COLUMBUS, OH.- The Wexner Center hosts a suite of exhibitions this spring and summer, featuring Double Sexus: Hans Bellmer and Louise Bourgeois, flanked by two individual artist presentations: Human Behavior: Nathalie Djurberg with Music by Hans Berg, …
First Major U.S. Overview of Kurt Schwitters’ Work at Princeton University Art Museum
PRINCETON, NJ.- Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948) was an integral part of Germany’s revolutionary art and intellectual movements in the tumultuous wake of the First World War. He is one of the most enduring figures of the 20th century internationa…
Spanish Artist Carlos Rodríguez-Méndez in Hot Water at S.M.A.K.
GHENT.- For his exhibition ‘Agua Caliente/Hot Water’, the Spanish artist Carlos Rodríguez-Méndez (Pontevedra, 1968) is installing a gigantic minimal sculpture in the Kunst Nu room at S.M.A.K. It comprises thirty-nine huge white PVC tubes, each thirty…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces Artists Selected for Exhibition "40 Under 40: Craft Futures" Opening in 2012
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has selected the 40 artists who will be featured in its upcoming exhibition “40 under 40: Craft Futures” that will be on view at its Renwick Gallery from July 20, 2012, through Feb. 3, 2013…
A Major Mexican Mayan Culture Seated Deity Sells for Record at Drouot in Paris
PARIS.- On Monday, March 21, 2011 at Drouot Richelieu, the auction house sold a very important collection of Pre-Columbian art. The items belonged to the collection of Mr. H. Law, who has been collecting for 25 years beautiful “stone figures” from the…
Sotheby’s to Sell Four Hundred Items from the Fabius Freres Gallery Collection
PARIS.- Sotheby’s announced today that, in partnership with the auction house PIASA, it will sell the Fabius Frères Gallery collection on the 18th and 19th October 2011 in Paris. The 400 sculptures, pieces of furniture, works of art, drawings and…
Recent Acquisitions to Cleveland Museum of Art’s Collection Announced
CLEVELAND, OH.- A singular Jacobean miniature, a Thomas Hope settee, a large and pristine British watercolor, and a sculpture by acclaimed contemporary Polish artist Monika Sosnowska are among the latest works approved by the Collections Committee of t…
Recent Acquisitions to Cleveland Museum of Art’s Collection Announced
CLEVELAND, OH.- A singular Jacobean miniature, a Thomas Hope settee, a large and pristine British watercolor, and a sculpture by acclaimed contemporary Polish artist Monika Sosnowska are among the latest works approved by the Collections Committee of t…
After Forty Years, An Exhibition in Paris Features the Sculptural Work of Joan Miró
PARIS.- The Maillol Museum is paying homage to Joan Miró’s sculpted work. Although the artist is internationally acknowledged, his sculptures have not been exhibited in Paris in nearly 40 years. To mark the occasion the museum has gathered up 101…
Ragnar Kjartansson: Song at Carnegie Museum of Art
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art presents Ragnar Kjartansson: Song, the first solo American museum exhibition of Ragnar Kjartansson (b. 1976), one of Europe’s most exciting and influential young artists. The exhibition features a site-speci…