LONDON.-A rare, handwritten, working manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton for the last book he ever wrote is for auction at Bonhams, as part of the sale of the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits in London on 29 March. It is estimated at between £…
First U.S. Survey of Blinky Palermo’s Work Travels to the Hirshhorn in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hirshhorn is the premiere East Coast venue for the first U.S. retrospective of work by noted postwar abstract painter Blinky Palermo (German, b. Leipzig, 1943; d. Maldives, 1977). Although the artist’s reputation is well esta…
First U.S. Survey of Blinky Palermo’s Work Travels to the Hirshhorn in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hirshhorn is the premiere East Coast venue for the first U.S. retrospective of work by noted postwar abstract painter Blinky Palermo (German, b. Leipzig, 1943; d. Maldives, 1977). Although the artist’s reputation is well esta…
Important Collection of New Works by Claude Lazar and Margot Lazar at Franklin Bowles Galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- Franklin Bowles Galleries presents an important collection of new works by Claude Lazar and Margot Lazar. Claude Lazar chose Franklin Bowles Galleries to become the sole representative of his work in the eastern United States. Since th…
Artwork with Confederate Flag Removed in Georgia
OAKWOOD, GA (AP).- A college president in Georgia says she ordered an instructor’s painting that featured a Confederate flag removed from a faculty art exhibit. The Athens Banner-Herald reports the flag was superimposed on images including a hanged bl…
Thorburn Partridges Soar to £192,000 at Bonhams 19th Century Paintings Sale
LONDON.- An Archibald Thorburn painting of The Covey at Daybreak – Partridges made £192,000 (27.1.11) at Bonhams auction of 19th Century Paintings – the third highest price ever paid for a Thorburn at auction. The painting was an exceptionally s…
Trove of Previously Unseen Letters Written by J.D. Salinger Reveal His Human Side
LONDON (AP).- He had a reputation as a literary recluse, but a trove of previously unseen letters written by J.D. Salinger to a British friend reveals a sociable man who took bus trips to Niagara Falls, ate fast-food hamburgers, enjoyed watching tenni…
Trove of Previously Unseen Letters Written by J.D. Salinger Reveal His Human Side
LONDON (AP).- He had a reputation as a literary recluse, but a trove of previously unseen letters written by J.D. Salinger to a British friend reveals a sociable man who took bus trips to Niagara Falls, ate fast-food hamburgers, enjoyed watching tenni…
An Extraordinary Display of Masterpieces Announced for This Year’s Edition of TEFAF
HELVOIRT.- An extraordinary display of masterpieces will be on show at TEFAF Maastricht when the world’s most influential art and antiques fair opens its doors at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in Maastricht in the southern N…
New Body of Work by Kansas-Born Max Cole at Haines Gallery in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Haines Gallery presents its eighth exhibition for New York artist Max Cole. Having refined her practice over a period of four decades, Cole has earned a reputation as a premier practitioner of reductive painting with a consistently…