LONDON.- A beautiful picture by the prolific British maritime and figurative painter, Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929), entitled Sleeping Sailor, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of The Marine Sale on 22 March 2011. Initially sold for £1…
Major Exhibition of Spanish Art at the Dawn of the 20th Century at Fondation de l’Hermitage
LAUSANNE.- The Fondation de l’Hermitage in Lausanne is organizing a major exhibition devoted to Spanish art at the dawn of the 20th century. Focusing on painters of “The Generation of 1898” who emerged from the severe upheavals endured b…
New Museum Presents First Major United States Survey of Works by George Condo
NEW YORK, NY.- Since first bursting onto the scene in the early 1980s with his unique adaptation of the language of Old Master painting, George Condo has created one of the most adventurous, imaginative, and provocative bodies of work in contemporary a…
New Museum Presents First Major United States Survey of Works by George Condo
NEW YORK, NY.- Since first bursting onto the scene in the early 1980s with his unique adaptation of the language of Old Master painting, George Condo has created one of the most adventurous, imaginative, and provocative bodies of work in contemporary a…
Clark Art Institute Investigates European Portraiture in the Exhibition Eye to Eye
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- A special exhibition of European portrait painting, featuring works by master artists from the late fifteenth century through the early nineteenth century, is on view at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute from January 23 t…
Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World’s Most Coveted Masterpiece
NEW YORK, NY.- Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece is, without any question, one of the most important paintings ever made. Finished in 1432, it was the first piece to demonstrate the astounding versatility of oil painting, which would become the pref…
Paintings from the 17th & 18th Centuries, with New Discoveries, at Sperone Westwater
NEW YORK, NY.- Sperone Westwater presents an exhibition of Italian Paintings from the 17th and 18th Centuries in partnership with Robilant + Voena. This survey of Italian Old Master paintings, with notable masterpieces by painters such as Canaletto (16…
Queloides: Race and Racism in Cuban Contemporary Art on View at the Mattress Factory
PITTSBURGH, PA.- After decades of official silence, discussions of “race” and racism have become prominent in contemporary Cuba. Since the early 1990s, numerous cultural actors—musicians, writers, painters, performers, and academics—…
Queloides: Race and Racism in Cuban Contemporary Art on View at the Mattress Factory
PITTSBURGH, PA.- After decades of official silence, discussions of “race” and racism have become prominent in contemporary Cuba. Since the early 1990s, numerous cultural actors—musicians, writers, painters, performers, and academics—…
The World of Lucas Cranach, One of the Greatest European Painters of the 16th Century at Bozar
BRUSSELS.- Lucas Cranach was one of the greatest European painters of the 16th century. This exhibition – the first to be devoted to the artist in a Benelux country – replaces the work of this leading figure of the German Renaissance in the social, cul…