Kai Althoff’s Punkt, Absatz, Bluemli (period, paragraph, Bluemli) at Gladstone Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Someone who saw the work said the following: “The images herein depict mundane and fantastic situations enacted by human and animal souls, figures ill and ecstatic about the situations they have been granted. Some figures cannot help but stare or grab at each other, while others step on their companions, soiling any hope of communion. Their wills, like twisted wicks, burn distinct but unified fires. They are composed of several species but they cannot tell themselves apart, [...]

First British Portrait of a Black African Muslim and Freed Slave Goes on Display

LONDON.- The Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) and the National Portrait Gallery, London announce a cooperative agreement relating to the portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, painted by William Hoare of Bath in 1733. Following the purchase of the work by QMA at Christie’s in November 2009, the painting was the subject of export restriction, having been judged by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art to be of outstanding importance to the history and culture of Britain. It was [...]

Rediscovered Painting by Dutch Artist Rembrandt on Loan at the Toledo Museum of Art

TOLEDO, OH.- A rediscovered painting by Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606–1669), on loan at the The Toledo Museum of Art, will be displayed for several months beginning January 28 in Gallery 24. The artist painted the small oil-on-copper self portrait, Rembrandt Laughing, in his native city of Leiden when he was just 21 or 22 years old. “This is one of the most exciting artistic rediscoveries in recent years,” said Museum Director Brian Kennedy. “Rembrandt Laughing is one of [...]

The Wallace Collection Announces the Appointment of Dr. Christoph Vogtherr as New Director

LONDON.- The Chairman, Sir John Ritblat, and the Trustees of the Wallace Collection announced the appointment of Dr. Christoph Vogtherr as the next Director of the Collection upon the retirement of Dame Rosalind Savill DBE next October 2011. ‘Having run a fully international competition, it is very satisfying to find the right balance of scholarship and leadership from within the Wallace Collection itself, and that the appointment of Dr Vogtherr has the wholehearted endorsement of the Board of Trustees’ says Sir [...]

Digital Artworks by Emilie Leger

Emile Leger is a 23 year old Canadian digital artist. You can see her personal site here.

Kutluǧ Ataman & Šejla Kamerić Receive Routes Award from European Cultural Foundation

BRUSSELS.- The European Cultural Foundation (ECF) annually honors artists, activists and thinkers who help to understand and appreciate Europe’s cultural diversity in new and compelling ways with the Routes Princess Margriet Award. This year’s laureates are the artists Kutluğ Ataman and Šejla Kamerić. On 8 February the Routes Award will be presented to the laureates at the Royal Flemish Theatre in Brussels. Both laureates, chosen by the independent international jury will receive EUR 25.000. Kutluǧ Ataman, Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Journey to [...]

Kunsthalle Zürich Presents an Exhibition by Heimo Zobernig, Key Figure in the Austrian Art Scene

ZURICH.- The Kunsthalle Zürich launch its exhibition season at the Museum Bärengasse – where it is based temporarily until June 2012 while work is carried out on the conversion and renovation of its permanent home at the Löwenbräu Areal – with the solo exhibition «ohne Titel (in Red)» by Heimo Zobernig (born in Mauthen, Carinthia, Austria in 1958; lives and works in Vienna). This exhibition (on view until 20 March 2011) presents an artist who, based on a body of work [...]

Helmut Newton Foundation Extends ‘Alice Springs’ Exhibition Until May 15th

BERLIN.- With the exhibition ‘Alice Springs’, the Berlin-based Helmut Newton Foundation has been presenting since June 12th, 2010 the first retrospective of June Newton internationally. In 1970, she started her own photographic work under the pseudonym Alice Springs; this has been exhibited regularly at the Helmut Newton Foundation since 2005, namely in “June’s Room.” The current retrospective in Berlin provides with a range of approximately 250 works a comprehensive look at the four decades that span her work, presenting advertising and [...]

Award-Winning Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager Debuts Abstract Paintings at LA Art House

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Artist and Oscar and Grammy Award-winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager debuted her new collection of lyrical, abstract paintings at her first ever solo show. Hosted at the LA Art House, Generations: New Paintings by Carole Bayer Sager marks the artist’s return to her original love of abstract work in an exploration of color, texture and light. “Painting and songwriting have many similarities for me,” says Sager. “Both are intuitive and expressive and, just as in songwriting, it is [...]

Norman Rockwell’s America…In England Opens to Critical Acclaim

LONDON.- It has been a few weeks since the debut of the NMAI and AIG-organized traveling exhibition Norman Rockwell’s America…In England at London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery (oldest art museum in the UK), and the response from the British public and art press has been overwhelmingly positive. While taking place during London’s most intense bout of snowy weather in years, the exhibition drew record-setting attendance at its December 15th premiere. High attendance figures have continued since the debut, with Dulwich staff reporting [...]

Eight Large-Scale Oil Paintings by Los Angeles Artist Christian Vincent at Mike Weiss Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Mike Weiss Gallery presents Tunnel Vision, the second solo show at the gallery by Los Angeles based artist Christian Vincent. This show consists of eight large-scale oil paintings, in which the artist deconstructs notions of the collective. This exhibition is on view from January 13th through February 12th 2011. In comparison with Vincent’s previous body of work, Tunnel Vision is notably reduced in palette, line, and narrative. Even the subject matter, while adhering to the male figure, [...]

Newly Discovered by Hokusai, Early Buddhist Sculpture, and Important Porcelains in Asia Week Exhibition

NEW YORK, NY.- Two newly discovered paintings by Katsushika Hokusai, creator of The Great Wave off Kanagawa, and dozens of other rare and exceptional works of art will be exhibited in JADA 2011: An Exhibition by the Japanese Art Dealers Association. The exhibition will run from March 19 – March 23, 2011 at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York City. JADA 2011 is the association’s third joint Asia Week exhibition and presents the traditional fine arts of Japan. “Asia Week in [...]

Carlton Rochell Asian Art to Participate in Winter Antiques Show at Park Avenue Armory

NEW YORK, NY.- Carlton Rochell, specializing in art from India, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia, will exhibit museum-quality works ranging from the 1st century A.D. to the 19th century at the Winter Antiques Show, a first for this collecting category at the fair. The Winter Antiques Show, celebrating its 57th year as the preeminent antiques show in America, will showcase 74 renowned international dealers specializing in American, English, European, Antiquities and Asian fine and decorative arts. Carlton Rochell will add [...]

Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College Exhibits Work of Contemporary Tibetan Artists

HANOVER, NH.- Contemporary Tibetan artists are in a precarious position. While their work is informed by Tibetan artistic traditions, the majority of these artists do not live in Tibet, and some never have. Their challenge is twofold: as they forge a name for themselves in the competitive art world, they must also try to find their own place within Tibet’s rich and formalized artistic legacy. Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond, on view at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, from [...]

Tel Aviv Exhibits the Recently Donated Wolloch Collection of Modern Sculpture

TEL AVIV.- This collection of modern sculpture was donated to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art by Helene and Zygfryd Wolloch from Scarsdale, New York. The collection encompasses over a century of sculpture, from Auguste Rodin of the late 19th century to Arnaldo Pomodoro of the 1980s. It includes works by major sculptors in modern art, among them Jean Arp, Alberto Giacometti, Jacques Lipchitz, Henry Moore, Marino Marini and Alexander Calder. The collection was first exhibited in 1997 and constitutes [...]