NEW YORK, NY.- For Projects 95: Runa Islam, The Museum of Modern Art presents British artist Runa Islam’s new 35mm film Emergence (2011), commissioned for this exhibition, alongside three of her other films selected specifically in relation to the new …
Exhibition Presents Artist Runa Islam’s Newly Commissioned Film Emergence
NEW YORK, NY.- For Projects 95: Runa Islam, The Museum of Modern Art presents British artist Runa Islam’s new 35mm film Emergence (2011), commissioned for this exhibition, alongside three of her other films selected specifically in relation to the new …
DC Moore Gallery Presents Transformations: Wood Sculpture by Mary Frank
NEW YORK, NY.- DC Moore’s new exhibition of Mary Frank’s work, Transformations: Wood Sculpture, 1957-1967 and Recent Photographs, features her dynamic wood sculptures, direct carvings from the 1950s and 60s that marked her emergence as one of…
Archaeologists Investigate Iraqi Marshes for Origins of Mesopotamian Cities
ARLINGTON, VA.- Three National Science Foundation-supported researchers recently undertook the first non-Iraqi archaeological investigation of the Tigris-Euphrates delta in nearly 20 years. Archeologists Jennifer Pournelle and Carrie Hritz, with geolog…
Christie’s Offers One of the Finest Private Collections of Early 20th Century Decorative Art
PARIS.- Christie’s presents the sale of the Gourdon Collection, one of the finest private collections of early 20th century decorative art and design ever to be offered at auction, on 29, 30 and 31 March 2011, at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. The …
Exhibition of New Works by Gonzalo Papantonakis at gallery nine5
NEW YORK, NY.- gallery nine5 presents an exhibition of new works by Gonzalo Papantonakis. Gonzalo Papantonakis weaves the written word, disparate objects and abstract images together in energetic installations that re‐imagine pictorial surfaces. …
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Exhibition Opens Window onto Little-Known Cultures of Ancient Nubia
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The rich cultures of ancient Nubia, located in present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan, are the subject of an exhibition on view at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University from March 11 throu…
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Exhibition Opens Window onto Little-Known Cultures of Ancient Nubia
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The rich cultures of ancient Nubia, located in present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan, are the subject of an exhibition on view at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University from March 11 throu…
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…
Increasing Interest in Rare, Oriental Carpets Continues Unabated Among Art Collectors
OAKLAND, CA.- On February 7, Jan David Winitz, founder and president of Claremont Rug Company, cited three major developments in the market for 19th century, art-level Oriental rugs as indicative of collectors’ rising interest in this emerging ni…