London.- Marlborough Fine Art is pleased to present “John Hubbard: Nocturnes” from 11th May through 7th June. The American-born artist, John Hubbard, has lived and worked in England for almost fifty years. He is a landscape painter of an unconventi…
Italian Researchers Start Search in Florence for Bones of Likely Mona Lisa Model
FLORENCE.- Italian researchers on Wednesday began looking for the remains of a Renaissance woman many believed posed for the “Mona Lisa.” The researchers used a geo-radar device to search for underground tombs in a Florence convent where Lisa Gherardin…
Philbrook Features Precious Possessions: The Art of the Portrait Miniature
TULSA, OK.- One of Philbrook’s smallest collections (literally) is the focus of a new exhibition through July 3, Precious Possessions: The Art of the Portrait Miniature. The objects on view are portraits, but not in the traditional sense – th…
Exhibition in Houston Explores the Five Senses Through Works by Masters
HOUSTON, TX- Picturing the Senses in European Art, organized by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, explores artists’ interest in evoking the five senses through both allegorical and realistic associations. The exhibition of 16th-, 17th- and 18…
Exhibition of Work by Prominent South Asian Artist Rashid Rana at Lisson Gallery
LONDON.- Lisson Gallery presents an exhibition of work by Rashid Rana. Rana is widely considered to be the most prominent and original contemporary artist working in South Asia today. Through his work Rana explores constructs of media and identity, ref…
Max Penson: Photography between Revolution and Tradition at Nailya Alexander Gallery
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Nailya Alexander Gallery and Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundation present “Max Penson: Photography between Revolution and Tradition” featuring 48 vintage gelatin silver prints from the artist’s family estat…
Photographs by Leonie Hampton at Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia in Milan
MILAN.- Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia, opened the exhibition In the shadow of things. Photographs by Leonie Hampton. Leonie has always worked on the concept of family, carrying out stories and photographic essays among the most diverse family unit…
A Book on Present-Day Creative Vienna: New Vienna Now
VIENNA.- NEW VIENNA NOW is a multifaceted and sophisticated book for all those who have an interest in present-day creative Vienna. Designed by Stefan Sagmeister, the 384-page publication pictures and describes the wide range of Vienna’s contemporary a…
Frieze Publishing is Launching a New Publication " frieze d/e" in Spring 2011
LONDON.- Frieze Publishing, the publishers of frieze the international contemporary art and culture magazine, is launching a new publication, frieze d/e, in Spring 2011. frieze d/e – a fully bilingual German/English quarterly – is a separate …
Guitar Heroes Exhibition Features Instruments Created by Three Legendary Master Craftsmen
NEW YORK, NY.- Three New York master luthiers, renowned for their hand-carved stringed instruments—particularly their archtop guitars, which have been sought after by many of the most important guitarists of the last century—will be the subje…