PARIS.- The final sale of the season at Sotheby’s Paris, devoted to Old Master & 19th Century Paintings & Drawings, yielded €7.6m – the highest total for a sale of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings & Drawings by Sotheby’s Fr…
Record for a Sale of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings and Drawings at Sotheby’s
PARIS.- The final sale of the season at Sotheby’s Paris, devoted to Old Master & 19th Century Paintings & Drawings, yielded €7.6m – the highest total for a sale of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings & Drawings by Sotheby’s France t…
Subtle and Emotional Comic Book Artist Gene Colan Dies at 84 in the Bronx
NEW YORK (AP).- Comic book artist Gene Colan, whose career spanned seven decades and illustrated the adventures of characters like Dracula, Batman, Daredevil and the wise-cracking fowl Howard the Duck, has died in the Bronx at age 84. Longtime friend …
Tate Britain Presents Major Exhibition About The Vorticists: Manifesto for a Modern World
LONDON.- Tate Britain presents a major exhibition about Vorticism (1914-18), one of the truly avant-garde movements in British history. Led by painter Wyndham Lewis and named by American poet Ezra Pound, the revolutionary Vorticist artists reacted agai…
Paul Jenkins’ Exhibition of Major Works from the 60s and 70s at the Redfern Gallery
LONDON.- American born abstract expressionist, Paul Jenkins’ exhibition of major works from the 1960s and 70s is on display from 7th June – 28th July 2011 at the Redfern Gallery, London W1. Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1923, Jenkins was d…
Paul Jenkins’ Exhibition of Major Works from the 60s and 70s at the Redfern Gallery
LONDON.- American born abstract expressionist, Paul Jenkins’ exhibition of major works from the 1960s and 70s is on display from 7th June – 28th July 2011 at the Redfern Gallery, London W1. Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1923, Jenkins was d…
Guggenheim Project by Pedro Reyes Explores Stillness and Quiet within New York City
NEW YORK, NY.- While the vitality and stimulation of the urban environment can be pleasant, those living in or visiting densely populated areas, such as New York, can have wildly different experiences. The ever-present cacophony of traffic, constructio…
Guggenheim Project by Pedro Reyes Explores Stillness and Quiet within New York City
NEW YORK, NY.- While the vitality and stimulation of the urban environment can be pleasant, those living in or visiting densely populated areas, such as New York, can have wildly different experiences. The ever-present cacophony of traffic, constructio…
Unpublished Fayum Portraits Come to Life at the National Archaeology Museum in Madrid
MADRID.- The Fayum Mummy Portraits continue to surprise to this day with their modern sensibility and vitality. Made between the first and fourth centuries A.D. they come from the tomb of Al- Fayum as well as from other places across Egypt, and they ar…
From Pysanky Eggs to Graffiti, Folk Artists Bring Rich Traditions to the Michener Art Museum
DOYLESTOWN, PA.- Making it Better: Folk Arts in Pennsylvania Today will be on view in the Fred Beans Gallery at the James A. Michener Art Museum May 14 through August 28. A state-wide traveling exhibition, Making it Better tells the stories of more tha…