Second Solo Exhibition of Works by Tim Rollins and K.O.S at Lehmann Maupin Gallery

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Lehmann Maupin Gallery presents its second solo exhibition of works by Tim Rollins and K.O.S., on view from March 24 through April 30, 2011. The exhibition continues the artists’ extensive practice of challenging notions of art through deep engagement with literary and historical texts. Tim Rollins and K.O.S. features new works that critically investigate Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (after Mark Twain, 1885), The Great Gatsby (after F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925), and The Rise and Fall of the [...]

Phillips de Pury & Company To Offer Iconic Painting Of Elizabeth Taylor, Liz #5, 1963 By Andy Warhol

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Phillips de Pury & Company announce the sale of a rare, iconic portrait of the legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor, painted by Andy Warhol in 1963. The stunning painting will be offered for sale in the Contemporary Art Part I auction on May 12th and is estimated at $20,000,000 / $30,000,000. “Liz #5 is a pristine gem. It is Warhol at his very best with a perfect screen, glowing colors, and impeccable provenance. She is classic yet every [...]

Dame Vivien Duffield Gives £8.2 Million to 11 Cultural Organisations Across England

LONDON.- Dame Vivien Duffield announced today grants totalling £8.2 million to open up new creative learning spaces for children and young people in eleven cultural organisations across England. The recipients are: The Donmar Warehouse; The Holburne Museum, Bath; Kensington Palace; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; Museum of Liverpool; National Theatre; Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Cornwall; Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon; Tate Britain; Turner Contemporary, Margate; Whitworth Gallery, Manchester. Dame Vivien Duffield said today: “I believe passionately that children and young people deserve the very [...]

Baroness Carmen Thyssen Opens New Museum in Málaga with More than 230 Works

MALAGA.- Spanish Baroness Carmen Thyssen today said she was “in love” with the museum that bears her name, which will open tomorrow in the capital of southern Spain with a permanent collection focused on nineteenth-century painting, predominantly Andalusian. Carmen Cervera, widow of Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, said in the presentation of the museum that the works on display in the new space, 230 were selected “for their quality and closeness to Andalusia, although there are paintings that are not Andalusian such as [...]

Albright-Knox Shows Recent Acquisition of All or Nothing by Pipilotti RistAlbright-Knox Shows Recent Acquisition of All or Nothing by Pipilotti Rist

BUFFALO, NY.- This second exhibition in the Gallery for New Media centers on the recent acquisition of All or Nothing (alles oder nichts), 2010, an intimately scaled video sculpture by the Swiss-born artist Pipilotti Rist and the first work by the artist to be acquired by the Albright-Knox. Rist creates video installations that push imagery to its extreme, and invite viewers into a dreamlike fantasy world of havoc, play, and rebellion. Enveloping aspects from many creative sources—including painting, poetry, and [...]

The Museum of Modern Art Highlights Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now

NEW YORK, N.Y.- The exhibition Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now, drawn entirely from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, brings together nearly 100 prints, posters, books, and wall stencils by approximately 30 artists and collectives from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art that demonstrate the unusual reach, range, and impact of printmaking in South Africa during and after a period of political upheaval. From the earliest print, a 1965 linoleum cut by Azaria Mbatha, [...]

Art 42 Basel: The Premier International Art Show Announces Details of This Year’s Edition

BASEL.-This year, the 42nd edition of Art Basel takes place in Basel, Switzerland, from June 15 through June 19, 2011. As the premier annual art show, Art Basel marks the summer reunion of the international artworld, hosted by the city of Basel, which has been a cultural capital for centuries. More than 300 galleries from 35 countries on six continents will show works by over 2,500 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. A frequent site of discovery by those [...]

Filthy New Exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London Explores Importance of Dirt

LONDON (AP).- Dirt has a bad image. Muck, we think: yuck. But getting your hands dirty can also be irresistible, as every child knows. A major new museum exhibition in London asks visitors to think again about the filthy and the fetid, exploring the role of dirt as humanity’s enemy and ally in history, art, science and medicine. “Dirt is something we make and encounter every day,” said James Peto, senior curator at the Wellcome Collection, where the exhibition opens [...]

Evening Sale of South African Masterpieces to Be Held at Bonhams in London

LONDON.- Bonhams next South African Art sale on March 23 has attracted so many outstanding works following the breaking of the record for South African art last year in New Bond Street, that the sale will now include an evening auction of 20 masterpieces. These 20 pictures are some of the most outstanding and desirable works by Irma Stern Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, Maggie Laubser and Gerard Sekoto. The glowing colours and vibrancy of this art out of Africa is already [...]

Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art Auction at Antik A.S. Totals $ 9.5 Million

ISTANBUL.- Antik A.S. in Istanbul, the sale of Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art totals of $9,500,000 within the presale estimate of $6 million. Competition was fierce for many of the top lots, with multiple bidders participating. Erol Akyavas’s monumental “VAV” was the top-selling lot in the sale.. Erol Akayavas (1932-1999), one of the most important Turkish artists whose painting “The Siege” had fetched 1.274.000 EURO in April 2010, the world record price for any modern Turkish work of art sold [...]

Museum of Glass Exhibition Opens at New York’s National Museum of the American Indian

TACOMA, WA.- Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows, a mid-career survey of the artist’s work organized by the Museum of Glass, opened at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City over the weekend. It will remain on view through September 5, 2011 before it will travel to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmussen Center early in 2012. Preston Singletary is recognized internationally for his work, which combines two of the Pacific Northwest ’s most prominent artistic influences—traditional [...]

After the Gold Rush at Metropolitan Museum Features Contemporary Photographs from the Collection

NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents After the Gold Rush: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection from March 22, 2011, through January 2, 2012, in the Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography. Drawn entirely from the Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition features 25 photographs dating from 1979 to the present by 15 contemporary artists. The exhibition’s title, After the Gold Rush, is taken from a classic 1970 song by Neil Young, whose verses contrast a romanticized [...]

Turkish Modern Artists Featured at 14th International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair

NEW YORK, NY.- Four leading Turkish modern artists, competitively selected by the Turkish Cultural Foundation (TCF) will have the opportunity to present their work at the 14th International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair (SOFA NEW YORK), held from April 14-17 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The four artists, Ayhan Tomak, Ebru Dosekci, Semra Ecer and Yildanur Ketenci, will exhibit at SOFA NEW YORK thanks to the support of the Turkish Cultural Foundation, a U.S. non-profit [...]

Premier Exhibition of the Full Images of the Lukhang Murals of Tibet at the Rubin Museum of Art

NEW YORK, NY.- Some of the finest works of art from the Rubin Museum’s collection are presented in Masterworks: Jewels of the Collection. Masterworks highlights the stylistic diversity and relationships between different strands of Himalayan and neighboring cultural and artistic traditions. Together, the museum’s recently redesigned introductory exhibition Gateway to Himalayan Art and Masterworks provide visitors with the fundamental knowledge to understand and contextualize many of the works of art throughout the museum. Masterworks will remain on view for five [...]

Russian Works of Art with Exceptional Provenance and Art-Historical Importance at Sotheby’s

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s 12 April 2011 auction of Russian Art in New York will feature paintings and works of art with exceptional provenance and art-historical importance. The paintings on offer are highlighted by works from iconic Russian artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Ivan Aivazovsky, Isaac Levitan, Nicholas Roerich, Boris Grigoriev, and Yuri Pimenov, whose canvas The Pianist leads an impressive group of works by the Soviet Realist artist (est. $500/700,000). The works of art are led [...]