Rare, unusual, sought-after Swiss Art to be offered at Koller

ZURICH.- At the end of the 2011 auction year, from 5 to 9 December, Koller, the leading Swiss auction house, will present its 12th auction of Swiss art and many further highlights. After the exceptionally successful auction of Swiss Art in June, which, with a total turnover of CHF 14 million and a record result of CHF 7.3 million for two portraits of children by Albert Anker, proved to be one of the most successful auctions in this sector, on 9 December [...]

21er Haus: Museum of the 21st century opens in Vienna with Great Prospects! exhibition

VIENNA.- For the opening of the 21er Haus, invitations were extended to artists who raise questions about the social and institutional significance of the museum and address the new venue and its history. Each artistic intervention approaches the site in an individual way and contributes to an open field of experimentation, in which different artistic disciplines can encounter each other and overlap. The various approaches chosen by the artists reflect a broad spectrum: Marcus Geiger’s parody of official symbols representing the state [...]

Pop artist Romero Britto releases Royal Portrait series at Imitate Modern Gallery in London

LONDON.- An exhibition of work by celebrated Brazilian-born pop artist Romero Britto will open in the UK this November where the artist will unveil new work including a series of portraits of members of the British Royal family. The renowned Miami-based artist, who counts Elton John, Bill Clinton, Madonna, Whitney Houston, HRH Prince Charles, King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia, Lili and Howard Buffet, Carlos Slim, Eileen Guggenheim, Andre Agassi and Hilde and Klaus Schwab as fans and collectors, will [...]

Exhibition of masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris on view in Sydney

SYDNEY.- The Art Gallery of New South Wales is hosting the most significant exhibition of Picasso’s art ever held in Australia. 150 important paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings created by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) have come from the artist’s personal collection – works he was determined never to relinquish. Picasso: masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris is the most ambitious exhibition ever undertaken by the Gallery. Jointly organised by Musée National Picasso, the Art Gallery of NSW and Art Exhibitions Australia (AEA), [...]

Berthe Morisot: An Impressionist woman at the Museo Thyssen‐Bornemisza in Madrid

MADRID.- From 15 November and for the first time in Spain, the Museo Thyssen‐Bornemisza is presenting a retrospective exhibition on the work of the female Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot. Through an important agreement reached with the Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, more than 30 works from that collection will be shown alongside one loaned from the Fondatión Pierre Gianadda in Martigny (Switzerland) and others from the Thyssen collections. As a result, visitors will be able to appreciate Morisot’s elegant and luminous style, expressed in [...]

Naoto Hattori. Japanese pop surrealism

“I’ve been creating the imaginary world within my mind ever since I was a child. My vision is like a dream, where it’s a sweet dream, a nightmare or just a bizarre dream.” Hattori says. Born in Yokohama at 1975, he studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York. His paintings could be mistaken with digital art, but he does a spectacular work with acrylic. A fantastic and prolific imaginary is what we found in his gallery, as [...]

Botero sculpture, Tamayo painting lead Latin American sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s

NEW YORK, N.Y. (REUTERS).- A towering Fernando Botero sculpture and a painting by Mexican master Rufino Tamayo lead Latin American art auctions this week, which could benefit from strong demand seen in earlier art sales in New York. Botero’s bronze “Dancers,” which was cast in 2007 and is 10 feet 5 inches tall, could sell for as much as $2 million when it goes under the hammer at Christie’s. If it reaches its top estimate it will exceed the $1.6 million auction [...]

Major mid-career survey of Rivane Neuenschwander at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

DUBLIN.- A major mid-career survey of the work of leading Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander opens to the public in the New Galleries at the Irish Museum of Modern Art(IMMA) on Wednesday 16 November 2011. Covering the period since 2000, Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other highlights the artist’s unique contribution to Brazilian Conceptualism and reveals a wide-ranging interdisciplinary practice, which includes painting, photography, film, sculpture, collaborative actions and participatory events. Rivane Neuenschwander, I Wish Your Wish, 2003, Silkscreen on fabric ribbons, [...]

Long-lost Victorian Painting in US beach house could fetch $800,000 at Christie’s

LONDON (AP).- A long-lost Victorian painting that hung in a family’s unlocked New England beach house for half a century could fetch 500,000 pounds ($800,000) when it is sold next month, Christie’s auction house said Tuesday. “The Derby Day” is an early version of one of the era’s most famous pictures — William Powell Frith’s teeming, picaresque image of the crowds at an 1850s horse race, from a rich family in their carriage to gamblers, acrobats and prostitutes. The finished painting [...]

Dutch Landscapes: Paintings from the Royal Collection on view at the Bowes Museum

COUNTY DURHAM.- Dutch Landscapes: Paintings from the Royal Collection, which is on show at The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, brings together 38 remarkable works from the ‘golden age’ of Dutch painting, generously lent by Her Majesty The Queen. The exhibition, which opened on Saturday 12 November, draws on the Royal Collection’s rich holdings of Dutch 17th century landscapes, presenting outstanding examples by the great masters of landscape, including Jacob van Ruisdael, Aelbert Cuyp, Jan van der Heyden and Meyndert Hobbema. Meyndert Hobbema, [...]

Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin’s Journey on view at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa

GENOA.- In April 1897 Paul Gauguin had already been back in Tahiti for two years. His health was poor and he rarely worked outside in the lush natural world or by the ocean. He spent much more time in his studio. That month he received the news from his wife Mette that his daughter Aline, at the age of only twenty, had died in Copenhagen in January from complications due to pneumonia. Gauguin was utterly distraught at this news and in [...]

Chrono Cubism Photography

“Photography only lets you capture instants (even long exposures are only blurred instants). So, I hacked the idea of photography, mixing together many photos of the same scene into a single one, slicing and dicing the images and putting them back together, chronologically. I call the grammar behind it ‘chrono cubism.” – Diego Kuffer In his latest photography project “In Transit,” Diego Kuffer took multiple photographs of stationary scenes and merged them together to create a surreal “chrono cubist” view [...]

Brazilian Photographer Mona Kuhn’s “Bordeaux Series” just published by Steidl

BORDEAUX.- Each year Mona Kuhn embarks on a twenty-six hour crossing, through 9 time zones, from her house in Los Angeles to her small isolated home on a remote region near Bordeaux, France. There is no electricity but a collection of oil lamps. The house is minimal with no superfluous material items, but there is an abundance of spirit. During the course of this yearly interval, existing here provides a sanctuary of simple life in an unembellished dwelling. Time spent is [...]

Martin Lawrence Gallery marks 120th anniversary of Erté with retrospective exhibition

NEW YORK, NY.- Martin Lawrence Gallery celebrates the life and work of Romain de Tirtoff (commonly known as Erté, derived from the French pronunciation of his initials R and T) with a retrospective exhibition, sponsored by Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte. One of the most influential artists of the 20th Century, Erté inspired and led an entire art movement, leading him to be known as the Father of Art Deco. To celebrate his illustrious career and inimitable style, Martin Lawrence Gallery exhibits an unprecedented [...]

China Guardian Auctions Co, Ltd. presents its anticipated 2011 Autumn sale

BEIJING.- China Guardian Auctions Co, Ltd., presents its eighteenth annual Autumn Auction, a series of sales held in Beijing from November 12-16, 2011. Featuring over 4,500 lots of Chinese paintings and calligraphy, Porcelain, furniture, works of art, oil paintings, sculpture, rare books, watches and jewelry. The most anticipated items for sale include Qi Baishi’s Landscape, which set an auction record for highest sale at China Guardian’s 1994 Autumn Auction; Wu Bin’s Stream Under Lofty Peaks; and Royal furniture dating back to [...]