CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago presents a landmark presentation of one of the country’s leading private collections of contemporary art, Contemporary Collecting: Selections from the Donna and Howard Stone Collection, on view through Se…
An Exceptional Allosaurus: First-Ever Specimen to Be Offered at Auction
PARIS.- On 5 October 2010 Sotheby’s will stage their first Paris sale devoted to Natural History, comprising 86 lots selected for their quality and rarity, consigned from private collections in Europe and the United States. Sotheby’s were one…
Advancing Abstraction in Modern Sculpture at the Baltimore Museum of Art
BALTIMORE, MD.- One of the earliest examples of David Smith’s welding is shown for the first time in this exhibition of approximately 40 works drawn from the BMA’s collection, the Estate of David Smith, and private collections. Once considere…
Italian Police Show Latest Recovery of Looted Art at the Colosseum
ROME (AP).- Italian police have recovered hundreds of ancient artifacts in their latest effort to crack down on the looting of art, and have looted art, and they chose a unique setting to display them Friday: the Colosseum. The 337 pieces displayed in …
Comprehensive Survey of Surrealist Art Opens at the Dean Gallery
EDINBURGH.-
A comprehensive survey of Surrealist
art, which brings together masterpieces by Salvador Dalí, René Magritte,
Pablo
Picasso, Alberto Giacometti and Joan Miró, is the major summer
exhibition at the
Dean Gallery in 2010. Anoth…
Comprehensive Survey of Surrealist Art Opens at the Dean Gallery
EDINBURGH.- A comprehensive survey of Surrealist art, which brings together masterpieces by Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti and Joan Miró, is the major summer exhibition at the Dean Gallery in 2010. Another World, wh…
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will exhibit "Art in the Age of Steam "
KANSAS CITY, MO – A major international exhibition opening this fall at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Art in the Age of Steam: Europe, America and the Railway, 1830-1960, will capture the excitement and range of emotions that steam-powered train…
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert to show Early Works from 1939-1954 by Lucian Freud
LONDON – A major loan exhibition of early works by Lucian Freud (born 1922) will be held at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, 38 Bury Street, St James’s, London SW1 from 9th October through 12th December 2008. The earliest paintings, from 1939, …
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg Exhibit their Paintings by Norman Rockwell
WASHINGTON, DC.- “Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg” is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from July 2 through Jan. 2, 2011. The exhibition showcases 57…
Largest Assembly of Cézanne Works Ever on View in Arizona
PHOENIX, AZ.- French master Paul Cézanne, one of the most recognizable names in art, is celebrated worldwide for his Post-Impressionist masterpieces. However, Cezanne’s greatest legacy may be the transformative effect his work had on 20th centu…