Museum Folkwang Opens Three Exhibitions Featuring Photographs, Drawings and Posters

ESSEN.- From November 6, 2010 to 16 January 2011 the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, is showing three new exhibitions of the departments of Photography, Drawings and the German Poster Museum. With the exhibition Celebrity Design – Edward Steichen, the Fotografische Sammlung is dedicating a solo exhibition to the well-known American photographer Edward Steichen (1879–1973) for the first time. The core is formed by a donation of 65 photographs by Joanna Steichen, which the Museum Folkwang in Essen received in 1983, exclusively [...]

New Paintings by Colorado-Born Artist John Currin Presented at Gagosian Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian Gallery presents new paintings by John Currin. Currin’s depictions of the female figure enchant and repel, often in equal measure. Labeled as mannerist, caricaturist, radical conservative or satirist, Currin continues to confound expectations and evade categorization. While his meticulous and virtuosic technique is indebted to the history of classical painting, the images themselves engage startlingly contemporary ideas about the representation of the human figure. With inspirations as diverse as Old Master portraits, pin-ups, and mid-twentieth century [...]

ARTISSIMA 17: The International Fair of Contemporary Art in Turin Introduces a Host of New Features

TURIN.- Artissima 17, the International Fair of Contemporary Art in Turin, will be held from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 November 2010 under the artistic direction of Francesco Manacorda. This event, the first to be directed by Manacorda, will be introducing a host of new features. First of all, it will be held in spectacular new premises: the Oval, a pavilion of unique architectural design, which was built for the 2006 Turin Olympic Winter Games. Visitors chat during the press [...]

Abu Dhabi, the center of art world this weekend

Abu Dhabi.- It’s not just oil they talk about in the Middle East, these days. With millions of the region’s dollars being spent in an explosion of art collecting, they could just as easily be talking about oil paintings.  This weekend, hundreds of people are expected to traipse through Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace hotel to visit the Gulf state’s second ever art fair; a lavish display of contemporary art from across the Middle East and further afield. The fair is [...]

The Prado Offers a Clear Appreciation of the Evolution of Rubens’ Style in New Exhibition

MADRID.- The Museum’s Rubens galleries are temporarily closed for re-modelling as part of the Prado’s “Second Extension” plan. As a result, and over the course of more than two months, the Museum is inviting the public to enter into the vibrant artistic universe of this great and highly prolific Flemish painter through an innovative type of display of its important holdings of autograph works by Rubens and works by his studio. In addition, it is the first time for a decade [...]

London’s Iconic Canary Wharf Has Scooped a Prestigious International Award for Its Public Art Programme

LONDON.- London’s Canary Wharf has won the Christie’s award for best corporate art collections and programs handed out at the 2010 International Art & Work Awards in Barcelona on Thursday.  The prize, which focuses on the last three years, recognized what the judges called Canary Wharf Group’s “sophisticated approach to integrating art into the landscaping and the buildings on their shopping and business district in London.”  The famous business and shopping destination proved itself as a hub of cultural creativity, beating [...]

Rare Mary Cassatt Painting on View at the Mint Museum Randolph Due to Long-Term Loan

CHARLOTTE, NC.- Visitors to the Mint Museum Randolph will soon have the unique opportunity to view an early masterpiece by American painter Mary Cassatt. The painting, Madame X Dressed for the Matinée (1878), comes from the collection of Charlotte and Philip Hanes of Winston-Salem, N.C., who have generously placed it on long-term loan at the Mint.  “We are delighted to share this masterpiece with both The Mint Museum and our fellow North Carolinians,” said Philip Hanes. “According to one Cassatt scholar, Madame X [...]

Important Exhibition of the Work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Hammer Galleries in New York

NEW YORK, NY.- Hammer Galleries presents an important exhibition of the world renowned French Impressionist Master Pierre-Auguste Renoir for its inaugural exhibition at its new location – 475 Park Avenue, New York.  RENOIR, curated by gallery President and Director Howard Shaw, focuses on the second half of Renoir’s dynamic sixty year long career, a productive, yet often overlooked period, recently the subject of a major exhibition, Renoir in the 20th Century (Grand Palais, Paris; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA and [...]

John Singer Sargent Exhibition at Adelson Galleries Explores Impressionist Period

NEW YORK, NY.- Sargent and Impressionism – an exceptional selection of landscapes and interiors painted by John Singer Sargent – will be on view at Adelson Galleries from November 4 through December 18, 2010. Culled from museum and private collections in the United States and abroad, the exhibition’s 28 oil paintings, three watercolors and one ink drawing date from 1883 to 1889. Known as the artist’s Impressionist period, Sargent spent the years immediately following the Madame X scandal withdrawing from Paris [...]

Dates Announced for First Ever Exhibition of Internationally Renowned Artist Anish Kapoor in India

LONDON.- The British Council, in association with the Lisson Gallery London and the Indian Ministry of Culture will present the first ever major exhibition in India of works by the internationally renowned artist Anish Kapoor at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi from 28 November 2010 – 27 February 2011 and the Mehboob Film Studios, Mumbai from 29 November 2010 – 16 January 2011. The exhibition is sponsored by Louis Vuitton. Organised across two sites, each exhibition will [...]

Made in Holland: Old Masters from a Private Collection in America at the Mauritshuis

THE HAGUE.- A selection of highlights from the remarkable art collection of Eijk and Rose-Marie de Mol van Otterloo will be on display at the Mauritshuis in The Hague this autumn. The exhibition Made in Holland: Old Masters from a private collection in America features 44 masterpieces produced by Dutch masters during the Golden Age. Not only are these works of outstanding quality, their subject matter is often intriguing. The selection includes works by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Paulus Potter, Jan Steen [...]

Art World Gathers in Abu Dhabi for the Opening of the Second Edition Abu Dhabi Art 2010

ABU DHABI.- Top art professionals, collectors, artists and connoisseurs have arrived in Abu Dhabi for the grand opening of the second annual Abu Dhabi Art. This unique platform for regional and international Modern and Contemporary art brings together the art world’s most recognised names right on the crossroads of the ancient silk route, where east and west meet – Abu Dhabi. Organised by Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) and the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage (ADACH,)this year’s event features [...]

Fifth Annual New York Art Book Fair Offers the Best in Contemporary Art-Book Publishing

NEW YORK, NY.- Printed Matter, the world’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to publications by artists, presents the fifth annual NY Art Book Fair, November 5–7 at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens. Free and open to the public, the Fair hosts over 230 international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, artists and publishers from twenty-one countries, offering the best in contemporary art-book publishing.  Philip Aarons, Chairman of the Board for Printed Matter, said: “The NY Art Book Fair is the premier venue to find [...]

A Selection of Works from the 1960s and 70s by American Artist Michael Heizer at David Zwirner

NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner presents a selection of works from the 1960s and 70s by American artist Michael Heizer (b. 1944) at the gallery’s 519 West 19th Street space.  As a pioneer of the 1960s Land Art movement, Heizer has created a prolific and ambitious practice encompassing painting, sculpture, and large-scale earthworks. His paintings and sculptures, which he has produced intermittently throughout his career—manifest many of the ideas explored in his monumental works—which use land as a material form. Bringing together [...]

Portraits of First World War Veterans Presented to The Queen Go on Display at Windsor Castle

LONDON.- First World War veterans will be remembered at Windsor Castle in portraits by the artist Dan Llywelyn Hall. Two of the longest-surviving veterans, Henry Allingham (1896-2009) and Harry Patch (1898-2009), whose lives spanned three centuries and six monarchs, will be the subject of a small display in the Castle’s Drawings Gallery from 3 November (until 6 February 2011). The two studies for oil paintings and a limited-edition print will be shown alongside the poem Last Post by the Poet Laureate, [...]