London.- Barcelona-based artist Theo Booth celebrates jazz age glamour, playful sensuality and the romantic and escapist possibilities of travel in his evocative and widely collected original paintings. A new exhibition of Theo’s work begins with a …
Honor Fraser Gallery To Feature "Annie Lapin ~ The Pure Space Animate"
Los Angeles.- Honor Fraser Gallery is pleased to present ‘Annie Lapin:The Pure Space Animate” in Los Angeles from May 21st until Jul 9th 2011. This will be Annie Lapin’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. In a new group of paintings on can…
Intimate Images of Picasso by His Friend, Andre Villers, to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- Four images of the celebrated Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), are to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Photographs Sale on 19 May 2011. Three of the pictures – Picasso in front of ‘La Chute d’Icare’…
The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Shows ‘Lin Hung-Ming ~ Painting My Imagination’
Taiwan.- The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts presents ‘Lin Hung-Ming ~ Painting My Imagination’, on view until 22nd May 2011. Describing his work, Lin Hung-Ming says: “Art creation has always been personal. It is free; free expression and p…
Musée du Louvre and Teylers Museum Present Exhibitions of Claude Lorrain
PARIS, FRANCE – Teylers Museum and Musée du Louvre present the first comprehensive exhibition in the Netherlands on Claude Lorrain, master of the golden light. This autumn, Teylers Museum and Musée du Louvre present the first comprehens…
Amedeo Modigliani Biography Is Subject Discussion at The Library of Congress
Washington , DC – Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was considered the quintessential bohemian artist, his legend almost as infamous as Van Gogh’s. In Modigliani’s time, his work was seen as an oddity: contemporary with the Cub…
Sword Bought for Royal Marines Museum in Time for Battle Anniversary
PORTSMOUTH.- The Royal Marines Museum in Portsmouth has acquired an important presentation sword 200 years after the Battle it commemorates. The steel sword was presented to Captain Robert Torrens following the Battle for Anholt on 27 March 1811. Thank…
Recent Acquisitions to Cleveland Museum of Art’s Collection Announced
CLEVELAND, OH.- A singular Jacobean miniature, a Thomas Hope settee, a large and pristine British watercolor, and a sculpture by acclaimed contemporary Polish artist Monika Sosnowska are among the latest works approved by the Collections Committee of t…
Sotheby’s to Sell One of the Greatest Venetian View Paintings Ever Executed
LONDON.- On July 6, 2011, Sotheby’s London will sell one of the greatest masterpieces of Venetian view painting ever executed. Estimated in the region of £20 million* (US$30 million), Francesco Guardi’s Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge, L…
A Series of Works on Paper by Celia Gerard on View at Sears Peyton Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Sears Peyton Gallery presents a show of new works by Celia Gerard. For her first solo exhibition with the gallery, Celia Gerard exhibits a series of works on paper whose imagery is derived from a developing language of shapes that collid…