Haughton Announces Dealers and Plans for the 22nd Annual International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show

NEW YORK, NY.- Haughton International Fairs have announced a superb roster of 62 world-class exhibitors — with an unprecedented dealer return rate– for the 2010 edition at the Park Avenue Armory. The prestigious “International Show” – the flagship fair organized by Anna and Brian Haughton, has retained its position as the premier platform in America for top dealers from Europe and the United States for the past twenty-two years. It is a must for collectors, connoisseurs, museum curators and interior [...]

Decades of Art by Women at the Long Beach Museum of Art

LONG BEACH, CA.- The Long Beach Museum of Art is presenting the grand finale of its 60th Anniversary celebration with A Light in the Shadow – Decades of Art by Women. The Celebrating Sixty exhibition series will continue this summer with a special tribute to female artists opening on the first floor of the Museum pavilion on June 25, 2010. A Light in the Shadow – Decades of Art by Women will present approximately sixty works by women from the [...]

Vogel Collection and Andy Warhol Polaroids at PAFA

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents two simultaneous exhibitions featuring gifts from Dorothy and Herbert Vogel and the The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States In 1992, Herbert and Dorothy Vogel pledged more than 2,000 paintings, drawings, and sculptures from their collection to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, under the administration of the National Gallery, they have set about [...]

Colorful Photography by Iain Crawford

London based fashion photographer Iain Crawford’s portfolio is made of beautifully composed images with vibrant colors in movement. Iain Crawford has mastered the technique of high speed photography to achieve most of these effects. His photo are full of energy, color and emotion. > iaincrawford.com

Camille Pissarro is One of the Stars Among Works Offered By Jerusalem’s Matsart

JERUSALEM.- Fine works of art, the likes that have yet to be offered for auction in Israel are arriving these days to Jerusalem. The parade includes the likes of Camille Pissarro (accompanied by his 4 sons, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Marc Chagall and Abraham Mintchine. These and 294 others will be auctioned by Matsart at the King David Hotel on June 30. The auction, which includes 42% international art, will feature the masterpiece by Camille Pissarro from 1983 [...]

Joe Deal, Landscape Photographer and Educator, Dies at Age 62

TUCSON, AZ.- The Center for Creative Photography, which in 2009 became home to the Joe Deal Archive, reported Deal’s death on Friday, June 18, 2010. Joe Deal defined his artistic career with black‐and‐white photographs of the American landscape, which were both thoughtfully conceived and beautifully presented. One of ten photographers included in the renowned 1975 George Eastman House exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man‐Altered Landscape, Deal’s photography helped define how artists presented the built environment through the lens. His [...]

Fondation Maeght Mounts a Retrospective of the Work of Alberto Giacometti

SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE.- From 27 June to 31 October 2010, the Fondation Maeght is presenting an exceptional retrospective of the work of Alberto Giacometti. Giacometti & Maeght 1946-1966 will assemble the artist’s best-known masterpieces, including the bronze sculptures L’Homme qui marche (Walking Man), Le Chien (Dog) and Le Chat (Cat). The exhibition will also include paintings, plaster casts and drawings on loan from major French and international museums, and from private collections. The Fondation Maeght will also honour the man himself. Alberto [...]

One of the Greatest Archaeological Finds in History Conquers Toronto

TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) hosts the Canadian premiere of The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army from June 26, 2010. Prior to its embarking on a Canadian national tour, the exhibition will be displayed in the Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall on Level B2 of the ROM’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal until January 2, 2011. The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army showcases one of the most significant archaeological finds in history: the 1974 discovery, in Shaanxi province in north-central [...]

Exhibition Examines Three Decades of Work by Guillermo Kuitca

MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- One of the most independent voices in painting today, Buenos Aires-based Guillermo Kuitca has long operated outside the traditional spheres of the medium, incorporating influences from sculpture, architecture, theater, film, and literature. The exhibition Guillermo Kuitca: Everything—Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980–2008, on a four-city tour, travels to the Walker Art Center June 26–September 19. This major exhibition, the first comprehensive U.S. survey of Kuitca’s work in more than 15 years, examines nearly three decades of his career [...]

Drawings and Installations by Brigitte Waldach at Kunsthalle Emden

EMDEN.- Kunsthalle Emden present a comprehensive showcase of the works of Berlin-based artist Brigitte Waldach entitled Zeichnungen und Installationen [Drawings and Installations]. The former Master Scholar of Georg Baselitz has gained international recognition for her works, such as her unique red drawings that stand out both in form and content, and her thematisation of the “German Autumn” and RAF (Red Army Faction). Following numerous exhibitions in New York, Copenhagen, São Paulo, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Berlin, the show at Kunsthalle [...]

Graciela Iturbide and Chema Conesa Win Top Prizes at PHotoEspaña

MADRID.- PHotoEspaña has announced in a press conference the names of the winners of PHotoEspaña 2010. The director of PHotoEspaña, Claude Bussac, has announced the awards at Matadero Madrid with the presence of the top winners, Graciela Iturbide and Chema Conesa and the rest of the winning photographers and sponsors of the awards. PHotoEspaña Baume & Mercier Award 2010 has gone to the photographer Graciela Iturbide (Mexico City, 1942). The photographer receives this award as recognition of her more than [...]

Photographic Duo of Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin at Foam

AMSTERDAM.- Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam presents a survey of the work of the world famous photographic duo of Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Inez and Vinoodh began their work together in 1986 in Amsterdam. Now, 25 years later, with their campaigns for fashion houses such as YSL, Chanel, Balmain, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Chloé, and with regular publications in W Magazine, Vogue and The New York Times, they are amongst the most important photographers in the world today. They are amongst [...]

New Works by Bruno Querci and David Tremlett at Villa Pisani Bonetti

VICENZA.- The fourth Arte Contemporanea a Villa Pisani is opening on Saturday 26 June with new works devised and created by Bruno Querci and David Tremlett for Villa Pisani Bonetti, the architectural masterpiece of the young Andrea Palladio in Bagnolo di Lonigo in the province of Vicenza. The project was first launched in 2007 by two collectors of contemporary art, Manuela Bedeschi and Carlo Bonetti, the present owners of the Villa, and it is coordinated by Luca Massimo Barbero and [...]

Mixed Media Exhibition Featuring Work by 19 Artists at Cynthia-Reeves

NEW YORK, NY.- Cynthia-Reeves Projects in collaboration with the Newport Mill present Fabrications, a mixed media exhibition featuring work by 19 international, national, and regional artists. The exhibition opens on Saturday, June 26 from 4 – 7 pm. In acknowledgment of the building’s history as a working woolen mill, Fabrications presents artworks using textiles in innovative, contemporary ways, and showcases projects that utilize weaving, sewing, knitting, crocheting, and spinning into unexpected forms and unusual materials. Among the many projects, viewers [...]

LACMA Presents Most Extensive Retrospective of John Baldessari to Date

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents John Baldessari: Pure Beauty, the most extensive retrospective to date of Los Angeles-based artist John Baldessari (b. 1931), on view June 27 to September 12, 2010. Organized by LACMA in association with Tate Modern, the exhibition will bring together more than 150 works and examine the principal concerns of Baldessari, who is widely regarded as one of the most important artists working today. LACMA’s presentation will be the [...]