STUTTGART.- 125 years of automotive history meet modern and contemporary art: The Daimler Art Collection presents a guest exhibition at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, its first at this venue. The unusual exhibition Art & Stars & Cars, on view u…
Man Ray / Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism at the Peabody Essex Museum
SALEM, MA.- At the center of modern art history is a love story between two artists who could not live with or without each other. The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents Man Ray | Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism featuring 76 works by two giants of …
Courtauld Institute of Art Opens "One of a Thousand Ways to Defeat Entropy" in Venice
LONDON.- This major international exhibition features monumental new works by four of the most exciting and renowned artists working today: Alexander Ponomarev (Russia), Hans Op de Beeck (Belgium), Adrian Ghenie (Romania) and Ryoichi Kurokawa (Japan). …
ARTZUID 2011 an International Sculpture Exhibition in a Unique Cultural Heritage Setting
AMSTERDAM.- In 2008 Cintha van Heeswijck-Veeger established Foundation ArtZuid. She took the initiative to draw greater attention to the urban expansion plan (1917) of architect H.P. Berlage known as the Plan-Zuid in Amsterdam, by organising a high-qua…
Phillips de Pury & Co.’s Design Auction to Present 20th Century Ceramics
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company announces its spring Design auction to be held at 450 Park Avenue on May 25. The auction comprises 176 lots of 20th century and contemporary design, on view to the public at 450 Park Avenue from May 19 to May 2…
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein Shows Works From the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art
Liechtenstein.- The Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein will show a thematic exhibition of selected works from the collection of the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art Zurich. The exhibition, called “Theatre of the World: The Migros Museum of Contemporary Art C…
Rare Egyptian Paintings Found in Museum Cellar
By: Ahmed El-Shemi
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Rare paintings by some of Egypt’s most renowned artists thought to have belonged to the country’s former royal family have been found by workers renovating a Cairo museum. Officials said the trove of 222 works — in…
"The Power of Fantasy: Modern and Contemporary Art From Poland" Comes to Brussels
Brussels.- “The Power of Fantasy: Modern and Contemporary Art from Poland”, as major exhibition gathering many of the most significant works of contemporary art from Poland by a generation of artists who have made their careers since the fall of com…
ArtParis 2011: With Attendance at 47,987, a Positive Outcome and Prospects for the Future
PARIS.- This year, from 31 March to 3 April 2011, ArtParis brought some 125 international modern and contemporary art galleries to the Grand Palais, with 47,987 art aficionados in attendance. Beneath the dome of the Grand Palais as well as outside, the…
Over 300 Photographs by Artist Roni Horn on View at Hamburger Kunsthalle
HAMBURG.- On the occasion of the 5th Triennale of Photographie in Hamburg, the Hamburger Kunsthalle shows the exhibition Roni Horn. Photographic Works. New Yorker Roni Horn (*1955) is one of the world’s most renowned artists. Living alternately in…