Worcester, MA.- The Worcester Art Museum is pleased to present “Leisure, pleasure and the Debut of the Modern French Woman”, a selection of prints and drawings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that illustrate an overall shift in the depi…
Atlanta Artist Radcliffe Bailey Makes Headline Debut at The High Museum of Art
ATLANTA (AP).- On a recent Thursday night, a black employee of Atlanta’s High Museum of Art summed up the magnitude of the new exhibition by artist Radcliffe Bailey. “He’s on the second floor,” the man said, smiling and nodding. “That’s where they put …
Gianni Jetzer Selected as the New Curator for Art Unlimited
BASEL.- Art Basel announced that Gianni Jetzer, Director and Chief Curator of the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art in New York, will be the new curator for Art Unlimited, starting with the 2012 edition of the show, Art 43 Basel. Jetzer succeeds Simon L…
‘Most Beautiful Racing Car Of All Time’, A Bugatti Type 35B, To Sell At Bonhams Goodwood Sale
LONDON.- An exceptionally well-known, competition-winning 1925 Bugatti Type 35B Grand Prix two-seater, which was owned by former director of the Bugatti Owners’ Club and past editor of Bugantics magazine, Jack Perkins, is to be sold by Bonhams, as…
Following a Period of Study, Bellini Painting Goes on View at the Frick Collection
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Giovanni Bellini’s St. Francis in the Desert, a hallmark of The Frick Collection and one of the most important Italian Renaissance paintings in America, is a moving, spiritual portrait of a central figure in western Christianity. I…
Photos of Beatles’ First United States Concert to Be Auctioned at Christie’s in New York
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- It was 1964. Beatlemania ruled. Two days after their momentous debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the Fab Four boarded a train from New York for Washington, D.C., for their first U.S. concert. An enterprising 18-year-old Mike Mitchel…
Photos of Beatles’ First United States Concert to Be Auctioned at Christie’s in New York
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- It was 1964. Beatlemania ruled. Two days after their momentous debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the Fab Four boarded a train from New York for Washington, D.C., for their first U.S. concert. An enterprising 18-year-old Mike Mitchel…
Auctions America by RM Posts Over $6.75 Million at Debut Auburn Spring Sale
AUBURN, IN.- Auctions America by RM continued its mission to rebuild the Auburn Auction Park over the weekend, hosting a successful debut Spring sale in Auburn, Indiana, May 12 – 15. Attracting collectors and enthusiasts from across the continent …
Final Countdown Underway to RM Auctions’ Multi-Million Euro Lake Como Sale
LONDON.- RM Auctions, the official auction house of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, will lift the gavel on an unparalleled selection of 32 of the world’s finest automobiles when its debut sale in Cernobbio, Italy gets underway next…
Previously Unseen Photographs of the Fab Four Brought to the San Francisco Art Exchange
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Rare and unseen photographs of The Beatles are on display at the San Francisco Art Exchange as part of a drive to promote the British city of Liverpool to San Francisco residents. The exhibition opened on May 7th and will run throug…