BOSTON, MA.- Jill Medvedow, director of the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) announced today the appointment of Jenelle Porter as senior curator, effective January 2011, and Pedro Alonzo as adjunct curator, effective immediately. “These…
Damián Ortega Finds Inspiration in a Newspaper to Create Barbican Art Gallery’s Latest Exhibition
LONDON.- Over the period of a month leading up to the exhibition opening, acclaimed Mexican artist Damián Ortega worked in The Curve creating new works on a regular basis in response to aspects of the daily news. Each day he took inspiration from a ne…
Damián Ortega Finds Inspiration in a Newspaper to Create Barbican Art Gallery’s Latest Exhibition
LONDON.- Over the period of a month leading up to the exhibition opening, acclaimed Mexican artist Damián Ortega worked in The Curve creating new works on a regular basis in response to aspects of the daily news. Each day he took inspiration from a ne…
Sotheby’s Presents Highlights from Its Inaugural Important Russian Art Sale in Moscow
MOSCOW.- Sotheby’s presents the inaugural sale of Important Russian Art in New York on 4 November 2010, alongside the major autumn auctions of Impressionist & Modern Art. The sale includes select works by many of the greatest names in 20th-century…
Sotheby’s Announces the Inaugural Sale of Important Russian Art in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s presents the inaugural sale of Important Russian Art in New York on 4 November 2010, alongside the major autumn auctions of Impressionist & Modern Art. The sale includes select works by many of the greatest names in 20th-c…
Sotheby’s Announces the Inaugural Sale of Important Russian Art in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s presents the inaugural sale of Important Russian Art in New York on 4 November 2010, alongside the major autumn auctions of Impressionist & Modern Art. The sale includes select works by many of the greatest names in 20th-c…
Leading Figure of American Pop Art, Tom Wesselmann, at Haunch of Venison in London
LONDON.- American painter, sculptor and printmaker Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) is widely regarded as one of the leading figures of American Pop Art. Haunch of Venison London presents ‘Tom Wesselmann: Works 1958-2004’, the most extensive exhibition of hi…
Leading Figure of American Pop Art, Tom Wesselmann, at Haunch of Venison in London
LONDON.- American painter, sculptor and printmaker Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) is widely regarded as one of the leading figures of American Pop Art. Haunch of Venison London presents ‘Tom Wesselmann: Works 1958-2004’, the most extensive exhibition of hi…
Robert F. Kennedy-Owned Emancipation Proclamation Up for Auction
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln and bought by Robert F. Kennedy, who drew inspiration from the document as he enforced civil rights legislation in the 1960s, is going up for auction and could fetch as much as $…
Robert F. Kennedy-Owned Emancipation Proclamation Up for Auction
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln and bought by Robert F. Kennedy, who drew inspiration from the document as he enforced civil rights legislation in the 1960s, is going up for auction and could fetch as much as $…