DALLAS, TX.- Over 700 bidders from around the world bid on an incredible collection of over 390 lots of Asian art, porcelains, ivory and jade at Dallas Auction Gallery on March 14th. Porcelains were the highlight of the evening including a pair of Chi…
Quantum Confusion at the Customs House Museum during Women’s History Month
CLARKSVILLE, TN.- Charcoal people drawn on wood have taken over the Orgain Gallery of the Customs House Museum through May 20th. An exhibit by Knoxville based artist Denise Stewart Sanabria, Quantum Confusion explores a theory of parallel worlds. The i…
A 30-year art history mystery is solved at Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Museum & Library
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Concluding a 30-year mystery, the Rosenbach Museum & Library has located and acquired a portrait of an early member of the Gratz Family, prominent Jewish early Americans who made their home in Philadelphia. Through a shot-in-the-dark…
Getty Research Institute to present a sneak preview of Thomas Demand’s new work, Pacific Sun
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Thomas Demand is known for uncanny photographs and films made from his meticulous recreations of press or mass media images—often historic incidents or current events involving disaster or threat. During his recent stay in Califo…
Historic success for the sale of the Serge Lifar Collection at Hôtel des Ventes
GENEVA.- Yesterday’s auction at the Hôtel des Ventes in Geneva was not only memorable but also historic, as the Serge Lifar collection was sold for CHF 7,250,000, 7 times the estimate and a record for the Genevan auction house. The works of the great…
Morphy’s April Antique Advertising auction features 400 premier Coca-Cola lots from the late Michael Narvaez
DENVER, PA.- A wealth of rare antique signs, figures and other promotional items from the golden era of advertising is currently on display at Morphy’s central Pennsylvania gallery, all to be auctioned on Friday and Saturday, April 20-21. The 1,26…
Prince of Wales introduces Duchess of Cambridge to the work of The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts
LONDON.- The Prince of Wales, President of The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts, accompanied by The Duchess of Cornwall, introduced The Duchess of Cambridge to the work of his educational Charity at a special project visit today. Their Royal…
The Andy Warhol Museum announces the appointment of Nicholas Chambers as the Milton Fine Curator
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Andy Warhol Museum has appointed Nicholas Chambers as the Milton Fine Curator of Art. Chambers, a native of Australia, most recently served as curator of contemporary international art at the Queensland Art Gallery – Gallery of Mod…
Kunsthaus Zürich restores important monumental painting by Ferdinand Hodler
ZURICH.- Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1919), one of the most significant Swiss painters of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, created two versions of his important composition ‘The Truth,’ both of which are held in the Kunsthaus Zü…
Smithsonian American Art Museum presents new exhibition "The Art of Video Games"
WASHINGTON, DC.- “The Art of Video Games” is one of the first major exhibitions to explore the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium, with a focus on striking graphics, creative storytelling and player interactivity. The exhi…