LONDON.- Frieze Projects is a programme of artists’ commissions realised annually at Frieze Art Fair. Curated by Sarah McCrory, this year the programme includes eight specially commissioned projects as well as the Emdash Award. The artists commiss…
Sotheby’s in London Announces Impressionist & Modern Art Sale Highlights
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, on Wednesday 22nd June 2011, will offer a selection of works of exceptional quality and rarity, many of which have remained in private collections for decades and have never before…
Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Renowned Pre-Columbian Artworks at Auction
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art today acquired two noteworthy objects of the ancient Andean Wari people at auction. The unique and celebrated Bag with Human Head is a painted animal hide pouch in superb condition exhibiting a remarkably lif…
Bonhams to Sell Ex-Debenhams Chairman Sir Frederick Richmond’s Extensive Needlework Collection
LONDON.- A remarkable collection of early English needlework, which was owned by the former Chairman of Debenhams and Harvey Nichols, Sir Frederick Richmond (1873-1953), is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Fine English Furniture S…
Virginia Philanthropist, Art Collector, Billionaire John Kluge Dies
CHARLOTTESVILLE (AP).- John Kluge, once listed as the wealthiest man in America, who built an investment in a radio station into a broadcasting empire that was the forerunner to Fox Television, has died. He was 95. The University of Virginia said Wedne…
Virginia Philanthropist, Art Collector, Billionaire John Kluge Dies
CHARLOTTESVILLE (AP).- John Kluge, once listed as the wealthiest man in America, who built an investment in a radio station into a broadcasting empire that was the forerunner to Fox Television, has died. He was 95. The University of Virginia said Wedne…
Marco Brambilla Commissioned by Kanye West for New Video
NEW YORK, NY.- Kanye West has commissioned a video work by critically acclaimed artist, Marco Brambilla, to accompany the release of his new single “Power” from his upcoming album. The video piece will be released in early August 2010. Power…
Princeton Museum Announces Outdoor Projection of Doug Aitken’s Migration
PRINCETON, NJ.- Doug Aitken’s monumental video installation Migration (Empire) will be on view in front of the Princeton University Art Museum, one of the most visible sites on the historic Princeton campus, from August 28 through November 14. Migrati…
Princeton University Art Museum Announces Outdoor Projection of Doug Aitken’s Migration (Empire)
PRINCETON, NJ.- Doug Aitken’s monumental video installation Migration
(Empire) will be on view in front of the Princeton University Art Museum, one of the most visible sites on the historic Princeton campus, from August 28 through November 14. Migrati…
Cosima von Bonin’s The Fatigue Empire Opens at Kunsthaus Bregenz
BREGENZ.- Cosima von Bonin is one of the most well-known artists of her generation. Especially since her participation in the last documenta, at which a large number of the works was spread over the entire course of the show, she is no longer an inside…