NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Bankrupt financial group Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is selling off part of its art collection, including works by Gerhard Richter and Maya Lin, in the hopes of returning millions to creditors. Despite a lukewarm modern art market…
Lehman Eyes $10 Million at Sotheby’s Modern Art Auction
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Bankrupt financial group Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is selling off part of its art collection, including works by Gerhard Richter and Maya Lin, in the hopes of returning millions to creditors. Despite a lukewarm modern art market…
Largest Independent Contemporary Art Award Presents Its Nominees
MOSCOW.- The “Kandinsky Prize” established by “ArtChronika” Foundation in 2007 in the very short period became the independent institute of development, support and motivation of the modern Russian art. It became possible due to the…
New Head of Exhibitions and Displays for Tate Liverpool
LIVERPOOL.- Tate Liverpool announced the appointment of Gavin Delahunty to the position of Head of Exhibitions and Displays. Gavin is currently Curator at mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art). He will join the gallery in November 2010 and succe…
New Head of Exhibitions and Displays for Tate Liverpool
LIVERPOOL.- Tate Liverpool announced the appointment of Gavin Delahunty to the position of Head of Exhibitions and Displays. Gavin is currently Curator at mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art). He will join the gallery in November 2010 and succe…
Manhattan Mogul Elie Hirschfeld Acquires $2,000,000 Original Frank Stella Painting
NEW YORK, NY.- Manhattan real estate tycoon and President of Hirschfeld Properties, LLC, Elie Hirschfeld announces the acquisition of “Gray Scramble X (double)” (1973, Alkyd on Canvas), an original oil painting by Frank Stella (born 1936) valued at $2,…
France’s Most Prestigious Art Fair will Bring Together 194 Galleries of Art
PARIS.- The 37th edition of FIAC will be held from 21st to 24th October 2010 at the Grand Palais, the Cour Carrée du Louvre and the Jardin des Tuileries, outstanding sites that are emblematic of Paris, imbued with its history and cultural life. Becaus…
Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney Appoints New Chairman
SYDNEY.- The Board of the MCA announced that respected businessman and philanthropist Simon Mordant has been appointed as its Chairman. Simon Mordant succeeds Andrew Love in the role. The Board of the MCA has expressed its gratitude to Mr Love and has …
Princeton University Art Museum Announces Outdoor Projection of Doug Aitken’s Migration (Empire)
PRINCETON, NJ.- Doug Aitken’s monumental video installation Migration
(Empire) will be on view in front of the Princeton University Art Museum, one of the most visible sites on the historic Princeton campus, from August 28 through November 14. Migrati…
Valencian Institute for Modern Art Opens an Exhibition of Works Donated to Its Collection
VALENCIA.- The Institut Valencià d’Art Modern has received a lot of artworks over the last 25 years. Out of the 10 643 works comprising the IVAM’s collection, 61 % are donations made by collectors, artists and heirs who have considered that the IVAM i…