Architectural photographer Kenneth M. Wyner will debut two exhibitions in Fall at AIA

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Architectural photographer Kenneth M. Wyner will debut two exhibitions in Fall 2011. The first, a photographic exhibition titled The Structure of Spirit, Design of the Heart runs September 1‐October 28, 2011, at theAmerican Institute of Architects national headquarters in Washington, DC. An opening reception will be held Saturday, October 1, 5:00‐10:00PM. The Structure of Spirit, Design of the Heart, created by the artist to celebrate Washington, DC’s architecture and design community, features more than 40 kaleidoscopic images of domestic & [...]

Exhibition at Tel Aviv Museum of Art follows the chronological development of Modernism

TEL AVIV.- A display of works from the Tel Aviv Museum‘s collection that follows the chronological development of modernism and its varied expressions in Europe and the USA in the second half of the 20th century. Different manifestations of Art Informel that developed in post-war Europe, favored an intuitive approach, spontaneous brushwork and tactile surfaces (Jean Dubuffet, Jean Fautrier and Karel Appel). At the same time, American Abstract Expressionism, inspired by European Surrealist immigrant artists, conceived the canvas as a field of [...]

Cathelijne Broers takes over as director of De Nieuwe Kerk and the Hermitage Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM.- Cathelijne Broers will be taking over as director of De Nieuwe Kerk and the Hermitage Amsterdam on 1 November 2011. She succeeds Ernst W. Veen, who is retiring at the end of the year. Broers has served as deputy director of De Nieuwe Kerk since 2002, and of the Hermitage Amsterdam since 2003. Her career started at the Department for the Conservation of Historic Buildings and Sites, after which she served as secretary of the board of the Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation. Cathelijne [...]

Sotheby’s Hong Kong to hold modern and contemporary southeast Asian paintings autumn sale

HONG KONG.- September 2011 Sotheby’s Hong Kong will hold its Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings Autumn Sale 2011 on 3 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, bringing forward a total of over 170 lots estimated in excess of HK$33 million / US$4.2 million*. A substantial collection of rare and important Southeast Asian modern masterpieces will be on offer, among which a selection of over 40 exceptional Vietnamese works of art is expected to be highly sought-after. On the contemporary [...]

Lee Friedlander: “America by Car & The New Cars 1964″ opens at Timothy Taylor Gallery

LONDON.- Timothy Taylor Gallery presents an exhibition of recent work by the influential and critically acclaimed American photographer Lee Friedlander, on display for the first time in the UK. This will be Friedlanderʼs first solo exhibition in London since his 1976 show at the Photographersʼ Gallery. Lee Friedlander: America By Car charts numerous journeys made by the photographer during the last decade across most of the fifty US states. Shot entirely from the interiors of rental cars, typically from the driver’s seat, [...]

New collection of works by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo at Franklin Bowles Galleries

NEW YORK, NY.- Franklin Bowles Galleries announces the opening of a new collection of works by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo. The joint exhibition features works on canvas and paper along with a series of unusual sculptures and drawings. Within the Spanish context, Eduardo Arranz-Bravo is amongst the most representative artists of his generation. His work breaks with the dramatic, transcendent painting of postwar Spain (represented by Tàpies and the informalist generation) and instead reflects a passion for color, a return to the figurative and [...]

American contemporary artist Jeff Koons to lend major works to Paris Tableau

PARIS.- World-renowned American contemporary artist Jeff Koons is lending three Old Master paintings to Paris Tableau, the first international art fair dedicated to Old Master paintings, from 4 to 8 November 2011 at the Palais de la Bourse, Paris. This major new event was devised by ten leading Parisian paintings dealers who invited ten important international colleagues from London, Amsterdam, Zurich, Rome, Madrid and New York to join them. Jupiter and Antiope or Venus and Satyr by Nicolas Poussin (1584-1665), Young girl [...]

Bonhams Scottish Colourist sale makes 3 million pounds in Edinburgh with Peploe making over 500,000

EDINBURGH.- Last night’s sale (31st August) of major Colourist paintings and works by other Scottish artists at Bonhams in Edinburgh made an astonishing total of £3m. ‘The Artist’s Drawing Room’ by Francis Cadell which made £400,800 making it the second highest Cadell to be sold at auction. Photo: Bonhams. Among the highlights were: *’Flowers and Fruit’ by Samuel Peploe which sold for £512,800 *’The Artist’s Drawing Room’ by Francis Cadell which made £400,800 making it the second highest Cadell to be sold at [...]

Demuth Museum to open exhibition by father and son artist duo: “The Newswangers”

LANCASTER, PA.- The Demuth Museum presents its next exhibition, Chasing Inspiration: The Art of the Newswangers, to open on September 2. The father and son artist duo of Vernon Kiehl Newswanger (1900-1980) and Christian Newswanger (1927-2005) may be best known for their depictions of the Amish way of life in Lancaster County. However, in examining these two artists separately, one will see that they each developed a unique perspective. Kiehl and Christian wrote and illustrated the well-known book Amishland in 1954; however, not [...]

Installation of nineteenth-century modern objects and furniture on view at Brooklyn Museum

BROOKLYN, N.Y.- Featuring more than forty items from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection of American and European decorative arts, 19th-Century Modern will focus on the emergence of Modernism, an aesthetic based in part on the machine as a source of artistic inspiration. The installation will include objects from the early nineteenth century to the twentieth century to demonstrate the theme. Although this new machine aesthetic began in the early nineteenth century, it wasn’t until the last quarter of the century that the trend [...]

Galerie Remmert und Barth finds art by Nazi-branded “degenerate” Expressionist Otto Dix

BERLIN (REUTERS).- A gallery has discovered four paintings by Otto Dix, the German expressionist whose art chronicled the horrors of World War One, the depravity of the Weimar Republic and was labeled “degenerate” by Adolf Hitler. Famous for works critical of the darker side of German society in the 1920s, Dix’s paintings were discovered among the belongings of his wife, gallery owner Herbert Remmert told Reuters Wednesday. The paintings were found in a portfolio untouched for decades on an estate in [...]

Nearly 40 works by Japanese artist Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita found by museum

TOKYO (REUTERS).- Nearly 40 previously unknown works by Japanese artist Leonard Foujita, who made a name for himself in pre-World War Two Paris and was an acquaintance of Picasso and Matisse, have been discovered by a Japanese museum. Combining Japanese ink techniques with Western-style painting, Foujita — a noted cat lover — became especially known for his paintings of naked women and cats. The Pola Museum of Art in Hakone, a mountain resort town just west of Tokyo, said the 37 pieces were [...]

Phillips de Pury & Company announces highlights from its Under the Infuence auction

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce highlights from the September Under the Influence auction. The sale opens the Fall auction season with a fresh selection of contemporary art. AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS Vik Muniz’s Jackie (Pictures of Diamonds), 2005 estimated at $100,000 to $150,000 portrays Jackie Kennedy Onassis shining with vitality. The photograph is fashioned from more than 3,000 loose, precious diamonds originally supplied by a diamond trade collector and patron of the artist. Muniz’s use of three-dimensional [...]

Sotheby’s annual modern and contemporary Arab and Iranian art sale

LONDON.- Sotheby’s London announced a sale of Modern and Contemporary Arab and Iranian which will take place on Tuesday, 4th of October, 2011. Comprised of 123 lots, the sale will include major works by leading Modern masters such as Louay Kayyali, Fateh Moudarres and Aref el Rayess, as well as key pieces by some of the foremost Contemporary artists, among them Farhad Moshiri, Ziad Antar and Yousef Nabil. The sale will also be highlighted by seven Iraqi works, including a work by [...]