LONDON.- As well as being a well known poet, Edward Lear (1812-1888) was also a prolific artist. The next 19th Century Paintings auction at Bonhams New Bond Street features a beautiful topographical scene of Bethlehem which Lear completed from sketche…
Christian Voigt ‘Voyages’ At The Manny Silverman Gallery in West Hollywood
Beverley Hills, CA.- Karl Hutter Fine Art is pleased to present, in association with Manny Silverman Gallery, the latest works of German photographer Christian Voigt, which will be on exhibit from April 3rd to May 1st, 2011 at the Manny Silverman Gal…
Matt Stokes Brings a Unique Take on "Penny Gaff" Culture to Stratford Underground Station
LONDON.- A musical hall extraordinaire, beatbox champ and an operatic soprano; these are just a handful of the colourful collection of local performers who are entertaining visitors at Stratford Underground station, courtesy of a new film and installat…
Unprecedented Discovery of Imperial Correspondence to Go on Sale at the Hotel des Ventes in Geneva
GENEVA.- Geneva based auctioneers Hôtel des Ventes will be selling a highly important and unique collection of extensive correspondence, photographs and drawings exchanged between H.I.H Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, H.I.H Grand Duchess Xenia Alexan…
Unprecedented Discovery of Imperial Correspondence to Go on Sale at the Hotel des Ventes in Geneva
GENEVA.- Geneva based auctioneers Hôtel des Ventes will be selling a highly important and unique collection of extensive correspondence, photographs and drawings exchanged between H.I.H Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, H.I.H Grand Duchess Xenia Alexan…
Sundaram Tagore’s Film "The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar" to Have World Premiere at Film Festival
NEW YORK, NY.- The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar, a documentary by gallerist and art historian Sundaram Tagore, will premiere at the prestigious Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council film festival, the same festival that launched Mira Nair’s The Names…
Experimental Filmmaker Ben Russell Exhibits at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
CHICAGO, IL.- Experimental filmmaker Ben Russell explores “trance, travel, and psychedelic ethnographies” in his highly-acclaimed Trypps film series. Conceptually organized around the possible meanings elicited by its title –including physic…
Journey through the Black Atlantic Opens at Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA.- Paul Gilroy used the term ‘The Black Atlantic’ to describe the fusion of black cultures with other cultures from around the Atlantic. His book, The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness, had an enormous i…
Thaddeus Holownia: The Terra Nova Suite at the Tides Institute
EASTPORT, ME.- The Tides Institute and Museum of Art (TIMA) announces its 2010 season with new exhibitions, a film/lecture series and schedule of visiting artists. The Institute’s first exhibition of the season opened on Friday, June 25, 2010, fe…
Tate Liverpool Takes a Journey through the Black Atlantic
LIVERPOOL.- “Afro
Modern: Journeys through
the Black Atlantic” takes its inspiration from Paul Gilroy’s
seminal book
‘The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness’ (1993).
The
exhibition is the first …