Leopold Museum Pays a $19 Million Settlement for Egon Schiele’s “Portrait of Wally”

NEW YORK (AP).- A 12-year dispute that illustrated the difficulty of proving art was stolen by Nazis in World War II ended Tuesday with an agreement that a 1912 oil painting entitled “Portrait of Wally” will be returned to a Vienna museum and displayed with an acknowledgement that it was stolen from a Jewish art dealer by a Nazi agent. The settlement calls for the Leopold Museum to own the painting by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele after paying $19 million [...]

Gerald Scarfe: Heroes & Monsters at the German Museum for Caricature

HANOVER.- In 1979, the famous British rock band Pink Floyd released their album The Wall. To date, it has sold more than 30 million copies, making it the world’s biggest-selling double album. Following the huge success of this recording, the legendary group took The Wall on the road in 1980, a tour which itself made music history. The British artist Gerald Scarfe, who had already designed the album cover for The Wall in 1979, joined forces with Roger Waters to [...]

Sir Peter Blake at Christie’s: 60 Years of Printmaking

LONDON.- CCA Galleries and Christie’s present a selling exhibition of works by the iconic British artist Sir Peter Blake; celebrating his six-decade printmaking career. Over 150 prints signed and numbered by the artist, will be on view and available to purchase at Christie’s, South Kensington between 23 July and 12 August, with prices ranging from £500 to £25,000. This retrospective features works from 1950 to the present day. And for the first time works from all Blake’s major print publishers [...]

First U.S. Exhibition for Cuban Painter Raúl Martínez at Magnan Metz Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Magnan Metz Gallery presents for the first time in the United States an exhibition of personal work by Cuban painter Raúl Martínez (Ciego de Avila, 1927- Havana, 1995), considered one of the most influential artists in Cuba’s history. Eagerly Awaiting will be on display from July 22 – August 13, with an opening reception Thursday, July 22 from 6 – 7pm. Despite the fact that Martínez is considered an innovative and respected figure in Cuban art history, [...]

Musée Maillol Announces Exhibition of Treasures of the Medicis

PARIS.- Men of wealth and influence, the Medicis were not just Florentine pharmacists enriched by trade who turned into the bankers of Europe, before becoming its princes. Subtle politicians, these business men were above all fervent humanists. Their enlightened patronage revealed a culture as deep as it was widespread from the 15th through the 18th centuries. The family clan, nearly always united — whether in power or removed from it —, never ceased to surround itself with artists, painters, sculptors, [...]

Wallace Collection Announces French Drawings from Poussin to Seurat

LONDON.- An outstanding collection of French drawings, which includes works by Poussin, Boucher, Ingres, Corot, Pissarro and Seurat; important works by lesser-known masters – Jeaurat, Lancrenon, Hesse and Dulac – and artist-writers Eugène Fromentin and George Sand, is at the Wallace Collection from 23 September. Over the last thirty years the National Gallery of Scotland has carefully and deliberately strengthened its holdings of French drawings to rival its holdings of French paintings. This quiet but ongoing acquisitions programme began when [...]

International Participation Doubles for 3rd Edition of India Art Summit

NEW DELHI.- The 3rd Edition of India Art Summit™ –India’s Modern and Contemporary Art Fair– is set to take place from 21-23 January 2011 in Pragati Maidan (ITPO), New Delhi. With 84 exhibiting galleries at this edition, and the inclusion of 34 leading international galleries (double the number that participated in 2009), India’s importance as an emerging global centre for art is further confirmed. The 3rd Edition of India Art Summit will present galleries from 20 countries including Australia, Canada, [...]

Well-Qualified Crowds Discover 2nd SOFA WEST: Santa Fe

SANTA FE, NM.- Dealers and galleries at the second annual SOFA WEST: Santa Fe 2010 held July 8-11 at the Santa Fe Convention Center reported steady sales, most to new clients from all over the United States. Overall fair attendance climbed to 12,000 from 10,000 persons last year. An estimated 1800 persons attended Opening Night on July 7, which was a special member preview for the prestigious Museum of New Mexico Foundation and SOFA VIPs. Mark Lyman, President of The [...]

Aperture Appoints Linda L. Truesdale as New Director of Development

NEW YORK, NY.- The board of directors of Aperture Foundation announced today the appointment of Linda L. Truesdale as Aperture’s Director of Development, effective immediately. Ms. Truesdale has over twenty years experience as a fundraising professional with a solid record of achievement identifying, cultivating, and soliciting major individual and institutional donors for organizations in the arts, education, medical/science, and social service fields. Most recently, she held the position of Director of Development at The Center for Creative Photography, University of [...]

Bodies In Question Photography Exhibition at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts

NEW YORK, NY.- An exhibition featuring works by 14 photographers will open July 22. It will remain on view at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts through August 18, 2010. The show is curated by Fred Ritchin, Associate Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Bodies in Question considers the ways bodies are newly placed into question as humans become virtual and are under constantly increasing surveillance. The [...]

Christie’s to Sell Property from the Collection of Dennis Hopper

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the sale of artworks Property from the Collection of Dennis Hopper during its Post-War & Contemporary Evening and Day Sales in New York on November 10 and 11, 2010. The late Hopper, who fused film with fine art throughout his influential 60-year career, culled a comprehensive collection of contemporary art; including prized works by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The actor-artist’s collection is expected to realize over $10 million. Under the tutelage of James Dean, [...]

Robert Capa Exhibition at Círculo de Bellas Artes Focuses on Famous Photograph

MADRID.- Robert Capa is, without a doubt, one of the leading photographers of the twentieth century. His most striking images—of the Spanish Civil War, of the Sino-Japanese conflict, of World War II—all appeared in the pages of the leading picture magazines of the day. This was the context in which Capa worked and was known, and where he honed his skills as a master of the cinematic photo narrative. This Is War! Robert Capa at Work is a groundbreaking exhibition [...]

British Culture Minister Barrs Export of Murillo Painting

LONDON.- The Culture Minister has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by the Spanish artist Murillo. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the painting of The Virgin and Child in the United Kingdom. The Minister’s ruling follows a recommendation by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest, administered by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). The Committee recommended that the export decision be [...]

Advancing Abstraction in Modern Sculpture at the Baltimore Museum of Art

BALTIMORE, MD.- One of the earliest examples of David Smith’s welding is shown for the first time in this exhibition of approximately 40 works drawn from the BMA’s collection, the Estate of David Smith, and private collections. Once considered “lost” by the Smith Estate, Head with Cogs for Eyes came to the Baltimore Museum of Art last year as part of a generous bequest. It is joined by works by Hans Arp, Naum Gabo, Julio Gonzalez, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, [...]

More Findings Registered Under Palacio de Bellas Artes

MEXICO CITY.- Nearly 50 pieces that include Prehispanic ritual objects and Colonial vessels, among them, porcelains from the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as a dozen human burials, are part of the findings registered under Palacio de Bellas Artes during excavations conducted by the Archaeological Salvage Direction of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). Information was announced by researcher Miguel Hernandez Perez, coordinator of the archaeological project when accounting for the objects discovered throughout the year at [...]