Full Set of Francisco Goya’s Los Caprichos on View at the Taft Museum of Art

CINCINNATI, OH.- Acting as an 18th century version of The Daily Show, Los Caprichos by Francisco Goya took an insightful yet darkly humorous view of contemporary Spanish society. From blasting provincial superstition to criticizing political corruption, this set of etchings confirms Goya’s liberalism and demonstrates the artist’s revulsion at intellectual oppression imposed by political and religious leaders. The full set of 18th-century Spanish artist Francisco Goya’s 80 haunting images from Los Caprichos (“The Whims” or “The Fantasies,” published in 1799) [...]

Highlights from Sotheby’s Old Masters Week in New York Exhibited in London

LONDON.- Highlights from Sotheby’s Old Masters Week sales in January 2011 in New York will be exhibited alongside our London auctions of old master paintings, sculpture and works of art from 4-8 December. Rare paintings and drawings by iconic artists including Titian, Rembrandt and Rubens will be on view in Sotheby’s New Bond Street galleries, as well as works from the famed collections of Charles Ryskamp and J.E. Safra, before returning to New York for exhibition and sale. Important Old [...]

Leonardo’s Last Supper by Peter Greenaway Opens Today at Park Avenue Armory

NEW YORK, NY.- Visionary artist and filmmaker Peter Greenaway will premiere an epic and immersive multimedia work based on Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper this December at Park Avenue Armory, marking the first U.S. presentation of the artist’s installation work. Through his incisive manipulation of light, sound, and theatrical illusion, Greenaway creates a series of dynamic audio-visual environments that provoke new ways of seeing Leonardo’s masterpiece. The installation includes a meticulously detailed “clone” of the painting set within a [...]

The Last Work by the Renowned Italian Master Caravaggio at Rembrandt House Museum

AMSTERDAM.- The Rembrandt House Museum is exhibiting an almost unknown painting by the Italian artist Caravaggio (1571-1610) from 3 December 2010 to 13 February 2011. St John the Baptist Reclining comes from a foreign private collection and has increasingly been accepted as an authentic Caravaggio by experts since its discovery in 1976. They also consider this painting to be the very last work by the renowned Italian master and date it to 1610. This work of art will be shown [...]

The National Portrait Gallery Announces the Call for Entries for the BP Portrait Award 2011

LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery announce the Call for Entries for the BP Portrait Award 2011, the world’s most prestigious open competition for portrait painting. Entry forms are now available at the gallery website, and the closing date for entries is Friday 11 February 2011. The Portrait Award, now in its thirty-second year at the National Portrait Gallery and twenty-second year of sponsorship by BP, is an annual event aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in [...]

Collectors from Around the World Gather at Art Basel Miami Beach as It Opens Its Doors

MIAMI BEACH (AP).- South Beach is ready to host a huge art party. Art Basel Miami Beach organizers chose about 250 galleries from more than 700 applications to show their art during the fair, which kicked off for VIPs on Wednesday. It opens for the public on Thursday and ends on Sunday. Gallery owners at the Miami Beach Convention Center are hoping to sell works ranging from Spain’s Pablo Picasso and Colombia’s Fernando Botero to Argentina’s Mondongo group and New [...]

Highlights of the Debut of Naples International Art and Antique Fair Announced

NAPLES, FL.- International Fine Art Expositions (IFAE), organizers of the debut Naples International Art and Antique Fair (NIAAF), released highlights for the upcoming event, which will be held February 24 – March 1, 2011 at the spectacular new Naples International Pavilion on Immokalee Road. The premier Fair will gather 60-70 carefully selected prestigious art, antique, and jewelry dealers of the highest caliber from around the world to Southwest Florida for the first time. A full schedule of daily activities will [...]

Recent Paintings by Contemporary Scottish Painter Stephen Conroy at Marlborough Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Marlborough Gallery presents the exhibition of recent paintings by the contemporary Scottish painter, Stephen Conroy. Conroy’s last New York show took place in 2007 and the exhibition gives viewers a chance to see the latest work by this captivating painter. The exhibition opened November 30 and continues through December 30, 2010. Stephen Conroy, The Man You Never Knew II, 2010, oil on canvas. Photo: Courtesy Marlborough Gallery The show comprises over thirty oils on canvas, the majority [...]

Miami’s Longest Running Contemporary Art Fair Opens to Strong First Day Sales

LONDON.- Art Miami, Miami’s longest running contemporary art fair and anchor fair to the city of Miami, opened to the public for the first day yesterday, with dealers reporting strong sales and promising leads from serious art collectors and museums. Distinguished for its depth, diversity and quality, Art Miami presents an incredible showcase of works from internationally renowned modern and contemporary art from 100 international art galleries. Contessa Gallery sold Booster by Robert Rauschenberg for $225,000 Highlights from Wednesday’s sales [...]

New Orleans Museum of Art Celebrates First Century with Exhibition from Its Collection

NEW ORLEANS, LA.- When the New Orleans Museum of Art opened its doors 100 years ago thanks to a $150,000 donation offered by a local businessman to build a “temple of art for rich and poor alike,” it owned only 11 pictures and a small collection of other objects. Now, thanks to the donations of others over the years, NOMA has more than 35,000 pieces in its permanent collection — ranging from Degas, Picasso, Chagall and other big-name artists, to [...]

ArtPrize Founder Rick DeVos Announces Plans for the Third Edition of ArtPrize

GRAND RAPIDS, MI.- ArtPrize founder Rick DeVos today announced plans for the third edition of ArtPrize. ArtPrize 2011 will open on Sept. 21 and run through Oct. 9. Artist and venue information as well as dates for Top 10 and the winners’ announcement will be announced after the beginning of the year. ArtPrize will continue to award the top 10 prizes totaling $449,000 and expects the number of individual juried prizes to increase. “The engagement of the community continues to [...]

Drawings and Sketches that Reflect Mexico’s Independence Period Published

MEXICO CITY.- The artistic collection of the colonel and draughtsman Theubet de Beauchamp that shows costumbrista scenes of Mexican society between 1810 and 1827, as well as important moments of the Independence, such as the coronation of Iturbide as the first emperor of Mexico, was recovered by historian Sonia Lombardo de Ruiz and published in the book Trajes y vistas de México en la mirada de Theubet de Beauchamp (Garments and Views of Mexico as seen by Theubet de Beauchamp). [...]

“Uncanny Realities” Exhibition of Sculptures and Photographs at Museum Frieder Burda

BADEN-BADEN.- Their works confuse and touch the observer. Works by the two American artists Duane Hanson (1925 – 1996) and Gregory Crewdson (born in 1962) are at the centre of the exhibition at the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden, to be seen under the title ”Uncanny Realities“ from 27 November 2010 to 6 March 2011. With his realistic sculptures, the American artist Duane Hanson has become a synonym for contemporary realism in contemporary art. Typical motives are average people like [...]

Galería Javier López – Mário Sequeira Opens New Space with Alex Katz Retrospective

MADRID.- The Galería Javier López – Mário Sequeira is opening its new gallery with a retrospective of Alex Katz (b. New York, 1927), one of the great names in painting in the second half of the twentieth century. The spacious proportions of the gallery, designed by the architectural partnership Vicens + Ramos, make it possible to appreciate a selection of historic large-scale works by this American creative genius for the first time in Spain in a private gallery. In Once [...]

First Public Exhibition at Museum Brandhorst Shows Picasso: Artist’s Books

MUNICH.- Following its successful opening phase, the Museum Brandhorst is now holding its first public exhibition: “Picasso Artist’s Books”. With an exemplary selection of works, a section of the collection that has not been exhibited to date in the Museum Brandhorst is now accessible to the public. With a few exceptions, the exhibited works are on loan from the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München. Picasso was one of the most inventive and prolific artists of the 20th century and the genre of [...]