CHARLOTTE, N.C.- This fall, The Mint Museum presents a major retrospective of the work of Romare Bearden (1911-1988), widely regarded as one of America’s most pre-eminent African American artists and foremost collagists, as well as a noted writer …
The Mint Museum to Celebrate Romare Bearden with Major Retrospective
CHARLOTTE, N.C.- This fall, The Mint Museum presents a major retrospective of the work of Romare Bearden (1911-1988), widely regarded as one of America’s most pre-eminent African American artists and foremost collagists, as well as a noted writer …
Phillips de Pury & Company Announces Highlights from Bric 2011 Sale
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company, announces the highlights from its BRIC 2011 Evening and Day auctions featuring 203 lots with a low estimate of £7,280,500/$11,657,566 and a high estimate of £10,865,500/ $17,397,883.The Evening sale will feature 3…
Phillips de Pury & Company Announces Highlights from Bric 2011 Sale
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company, announces the highlights from its BRIC 2011 Evening and Day auctions featuring 203 lots with a low estimate of £7,280,500/$11,657,566 and a high estimate of £10,865,500/ $17,397,883.The Evening sale will feature 3…
Phillips de Pury & Company’s Valencia Contemporary Art Collection Sale Totals $15,828,357
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s February Contemporary Art sales realized £9,764,563 /$15,828,357 intotal selling 83% by value and 78% by lot. “We are delighted to have set multiple auction records during sales that have proven that th…
Phillips de Pury & Company’s London Contemporary Art Evening Auction Totals $8,725,040
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s February Contemporary Art Evening sale saw active bidding in a lively sale room realizing £5,409,200 /$8,725,040 with 84 % sold by value and 83% by lot. “We are delighted to have set three new auction records …
University of Virginia Art Museum Opens Excavating New Ground: American Art in the 1970s
RICHMOND, VA.- The 1970s featured the announcement of the break-up of the Beatles, the Kent State shooting, the meltdown of Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station and the $1.5 billion bailout of Chrysler Corporation. These tumultuou…
Architect for New York’s Ground Zero Skyscraper Working on Italian Bridge Project
ROME (AP).- Officials of a project to build a bridge linking the Italian mainland to Sicily say the architect for New York’s Ground Zero skyscraper is working on designs for a complex to be built on the Calabrian side of the span. Strait of Messina Bri…
In New Commitment, Polymer to Break New Ground at Racine Art Museum in Wisconsin
RACINE, WI.- The Racine Art Museum (RAM) in Racine, Wisconsin, announced the museum’s recent commitment to establishing a permanent collection of polymer jewelry, beads and sculptural objects. As part of this resolution, the museum is organizing a larg…
Major Eadweard Muybridge Retrospective Opens at Tate Britain
LONDON.- The pioneering Anglo-American photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) is the subject of a major retrospective at Tate Britain this autumn. Bringing together over 150 works, this exhibition demonstrates how Muybridge broke new ground in the…