ITHACA, NY.- The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University presents two new exhibitions beginning Saturday, April 2. Social satirist, bullfighting enthusiast, chronicler of Napoleon’s atrocities, precursor of modernism—Francisco Goya …
Christie’s Offers One of the Finest Private Collections of Early 20th Century Decorative Art
PARIS.- Christie’s presents the sale of the Gourdon Collection, one of the finest private collections of early 20th century decorative art and design ever to be offered at auction, on 29, 30 and 31 March 2011, at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. The …
Picasso, Miró, Dalí, Angry Young Men: the Birth of Modernity at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence
FLORENCE.- The exhibition Picasso, Miró, Dalí. Angry Young Men: the Birth of Modernity brings together over sixty early works of three young artists: Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Salvador Dalí, as well as over one hundred of Picasso’s sketche…
Rare Works of Art from the 1950s to the Present Go on View at Luxembourg & Dayan
NEW YORK, NY.- On March 3, 2011 Luxembourg & Dayan gallery unveiled the exhibition Unpainted Paintings, an international survey of more than two dozen extraordinary works of abstract art from the 1950s to the present that together reveal a continuous, …
Phillips de Pury & Company’s Design Auction, Vienna and the Wiener Werkstatte Totals $1,243,800
NEW YORK.- Phillips de Pury & Company announce its inaugural mid-season Design auction, dedicated to early 20th-century Viennese design, totaled $1,243,800, including premium. The auction comprised 52 works, 66% of which sold, by important designers i…
Kunsthaus Zürich Shows ‘The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today
ZURICH.- From 25 February to 15 May 2011, the Kunsthaus Zürich is hosting ‘The Original Copy’, which assembles more than 300 photographs from the dawn of modernism to the present. By over 100 leading photographers and path breaking sculptors…
Kunsthaus Zürich Shows ‘The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today
ZURICH.- From 25 February to 15 May 2011, the Kunsthaus Zürich is hosting ‘The Original Copy’, which assembles more than 300 photographs from the dawn of modernism to the present. By over 100 leading photographers and path breaking sculptors…
Unknown Painting by Walter Sickert Re-Surfaces After 80 Years to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- A previously unknown painting by Walter Sickert, entitled The Blind Sea Captain, is one of the highlights of the 20th Century British Art Sale in New Bond Street on the 9th March. The painting, which is estimated to sell for £40,000 – 60…
Group Exhibition of New Paintings by Six Artists at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art is presenting Reconfigured, a group exhibition of new paintings curated by gallery favorite Jacob Tillman. Exhibiting artists include: Gerald Davis, Mari Eastman, Bryson Gill, Todd Lanam, Allison Schulnik…
New Museum to Spotlight Four Decades of Works by Lynda Benglis in Major Retrospective
NEW YORK, NY.- The New Museum presents a major exhibition of works by Lynda Benglis, the renowned American artist’s first museum retrospective in over twenty years. Benglis is an artist whose work continues to challenge artistic norms and exceed e…