Lehman Brothers Art Work to Go Under the Hammer at Christie’s

LONDON.- Art works that once adorned the British and European offices of former banking powerhouse Lehman Brothers are to be auctioned off next month, the bank’s administrators said Sunday. Works by the likes of Lucian Freud and Gary Hume and the sign that adorned the company’s offices in London’s Canary Wharf financial district will be among the pieces up for sale, said PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which is in charge of the collapsed bank’s main European operations. The bank filed for bankruptcy [...]

Priceless Record of Native American World on Brink of Change at Bonhams

LONDON.- A series of fascinating and important 19th century portraits of Native Americans by the pioneering German/American photographer, John Karl Hillers are for sale in Bonhams India and Beyond sale at Knightsbridge on 5 October 2010. Hillers emigrated with his family to the USA from his native Hanover in 1852 when he was just nine years old. He fought on the Union side in the Civil War and re-enlisted in the army once the conflict was over. On leaving the [...]

Family Learning Centre Construction Under Way at the Art Gallery of Ontario

TORONTO.- The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Whitby–Oshawa, Matthew Teitelbaum, CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), and Geordie C. Dalglish, Chairman of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, today celebrated the unveiling of the design and construction progress of the Gallery’s new Weston Family Learning Centre. “The new Weston Family Learning Centre will allow the AGO to continue its longstanding tradition of high-quality art education,” said Minister Flaherty. “Today’s celebration is yet another [...]

Artist Brian Borrello Creates New Print Series Using Actual BP Oil

NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery announced a limited unique edition print by artist Brian Borrello that will benefit the expansion of resources and mental health support for children and families affected by the oil spill. Brian Borrello is a Portland-based artist who was born and raised in New Orleans. Borrello is well-known for his environmental works and public art projects. “New Orleans Skyline” is a high-resolution digital print on archival paper with oil collected from the BP Deepwater Horizon [...]

Old Masters from a Private Collection to Be Shown at Royal Picture Gallery

THE HAGUE.- A selection of highlights from the remarkable art collection of Eijk and Rose-Marie de Mol van Otterloo will be on display at the Mauritshuis in The Hague (The Netherlands) this autumn. The exhibition Made in Holland: Old Masters from a private collection in America features 44 masterpieces produced by Dutch masters during the Golden Age. Not only are these works of outstanding quality, their subject matter is often intriguing. The selection includes works by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Jacob [...]

Indian Show at National Gallery has Been 10 Years in Preparation Says Anish Kapoor

LONDON.- Following the announcement by the DCMS that a new cultural agreement between Britain and India was signed during Prime Minister Cameron’s recent visit, leading British artist Anish Kapoor has issued the following clarification: “While I am delighted the first major show of my work in India is going ahead, I feel I need to make it clear publicly that the planning of the show well pre-dates the election of the present Conservative government. We have in fact been working [...]

Stories of War At Sea at Imperial War Museum North in Manchester

MANCHESTER.- Jump aboard and test your sea legs at this major new exhibition for families at Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. Get hands on with activities for all the family in the Imperial War Museum’s first ever large-scale exhibition to look at life at sea in wartime. Action-packed and interactive, this is a great day out for visitors of all ages. Ever imagined what it would be like to be a sailor? Try out some ‘Jackspeak’ and see if [...]

Griffin Museum’s Focus Award Recipients and Presenters Announced

WINCHESTER, MA.- The Griffin Museum of Photography today announced the recipients and presenters for its fifth annual Focus Awards. The Museum created the annual awards in 2006 to recognize individuals who have made critical contributions to the promotion of photography. They are one of the few to recognize the work of those who have been instrumental in building greater awareness of the photographic arts in the general public. A poster for Rwandan President Paul Kagame is pasted over a mural [...]

Jen Bekman Gallery Featuirng Exhibition by Twenty-Seven Artists

NEW YORK, NY.- Jen Bekman Gallery presents Land Use Survey, a group exhibition featuring photographs, paintings and works on paper by twenty-seven artists. Land Use Survey will be on view through Sunday, August 14, 2010 at Jen Bekman Gallery, located at 6 Spring Street, New York, New York. Land Use Survey functions as a critical appraisal of land use across the country, as a document of the changing landscape vernacular, and as a celebration of the artists who take diverse [...]

Ellis Island Experience is Focus of Exhibition at Michener Art Museum

DOYLESTOWN, PA.- For twelve million people, Ellis Island was the doorway to a new life, with the hopes and dreams of several generations of immigrants beginning and sometimes ending there. Understandably, this American landmark in New York Harbor has deeply inspired many artists. Most notably, the legendary photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940) documented the human drama as it unfolded at the immigration center in the early 1900s, while the acclaimed contemporary photographer Stephen Wilkes captured the long-abandoned buildings of the island’s [...]

Historic Royal Palaces Awards Sculpture Commission to Kendra Haste

LONDON.- In June 2010 the artist was awarded a commission by Historic Royal Palaces to fabricate thirteen sculptures as part of an exhibition exploring the history of the Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London. Made from her trade-mark material, galvanised wire, life-size lions, baboons, a polar bear and an elephant, will help tell the story of the exotic animals that were a popular tourist attraction at the Tower from the 1100s. In 1831-2 the remaining animals from the Menagerie [...]

Nation’s Illustration Museum Celebrates 10th Anniversary

NEWPORT, RI.- On July 29th, the National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI) celebrated its 10th Anniversary in grand Newport Gilded Age style, honoring Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Wolfe and the National Arts Club (NAC) with their inaugural American Civilization Award before 350 guests at Vernon Court. The evening began with viewing the landmark exhibition, Norman Rockwell and His Mentor: J.C. Leyendecker, a scholarly presentation delving into the amazing influence of Leyendecker on Rockwell’s oeuvre. Laurence Cutler, Chairman and Co-Founder of the [...]

Myths, Religion & Ritual: Indian Art from the Koblenzer Collection

ALLENTOWN, PA.- “Myths, Religion & Ritual: Indian Art from the Koblenzer Collection” is now open at the Allentown Art Museum. The exhibition, which includes major three-dimensional works from the sixth to early 20th centuries, was a recent gift to the Allentown Art Museum from Drs. Peter and Caroline Koblenzer of Philadelphia. The exhibition is on view until September 5, 2010. The sculptures, which include over two dozen major works in wood, bronze and stone, will appreciably augment the museum’s present [...]

Andy Warhol Screenprints Included in Bonhams’ Pioneers of Popular Culture Sale

LONDON.- Bonhams new and innovative Pioneers of Popular Culture sale takes place on 15th August 2010 at the inaugural Goodwood Vintage Festival. The sale celebrates all that is cool and iconic from the period 1940–1990, combining important and interesting objects from Entertainment Memorabilia, Vintage Guitars, Cars, Motorbikes, Scooters, Robot and Television Toys, Fashion Accessories, Wristwatches, Photographs, Prints, Posters and 20th Century Designer Furniture. One of the major highlights of the sale is the Challen upright piano from Abbey Road studios, [...]

Portland Museum Appoints New Curator of Northwest Art

PORTLAND, OR.- Laing-Malcolmson will be responsible for the Museum’s distinguished collection of Northwest art from the late 19th century to today. Her duties will include the research, documentation, and building of the collection and presenting exhibitions based on the collection and the work of artists living and working in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming. Most recently, Laing-Malcolmson served as the president of Portland’s Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC). She has also served in a variety of leadership [...]