NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the upcoming sale of twenty original paintings by the celebrated naturalist, artist, and educator Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996). Peterson’s best-selling field guides, beginning with his seminal 1934 book …
Gustav Klimt ~ Swingers in Vienna Art Hall Highlight Provocative Masterpiece
VIENNA,
Austria — In the name of art, an Austrian landmark is
encouraging visitors to confront their sexual inhibitions by having them walk
through a swingers club to reach one of Gustav Klimt’s masterpieces. The
Secession – a world-renow…
Gustav Klimt ~ Swingers in Vienna Art Hall Highlight Provocative Masterpiece
VIENNA,
Austria — In the name of art, an Austrian landmark is
encouraging visitors to confront their sexual inhibitions by having them walk
through a swingers club to reach one of Gustav Klimt’s masterpieces. The
Secession – a world-renow…
Nobel Laureate Opens Queen’s Landmark 50 Million Pound Library
BELFAST.- One of Northern Ireland’s newest landmark buildings – the £50 million McClay Library at Queen’s – was opened today by one of Queen’s most famous alumni, Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney. Speaking ahead of the opening, Qu…
Pair of Imperial Porcelain Vases Highlight Sotheby’s Treasures Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that a pair of Magnificent Pair of Imperial Porcelain Vases, Period of Nicholas I (1825-1855), St Petersburg, will headline Sotheby’s Treasures: Aristocratic Heirlooms Sale in London on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The aucti…
Hayward Gallery Reopens with International Survey of 36 Artists
LONDON.- The New Décor is an international survey
of 36 contemporary artists from 22 countries who explore interior design as a
means of engaging with changes in contemporary culture that range from the
impact of globalism to our shifting b…
Hayward Gallery Reopens with International Survey of 36 Artists
LONDON.- The New Décor is an international survey of 36 contemporary artists from 22 countries who explore interior design as a means of engaging with changes in contemporary culture that range from the impact of globalism to our shifting boundaries o…
Hayward Gallery Reopens with Exhibition by Brazilian Artist Ernesto Neto
LONDON.- Considered one of the most influential artists of his generation, Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto has dramatically transformed the interior of the upper galleries and the three adjacent outdoor sculpture terraces of the Hayward Gallery with a se…
Museo Reina Sofia Explores the Extraordinay Drawings by Martín Ramírez ~ A Mental Patient
MADRID.- This exhibition on Martín Ramírez
will
bring together some eighty drawings from 1948 to 1963, exploring this
artist’s
extraordinary production. These works highlight Ramírez’s memories of
Mexico, as
well as his encounter wi…