LONDON.- Edwin Davies OBE has donated one of the world’s finest collections of Japanese cloisonné enamels to the V&A. Thanks to his significant gift, the V&A is now able to show the most wide-ranging selection of cloisonné masterpieces existing …
Dutch Artist Wins BP Portrait Award 2011 for His 17th Picture of a Life-Long Model
LONDON.- On Tuesday 14 June 2011 the winner of the BP Portrait Award 2011 was announced at the National Portrait Gallery. In a record-breaking year for entries, the prestigious first prize was won by 57-year-old artist Wim Heldens, who has been exhibit…
Last Week to View 30 Works by 5 Cuban Artists at Marlborough Chelsea
NEW YORK, NY.- The Directors of Marlborough Chelsea presents an exhibition featuring the contemporary Cuban artists Abel Barroso, Roberto Diago, Kcho, William Pérez, and Ernesto Rancaño on view from May 19 through June 18, 2011. The extensive exhibit…
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…
An Exhibition of Works from an Iconic Family of American Artists on View at the Salmagundi Club
NEW YORK, NY.- The Salmagundi Club, the oldest art club in the U.S., will present Wiggins, Wiggins & Wiggins: Three Generations of American Art, a rare multi-generational exhibition bringing together the works of one of America’s great art famili…
Discover America at Florida Museum of Photographic Arts A with Classic Photography by Ansel Adams
TAMPA, FL.- More than 50 photographs by Ansel Adams are on exhibit at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMOPA) in downtown Tampa on the corner of Ashley Drive and Jackson Street. They are on view from April 28 through July 6, 2011. “Someti…
Tate Britain Presents Major Exhibition About The Vorticists: Manifesto for a Modern World
LONDON.- Tate Britain presents a major exhibition about Vorticism (1914-18), one of the truly avant-garde movements in British history. Led by painter Wyndham Lewis and named by American poet Ezra Pound, the revolutionary Vorticist artists reacted agai…
Selections from the Guggenheim Collections at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
BILBAO.- From June 14, 2011, to January 8, 2012, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is hosting Painterly Abstraction, 1949–1969: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections. The exhibition investigates major trends in U.S. and European art in a singular …
Art Basel Opens Today Featuring 300 Leading Galleries
Basel, Switzerland – The world’s premier international art show for Modern and contemporary works, Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. More than 2,500 artists, ranging from the …
The Lumiere Brothers Photogallery Shows Photographs of Moscow From 1900 to 1960
Moscow.- The Lumiere Brothers Photogallery in Moscow is proud to present a major exhibition of photographs of the Russian capital taken in the first half of the twentieth century. “Moscow’s history. Twentieth century. Part I” is a unique opportunity…