Amsterdam,- From the 11th until the 15th of May 2011, the 27th edition of Art Amsterdam will take place in the Amsterdam RAI Parkhal. With 133 galleries participating from throughout Europe, North America and Asia, Art Amsterdam is the largest conte…
Sotheby’s London Sale of Contemporary Turkish Art Realises Total of £2.3 Million
LONDON.- Sotheby’s Sale of Contemporary Turkish Art today achieved a total of £2,332,175 ($3,800,512), within pre-sale expectations (est. £2-3 million). The auction established sell-through rates of 65.7% by lot and 75.4% by value, and set 13 n…
Discovery of Ancient Stone Tools in Texas Suggests Earlier Settlers in North America
WASHINGTON (AP).- The discovery of ancient stone tools at an archaeological dig in Texas could push back the presence of humans in North America, perhaps by as much as 2,500 years. Thousands of artifacts dating to between 13,200 and 15,500 years ago w…
French Photographer Raphael Dallaporta Wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2011
AMSTERDAM.- On Wednesday evening the 2nd of March Raphaël Dallaporta (1980) was chosen as the winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award 2011 by an international jury. Along with a cash prize of € 20.000,- Dallaporta will have an exhibition in Foam from 9…
French Photographer Raphael Dallaporta Wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2011
AMSTERDAM.- On Wednesday evening the 2nd of March Raphaël Dallaporta (1980) was chosen as the winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award 2011 by an international jury. Along with a cash prize of € 20.000,- Dallaporta will have an exhibition in Foam from 9…
First U.S. Survey of Blinky Palermo’s Work Travels to the Hirshhorn in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hirshhorn is the premiere East Coast venue for the first U.S. retrospective of work by noted postwar abstract painter Blinky Palermo (German, b. Leipzig, 1943; d. Maldives, 1977). Although the artist’s reputation is well esta…
Earliest Human Remains in United States Arctic Reported by Scientific Researchers
WASHINGTON (AP).- Some 11,500 years ago one of America’s earliest families laid the remains of a 3-year-old child to rest in their home in what is now Alaska. The discovery of that burial is shedding new light on the life and times of the early settle…
First U.S. Survey of Blinky Palermo’s Work Travels to the Hirshhorn in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hirshhorn is the premiere East Coast venue for the first U.S. retrospective of work by noted postwar abstract painter Blinky Palermo (German, b. Leipzig, 1943; d. Maldives, 1977). Although the artist’s reputation is well esta…
Anri Sala’s First Solo Exhibition in Canada Opens at the Musée d’art Contemporain de Montreal
MONTREAL.- An exhibition that can be viewed like a single work of art: that is what visitors will experience at the MAC in this presentation of works by Anri Sala, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Canada, and his largest in North America. The…
Anri Sala’s First Solo Exhibition in Canada Opens at the Musée d’art Contemporain de Montreal
MONTREAL.- An exhibition that can be viewed like a single work of art: that is what visitors will experience at the MAC in this presentation of works by Anri Sala, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Canada, and his largest in North America. The…