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NY federal court finds for Art International in Edelman Arts’ suit over multimillion-dollar Mondrian painting NY federal court finds for Art International in Edelman Arts’ suit over multimillion-dollar Mondrian painting

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


NEW YORK, NY.- One of the art world’s most acquisitive and controversial collectors has been dealt a noteworthy setback this week by a New York federal judge. In a closely watched case, European art broker Anne Faggionato, former Director of Art International and current CEO of BlueLabel, won a favorable decision in a long-running dispute over the purchase and subsequent sale of “The Composition,” a 1923 painting by renowned Dutch artist Piet Mondrian that has been valued as high as $7 million. The decision comes nearly a year after a February 2011 bench trial... [Full Article]

Picasso’s Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition at the National Gallery of Art Picasso’s Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition at the National Gallery of Art

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


WASHINGTON, DC.- Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was the greatest draftsman of the 20th century, exploring every technique from a single line to explosions of color. Through some 60 works, Picasso’s Drawings, 1890–1921: Reinventing Tradition presents the dazzling development of the artist as a draftsman during the first 30 years of his career, from the precocious academic exercises of his youth to his radical innovations of cubism and collage. On view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from January 29 through May 6, 2012, the exhibition includes many... [Full Article]

Exhibition at Fondation Beyeler offers a fresh review of Pierre Bonnard’s entire career Exhibition at Fondation Beyeler offers a fresh review of Pierre Bonnard’s entire career

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


RIEHEN.- With the exhibition “Pierre Bonnard”, the Fondation Beyeler celebrates one of the most fascinating of modern artists. With more than 60 paintings by the renowned French colorist on loan from international museums and private collections, the show provides a fresh review of Bonnard’s oeuvre and development. It covers his entire career from his beginnings with the Nabis through Symbolism and Impressionism to his ever more colorful and abstract late works. The paintings depict familiar scenes with bathers, views of the artist’s garden, everyday... [Full Article]

Former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s gifts up for sale at Artmark auction house Former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s gifts up for sale at Artmark auction house

January 27, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Market


BUCHAREST (AP).- What did they give the dictator who had everything? An African leopardskin or a silver dove — a novel offering from the former Shah of Iran — are just two examples of gifts received by Nicolae Ceausescu that will be auctioned off Thursday, on what would have been the late Romanian leader’s 94th birthday. The auction which is billed “the Golden Age” is a reference to the final years of Ceausescu’s rule, when Communist Party officials painted a rosy picture of life in Romania, while, in reality, people struggled with food... [Full Article]

J.M.W. Turner painting selld for £217,250 in Bonhams 19th century paintings sale J.M.W. Turner painting selld for £217,250 in Bonhams 19th century paintings sale

January 27, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Market, Featured


LONDON.- A beautiful watercolour of Kirkby Lonsdale Churchyard by Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775-1851), that had not been seen at auction since 1884, sold yesterday (Wednesday 25th January 2012) for £217,250 as part of the 19th Century Paintings sale atBonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London. The sale total was £1,871,925. Turner painted the lyrical English landscape of the River Lune from the churchyard of St Mary’s Church in Kirkby Lonsdale, with a group of children playing in the foreground. A view admired by the influential critic and artist John Ruskin... [Full Article]

Frieze New York 2012: Inaugural Frieze Projects program by eight artists announced Frieze New York 2012: Inaugural Frieze Projects program by eight artists announced

January 27, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


NEW YORK, NY.- Frieze announced the artists that have been commissioned to produce unique works as part of the inaugural Frieze Projects program for Frieze New York. The fair will be located in the unique setting of Randall’s Island Park, overlooking the East River. The eight artists that will participate in Frieze Projects New York are: John Ahearn, Uri Aran, Latifa Echakhch, Joel Kyack, Rick Moody, Virginia Overton, Tim Rollins and K.O.S. and Ulla von Brandenburg. The Frieze Projects program is realized annually at Frieze New York and is curated this year by... [Full Article]

Artist John Miller transforms Metro Pictures into a bizarre yet familiar public space Artist John Miller transforms Metro Pictures into a bizarre yet familiar public space

January 27, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


NEW YORK, NY.- John Miller elaborates on many of the tropes he has masterfully cultivated throughout his thirty-plus year career in “Suburban Past Time,” his latest exhibition at Metro Pictures. Through artificial rocks and plants ranging in scale from massive to ordinary, wallpaper, store-bought and handmade decorative elements, Miller transforms the gallery into a bizarre yet familiar public space. The works included in the exhibition are a continuation of the artist’s ongoing sociological investigation into so-called middlebrow culture, which focus on artifice... [Full Article]

Financing in place for the Städel extension wing and refurbishment of the old building Financing in place for the Städel extension wing and refurbishment of the old building

January 27, 2012 by   - Filed under Museums & Galleries


FRANKFURT.- A month before the opening of the Städel extension wing for contemporary art, and after the reopening of the refurbished old building in late 2011, the financing of the entire project is now in place. The “Städelscher Museums-Verein” added the finishing touches today when it handed over a check for three million euros. One half (around 26 million euros) of the approx. 52-million euro project (34 million for the extension, 18 million for refurbishing the old building) was financed through the unprecedented support of companies, foundations, and... [Full Article]

Guggenheim selects new site for BMW Guggenheim Lab Berlin Guggenheim selects new site for BMW Guggenheim Lab Berlin

January 27, 2012 by   - Filed under Museums & Galleries


NEW YORK, NY.- Following careful consideration, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has selected a new site for the BMW Guggenheim Lab Berlin, the combination think tank, public forum, and community center that will operate in Berlin from May 24 to July 29, 2012, as part of a nine-city, six-year tour. Berlin is the second stop for the Lab, following its successful inaugural run in New York City last fall. The new site is in Kreuzberg, a Berlin neighborhood known for its engagement with social action and public art, and is centrally located on an expansive lot at the... [Full Article]

Swann Galleries in New York announces February auction of African-American fine art Swann Galleries in New York announces February auction of African-American fine art

January 27, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Market


NEW YORK, NY.- On Thursday, February 16, Swann Galleries will conduct their annual winter auction of African-American Fine Art, with highlights ranging from important 19th century landscape paintings to prints by celebrated contemporary artists. In all, there are more than 160 works by prominent black artists. The lot with the highest pre-sale estimate is a significant Charles White drawing—the first from the artist’s famous J’Accuse! series to come to auction—J’Accuse! No. 10 (Negro Woman), charcoal on paper, 1966. A powerful depiction of African-American... [Full Article]

Liz Taylor-owned Dutch master sells for $2M in New York City Liz Taylor-owned Dutch master sells for $2M in New York City

January 27, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Market


NEW YORK (AP).- A 17th-century portrait that once hung in the living room of Elizabeth Taylor’s Bel Air home — and was only recently reattributed to the Dutch master Frans Hals — sold at auction Wednesday for $2 million. “Portrait of a Man,” painted in the early 1630s, went to a buyer bidding by phone at Christie’s sale of Old Masters. Its presale estimate had been $700,000 to $1 million. A Hals scholar, Seymour Slive, had listed the painting as a “doubtful” work by the Dutch artist in a 1974 catalog, judging by a black and... [Full Article]

United Kingdom’s tallest building “The Shard” designed by Renzo Piano adds drama to London’s sky United Kingdom’s tallest building “The Shard” designed by Renzo Piano adds drama to London’s sky

January 27, 2012 by   - Filed under Design & Architecture


LONDON (AP).- Passengers stepping out of London Bridge tube station cannot help but crane their necks to gaze at the jagged tower under construction: The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union and looks like a slice of glass balanced on the edge of the financial district. When the tower opens next year, visitors to the observation deck will see helicopters fly by at eye level and take in the metropolis all the way to the distant north Downs Hills. The structure designed by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano dwarfs nearby landmarks like Tower Bridge... [Full Article]

The Essence of Colour: The Art of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark opens at the Arken The Essence of Colour: The Art of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark opens at the Arken

January 27, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


SKOVVEJ.- On 28th January 2012 Arken opens the doors to the exhibition The Essence of Colour – The Art of Queen Margrethe II. This is the biggest exhibition hitherto of the Queen‟s art, where the public can follow her artistic development over the past 35 years. Over 130 acrylic paintings, water-colours and découpages are presented – including a series of brand new works that have never before been shown to the public. “The exhibition offers unique insight into the artist Margrethe II. We meet an open, vulnerable, searching human being who is able to convert... [Full Article]

Jenness Cortez invites a visual conversation through her new American Realism Jenness Cortez invites a visual conversation through her new American Realism

January 26, 2012 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


NAPLES, FL.- DeBruyne Fine Art of Naples, Florida will host an exhibition by internationally acclaimed artist Jenness Cortez. On view January 26 through March 31, 2012, “Homage to the Creative Spirit 2012,” invites viewers into a visual conversation with Cortez to discuss how iconic works of art can inspire us to rediscover and revalue our own own creative potential. Robert Yassin, Executive Director of the Palos Verdes Art Center calls Jenness Cortez one of the world’s most eloquent and successful visual conversationalists. Yassin says that, “All... [Full Article]

Getty Museum announces acquisition of rare early Renaissance drawing attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo Getty Museum announces acquisition of rare early Renaissance drawing attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo

January 26, 2012 by   - Filed under Museums & Galleries


LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum today announced the acquisition at auction of Portrait of a Young Man, Head and Shoulders, Wearing a Cap, drawn about 1470, attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo (c. 1443-1496). The drawing, from the early Florence Renaissance, is extremely rare, and is the first portrait drawing of this period to be included in the Getty’s permanent collection. Its acquisition by the Getty will allow it to be put on public display for likely the first time in its long history. “This acquisition anchors and provides context for the... [Full Article]