Art Institute of Chicago’s Modern Wing Awarded Silver LEED Certification

CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced that the Modern Wing , the museum’s 264,000-square-foot addition that opened May 16, 2009, has been awarded LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute. LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. The certification recognizes the Art Institute’s commitment to sustainability and best practices in design and [...]

Egypt Finds Hoard of 2,000-Year-Old Bronze Coins

CAIRO.- Archaeologists unearthed 383 bronze coins dating back to King Ptolemy III who ruled Egypt in the 3rd century B.C. and was an ancestor of the famed Cleopatra, the Egyptian antiquities authority announced Thursday. The statement said one side of the coins were inscribed with hybrid Greek-Egyptian god Amun-Zeus, while the other side showed an eagle and the words Ptolemy and king in Greek. Founded by one of Alexander the Great’s generals, the Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt for some 300 [...]

The American Institute of Architects select the 2010 COTE Top Ten Green Projects

WASHINGTON, DC.- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and enhance the environment. The projects will be honored at the AIA 2010 National Convention and Design Exposition in Miami. The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program, now in its 14th year, is the profession’s best known recognition program for sustainable design excellence. The program celebrates projects that are the [...]

First Major Exhibition to Examine Andy Warhol as an Artist and Entrepreneur

INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art today announced that this October it will premiere the first major museum exhibition to comprehensively examine Andy Warhol’s lifelong investigation of the themes of commerce, consumerism, reproducibility and the business of art making. Andy Warhol Enterprises will demonstrate the enormous diversity of Warhol’s significant body of work, featuring more than 100 works in a wide range of media, including paintings, drawings, sculpture, film and video, as well as an extensive selection of archival [...]

Auction Record for a Scottish Colourist Achieved at Sotheby’s London

LONDON.- A new auction record for an artwork by a Scottish Colourist was set today at Sotheby’s in London when Samuel John Peploe’s Tulips sold for £623,650 / $964,224 / €717,632. The painting eclipsed the pre-sale high estimate (the painting had an estimate of £300,000-500,000) and established a new auction record for the artist and a Scottish Colourist by a considerable margin. **The previous auction record for a work by Peploe was £529,250 and this was set by his Roses [...]

Top 20 Museums Every Artist & Art Lover Should Visit

The following list features the top 20 museums of the world which should be on the must-visit list of every artist. From Paris to Los Angeles, Madrid to New York and Tokyo to Cairo, we’ve got all the coveted destinations covered. Check them out. 1. Musee du Louvre (The Louvre), Paris Musee du Louvre or The Louvre has to appear at the top in any list of museums. And rightly so. It is undoubtedly the most famous and the most [...]

Behind-the-Scenes Photos of The Rolling Stones to Be Shown at Scream Gallery

LONDON.- Scream London will present a revealing collection of behind-the-scenes photographs of The Rolling Stones by legendary photographers David Montgomery, Roberto Rabanne and Bob Gruen. Heralded by Q magazine as “having produced some of the most iconic images of the sixties”, Montgomery is one of the most revered photographers in recent history. His career began at Vogue where he was responsible for seminal images of the 60s and 70s featuring Andy Warhol, Jean Shrimpton, Terence Stamp and Jimi Hendrix. The [...]

National Gallery Announces Display of Paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson

LONDON.- Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862–1927) is one of the most distinctive yet elusive British painters of the early 20th century. This will be the first exhibition of his work to be shown in the United Kingdom for over 30 years. The four central paintings on display are the summation of Cayley Robinson’s artistic ambition. Executed between 1916 and 1920, his masterpiece, ‘Acts of Mercy’, comprises four large-scale allegorical works commissioned to adorn the new Middlesex Hospital, rebuilt between 1928 and [...]

Just Off Madison: An Open House of American Art at Private Dealers

NEW YORK, NY.- Leading American Art dealers on the Upper East Side will open their doors for the Just Off Madison Spring Gallery Walk, on Wednesday, May 19, from 4–8pm. Coinciding with the American art auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s, Just Off Madison gives American art enthusiasts a chance to discover even more museum quality pieces while taking a leisurely stroll down Madison Avenue. The participating galleries offer a rich and diverse selection of American paintings, sculptures, and works on [...]

Vladimir Lenin Exhibit Returns to Ukraine After Two Decades

KIEV.- Moth-eaten socks and other clothes once worn by Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, have gone on exhibit in Ukraine’s capital for the first time since the former Soviet republic became independent almost two decades ago. The exhibition, timed to coincide with the 140th anniversary of Lenin’s birth on Thursday, was made possible under the country’s new Russia-friendly president. In Soviet times, dozens of museums were dedicated to the life of the charismatic founder of the [...]

“Original” Reproductions by Marcel Duchamp at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

TEL AVIV.- “Impossible for me to recall the original phrase”, Duchamp noted alongside his signature on the replica of the readymade Bottle Rack in 1960. The first Bottle Rack that was found-chosen by Duchamp in 1914, was lost shortly after being chosen, and its caption remains unknown. The replica was purchased by Robert Rauschenberg for three dollars, following its presentation in the 1959 “Art and the Found Object” exhibition. It was preceded by two signed replicas (circa 1921; and 1936) [...]

Sotheby’s Announces its First Ever Outdoor Exhibition at Sudeley Castle

LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced a new and exciting collaboration with Sudeley Castle with an inaugural selling exhibition of cutting-edge contemporary design to be staged in the spectacular grounds of the estate from Friday 28 May to Sunday 1 August 2010. The Sotheby’s selling exhibition, arranged in association with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, will showcase a series of one-off and limited edition pieces by leading contemporary artists and designers including Marc Quinn, Lionel Scoccimaro, Pablo Reinoso, Marcel Wanders, Jurgen Bey, Wendell Castle, Robert [...]

Richard Kern Presents a Selected Body of Work at Kaune, Sudendorf Gallery

COLOGNE.- With the exhibition ›Hello‹ of photographs by the US american artist Richard Kern the Kaune, Sudendorf Gallery presents a selected body of work mainly out of his monographs Model Release and Looker. Richard Kern, photographer and underground filmmaker was born in 1954 in Roanoke Rapids/ NC. He lives and works in New York City. After studying fine arts at the university of North Carolina, his career took off in the 80‘s when he bought a Super 8 camera and [...]

One-of-a-Kind, Wearable Brooches at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art

NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Presented by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s Center for Southern Craft and Design, Brooching the Subject: One-of-a-Kind opens April 22. It will be on view through July 15, 2010. This exhibition will include one-of-a-kind, wearable brooches from 22 artists. Each artist has a Southern connection, based on where they choose to live, work or teach. Participating artists include: Julia Barello, Kathleen Browne, Linda Darty, Robert Ebendorf, Sandra Enterline, Pat Flynn, Donald Friedlich, Susie Ganch, Heidi Gerstacker, [...]

African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Announced at Sotheby’s

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s spring sale of African, Oceanic and Pre Columbian Art will be held on 14 May 2010 and will offer collectors a selection of tribal arts from important American and international private collections. The auction comprises an especially rich offering of Oceanic works of art, many of which are icons of the field. Prior to the auction, the works, which are estimated to bring more than $5.1 million, will be exhibited to the public at Sotheby’s New [...]