LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company, announce highlights from Valencia Contemporary Art Collection that will feature in the London Contemporary Art Evening Sale on the 17th February. The single owner sale will take place on the 18th February prior to …
Fry Art Gallery Buys Ravilious Watercolour with Art Fund Help
LONDON.- A striking watercolour by Eric Ravilious has been purchased by the Fry Art Gallery with the help of the Art Fund. Entitled Caravans, the work depicts the artist’s temporary home and studio during the early 1930s. This is the first time t…
First British Portrait of a Black African Muslim and Freed Slave Goes on Display
LONDON.- The Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) and the National Portrait Gallery, London announce a cooperative agreement relating to the portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, painted by William Hoare of Bath in 1733. Following the purchase of the work by QMA…
Sensual Portrait of Muse by Lovestruck Pablo Picasso Up for Auction at Sotheby’s
PARIS (REUTERS).- A sensual 1932 portrait by Pablo Picasso of his young mistress Marie-Therese Walter which captures his romantic obsession with her went on display at Sotheby’s in Paris on Wednesday ahead of an auction next month. It was the first pub…
First British Portrait of a Black African Muslim and Freed Slave Goes on Display
LONDON.- The Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) and the National Portrait Gallery, London announce a cooperative agreement relating to the portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, painted by William Hoare of Bath in 1733. Following the purchase of the work by QMA…
Retrospective of the Leading Mexican Artist Gabriel Orozco on Display at Tate Modern
LONDON.- This retrospective of the leading Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco (b 1962) is the largest presentation of his most critically acclaimed works in the UK. The exhibition by Gabriel Orozco is on display until April 11, 2011 at the Tate Modern. A s…
Award-Winning Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager Debuts Abstract Paintings at LA Art House
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Artist and Oscar and Grammy Award-winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager debuted her new collection of lyrical, abstract paintings at her first ever solo show. Hosted at the LA Art House, Generations: New Paintings by Carole Bayer Sag…
Zaragoza Exhibits the Work of French Painter Georges Rouault for the First Time Ever
ZARAGOZA.- Rouault’s paintings are full of papers on their backs. References to all the places these paintings have traveled to, from Milan to New York without leaving out places like Tokyo or Paris (where his foundation is housed). “It is perhaps the …
Major Picasso Portrait of His Mistress and Muse to Lead Sotheby’s Sale in February
LONDON.- Sotheby’s forthcoming Evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art, to be held in London on Tuesday, 8th February 2011, will be led by a major painting by Pablo Picasso, depicting Marie-Thérèse Walter, the woman who transformed both his…
Jennifer Bartlett Installs a Single Painting that Stretches More than 158 Feet at The Pace Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- The Pace Gallery presents an exhibition by Jennifer Bartlett, who installed a single painting that stretches more than 158 feet along three gallery walls. Recitative, comprised of 372 steel plates, is an epic exploration of color, paint…