WASHINGTON, DC.- “To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America” is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from March 11 through Sept. 5. Alexander Nemerov, the Vincent Scully Professor of the History of Art at Y…
New Exhibition About 1940s America and Artist George Ault Opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
WASHINGTON, DC.- “To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America” is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from March 11 through Sept. 5. Alexander Nemerov, the Vincent Scully Professor of the History of Art at Y…
Historic Celebration of British Artist Henry Moore Begins at Leeds Art Gallery
LEEDS.- The display covers both the pre-war and post-war era concentrating on British loans as it challenges the familiar image of Henry Moore (1898-1986) as an artist. It features works loaned from Tate Britain, the Henry Moore Foundation, private col…
A New Gallery for Old Bond Street: Thomas Williams to Open New Exhibition Space in March
LONDON- Old Bond Street’s first new gallery for 10 years will open on Tuesday 15 March 2011 when Thomas Williams launches its greatly expanded and re-modelled exhibition space. The new gallery is housed in a striking 1900 building, originally comm…
Top Guns from SAS Founder, African Game Hunter and Field Marshall Hit Bullseye at Bonhams
LONDON.- A pair of Purdey shotguns once owned by Colonel William Stirling, one of the two brothers who founded the SAS, were sold yesterday (8.12.10) for £42,000 at Bonhams Sporting Gun Sale in Knightsbridge. Colonel William Stirling formed 2 Special…
Photographs of Adolf Hitler are Expected to Fetch a Six-figure Sum at J.P. Humbert Auctioneers
LONDON.- Hundreds of photographs of Adolf Hitler are expected to fetch a six-figure sum when they go under the hammer, an auctioneer said. The photographs, along with negatives, were taken by the Nazi leader’s personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann du…
Hundreds of Photographs of Adolf Hitler are Expected to Fetch a Six-figure Sum at J.P. Humbert Auctioneers
LONDON.- Hundreds of photographs of Adolf Hitler are expected to fetch a six-figure sum when they go under the hammer, an auctioneer said. The photographs, along with negatives, were taken by the Nazi leader’s personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann du…
A Journey Through British Art from World War II to the Late Sixties at Fundació Joan Miró
BARCELONA.- The Fundació Joan Miró presents Let Us Face the Future, a journey through British art from the end of the Second World War to the late sixties. The exhibition has been organized by the Fundació Joan Miró and the British Council and spon…
Landmark Exhibition of German Artist Hans Hartung’s Late Paintings Opens at Cheim & Read
NEW YORK, NY.- Cheim & Read presents a landmark exhibition of Hans Hartung’s late paintings, dating from 1987–1989. This is the first showing of Hartung’s works in New York since his controversial 1975 exhibition at the Metropolitan Muse…
Children’s Spontaneity "Wiped Out by Teaching" Claimed Beatrix Potter in Forthright Letters for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Two letters written by Beatrix Potter just before the Second World War to the sculptress, Josefina de Vasconcellos, form part of an archive of papers being auctioned at Bonhams Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts sale in London on 23 November …