NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s Latin American Art Sale achieved a strong total of $22,571,450 (£13,763,079/ €15,895,387). Held in two sessions on May 26 and 27, the sale was sold 75% by lot, 79% by value and established an impressive 14 new worl…
British Painter L. S. Lowry Record Set at Christie’s in London
London – “The Football Match”, painted by Lowry in 1949, had not been seen for nearly 20 years before Thursday’s sale of 20th century British art.Several telephone bidders sent the price soaring beyond its high estimate of £4.5m before an unk…
Los Angeles Modern Auction to Offer Unique Modern Art & Design Sale on June 26
LOS ANGELES, CA.- A rare Robert Rauschenberg Combine from 1958, a collection of William “Billy” Haines custom designs, and a Calder painting are among the many highlights in the upcoming LAMA June 26, 2011 Modern Art & Design Auction. Each o…
Broad Range of High Quality Dutch Paintings at Sotheby’s Amsterdam in June
AMSTERDAM.- Sotheby’s Amsterdam auction of 19th Century European Painting on 7 June 2011 is featuring a broad range of high quality Dutch Romantic Paintings as well as works by artists from The Hague and Amsterdam School . The paintings will be on…
Stephen Haller Gallery Presents New Work by RISD Graduate Lloyd Martin: Interstices
NEW YORK, NY.- Stephen Haller Gallery presents Lloyd Martin: Interstices, on view from May 19th through June 25th, 2011. In this new body of work Lloyd Martin confronts the spaces, gaps, breaks, and fissures that intervene between time and space. Ther…
Following a Period of Study, Bellini Painting Goes on View at the Frick Collection
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Giovanni Bellini’s St. Francis in the Desert, a hallmark of The Frick Collection and one of the most important Italian Renaissance paintings in America, is a moving, spiritual portrait of a central figure in western Christianity. I…
Delaware Art Museum Presents Perception/Deception: Illusion in Contemporary Art
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents Perception/Deception: Illusion in Contemporary Art, a compelling four-artist exhibition featuring 26 sculptures and site-specific installations that explore the mysterious relationship between reality a…
Major Solo Exhibition of Swiss Artist Mai-Thu Perret at Aargauer Kunsthaus
AARAU, SWITZERLAND .- The Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau presents a major solo exhibition of Swiss artist Mai-Thu Perret, on view from 14 May through 31 July 2011. The exhibition, which incorporates sculpture, installation, painting, video and performance…
Major Solo Exhibition of Swiss Artist Mai-Thu Perret at Aargauer Kunsthaus
AARAU, SWITZERLAND .- The Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau presents a major solo exhibition of Swiss artist Mai-Thu Perret, on view from 14 May through 31 July 2011. The exhibition, which incorporates sculpture, installation, painting, video and performance…
Meadows Museum Acquires Rare Masterwork by Spanish Court Painter Vicente López
DALLAS, TX.- A rare portrait of influential American merchant and naval agent Richard Worsam Meade—the first major collector of Spanish art in the U.S.—is accessible to the public in its new home at the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist Un…