Abstract Art in South and North America at the Amon Carter Museum

FORT WORTH, TX.- On June 26, the Amon Carter Museum presents Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s–50s. This groundbreaking exhibition is the first to bring together South American and U.S. geometric abstraction and includes a range of paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, drawings and films. Constructive Spirit will be on view through September 5; admission is free. Featuring 85 works by more than 65 abstract artists from Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela, this special [...]

Richard Diebenkorn in Context: 1949-1952 at Leslie Feely Fine Art

NEW YORK, NY.- Leslie Feely Fine Art is presenting an exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture from Richard Diebenkorn’s Albuquerque period. In this precise and jewel-like exhibition, important Diebenkorns from the artist’s estate are seen with examples from his contemporaries which include de Kooning, Gorky, Gottlieb, Guston, Motherwell, and Smith. In addition to a very rare sculpture, the show features paintings and a number of seminal works on paper, several of which have never been exhibited. Other included works were [...]

Innovative Apartment in Hong Kong

Gary Chang, a talented architect from Hong Kong, has equipped his tiny 330 square foot apartment with a sliding wall system that allows him to create 24 different room configurations. As the suspended wall units are shifted around, the apartment transforms into a kitchen, library, laundry room, dressing room, an enclosed dining area or a lounge with a hammock.

Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy at Chicago’s MCA

CHICAGO, IL (AP).- Colorful mobiles made from boldly painted sheet metal and steel wires will dangle above visitors’ heads this summer as the Museum of Contemporary Art displays an exhibit of 60 works by Alexander Calder. But this Calder show, which debuts Saturday, doesn’t only feature the artist’s abstract pieces in the museum’s large, white main-floor gallery. In an equally large gallery across the way, dozens of works by young artists who have a Calderesque style are on view. The [...]

Wolfgang Tillmans’ First Major Exhibition in London Since 2003 Opens

LONDON.- The Serpentine Gallery presents Wolfgang Tillmans’ first major exhibition in London since 2003. Conceived by the artist for the Serpentine Gallery, the exhibition will present both abstract and figurative work. Over the past 20 years, Tillmans has redefined photography and the way it is shown. Known by the early 90s for the seemingly casual images of the world he inhabited, his work reassessed photographic conventions and reflected the identity politics of the time, capturing the fragility of human life [...]

Cleveland museum unveils $350M expansion

CLEVELAND.- The Cleveland Museum of Art has given some of its prized treasures more elbow room to show off. Galleries housing Egyptian, Greek, Roman, early Christian, Byzantine and African art open Saturday. The new space marks another milestone in an eight-year, $350 million expansion and renovation that began in 2005. The museum’s iconic 1916 neoclassical building holds items spanning 5,000 years. The galleries highlighting art from ancient Greece to the Medieval era surround those with Egyptian and African art. The [...]

Sotheby’s Summer Sales of Impressionist & Modern Art in London Total $194 million

LONDON.- Sotheby’s two-day sales series of Impressionist & Modern Art in London this week realised a combined total of £131,186,300 / $193,602,387 / €157,601,625 – an increase of 185% on the same series last year. The sum achieved brings the total for Impressionist & Modern Art sold by Sotheby’s London so far in 2010 to an unprecedented £295 million1 – the highest such total in Sotheby’s London history. For the second time in Sotheby’s London sales this year, three works [...]

MFAH Announces Exhibition from the National Gallery of Art

HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), announced today a stunning loan exhibition of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The exhibition will present a selection of 50 paintings from the National Gallery of Art´s premier holdings while the galleries that house its 19th-century French collection are closed for repair, renovation, and restoration. The National Gallery´s Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection ranks among the finest of any museum in the world [...]

Masterpiece London’s Pioneering Event Attracts Outstanding Sales

LONDON.- The eagerly-anticipated Masterpiece London today opened its doors to the general public for the very first time, enjoying an unprecedented first day’s sales. This pioneering event, showcasing a unique fusion of the antique and the contemporary, demonstrates that the proposition of fine and decorative art alongside premium collectables is a winning formula. Masterpiece Founding Partner, Harry Apter enjoyed a very successful first day promptly selling Apter-Fredericks’ top masterpiece, a magnificent Carlton House Boulle-inlaid table originally designed for George, The [...]

Leading Tibetan Art Collector Gets 15 Years in Jail

BEIJING (REUTERS).- A Chinese court in the far western region of Xinjiang has sentenced a leading Tibetan collector of antiquities and environmentalist to 15 years in jail for robbing graves, his lawyer said on Friday. Karma Samdup was sentenced on Thursday for excavating and robbing ancient tombs, a charge brought and dropped in 1998, lawyer Pu Zhiqiang said. “He is innocent. They did not provide any evidence. It is a miscarriage of justice,” Pu told Reuters by telephone. The lawyer [...]

ARTE SANTANDER 2010: From 21 to 25 of July

Santander, Spain.- Under the fair assumption that an event has to be able to participate and, if possible, to work in all cultural events taking place within their sphere of influence, with an emphasis in international and development path, enrichment and improvement, and even survive in a competitive sector, keeping the basic idea, that the fair has to be faithful to its origins caring and coddling artists and gallery owners, Artesantander reaches its nineteenth edition with more force than ever [...]

Stacked Houses in Germany

This beautiful modern building, comprised of 12 stacked houses, was built by Herzog & de Meuron for the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. The concept of the VitraHaus connects two main themes: the theme of the archetypal house and the theme of stacked volumes.

Climate Change Focus of New Exhibition at the Field Museum

CHICAGO, IL.- In the comprehensive exhibition Climate Change, The Field Museum adresses one of the most urgent scientific and social issues of the 21st Century: global climate change. The exhibition explains the science behind this issue and explores the implications of climate change going unchecked for future generations. Climate Change makes it clear there is no single solution to the problem. Instead, it allows visitors to see how individual, collective, communal, and governmental actions can make a meaningful impact in [...]

Sotheby’s Announces First Sale Dedicated to Calligraphies

LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced today that it will mount a sale “Hurouf: The Art of the Word” to take place in Doha, Qatar, at The Ritz-Carlton Doha hotel, on the 15th December. Ranging from very early Islamic calligraphies through appealing Ottoman pieces of the 18th-19th Centuries to the productions of artists working today who have drawn on this important tradition, the sale will incorporate Arabic, Farsi and Ottoman Turkish works. Prior to the sale, highlights will travel throughout the Gulf Region. [...]

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Puts Little Seen Modern Art Masterpieces on View

TEHRAN (REUTERS).- Artists like Monet, Picasso and Warhol were considered revolutionary in their day, but their works were not much appreciated by the leaders of Iran’s Islamic revolution and many were kept out of view for decades. Now, one of the greatest collections of contemporary Western art — put together under a Western-leaning monarchy in pre-revolutionary Iran — is open to the public, with some works on display for the first time in more than 30 years. In the Islamic [...]