny Harper Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand, Toi Aotearoa Venue: Palazzo Loredan dell’Ambasciatore, Venice http://www.nzatvenice.com/ 4 June – 23 Oct 2011 Preview days: 1, 2 and 3 June 2011 Creative New Zealand Arts Council of […]