NEW YORK, NY.- Marian Goodman Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by Rineke Dijkstra which will run through August 21st. On view are three new video installations as well as related portraits. In the North Gallery the three-channel projection I…
Museum Ludwig Shows Paintings, Sculptures & Drawings by Roy Lichtenstein
COLOGNE.- The halftone dots used by Pop
maestro
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) are world famous. Taking motifs from the
realms of
comics and consumerism, Lichtenstein made paintings by piecing together
dots and
colored surfaces. But a very d…
Munch, Warhol, Picasso’s Take on Women at Bonhams Print Sale
LONDON.- They modelled for three of the greatest artists who ever lived. One was murdered by her lover; another shot herself; the third lives on, a potent reminder of Hollywood’s glamour years. And their images lead Bonham’s Print sale in L…
Christie’s in Record London Sale, Misses Target and Monet Water-Lily Painting Fails to Sell
LONDON.- Christie’s held London’s biggest ever art auction on Wednesday when its impressionist and modern sale fetched 153 million pounds ($227 million), but the total fell short of expectations of 164-231 million pounds. The big disappointment on the …
Museums in Budapest and Moscow Exchange Exhibitions
BUDAPEST.- One of Russia’s most important public collections, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, is exhibiting the finest pieces of the Old Masters’ Gallery of the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts. Raphael to Goya, which opened on 9 June, dis…
Modern Masterpieces Forgotten in Paris Bank Vault to Go on Sale at Sotheby’s
LONDON (AP).- A long-lost trove of
Impressionist
and Modern art not seen since World War II will be offered at auction in
London
and Paris, Sotheby’s said Friday. The 140 works — including paintings,
prints
and drawings — belonged …
Modern Art Found in Paris Bank Vault Not Seen Since World War II to Go on Sale at Sotheby’s
LONDON (AP).- A long-lost trove of Impressionist and Modern art not seen since World War II will be offered at auction in London and Paris, Sotheby’s said Friday. The 140 works — including paintings, prints and drawings — belonged to Parisian…
Tate Liverpool Takes a Journey through the Black Atlantic
LIVERPOOL.- “Afro
Modern: Journeys through
the Black Atlantic” takes its inspiration from Paul Gilroy’s
seminal book
‘The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness’ (1993).
The
exhibition is the first …
Picasso and Degas Highlight Christie’s Impressionist & Modern November Art Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Rare and important works by Pablo
Picasso, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Rodin, Henri
Matisse, and Piet Mondrian are among the highlights of Christie’s upcoming
Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on November 3rd. Forty
exceptional works will be offered, including paintings, drawings, and sculpture.
Among the most anticipated works to be offered this season is Picasso’s vibrant
Tête de Femme from 1943, a wartime portrait of the artist’s muse and mistress
Dora Maar. Painted in October 1943. The sale is expected to achieve in
excess of $68 million.