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58th Annual Winter Antiques Show in New York finishes first week with strong sales 58th Annual Winter Antiques Show in New York finishes first week with strong sales

January 29, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Market


NEW YORK, NY.- The Winter Antiques Show finished its first week with strong sales and interest among buyers, including established collectors, design professionals and first-time buyers. Sales were robust across all disciplines, including Americana, antiquities, and 20th century fine and decorative arts. All net proceeds from sponsors, special events, and ticket sales support East Side House Settlement, a non-profit in the South Bronx providing social services to community residents. Among the 20th c. works purchased were a remarkable series of three untitled Alexander... [Full Article]

First Belgian solo exhibition of Armenian-born artist Armen Eloyan at Tim Van Laere Gallery First Belgian solo exhibition of Armenian-born artist Armen Eloyan at Tim Van Laere Gallery

January 29, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


ANTWERP.- Tim Van Laere Gallery presents Day by Day Part II, the first Belgian solo exhibition of Armenian-born artist Armen Eloyan. In Armen Eloyan’s impasto paintings a wonderful pathos, brutality, sensuality and a sense for the grotesque all coexist in some post-disaster condition. Eloyan creates a mood, and this mood, this state of mind echoes throughout the exhibition. Most canvases have enigmatic titles like The Light called „Day“, and the Darkness called „Night“ and Jekaterina Jekaterina, but are populated by a familiar subject matter such as... [Full Article]

The Loving Story: Photographs by Grey Villet at the International Center of Photography The Loving Story: Photographs by Grey Villet at the International Center of Photography

January 29, 2012 by   - Filed under Photography


NEW YORK, NY.- The Loving Story: Photographs by Grey Villet, on view at the International Center of Photography through May 6, 2012, presents a series of intimate photographs showing the love and unguarded emotions shared by Richard and Mildred Loving, a shy, non-political married couple whose landmark United States Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia overturned the country’s anti-miscegenation laws. The exhibition, organized by Assistant Curator of Collections Erin Barnett, includes some twenty vintage prints by Grey Villet drawn from Villet’s estate and... [Full Article]

Bucerius Kunstforum opens exhibition with works by Ferdinand Hodler and Cuno Amiet Bucerius Kunstforum opens exhibition with works by Ferdinand Hodler and Cuno Amiet

January 29, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


HAMBURG.- Artistic friendships have always been an exciting mixture of friendship and rivalry. For the first time, an exhibition is being dedicated to the artistic interaction between Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918) and Cuno Amiet (1868–1961). These were the two artists who shaped the Europewide advent of the modern art movement in Switzerland. The exhibition focuses on the period after 1893 when the two artists encountered each other both in person and in the awareness of each other’s work. Although their relationship was characterized by quarrels and reconciliations,... [Full Article]

Exhibition at Turner Contemporary shows how JMW Turner revolutionised landscape painting Exhibition at Turner Contemporary shows how JMW Turner revolutionised landscape painting

January 28, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


MARGATE.- Eighty-eight works by Britain’s best-loved painter, JMW Turner, many from Tate’s collection, will go on show in the major exhibition Turner and the Elements at Turner Contemporary in Margate from 28 January –13 May 2012. The exhibition, including a number of works featuring Margate and the north Kent coast, illustrates how his painting technique and the influence of the latest scientific and technological developments of his time, revolutionised landscape painting. JMW Turner was a frequent visitor to Margate spending time there as a child and again... [Full Article]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement returns Pissarro painting stolen from French museum in 1981 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement returns Pissarro painting stolen from French museum in 1981

January 28, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Crime & Legal


WASHINGTON, DC.- An art piece stolen from a French museum more than 30 years ago is finally on its way home to France. On Wednesday, U.S. officials repatriated “Le Marché aux Poissons” (The Fish Market), a monotype by Camille Pissarro, to French Ambassador François Delattre. Officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY); and Interpol Washington, U.S. National Central Bureau; attended a ceremony on Jan. 25 at The Kreeger Museum in the District of Columbia to return... [Full Article]

Exhibition of Magnum contact sheets on view at the International Center of Photograpy Exhibition of Magnum contact sheets on view at the International Center of Photograpy

January 28, 2012 by   - Filed under Photography


NEW YORK, NY.- Often compared to an artist’s sketchbook, a contact sheet is the photographer’s first look at what he or she has captured on film, and provides a uniquely intimate glimpse into the working process. It gives a behind-the-scenes sense of walking alongside photographers and seeing through their eyes. Through May 6, 2012, Magnum Contact Sheets are on view at the International Center of Photograpy, revealing how Magnum photographers have captured and edited their best shots from the 1930s to the present. The images featured—both celebrated, iconic... [Full Article]

Galerie Jaeger Bucher in Paris opens exhibition by the Portuguese artist Miguel Branco Galerie Jaeger Bucher in Paris opens exhibition by the Portuguese artist Miguel Branco

January 28, 2012 by   - Filed under Sculpture


PARIS.- From 28 January to 31 March, 2012, the gallery presents an exhibition of the artist Miguel Branco entitled Deserto. Born in Castelo Branco, Portugal in 1963, Miguel Branco studied at Lisbon’s Faculty of Fine Arts and has been the director since 1998 of the Painting Department of AR.CO. (Centre of Art and Visual Communication of Lisbon). His works have been shown at international institutions such as the MUDAM in Luxemburg, the CAM—Centre of Modern Art of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon—as well as at the Serralves Foundation in Porto. For... [Full Article]

Paper does not blush: A group exhibition opens at Galerie Michael Janssen in Berlin Paper does not blush: A group exhibition opens at Galerie Michael Janssen in Berlin

January 28, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


BERLIN.- Galerie Michael Janssen announces Paper does not blush, a group exhibition with artists of the gallery program. The exhibition focuses on works on paper, including prints, illustrated books, and selected drawings, that explore and manipulate the materiality of paper itself. On view are works by Yoshitaka Amano, Gianfranco Baruchello, Meg Cranston, Lili Dujourie, Monique van Genderen, Emil Holmer, Christof Mascher, Christoph Steinmeyer, Shaan Syed, Joris Van de Moortel and Mario Ybarra Jr. Yoshitaka Amano gained fame in the 1970’s creating anime, manga... [Full Article]

Tampa Museum of Art celebrates 20th century masters with Spring exhibitions Tampa Museum of Art celebrates 20th century masters with Spring exhibitions

January 28, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


TAMPA, FL.- The Tampa Museum of Art announces its spring 2012 exhibition schedule that honors the work of three modern masters, Romare Bearden, Don ZanFagna and John Cage. In solo exhibitions dedicated to each of the three pioneers, the Museum takes the opportunity to understand the long shadows these artists have left. “With this suite of exhibitions,” according to Todd D. Smith, the Museum’s executive director,” the Museum continues to tell the traditional and emerging histories of the art of the modern era and provide our audiences with a broader understanding... [Full Article]

Kit Schulte Contemporary Art introduces young, Italian talent Matteo Bergamasco to Berlin audience Kit Schulte Contemporary Art introduces young, Italian talent Matteo Bergamasco to Berlin audience

January 28, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


BERLIN.- Kit Schulte Contemporary Art introduces the young, Italian talent Matteo Bergamasco to the Berlin audience. In the exhibition ‘END’ Italian artist Matteo Bergamasco presents a series of visionary drawings about the apocalypse. Bergamasco says: “For about two years I have been frequently dreaming about the end of the world. Each time it happens in a different way, for different reasons, in the most diverse settings… but always in a grandiose fashion!” Regardless of any prophetic or anecdotal reflection, the heart of this project is rather... [Full Article]

Sotheby’s Old Masters Week sales bring a strong total of $73.1 million Sotheby’s Old Masters Week sales bring a strong total of $73.1 million

January 28, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Market


NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s annual Old Masters Week auctions in New York concluded today with a strong cumulative total of $73,052,668. Thursday’s sale of Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture brought $62,081,477, and was highlighted by five remarkable pictures that achieved prices over $4 million – led by Canaletto’s View of the Churches of the Redentore and San Giacomo… from the Estate of Lady Forte that sold for $5,682,500 (est. $5/7 million*), and Lucas Cranach the Elder’s portrait Lucretia that brought $5,122,500 (est. $4/6 million). On Wednesday,... [Full Article]

Snap Galleries presents the first UK exhibition for Los Angeles based photographer Neal Preston Snap Galleries presents the first UK exhibition for Los Angeles based photographer Neal Preston

January 28, 2012 by   - Filed under Photography


LONDON.- Renowned LA based photographer Neal Preston has chosen Snap Galleries in St James to host his first exhibition of photographs in London in January 2012. The exhibition will feature around 50 of Preston’s most important rock & roll photographs. With a career that has already spanned four decades, Preston sees no reason not to aim for a fifth. It all started in high school, as he recalls: “Some kids get behind the wheel of a car when they are 14 or 15, and they instinctively know what the clutch does, what the brakes do. When I got my first camera,... [Full Article]

High Museum to bring Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” to the Southeast for the first time High Museum to bring Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” to the Southeast for the first time

January 28, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art in collaboration with the Mauritshuis, The Hague, will present a major exhibition of Dutch masterworks in 2013, including Johannes Vermeer’s iconic “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” which has not been on view in the United States for more than 15 years and has never been seen in the Southeast. Drawn from the Mauritshuis’s collection, “Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis” will highlight the artistic genius of Dutch Golden Age painters, including Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals and Jan... [Full Article]

Saffronart breaks new ground in western art with its inaugural auction of Impressionist and Modern art Saffronart breaks new ground in western art with its inaugural auction of Impressionist and Modern art

January 28, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Market


MUMBAI.- Saffronart, India’s leading auction house announces its entry into Western art with its Inaugural Auction of Impressionist and Modern Art. As part of its long-term commitment to provide art connoisseurs in India and across the globe with access to the finest art works, Saffronart now introduces this landmark auction of Western art, a first for India. The auction offers a unique opportunity for collectors to acquire significant works by the legends of the art world including Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger, and others. With a total... [Full Article]