NEW YORK, NY.- George Tooker: Reality Returns as a Dream celebrates the life and art of a painter whose powerful imagery and technical mastery made him one of the most acclaimed artists of his generation. For over sixty years, Tooker (1920-2011) has be…
Museum-Wide Exhibition Celebrates Clay Through the Ages and From Around the World
DENVER, CO.- The Denver Art Museum (DAM) takes a closer look at the medium of clay in its summer exhibition Marvelous Mud: Clay Around the World. Celebrating the prolific and diverse material, Marvelous Mud reveals how clay has shaped culture, creativi…
Bonhams Spring Auctions Offer Snuff Bottles, Soapstone Figures & Chinese Works of Art
HONG KONG.- Following on from the extraordinary results of Part I and Part II, in which every snuff bottle from the celebrated Mary and George Bloch Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles has sold, with world records broken in eleven different categories,…
Bonhams Spring Auctions Offer Snuff Bottles, Soapstone Figures & Chinese Works of Art
HONG KONG.- Following on from the extraordinary results of Part I and Part II, in which every snuff bottle from the celebrated Mary and George Bloch Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles has sold, with world records broken in eleven different categories,…
Mexican Photographs by Mariana Yampolsky at the Texas State University
San Marcos, TX.- “The Edge of Time: Photographs of Mexico by Mariana Yampolsky” marks the beginning of the Wittliff Collections twenty-fifth anniversary exhibition schedule at Texas State University-San Marcos. This show featuring works from the per…
Arkansas Properties Included on National Register
LITTLE ROCK (AP).- Three Arkansas properties have been accepted by the National Register of Historic Places. Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Director Frances McSwain announced Wednesday that Maxwell Street and North Jackson Street bridges in D…
Sculptor Richard Serra Shows Unsung Drawings at Metropolitan Museum of Art
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- American artist Richard Serra’s huge iron sculptures are unique for their sense of movement and apparent simplicity, and so are his drawings. A new show, “Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective,” opening on Wednesday at New York’s …
Sculptor Richard Serra Shows Unsung Drawings at Metropolitan Museum of Art
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- American artist Richard Serra’s huge iron sculptures are unique for their sense of movement and apparent simplicity, and so are his drawings. A new show, “Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective,” opening on Wednesday at New York’s …
Christie’s in New York to Sell Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection
NEW YORK, N.Y.- This spring, Christie’s will offer an insightful coast-to-coast look at the 20th Century American landscape with Crossing America: Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection. The highly anticipated sale has more than 250 l…
Major Exhibition of Spanish Art at the Dawn of the 20th Century at Fondation de l’Hermitage
LAUSANNE.- The Fondation de l’Hermitage in Lausanne is organizing a major exhibition devoted to Spanish art at the dawn of the 20th century. Focusing on painters of “The Generation of 1898” who emerged from the severe upheavals endured b…