“Ouka Leele. Unedited “celebrates the artistic maturity of the prestigious photographer

Cadiz (Spain) -The exhibition will be presented this evening in the cloisters of the Provincial Council of Cadiz. This evening was opened in the  ProvincialCouncil of Cadiz the exhibition Leele Ouka. Unedited, with which the photographer is celebrating her artistic maturity after fifty years of life and three decades of work. The result of this long and rich history comes Unedited, this afternoon presented herself Barbara Allen-Gil de Viedma Ouka Leele, along with the vice president of the Foundation Diputación [...]

Assured growth value, Invest in Art

A horrendous disastrous financial meltdown/crisis has affected mos of the civilized world in many ways especially in finance at all levels. Those fortunate enough to remain solvent and wish to continue buying and selling stocks and bonds, etc. became very cautious and hesitant as the majority of companies/commodities listed on stock market exchanges were on a losing down spin. An unwritten financial rule of thumb became – “wait and see”. Well Stephen Howes, living in southern Spain for more than [...]

Iconic 19th Century Orientalist Painting by Jean Léon Gérôme Creates Pre-Auction Buzz

NEW YORK (REUTERS).- An iconic 19th Century painting depicting an Ottoman Empire reserve soldier and his hunting dogs is generating buzz ahead of an auction next week, due to a rise in popularity of Orientalist art. The artwork, “Master of the Hounds” by Jean Leon Gerome is expected to fetch $700,000 to $1 million on January 26, during Christie’s auction of Old Master & 19th Century paintings, drawings and watercolors that could total as much as $56 million. Diana Bramham, 19th [...]

London Art Fair Opens Biggest Show to Date with Over 100 Galleries and Political Tinge

LONDON (REUTERS).- The London Art Fair opened its biggest show to date on Wednesday with over 100 galleries, many featuring exhibits inspired by contemporary themes like economic hardship and civil unrest. Other highlights of the exhibition of paintings, sculpture and photography include a contemporary photography showcase and provocative installations from a Glaswegian art collective. File photo of visitors passing by British artist Adam Birtwistle’s painting ‘M. Jambon, The Git’ at the London Art Fair “This year is our largest Fair [...]

Sotheby’s to Sell Rare Prints by Paul Gauguin from The Collection Of Stanley J. Seeger

LONDON.- On Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, Sothebyʹs London will present for sale a magnificent collection of works on paper by Paul Gauguin that incorporates the artistʹs three most significant categories of print‐making activity. Executed in France and Tahiti between 1894 and 1902, the works are among the finest within Gauguin’s printed oeuvre, and together they serve to represent the most important collection of Gauguin prints to be offered at auction for over a generation. From the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger, [...]

Seattle Art Museum’s Picasso Exhibition Surpasses 400,000 Visitors, Breaks Record

SEATTLE, WA.- Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris has broken SAM’s record for the most popular exhibition in the history of the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) downtown, attracting more than 400,000 visitors and boosting its membership to an all time high during its showing in Seattle, October 8, 2010 through January 17, 2011. More than 400,00 visitors, including students with school groups from throughout Washington state and beyond, toured the exhibition of more than 150 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints [...]

John Beech: The State of Things on Display at Peter Blum Gallery in Chelsea

NEW YORK, NY.- Peter Blum Gallery Chelsea presents the exhibition John Beech- The State of Things now on display at Peter Blum Chelsea, New York. The exhibition focuses on new sculpture and works on paper, which examine the fabrication and manipulation of objects to create abstract works. Building sculptures out of a variety of components, Beech edits out the objects’ original intention and requires the viewer to engage with its formal properties of shape, form and scale. For example, in [...]

Nailya Alexander Gallery Presents The Extra/Ordinary World of Pentti Sammallahti

NEW YORK, NY.- Nailya Alexander Gallery presents The Extra/Ordinary World of Pentti Sammallahti, one of Finland’s most internationally prominent photographers. The exhibition will run through March 10, 2011. This show is in conjunction with Pentti Sammallahti’s retrospective at The Finnish Museum of Photography in Helsinki (September 2010- February 2011). From early childhood Pentti Sammallahti (b. 1950) was drawn to photography. Growing up, he was surrounded by the works of his grandmother, Hildur Larsson (1882-1952), a Swedish-born photographer, who worked for [...]

Gagosian Gallery Presents a Mise-en-Scène of New Paintings by Piotr Uklański

NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian Gallery presents Discharge! (on display until February 19, 2011), a mise-en-scène of new paintings by Piotr Uklański. If painting is traditionally defined as an accretive practice whereby pigments are applied to blank canvas to produce marks, Uklański’s new work moves in the opposite direction. Piotr Uklański, Discharge! January 21-February 19, 2011. © Piotr Uklański. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photography by Robert McKeever. The process reveals a skepticism towards the act of painting that at the same time [...]

Exhibition of Photographs by Dorothea Lange at Brigham Young University Museum of Art

PROVO, UTAH.- In August 1953, renown American photographer Dorothea Lange traveled to southern Utah where she met up with her long-time friend Ansel Adams. The two photographers spent three weeks photographing the landscape and people of Toquerville, Gunlock and St. George with the intention of publishing the work in LIFE magazine. Lange’s enthusiasm for her subject yielded hundreds of photographs from which she composed an extended essay of 135 photographs, including images by Ansel Adams. Thirty-five of those photographs with text [...]

Sensual Portrait of Muse by Lovestruck Pablo Picasso Up for Auction at Sotheby’s

PARIS (REUTERS).- A sensual 1932 portrait by Pablo Picasso of his young mistress Marie-Therese Walter which captures his romantic obsession with her went on display at Sotheby’s in Paris on Wednesday ahead of an auction next month. It was the first public showing in Europe in some 80 years of “La Lecture,” or “Reading,” an erotic and brightly colored depiction of the voluptuous Marie-Therese sleeping nude in an armchair, her head thrown back and an open book in her lap. Sotheby’s [...]

Digital Paintings By Marta Dahlig

Marta Dahlig is a freelance digital artist from Poland. Since joining the site in 2003, Marta has become a highly popular member of DeviantArt with her personal gallery receiving hundreds of thousands of views. Her work demostrates an uncanny attention to detail and remarkable artistic sensibility.    

Artists, Designers Join Forces for the Second Annual Green Auction at Christie’s

NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Artists, designers, entertainers and philanthropists are joining forces for the second annual green auction, which last year raised over $2 million for environmental groups. Christie’s, which is again hosting the Bid to Save the Earth sale of artwork, celebrity dates, luxury travel and high fashion, will conduct the auction in New York on March 19, with proceeds earmarked for four leading non-profit organizations. Actress Salma Hayek, Vogue editor Anna Wintour and Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, along [...]

Rutger’s Zimmerli Art Museum Returns Rare Renaissance Portrait to Rightful Owners

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.- On Friday, January 14, 2011, the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University handed over a rare early 16th-century portrait by the German artist Hans Baldung Grien to Simon Goodman, the Los Angeles-based grandson of Friedrich and Louise Gutmann, Holocaust victims and previous owners of the painting. In a visit to the Zimmerli, Mr. Goodman accepted “Portrait of a Young Man” (1509) on behalf of the Gutmann/Goodman heirs. Since 1946, the Gutmann/Goodman family has been looking for this [...]

Retrospective of the Leading Mexican Artist Gabriel Orozco on Display at Tate Modern

LONDON.- This retrospective of the leading Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco (b 1962) is the largest presentation of his most critically acclaimed works in the UK. The exhibition by Gabriel Orozco is on display until April 11, 2011 at the Tate Modern. A sculptor of global significance, Orozco draws on the histories of western and Latin American art practice with limitless innovation and experimentation. Featuring over 80 works, and a new installation never previously exhibited, the survey highlights Orozco’s substantial production of [...]