NEW YORK, NY.- The Board of Trustees of the Aperture Foundation announced today that Chris Boot, a veteran in the field of photography, has been appointed Executive Director, Aperture Foundation. Mr. Boot has had a long and distinguished career in phot…
Sotheby’s Hits Contemporary, Italian Art Targets with Combined Sales of $48.8 Million
LONDON (REUTERS).- Contemporary and Italian art sales in London last week largely underlined the sense that stability was gradually returning to a market that saw values soar in 2007 and 2008 before tumbling dramatically in 2009. Sotheby’s raised a com…
Christie’s Evening Auctions of Post-War and Contemporary Art and the Italian Sale Realise $61.2 Million
LONDON.- The evening auctions of Post-War and Contemporary Art and The Italian Sale realised a combined total of £38,213,050 / $61,179,093 / €43,371,811. The top price of the evening was paid for Cavaliere by Marino Marini (1901-1980) which led r…
Philbrook Museum of Art and Vitra Design Museum Announce Long-Term Partnership
TULSA, OK.- Philbrook Museum of Art announced a strategic partnership with the Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein, Germany). The long-term partnership (2012-2016) will bring three major exhibitions to Philbrook. The first of which will be the inaugural…
Philbrook Museum of Art and Vitra Design Museum Announce Long-Term Partnership
TULSA, OK.- Philbrook Museum of Art announced a strategic partnership with the Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein, Germany). The long-term partnership (2012-2016) will bring three major exhibitions to Philbrook. The first of which will be the inaugural…
Second Cycle of Exhibitions for Espai 13 at Fundació Joan Miró Opens with Marcus Coates
BARCELONA .- The Fundació Joan Miró presents Implicit Sound, the second cycle of exhibitions for Espai 13 curated by multidisciplinary artist TRES. The title of the project not only stresses its connection with the previous Espai 13 cycle, Explicit S…
An Impressive and Comprehensive Collection of Glorious Quilts Celebrate the "Year of the Quilt"
NEW YORK, NY.- The artistry of America’s quilt heritage will be highlighted in the “Year of the Quilt”— an unprecedented twelve-month-long series of exhibitions, special events, and educational programming focusing on the creative contributions of…
Deichtorhallen Hamburg Provides a Comprehensive Insight into the Art of Poul Gernes
HAMBURG.- Deichtorhallen Hamburg is staging a retrospective showcasing over 400 exhibits that provide a comprehensive insight into the art of the Danish painter, sculptor, filmmaker and performing artist Poul Gernes (*1925, † 1996), who numbers am…
Third Successful Year of Artist Rooms: The Art Fund Grants Funding for 2011 Tour
LONDON.- Building on the outstanding successes of the ARTIST ROOMS tours in 2009 and 2010, which have seen over 60% of the ARTIST ROOMS Collection shown at institutions across the UK in the first two years, with 377 works lent in 2010 alone, National G…
New de Young Museum Celebrates 5th and 40th Anniversaries of the Union with the Legion of Honor
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- This year the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco celebrate two important anniversaries: the 5th anniversary of the new de Young Museum and the 40th anniversary of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. This celebration is bolstere…