LONDON.- The Design Museum celebrates the prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in this his first UK retrospective. Regarded as one of the leading designers of the twentieth century, Crouwel embraced a new modernity to produce typog…
A Graphic Odyssey through Wim Crouwel’s Career at the Design Museum in London
LONDON.- The Design Museum celebrates the prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in this his first UK retrospective. Regarded as one of the leading designers of the twentieth century, Crouwel embraced a new modernity to produce typog…
‘Gideon Rubin ~ Shallow Waters’ Exhibition at the Hosfeldt gallery in New York
New York City – Israeli artist Gideon Rubin presents twenty-two new paintings and his first video animation in his second solo show in New York, hosted by the Hosfeldt Gallery from 5th May to 18th June. This new body of work, originating from early…
First Major Retrospective in 50 Years of Spanish Artist Joan Miró Opens at Tate Modern
LONDON.- Tate Modern presents the first major retrospective of Joan Miró (1893–1983) to be held in London for almost 50 years. The exhibition is on view from April 14 through September 11, 2011. Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape brings together ov…
The International Center of Photography (ICP) Celebrates the Career of Elliott Erwitt
New York.- “Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best” at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York runs from May 20th to August 28th 2011. This major retrospective showcases the career of photographer and filmmaker Elliott Erwitt, the recipient…
Gallery and Historic Houses Unite to Celebrate Great Portraits from Victorian and Edwardian Britain
LONDON.- From Beatrix Potter and Charles Dickens to Ellen Terry and King Edward VII, some of the most famous names of the Victorian and Edwardian age are the focus of an exciting new collaboration between the National Portrait Gallery and the National …
Miniature Portrait in Brooklyn Museum Collection Now Attributed to Rembrandt Pupil Gerrit Dou
BROOKLYN, NY.- A small, jewel-like portrait, circa 1631, that has been in the Brooklyn Museum collection since 1932 and has not been on public view since early 1945, has recently been reattributed to Rembrandt’s first pupil, Gerrit Dou. It has just …
First Museum Exhibition in 50 Years Devoted to Ida Kar at the National Portrait Gallery
B>LONDON.- A new exhibition of portraits by the twentieth-century pioneering photographer Ida Kar opened at the National Portrait Gallery today, Thursday 10 March. Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer, 1908-74 highlights the crucial role played by this key w…
Sotheby’s in London to Sell Hascoe Family Collection of Important Czech Art
LONDON.- On Monday, 13 June 2011, Sotheby’s London will offer Czech Modernist paintings, sculpture and Cubist furniture from the outstanding Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art. This collection is an extraordinary testimony to the vision of its …
Sotheby’s in London to Sell Hascoe Family Collection of Important Czech Art
LONDON.- On Monday, 13 June 2011, Sotheby’s London will offer Czech Modernist paintings, sculpture and Cubist furniture from the outstanding Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art. This collection is an extraordinary testimony to the vision of its …