MEXICO CITY.- A term Siqueiros used to refer to the sketches that would eventually become murals, “portable paintings”, are the works presented in this one-of-a-kind exhibition—consisting of approximately eighty paintings and drawings—that showc…
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City Presents Siqueiros: Landscape Painter
MEXICO CITY.- A term Siqueiros used to refer to the sketches that would eventually become murals, “portable paintings”, are the works presented in this one-of-a-kind exhibition—consisting of approximately eighty paintings and drawings—that sh…
Faggionato Fine Art Presents ‘Lingua Franca’, Exhibition of New Works by Tarka Kings
LONDON.- Faggionato Fine Art presents Lingua Franca, an exhibition of new works by Tarka Kings. The show marks a new direction in Kings’ practice, comprising a series of highly-worked large-scale drawings that begin with a single scene or image an…
Faggionato Fine Art Presents ‘Lingua Franca’, Exhibition of New Works by Tarka Kings
LONDON.- Faggionato Fine Art presents Lingua Franca, an exhibition of new works by Tarka Kings. The show marks a new direction in Kings’ practice, comprising a series of highly-worked large-scale drawings that begin with a single scene or image an…
Capitain Petzel in Berlin Presents "John Hancock", New Works by Artist Sarah Morris
BERLIN.- Capitain Petzel Berlin presents “John Hancock”, an exhibition of new works by Sarah Morris and her film ’Points on a Line’ (2010). The exhibition is on view from April 29 through July 30, 2011. Sarah Morris is one of the mo…
Exhibition of New Works by Gonzalo Papantonakis at gallery nine5
NEW YORK, NY.- gallery nine5 presents an exhibition of new works by Gonzalo Papantonakis. Gonzalo Papantonakis weaves the written word, disparate objects and abstract images together in energetic installations that re‐imagine pictorial surfaces. …
Unknown Painting by Walter Sickert Re-Surfaces After 80 Years to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- A previously unknown painting by Walter Sickert, entitled The Blind Sea Captain, is one of the highlights of the 20th Century British Art Sale in New Bond Street on the 9th March. The painting, which is estimated to sell for £40,000 – 60…
International Artists Deal with Unsharpness in "Blur After Richter" at Hamburger Kunsthalle
HAMBURG.- Blurred surfaces, dissolving contours, hazy appearances and indistinct motifs: More and more often images that are out of focus appear in both contemporary painting and photography. Like no other artist, Gerhard Richter (*1932) has been empl…
Surrealist Triumph at Galerie Charpentie; Contemporary Art Sale Totals €13.7 Million
PARIS.- Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Contemporary Art totalled €9.3m, led by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s iconic Water-Worshipper (1984) at €2,416,750. This magnificent painting echoes Basquiat’s Haitian origins, combining personal cultural …
Surrealist Triumph at Galerie Charpentie; Contemporary Art Sale Totals €13.7 Million
PARIS.- Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Contemporary Art totalled €9.3m, led by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s iconic Water-Worshipper (1984) at €2,416,750. This magnificent painting echoes Basquiat’s Haitian origins, combining personal cultural …