BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – On June 2 2009, the
new Magritte Museum opens its doors to the public on the Place Royale in
Brussels. The first museum of this scope devoted to one of the best known
artists of the 20th century, presents for the first t…
‘This Is Not a Fashion Photograph’ at the International Center of Photography
New York City – This Is Not a Fashion Photograph, on view at the International Center of Photography from January 16 to May 3, 2009, is an exhibition of approximately seventy photographs from 1888 to the present organized by ICP adjunct curat…
Boston College McMullen Museum of Art Hosts Premier Belgian Art
CHESTNUT HILL, MA – The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College presents A New Key : Modern Belgian Art from the Simon Collection. The exhibition is on view through July 22, 2007, and comprises 53 works of art, most in their first North Americ…
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Hosts First Major Exhibition of Jan van Huysum
Houston, TX – The Temptations of Flora: Jan van Huysum (1682-1749), the first large- scale exhibition devoted to Jan van Huysum’s work, opened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on Sunday, February 18. Van Huysum is renowned for the tremen…
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg presents Interior / Exterior ~ Living in Art
WOLFSBURG, GERMANY – In 2006, under the artistic direction of Prof. Dr. Markus Brüderlin, the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg set out in search of modernism in the 21st century, integrating its exhibition projects thematically and conceptually into a …
Post-War & Contemporary Evening Auction at Christie’s Realises $68.6 Million
LONDON.- The Post-War and Contemporary Evening
Auction took place 30 June at Christie’s and realised £45,640,200
/$68,642,861/ €56,091,806, selling 84% by lot and 85% by value. The top
price
was paid for Silver Liz, 1963, by…
R. Michelson Galleries Hosts Photographic Retrospective of Artist-Actor Leonard Nimoy
NORTHAMPTON, MA – Artist/actor Leonard Nimoy has
been a photographer most of his life He first experienced the
magic of
making photographic images as a teenager in the early 1940’s. “I was
about
thirteen,” he says, when he discusse…
Demuth Museum Shows "Charles Demuth-Early Influences"
Lancaster,
PA –
The
Demuth
Museum’s exhibition will feature the early influences and childhood art
work of
Charles Demuth. Demuth, who was
born in Lancaster in 1883, grew up in a home in which
his early artistic…
Famous Chinese Modernist Painter Wu Guanzhong Dies at 90
BEIJING,
CHINA – Wu Guanzhong, known as one of the fathers of modern Chinese art
for combining western and Chinese elements in black and white oil
paintings, has
died. He was 90. He died in Beijing on Friday. Wu’s works have become…
Groninger Museum retrospective of Works by Artist John William Waterhouse
GRONINGER, NL – The Groninger Museum presents the largest-ever retrospective of works by the world-famous British artist John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). Many splendid paintings and drawings have been borrowed from locations as far afield…