HORNU, BELGIUM.- “À toutes les morts, égales et cachées dans la nuit” (To all the departed equal and hidden in the night) is the major summer exhibition at the MAC’s (the Museum of Contemporary Art). It opens its doors to the public from 20th J…
Emiliano Zapata "Rides" to the Chapultepec Castle in New Exhibition
MEXICO CITY.- The landscape of Morelos State after Mexican Revolution and the imprints of Emiliano Zapata will be theme of an exhibition, “Zapata in Morelos”, integrated by a hundred historical objects, among them the hat and clothes that Zap…
Solo Exhibition with Photographs by Maura Sullivan at Kahmann Gallery
AMSTERDAM.- A solo exhibition with photographs from the New York- based artist, Maura Sullivan (1971). Sullivan makes short movies in a single photograph. You can search for the meaning, the words, the tension, to try to explain the story. But not sear…
Montréal Museum of Fine Arts to host Restrospective of Kees Van Dongen
MONTREAL, QUE – The exhibition Van Dongen – A Fauve in the City, presented from January 22 to April 19, 2009 at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts is the first major retrospective of the work of Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968) in North America. The …
Exhibition of Korean White Porcelains and Contemporary Photographs by Bohnchang Koo Explores Vision and Continuity
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Plain Beauty: Korean White Porcelain/Photographs by Bohnchang Koo explores the elegance and seemingly simple beauty of plain white porcelains of the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) through the viewfinder of Bohnchang Koo, a Korean photogr…
Deichtorhallen Shows Works by Leading Russian-Ukrainian Sergey Bratkov
HAMBURG.- Deichtorhallen presents leading Russian-Ukrainian artist of the next generation: Sergey Bratkov (born 1960). The exhibition includes some 130 works, giving a deep insight into Bratkov’s photographic oeuvre since 1990. Socially critical, …
Faulkner, Kerouac, and Wall Street to Be Sold at Christie’s
NEW YORK, NY.- On June 22, Christie’s will offer the sale of Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including the finest collection of William Faulkner books and manuscripts. This unique collection comprises a virtually complete representation of Faulk…
Mark Twain’s Unpublished Manuscript, ‘A Family Sketch’, Sets Auction Record
NEW YORK, NY.- Today at Sotheby’s New York, the second offering of rare books and manuscripts from The James S. Copley Library achieved a total of $2,783,347, bringing the total for the first four auctions of the Library to $7,146,231. The Mark Tw…
Seattle Art Museum to Host "Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris"
SEATTLE,
WA.- The Seattle Art
Museum (SAM) is proud to announce
that it will present “Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso,
Paris”, an extraordinary exhibition of the work of Pablo
Picasso (1881-1973). This landmark project…
John Steinbeck’s Apartment Archive to be Auctioned at Bloomsbury Auctions
NEW YORK (AP).- John Steinbeck kept his California roots close when writing such masterpieces as “The Grapes of Wrath” and “East of Eden,” but the Nobel Prize winner also loved New York and made it his home for much of his life. Now, a trove of his per…