NEW YORK, NY.- artnet Auctions announces the launch of a new 20th and 21st century design department headed by Brent Lewis, former Christie’s specialist and auctioneer and gallery director at Moss. New design lots go live each week, providing a co…
Art 42 Basel’s Art Unlimited: 62 Ambitious, Large-Scale Art Projects Announced
BASEL.- This year’s Art Unlimited features 62 projects. The artists showing at this exhibition of ambitious contemporary art represent a cross-section of leading figures from the international art scene, with works by artists of five different dec…
Art 42 Basel’s Art Unlimited: 62 Ambitious, Large-Scale Art Projects Announced
BASEL.- This year’s Art Unlimited features 62 projects. The artists showing at this exhibition of ambitious contemporary art represent a cross-section of leading figures from the international art scene, with works by artists of five different dec…
Co-Founders of Frieze Announce Two New Fairs for 2012 to Complement Existing Fair
LONDON.- Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the co-founders of Frieze, announced today the launch of two new art fairs; Frieze New York, a contemporary art fair in New York City and Frieze Masters, a fair in London that will give a contemporary perspec…
Pirates: The Captain Kidd Story, a New Exhibition Sails into the Museum of London Docklands
LONDON.- Pirates: The Captain Kidd Story, a new exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, opens 20 May 2011. Focusing on the legendary privateer turned pirate, Captain Kidd, the exhibition reveals the surprising truth of how London’s corrupt p…
Pirates: The Captain Kidd Story, a New Exhibition Sails into the Museum of London Docklands
LONDON.- Pirates: The Captain Kidd Story, a new exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, opens 20 May 2011. Focusing on the legendary privateer turned pirate, Captain Kidd, the exhibition reveals the surprising truth of how London’s corrupt p…
Jeremy Hunt Visits Watts Gallery Following Restoration
COMPTON.- Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gave a special preview of Watts Gallery in Compton, Surrey on Friday 13 May 2011 prior to its public launch next month. The gallery, dedicated to the art of the celebrated Victorian artist, George Frederic Watts,…
Russian Spacesuit Fetches $242,000 at Bonhams Sale in New York
NEW YORK (AP).- A Russian spacesuit worn during the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project skyrocketed to $242,000 at a New York City auction. Bonhams had estimated it at $100,000 to $150,000. The auction house didn’t disclose the buyer of the Sokol K pressur…
National Archives and Partners Launch New International Nazi-Era Records Internet Portal
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Archives and its partners today launched an international Nazi-era assets related records database – making millions of records related to Nazi-era cultural property available online for the first time. A National Arc…
The ArtPadSF Contemporary Art Fair Comes to San Francisco
San Francisco.- Joining the triumvirate of art fairs opening in San Francisco, CA. this May 19–22, ArtPadSF, an independent hotel-based art fair focusing on emerging and contemporary galleries and artists from the Bay Area and beyond, will debut a…