LONDON.- The British Council opened an exhibition of British art from the last 30 years that will tour four cities in China (Chengdu, Xi’an, Hong Kong New Territories and Suzhou), at a time of increased interest in cultural relations between China…
Meet the New Curators for 2012 Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial
NEW YORK, NY. – The Whitney Museum of American Art announced that the 2012 Whitney Biennial will be co-curated by the Whitney’s Elisabeth Sussman and independent curator Jay Sanders. This will be the 76th in the Museum’s series of Annual and …
United States Government Returns Art Work Stolen Over Three Decades Ago to Owner
BOSTON, MA.- The last of seven pieces of valuable artwork, stolen on Memorial Day in 1978 from a home in Stockbridge, are were returned to their owner by authorities. In November of 2008, retired Massachusetts attorney, Robert R. Mardirosian, of Falmou…
United States Government Returns Art Work Stolen Over Three Decades Ago to Owner
BOSTON, MA.- The last of seven pieces of valuable artwork, stolen on Memorial Day in 1978 from a home in Stockbridge, are were returned to their owner by authorities. In November of 2008, retired Massachusetts attorney, Robert R. Mardirosian, of Falmou…
Fine Meissen Porcelain that Survived the 1945 Dresden Bombing for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Rare surviving items from the world-famous collection of Meissen porcelain assembled by Gustav and Charlotte von Klemperer from the late nineteenth century, which miraculously survived Nazi looting and the 1945 bombing of Dresden, are to be au…
Fine Meissen Porcelain that Survived the 1945 Dresden Bombing for Sale
LONDON.- Rare surviving items from the world-famous collection of Meissen porcelain assembled by Gustav and Charlotte von Klemperer from the late nineteenth century, which miraculously survived Nazi looting and the 1945 bombing of Dresden, are to be au…
Fine Meissen Porcelain Seized from Jewish Collectors that Survived the 1945 Dresden Bombing for Sale
LONDON.- Rare surviving items from the world-famous collection of Meissen porcelain assembled by Gustav and Charlotte von Klemperer from the late nineteenth century, which miraculously survived Nazi looting and the 1945 bombing of Dresden, are to be au…
SFMOMA Presents Major U.S. Retrospective of Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, on view from October 30, 2010, to January 30, 2011. The first large-scale retrospective of the artist’s work to be presented in the…
Former Gallery Owner Lawrence Salander: The Art World’s Bernie Madoff, and His Deceptions
NEW YORK (AP).- In a clattery, uptown bistro, not far from the studio where he once watched his father paint bold abstract masterpieces, Earl Davis contemplates the greatest loss of his life. Not his beloved father, Stuart Davis, who died in 1964 when …
Acclaimed Photographer Edward Burtynsky Named Recipient of MOCCA Award 2011
TORONTO, ON.- The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) announced Toronto-based photographer Edward Burtynsky as the recipient of the $20,000 MOCCA Award in Contemporary Art 2011. The MOCCA Award will be presented to Mr. Burtynsky at the Museum o…