AMSTERDAM (AP).- Vincent van Gogh must have been horrified when he returned from the hospital to his studio in Arles early in 1889 to find one of his favorite paintings damaged by moisture. He pressed newspaper to the canvas to protect it from further …
Christian Boltanski to Show New Works at Kewenig Galerie, Cologne
COLOGNE.- After spectacular exhibitions as Personnes at the Monumenta 2010 in Paris, the current installation of the same name at the Foundation Hangar Bicocca in Milan, and “No Man’s Land” in the Park Avenue Armory in New York, perhaps the most promin…
Christian Boltanski to Show New Works at Kewenig Galerie, Cologne
COLOGNE.- After spectacular exhibitions as Personnes at the Monumenta 2010 in Paris, the current installation of the same name at the Foundation Hangar Bicocca in Milan, and “No Man’s Land” in the Park Avenue Armory in New York, perhaps the most promin…
Leeds Art Gallery Displays Major Elisabeth Frink Sculpture
LEEDS.- Birdman, a life-size sculpture by acclaimed artist Elisabeth Frink (1930 – 1993) has gone on display at Leeds Art Gallery. Valued at £250,000, the unique plaster maquette was given to Leeds through the Art Fund by the Frink Estate and Beaux Ar…
Leeds Art Gallery Displays Major Elisabeth Frink Sculpture
LEEDS.- Birdman, a life-size sculpture by acclaimed artist Elisabeth Frink (1930 – 1993) has gone on display at Leeds Art Gallery. Valued at £250,000, the unique plaster maquette was given to Leeds through the Art Fund by the Frink Estate and Beaux Ar…
National Portrait Gallery Announces Exhibition by Dmitri Kasterine
LONDON.- Photographs by Dmitri Kasterine will be on display for the first time in the United Kingdom at the National Portrait Gallery. Since the early 1960s Kasterine has photographed some of the most eminent cultural figures of the twentieth century. …
Butler Art Museum Rescues Pierre Soulages Masterpiece
YOUNGSTOWN, OH.- Pierre Soulages (born 1919), an internationally renowned artist of French origin, has a worldwide following. Recently, the Pompidou Centre in Paris hosted a retrospective of work by Frances famed “painter of black,” drawing f…
National Portrait Gallery Announces Exhibition of Photographs by Dmitri Kasterine
LONDON.- Photographs by Dmitri Kasterine will be on display for the first time in the United Kingdom at the National Portrait Gallery. Since the early 1960s Kasterine has photographed some of the most eminent cultural figures of the twentieth century. …
Art Institute of Chicago Opens Henri Cartier-Bresson Retrospective
CHICAGO, IL.- Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) is one of the most original, accomplished, and influential figures in the history of photography. His celebrated work of the early 1930s helped to define the artistic potential of modern photography;…
Retrospective of Work by Camille Silvy at National Portrait Gallery
LONDON.- The
first retrospective
exhibition of work by Camille Silvy, one of the greatest French
photographers of
the nineteenth century, will open at the National Portrait Gallery this
summer. Marking the centenary of
Silvy’s death, Ca…