Surface Truths: Abstract Painting in the Sixties at the Norton Simon Museum

PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum presents Surface Truths: Abstract Painting in the Sixties, an exhibition of seventeen large-scale paintings created in the 1960s by artists such as Larry Bell, Thomas Downing, Helen Frankenthaler, Takeshi Kawashima, Kenneth Noland and Jack Youngerman. Drawn from the Museum’s holdings, the exhibition presents seminal and seldom-seen work by these artists who blazed an important trail through the contemporary art world. Thomas Downing (American 1928–1985), Red-1966, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 86 in. (213.4 [...]

Complete Series of Goya’s “The Disasters of the War” on View at The Diocesan Museum

BARCELONA.- Ibercaja, together with the Diocesan Museum of Barcelona, has organised this exhibition of the first complete series of “The Disasters of the War”: 80 engravings of the Aragonese painter Francisco Goya Lucientes (Fuendetodos, Zaragoza, 1746 – Bordeaux, 1828). These were painted during the Spanish Independence War, between 1810 and 1814, and are a graphical chronicle of those tragic events. However, Goya far-reaches the events and his existential and vital adventure, and he uses his art to make a declaration [...]

Aftermath Exhibition – In Commemoration of 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster

London.- We are delighted to announce ‘Aftermath’ a solo exhibition of Ukrainian non-conformist artist Vasily Sad (b.1948), in commemoration of 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster that occurred on 26 April 1986. On that day the city of Chernobyl went down into history as the reactor of the nuclear power station exploded and released thirty to forty times the radioactivity of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Being known as one of the greatest industrial accidents of all [...]

David Zwirner Presents an Exhibition of New Work by Stan Douglas Inspired on Press Photography

NEW YORK, N.Y.- David Zwirner presents an exhibition of new work by Stan Douglas, on view from March 23rd through April 23rd. Since the late 1980s, Douglas has created films, photographs, and installations that reexamine particular locations or past events. His works often take their points of departure in local settings, from which broader issues can be identified. Making frequent use of new as well as outdated technologies, Douglas appropriates existing Hollywood genres (including murder mysteries and the Western) and [...]

Claude Monet’s Les Peupliers” Set to Fetch $25 Million at Christie’s Auction in New York

NEW YORK, N.Y. (REUTERS).- A pristine Monet masterpiece from the artist’s celebrated “Poplars” series will be featured at Christie’s in May, when it is expected to sell for as much as $30 million, the auction house said on Friday. “Les Peupliers,” the largest from Monet’s famed paintings depicting poplar trees executed during his years in Giverny, is being sold by an Asian collector who purchased it at auction in 2000 for just over $7 million. Claude Monet, Les peupliers, oil [...]

Sotheby’s New York Sales of Chinese Works of Art Total a Record $71,320,518

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s sales of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art have concluded, bringing the overall total for the series of auctions to $71,320,518 (est. $17.5/25.1 million), the highest total ever achieved anywhere in New York. All three auctions exceeded their estimates and competitive bidding was seen across all categories and periods. The sales followed an energetic exhibition period packed with collectors from the United States, Europe and Asia. An Important Imperial Nian Rebellion Battle Painting ‘Siege Of Pingyu’, [...]

Street Cries: Depictions of London’s Poor on View at the Museum of London

LONDON.- A display of significant paintings, prints and drawings are on display at the Museum of London from the 25 March 2011. The images, by artists including Gustave Doré, Théodore Géricault, Thomas Rowlandson and Paul Sandby, consider how the urban poor were depicted from the 17th to the 19th century. Thomas Rowlandson, Buy a Trap, a Rat-trap, Buy My Trap, c. 1798. © Museum of London. The prints and drawings illustrate street vendors and London’s urban poor, including travelling carpenters [...]

The Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris Offers a Fresh Appreciation of Kees Van Dongen

PARIS.- The Musée d’Art Moderne offers a fresh appreciation of Kees Van Dongen (1877–1968), the dazzling, disconcerting painter who made his reputation in Paris in the 1920s. This is a comprehensive look at a multifaceted personality: the socially-conscious Dutchman ever ready to caricature and denounce, the avant-garde artist and iconic Fauve, and one of the Roaring Twenties’ leading figures on the trendy Paris scene. The exhibition includes and adds to “All eyes on Kees Van Dongen”, shown at the Boijmans [...]

Alan Cristea Gallery Presents an Exhibition of Rare Portrait Lithographs by Pablo Picasso

LONDON.- The Alan Cristea Gallery, London presents an exhibition of rare Portrait Lithographs by Pablo Picasso, from 24 March until 21 April 2011. Lithography, a method for printing using a stone or metal plate, was a medium which fascinated Picasso; this exhibition charts the decade from 1945 which saw his most prolific period of activity in the medium through a tightly edited group of just 16 works representing some of the best and rarest examples on the market (prices range [...]

Lust & Vice: Major Exhibition Filling Three Rooms and Five Display Cases at The Nationalmuseum

STOCKHOLM.- The Nationalmuseum presents Lust & Vice, a major exhibition filling three rooms and five display cases. The exhibition runs from 24 March to 14 August 2011. Over 200 works from the 16th century to the present day, mostly little-known treasures from the museum’s own collection, illustrates how views of sexuality, virtue and morality have changed over the centuries. The exhibition includes works coloured by the religious teachings of the 16th and 17th century, which held that sexual relationships could [...]

Exhibition Examines Artists’ Expressions of Intimate Personal Experience

NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Museum of Modern Art presents I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing, an exhibition that brings together recently acquired works dating from the 1950s to today that exemplify expressions of a personal existence in the world with decidedly conceptual, ephemeral, even opaque means, on view March 23 through September 19, 2011. The artists in this exhibition comment—often directly—on the state of the world around them, highlighting their place within it, or sometimes [...]

Installation of Skylar Fein Mixed Media Portrait with Related Works on View at the Brooklyn Museum

BROOKLYN, N.Y.- A recent work by Skylar Fein titled Black Lincoln for Dooky Chase is on view at the Brooklyn Museum from March 23 through August 2011 as the centerpiece of an installation including related works from the permanent collection. In Fein’s 2010 work he overlays a silhouette portrait of Abraham Lincoln on a panel created to resemble an old wall menu from Dooky Chase, a well-known New Orleans Creole and soul food restaurant. Painted in acrylic on plaster and [...]

Indianapolis Museum of Art to Introduce Work of Contemporary Japanese Painter Tawara Yusaku

INDIANAPOLIS; IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art will present the first large-scale exhibition of works by Tawara Yūsaku, a contemporary Japanese artist known for his highly energetic brushstroke. Universe Is Flux: The Art of Tawara Yūsaku, on view from November 11, 2011, to April 1, 2012, will feature works inspired by Tawara’s belief that the universe is unstable and constantly changing. Executed primarily in ink on paper, his works use the cumulative effect of many brushstrokes to create powerful and [...]

First Major Retrospective to Honor Artist Sheila Hicks at the Institute of Contemporary Art

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) presents Sheila Hicks: 50 Years, the first major retrospective to honor this extraordinary American artist. The exhibition is on view from March 24 through August 7, 2011. Sheila Hicks has built an international reputation with her two- and three-dimensional works in fiber. Her remarkably far-reaching artistic focus has encompassed painting, sculpture, photography, weaving, fabric design, writing, publishing, teaching and collaborations with architects. Her early work of the 1960s was at the forefront [...]

Pinacotheque de Paris Presents a Retrospective Exhibition of Works by Hugo Pratt

PARIS- The Pinacothèque de Paris presents an exhibition of works by Hugo Pratt, on view from March 17 through August 21, 2011. Thanks to this vast retrospective, the public can discover the breadth of the talent of the creator of Corto Maltese. This exhibition shows over 150 watercolors, most of them little known by the broad public, as well as historical images, more specifcally the whole of the 164 plates of the mythical Ballade de la mer salée. Since the [...]