Sotheby’s brought in £50.3 million (about $66.5 million) at its contemporary art evening sale at its New Bond Street salesroom in London tonight, notching a haul that fell squarely between the low estimate of £43.6 million ($57.2 million) and the high estimate of £60.4 million ($79.2 million). The sell-through rate by lot was a solid, […]
Cy Twombly: Photographs 1951-2010 opens at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels
BRUSSELS.- As a tribute to the recently deceased artist, the Centre for Fine Arts is turning the spotlight on a less familiar aspect of his oeuvre. The exhibition includes more than 100 dryprint Polaroid photographs (selected by Twombly himself), along…
Cy Twombly and Nicolas Poussin: Arcadian Painters at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
LONDON.- Dulwich Picture Gallery presents a revelatory exhibition of the work of Cy Twombly and Nicolas Poussin. Organised to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Gallery, this major show explores, for the first time, the unexpected yet numerous parallels …
Gagosian Gallery Rome Presents "Made in Italy" ~ A Group Show
Rome.- The Gagosian Gallery in Rome is pleased to present “Made in Italy”, a group show celebrating the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification. The exhibition maps an unexpected Italian journey through works by seminal artists of the past sixty y…
The Museum of Modern Art Presents Recently Aquired Works by Cy Twombly
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Cy Twombly: Sculpture, an exhibition of seven sculptures recently acquired from the artist’s collection, ranging in date from 1954 to 2005. These sculptures, the first by Twombly to enter the Museum…
Musee Rodin in Paris Presents "Works in Progress, Rodin and the Ambassadors"
PARIS.- Musee Rodin presents “Works in Progress, Rodin and the Ambassadors” examines the way in which Rodin’s work is perceived and strives to show not only how his sculpture developed but also how it was and continues to be reinterprete…
MoMA Acquires Important Group of Paintings and Sculptures by Cy Twombly
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Museum of Modern Art will acquire two landmark paintings from the 1950s and a group of seven sculptures ranging in date from 1954 to 2005 by Cy Twombly, widely regarded as one of today’s most important living artists, announces…
MoMA Acquires Important Group of Paintings and Sculptures by Cy Twombly
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Museum of Modern Art will acquire two landmark paintings from the 1950s and a group of seven sculptures ranging in date from 1954 to 2005 by Cy Twombly, widely regarded as one of today’s most important living artists, announces…
Collection Lambert in Avignon Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Exhibition
AVIGNON.- More than a retrospective, the exhibition “I Believe in Miracles” brings together a number of artists invited to take part in thematic exhibitions and have marked the site over the last 10 years, for instance with “Artists Collections” in 200…
Five New Paintings by Cy Twombly to Inaugurate Gagosian’s New Paris Gallery
PARIS.- To inaugurate the new Paris gallery, Gagosian Gallery presents “Camino Real,” a group of five new paintings by Cy Twombly. Each displays the inimitable and exuberant painterly gestures and highly keyed palette typical of his recent pa…