Olafur Eliasson Develops New Installation Specially for ARKEN’s Most Striking Gallery

COPENHAGEN.- Eliasson’s installation Din blinde passager (Your blind passenger) is a 90-metre-long tunnel. Entering the tunnel, your body is surrounded by dense fog. With visibility at just 1.5 metres, museumgoers have to use senses other than sight to orient themselves in relation to their surroundings. Accordingly, the work demands your singular, intense attention. The exhibition is the final instalment in ARKEN’s three-year UTOPIA series. Eliasson completes the project with a work highlighting the utopian potential inherent in the individual’s relation to [...]

Image of Francis Bacon, One of Ireland’s Top Artists, to Sell in First Irish Art Sale at Bonhams

LONDON.- An evocative portrait of Francis Bacon, one of Britain’s leading 20th century artists, painted by one of his friends, Louis Le Brocquy, Ireland’s foremost living artist, is for sale at Bonhams inaugural Irish Art Sale in London on 9th Feb 2011. The picture is one of the most significant lots to feature in the auction. A watercolour, titled Image of Francis Bacon No 18, it is estimated to sell for £60,000 to £80,000. Although he painted Bacon several times, trying [...]

The Pobeda Gallery Presents an Exhibition by Editorial and Art Photographer Charles Thompson

MOSCOW.- Charles Thompson is an editorial and art photographer whose work has appeared in L’Officiel, Vogue, Esquire, Elle Décor, Town & Country, The New York Times, and elsewhere. He began his career in photography at Colors Magazine, the influential anthropology and photography magazine published by Benetton, where he was executive editor. He lives between New York and Moscow with his wife Olya, a Russian native, and their four children. This is his first exhibit in Russia. On view through January [...]

Detroit Institute of Arts Opens New Gallery Devoted to Ancient Middle Eastern Art

DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will open a new gallery devoted to the arts of the Ancient Middle East on Dec. 22 that will showcase the ancient cultural heritage of what we today call Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Yemen and Armenia. A favorite with the public, the serpent/dragon panel from the Ishtar gate of Babylon, will be back on display. “Many visitors have asked what happened to our dragon,” said Graham W. J. Beal, DIA director. “We are [...]

Fashion Photography by Steve Carty

Steve Carty has been making pictures for a living since 1992. He was born in the great white north and lives in Toronto with his wife, 2 kids and 2 dogs. Daily he commutes by bike to his studio. His images have been featured in magazines such as; Nuvo, Vervegirl, Naked Eye, Antenna, Scratch, Sway, Polysh, Intersection UK, Jane, ELLE Canada, TChad, InTouch Weekly, Girlfriend (US & New Zealand), YM, Maclean’s, the Source, Fashion18, Saturday Night, Pound, Foto Pozytyw (Poland) [...]

Acrylic Portraits by Sebastian Krüger

Sebastian Krüger, Germany, studied painting and graphic arts in the 80s, and soon became huge for is portraits and caricatures. “Krüger approaches nearly all of his subjects with a level of respect and sincerity contrasting the often extreme exaggeration of their features. The result is the creation of visually and psychologically explosive ‘Krugerized’ portraits.”

Archives of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects Donated to Yale University

NEW HAVEN, CT.- The records of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects have been donated to the Yale University Library’s Department of Manuscripts and Archives by Bette-Ann Gwathmey, the widow of founding partner Charles Gwathmey who received his degree in architecture from Yale in 1962. The award-winning architecture firm has been acclaimed for its expressive residential designs and sensitive restorations of iconic modernist buildings. Yale University arts complex, view from the southeast, 2008. Photograph: Richard Barnes. Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects was founded [...]

The Cleveland Museum of Art Announces Latest Works Approved by the Collections Committee

CLEVELAND, OH.- – A rare portrait miniature by nineteenth-century British artist John Linnell, a boldly designed Op Art painting by Cleveland artist Edwin Mieczkowski and a fifteenth-century engraving of which only five exist are among the latest works approved by the Collections Committee of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees. C. Griffith Mann, Ph.D, deputy director and chief curator states, “These acquisitions reflect the museum’s willingness to seek acquisition opportunities in public auctions, to build on historic strengths of [...]

Melissa A. DeRuiter Named PAFA’s New Executive Vice President of Development

PHILADELPHIA, PA .- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) announces the appointment of Melissa A. DeRuiter as its new Executive Vice President of Development effective December 1, 2010. She holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Art History and French from Dickinson College. With more than 15 years of professional fundraising experience, she will bring her expertise to the establishment of the institution’s fundraising plan, implementing programs for philanthropic support, and leading PAFA’s staff of development professionals. DeRuiter says, “I am [...]

DC Moore Gallery Relocates to a Dynamic and Spacious New Location in Chelsea

NEW YORK, NY.- DC Moore Gallery announce they are relocating to 535 West 22nd Street. The spacious new gallery opens on January 15, 2011. The move to a dynamic new location in Chelsea provides DC Moore with the opportunity to expand its ongoing program of concurrently presenting contemporary and 20th century exhibitions. The new space designed by Andrew Ong features two exhibition galleries, including an expansive area with high ceilings that can accommodate large-scale works and a smaller room designed [...]

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Determines Painting by Velázquez is Authentic

NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Experts at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art have determined that a 1624 portrait previously attributed to a follower of the Spanish painter Velazquez was done by the master himself. The museum said the portrait of King Philip IV, which went on display on Tuesday, is authentic, reversing a 1973 finding that it had been done by an assistant to Velazquez. The experts reached their conclusion after removing paint and varnish that had had been added to the [...]

Important Sale of Americana Announced at Sotheby’s New York in January

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s auction of Important Americana will be held on 21 & 22 January 2011 in New York. The first day of the sale offers silver, prints and Chinese export porcelain, including works with truly exceptional histories. Day two of the sale begins with a selection of stoneware assembled by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hochberg, featuring 103 pieces that have not been seen in public in over 20 years, and continues with furniture, folk art and carpets, led [...]

The Speed Art Museum Announces Thorntons Inc. Donates $1 Million for Expansion

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.- The Speed Art Museum announces a $1,000,000 donation from Thorntons Inc. to the Museum’s Changing Speed Capital Campaign. The Capital Campaign will fund the expansion and renovation of the Museum’s site in Louisville. The expansion will serve the community through new programming and increased space for educational initiatives, public events and additional gallery space to present the Speed’s remarkable art collection. Through the years, the Thornton family has been avid supporters of the visual and performing arts with this [...]

Winter Antiques Show Celebrates Its 57th Year with Three New Exhibitors and a Loan Exhibition

NEW YORK, NY.- The Winter Antiques Show celebrates its 57th year as America’s most prestigious antiques show, providing museums, established collectors, dealers, design professionals and first-time buyers with opportunities to see and purchase exceptional pieces showcased by 74 exhibitors. This year, specialists in 17th to 19th century American furniture and decorative arts, old master drawings and European sculpture, and Southeast Asian art join this fully vetted show, which runs from January 21-30, 2011. From an Egyptian relief depicting Akhenaten through [...]

The Art Show Organized by the Art Dealers Association of America to Benefit Henry Street Settlement

NEW YORK, NY.- On March 2, 2011, the country’s longest running national art fair, The Art Show, will open its doors at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Now in its 23rd year, The Art Show assembles the nation’s most influential and prominent art dealers to present museum quality exhibitions of art ranging from cutting-edge, 21st century works, to museum-quality pieces from the 19th and 20th centuries. Organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) to benefit Henry [...]