Museum of Fine Arts, Boston acquires Gustave Caillebotte’s “Man At His Bath”

BOSTON, MA.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has acquired the painting Man at His Bath (1884), regarded as one of the greatest works by artist Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894). This important canvas represents the first Impressionist nude to enter the Museum’s collection of paintings. The almost life-size work, which has been on loan at the MFA since April, is on display in the Esther and Sidney Rabb Gallery for Impressionism through September 25. It will also be among more than 160 [...]

Sotheby’s New York announces sale of Nicolai Fechin paintings from National Cowboy Museum

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s New York auction of Important Russian Art on 1 November 2011 will feature three paintings by Russian-American artist Nicolai Fechin, offered on behalf of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The group will be led by Bearing Away the Bride, the most significant and monumental canvas by the artist ever to appear at auction (est. $3/5 million*). Founded in 1955, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is America’s premier institution of Western history, [...]

Warhol, Katz, Henry paintings among $2.8 Million Irish bad bank auction at Christie’s

DUBLIN (REUTERS).- Ireland’s state-run “bad bank” will auction works of art by the likes of Andy Warhol and Alex Katz after it put global auction house Christies in charge of a 14-painting collection valued at up $2.8 million on Monday. Created to purge Irish banks of their risky real estate loans, the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) is selling helicopters and private jets as well as skyscrapers and five-star hotels to try and claw back the 31 billion euros ($42.7 billion) it has [...]

First solo exhibition with Los Angeles painter Pamela Jorden opens at Romer Young Gallery

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Romer Young Gallery presents its first solo exhibition with Los Angeles painter Pamela Jorden. Jorden is part of a new generation of painters whose work is at the forefront of an ongoing and unfolding conversation around the possibilities and potential of ‘abstraction.’ “The structure of light is geometrical compared to the structure of matter which is ‘organic.’ (Organic = Free-form) Both matter and space have ‘density.’ Light opens peep-hole tracks in the ‘density’ of space, because of the structure [...]

DANDAN: Solo exhibition by Japanese artist Tabaimo on view at James Cohan Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan Gallery presents DANDAN, a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Tabaimo, running through October 29th, 2011. This is the third solo exhibition at the gallery by the 35-year old Tabaimo, recognized as one of Japan’s leading artists and well-known for her hand-drawn animations whose coloration bring to mind traditional ukiyo-e prints. Currently, Tabaimo is representing Japan at the 54th Biennale di Venezia with the work teleco-soup, an immersive multi-media environment that transforms the Japanese Pavilion into the interior [...]

Pompidou exhibition throws new light on the work of Norwegian painter Edvard Munch

PARIS.- Edvard Munch was entirely “modern”: such is the argument of this exhibition of almost 140 of his works. Including some 60 paintings, 30 works on paper and 50 vintage photographs, as well as a number of films and one of the artist’s very rare sculptures, “Edvard Munch, l’œil moderne” throws new light on the work of this celebrated Norwegian painter (1863-1944) by showing how his interest in all the forms of representation of his time nourished his inspiration and profoundly [...]

Exhibition by artists Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Bruce Nauman & Richard Serra

MAASTRICHT.- Extended Drawing focuses on a specific aspect of the work of American artists Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Bruce Nauman and Richard Serra. The exhibition shows works in which line and drawing are taken beyond their original boundaries. The exhibition brings four artists together, who belong to the ‘classical’ generation that gave direction to American art from the mid-sixties. These four artists have consistently used drawing in their zeal to strip art of easy (false) sentimentality and an over-emphasized subjectivity. Their [...]

Gothic tapestries from Spain, recently restored, on view together for first time at the National Gallery of Art

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Pastrana Tapestries— – among the finest Gothic tapestries in the world—are on view together for the first time in the United States at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from September 18, 2011 through January 8, 2012. The Invention of Glory: Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries features the recently restored set of four monumental tapestries that commemorate the conquest of two strategically located cities in Morocco by the king of Portugal, Afonso V (1432–1481). Since the 17th century [...]

Hockney in Los Angeles: Iconic prints from the 70′s and 80′s at Leslie Sacks Fine Art

LOS ANGELES, CA.- This exhibition at Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Brentwood, highlights a select group of David Hockney’s prints made in Los Angeles during the 1970′s and 1980′s. Hockney’s rise to fame took place after he moved to the U.S. from England, ensconced himself in Los Angeles and became the L.A. art scene’s favorite adopted son. This period of time, the 1970′s and 1980′s, was concurrent with the print revival that began in L.A. before his arrival with June Wayne’s founding of [...]

Sotheby’s in Hong Kong announces 20th century Chinese art autumn auction

HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong 20th Century Chinese Art Autumn Sale 2011 will be held on 3 October, offering a meticulous selection of over 140 lots estimated at HK$190 million / US$24.4 million. Curated along thematic lines, the auction will present two special sessions – Female Artists of 20th Century China and The Art of Paper.Important works by Zao Wou-ki, Wu Guanzhong, Chu Teh-Chun and Wang Yidong will also be on offer. Sylvie Chen, Head of Sotheby’s 20th Century Chinese Art Department, [...]

Christie’s in New York to offer two exceptional photograph sales this October

NEW YORK, N.Y.- In October, Christie’s New York will present two remarkable Photograph sales comprised of important works by eminent photographers such as Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and Robert Frank. In addition to the various owners Photographs sale, Christie’s will offer The American Landscape, Black and White Photographs from the Collection of Bruce and Nancy Berman – the fifth auction of photographs from the illustrious collection, which includes an exceptional selection of black and white prints with a traditional American focus. The October [...]

“Raw/Cooked”: A series of five exhibitions by emerging Brooklyn artists at the Brooklyn Museum

BROOKLYN, N.Y.- A major series of five ten-week-long exhibitions of works by emerging Brooklyn artists will be presented at the Brooklyn Museum from September 2011 through September 2012. The project, Raw/Cooked launched on September 16 with an exhibition of the work of Bushwick-based artist Kristof Wickman that will be on view through November 27, 2011. Candidate artists were recommended by an advisory board of leading Brooklyn artists and the five to be shown will be selected by Eugenie Tsai, the John and Barbara [...]

Jusepe De Ribera’s masterpiece Mary Magdalene on view at the Meadows Museum

DALLAS, TX.- Beginning September 18, Jusepe de Ribera’s monumental portrait of Mary Magdalene from the collection of the Museo Nacional del Prado will be on view at the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, home to one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish art outside of Spain. The exhibition, “Ribera: Mary Magdalene in a New Context,” which runs through January 15, 2012, marks the second year of the museum’s unprecedented international partnership with the Prado and will include other notable [...]

Overview of the overlooked Southern California artists at the Robert Berman Gallery

SANTA MONICA, CA.- Robert Berman Gallery presents Paid to Play – an overview of the overlooked Southern California artists rooted in illustration, commissioned to create imagery for record albums, magazines, advertisements, et al. A genre dirtily linked to commercialism but nonetheless full of innovation, technique, artistic expression and speed. “Fueled by a combination of intense demand, sleepless nights and brutal competition, the four men at the center of LA’s airbrush market – Dave Willardson, Charles E. White III, Peter Palombi and Peter [...]

Sotheby’s to offer fine & decorative arts from the collection of Edward P. Evans

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s announces that it will offer Property from the Collection of Edward P. Evans across a series of sales this autumn in both New York and London. Furniture and decorative arts from the Collection will comprise the single-owner sale of Property from the Collection of Edward P. Evans in New York on 29 September, while Mr. Evans’s Sporting Art will appear in both the 19th Century European Art auction on 4 November in New York and the Old Master [...]