Exhibition of Interactive Work by Artist Jeppe Hein Announced in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced today that a multi-part exhibition of Copenhagen- and Berlin-based artist Jeppe Hein will premiere at the Museum in May 2010. Hein’s site-specific installation Distance will occupy all 4,000 square feet of the IMA’s McCormack Forefront Galleries. Hein is also creating an outdoor experiential artwork titled Bench Around the Lake on the Museum grounds for the inaugural installations in 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, which opens June 20, [...]

Christie’s Strengthens Asia Management Lineup with New Appointments

HONG KONG.- Christie’s announced today that it will continue developing its business in Asia by strengthening its senior management lineup. To enhance the business-getting capability of our Chairman’s offices in Asia, François Curiel, currently Chairman of Christie’s Europe and France as well as International Head of the Jewellery Department, has been appointed as President, Asia and will relocate to Hong Kong at the end of January to fulfil this role and continue his leading role in the Jewellery Department. Andrew [...]

Alan Cristea Gallery Announces First Major Retrospective of Bauhaus Artist Annie Albers

LONDON.- The Alan Cristea Gallery will be presenting the first major retrospective of the prints of Bauhaus artist and designer Anni Albers from 18 March. The exhibition will be the most comprehensive survey of her graphic work to date and will include nearly every print she has made, alongside studies, photographs and source material loaned from the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. The exhibition will be accompanied by the release of the catalogue raisonne of her prints – the first [...]

Major Works by Klein, Doig, Kippenberger and Auerbach Lead Christie’s Auction

LONDON.- The Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale will take place on 11 February 2010 at 7pm, and will offer 52 lots with a total pre-sale estimate of £26,290,000 to £38,260,000. The auction will represent a broad spectrum of art from the last 60 years and is highlighted by an important core group of works from the early 1960s including the masterpiece Relief éponge or (RE47II), one of only two gold sponge reliefs ever created by Yves Klein (estimate: £5 [...]

Prominent Dealers Bring Art World to Second Annual Dallas Art Fair

DALLAS, TX.- The second annual Dallas Art Fair presented by Veuve Clicquot will return to the city on Friday, February 5 through Sunday, February 7, 2010. A preview Gala will be held on Thursday evening, February 4, benefiting Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. From mid-morning to early evening over the three days of the fair, visitors may visit and purchase art from renowned art dealers and experts from across the United States and Great [...]

Fiona Banner will Create the Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2010

LONDON.- Fiona Banner has been invited to create the next installation for the Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2010, supported by Sotheby’s. Her new work, created especially for the neoclassical Duveen galleries at the heart of Tate Britain, will be unveiled on 28 June 2010 and will be on display until 3 January 2011. Artists who have previously undertaken the Commission include Eva Rothschild (2009), Martin Creed (2008), Mark Wallinger (2007), Michael Landy (2004), Anya Gallaccio (2002) and Mona Hatoum (2000). [...]

Fine English & Continental Furniture, Silver & Decorative Arts for Sale at Freeman’s

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freeman’s two-day Fine English & Continental Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts sale, scheduled for January 26 & 27, includes an impressive selection of property consigned from a number of private estates and collections. The first day is focused primarily on English furniture and decorative arts, followed by sections of English and Continental silver and ending with Asian arts which includes a fine collection of Export wares. Highlights of the day include a 17th century English bracket clock by [...]

Solo Exhibition by New York-Based Artist Hugo Markl at Galerie Eva Presenhuber

ZURICH.- Galerie Eva Presenhuber presents, after two years, a new solo exhibition by New York-based artist Hugo Markl. The title of this exhibition goes as follows: “One day 1917, while his director was out sick with a hangover, John Ford made his first feature. VOICE OF JOHN FORD: They brought a lot of people out from the east. I mean, the opening of Universal City, Carl Laemmle had a lot of beauty contestants there. And we had a Western street [...]

Marc Chagall’s Illustrations for Gogol’s “Dead Souls” on View at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

TEL AVIV.- In the spring of 1931, Marc Chagall set sail for a visit in Eretz-Israel. He had been invited by Tel Aviv Mayor Meir Dizengoff, following their acquaintance in Paris in 1930. Chagall was taken with Dizengoff’s passion to establish a museum in the emerging Jewish city, and agreed to join the Paris Committee set up to promote the project. Chagall brought a gift, his series of prints illustrating Nikolai Gogol’s novel Dead Souls. The series was personally dedicated [...]

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Acquires New Work by Walton Ford

BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has acquired a major new work by Walton Ford, an artist winning international acclaim for his highly detailed, monumental watercolors of exotic birds, reptiles and mammals. In The Island, Ford presents a writhing pyramidal mass of Tasmanian wolves (thylacines) grappling with each other and a few doomed lambs. The violent extermination of the thylacines, which were hunted to extinction in the early 20th century, calls into question who is hunter and hunted [...]

First-Ever Retrospective of Charles M. Russell Concludes U.S. Tour in Houston

HOUSTON, TX.-The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Painting and Sculpture will travel to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in June 2010, presenting more than 60 major works in oil, bronze, and mixed media by the renowned ´cowboy artist´ Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), as well as a selection of personal objects that portray the artist in his own words and images. Virtually self-taught, Russell began to paint early in his career as a cowboy, after he left [...]

Exhibition at The Frick Art Museum Showcases Government Art Program

PITTSBURGH, PA.- On January 30, 2010, 1934: A New Deal for Artists opens at the Frick Art & Historical Center in Pittsburgh’s East End. Providing a view of America in 1934 as seen through the eyes of its painters, the exhibition was organized to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Public Works of Art Project from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s unparalleled collection of paintings created as part of the program. 1934: A New Deal for Artists, will remain on [...]

Ben Talbert’s Paintings and Drawings from the 60′s at Robert Berman Gallery

SANTA MONICA, CA.- The Robert Berman Gallery presents a selection of Ben Talbert’s paintings, drawings and assemblages from the 1960’s. Luck and Love Revisited is curated by Talbert’s close friend and well know curator, Hal Glicksman. Ben Talbert was an accomplished painter and sculptor, who was part of the original circle of beat and alternative Venice artist’s from the 1960’s. Not only was he friends with all of the people from the seminal group, in particular Wallace Berman and Ed [...]

Vancouver Art Gallery Takes to the Streets with Three Major Installations

VANCOUVER, BC.- The Vancouver Art Gallery will play a central role in enlivening Vancouver ’s downtown streets during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games with three major public art installations in the city’s most prominent locations. Using the exuberant floral patterns of Taiwanese fabric, Taipei-based artist Michael Lin will cover the Gallery’s entire northern façade with a massive hand-painted mural. The southern side of the Gallery will be transformed into an outdoor theatre presenting a continuous flow of video-based [...]

Twelve International Artists Explore Conflict at Foundation for Art and Creative Technology

LIVERPOOL.- In a period of global unrest, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) presents a timely exhibition. “MyWar” explores conflict in a digitally networked world through the work of 12 international artists. Their work investigates the realities and myths of war at a time when the boundaries between the public and the private are being steadily eroded. In “One Day” (2009), Serbian artist Milica Tomic documents her own re-enactments of scenes from Belgrade’s 1940s partisan war The exhibition follows [...]