Survey Exhibition of Important Paintings by Peter Saul at Haunch of Venison in New York

NEW YORK, NY.- Haunch of Venison Gallery is showing a survey exhibition of paintings by Peter Saul curated by Chris Byrne through January 8 2011. Twenty important paintings from the span of the artist’s career are exhibited alongside a selection of new works made especially for the exhibition. Early sketchbooks and a collection of the artist’s correspondences and personal artifacts are also exhibited. A catalogue with introductory essay by Eric Fischl accompanies the exhibition. The exhibition features significant works from [...]

Harry Blain and Former Sotheby’s Vice Chairman Emmanuel Di Donna to Open New York Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- London Contemporary Art dealer Harry Blain and former Sotheby’s Worldwide vice chairman Emmanuel Di Donna have joined forces to open a secondary market gallery in New York. Called Blain|Di Donna, the new venture will focus on blue-chip Impressionist, Modern (I/M) and Contemporary Art works. Said Di Donna: “Now is the perfect time to start a business like this. The I/M and Contemporary markets in New York and Europe are more dynamic than ever, and of course the [...]

Three Emerging London-Based Artists Present ‘Transmission’ at Haunch of Venison

LONDON.- ‘Transmission’ brings together three emerging London-based artists – a painter, a sculptor and a multimedia artist – and explores the affinities they share with regards to notions of transference and abstraction. While the work of Adam Dix, Alex Hoda and Katie Paterson is shaped by very different thematic and formal concerns, there are underlying correspondences in their approach to considerations such as the transmission of meaning, the dislocation of context and the mutation of form. Objects and forms are [...]

Radical New Installation by Yoko Ono at Haunch of Venison in Berlin

BERLIN.- Haunch of Venison Berlin presents ‘Das Gift,’ a radical new installation by Yoko Ono. The exhibition opens 10 September and continues through 13 November 2010. Yoko Ono’s installation ‘Das Gift’ consists of sculptural, sound, film, and instruction-based participatory elements, which have been conceived specifically for this exhibition. Ono’s pioneering work with conceptual art and instruction-based work began in the 1950s. In 1964, she published the groundbreaking collection of these works, titled Grapefruit. This conceptualism is an underlying force of [...]

Two Person Exhibition by Michael Joo and Damien Hirst at Haunch of Venison in Berlin

BERLIN.- Haunch of Venison Berlin presents ‘Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun?’ a two person exhibition by American artist Michael Joo (b.1966) and British artist Damien Hirst (b.1965). The exhibition opens on 1 May and continues through 14 August 2010. ‘Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun?’ is a unique collaboration between the two artists, who met in Cologne in 1991 and have remained close friends since that time. Engaged in a continuous, twenty-year discourse about their [...]

First Comprehensive Survey of Soviet Non-Conformist Art at Haunch of Venizon

LONDON.- Haunch of Venison presents the first comprehensive survey of Soviet non-conformist art from the 1980s and early 1990s ever to be mounted in London, in collaboration with Galerie Volker Diehl (Berlin) and Diehl + Gallery One (Moscow). Featuring one hundred works by almost fifty different artists, the exhibition focuses on the period before, during and after Glasnost and Perestroika, examining the profound influence that Gorbachev’s liberalising reforms had on the art that was being made at this transformative moment [...]

First UK Solo Show of Bengali-American Artist Rina Banerjee at Haunch of Venison

LONDON.- Haunch of Venison London presents Forever Foreign – the first UK solo show of Bengali-American artist Rina Banerjee, introducing the New York-based artist’s complex, seductive, corporeal oeuvre. Banerjee’s drawings, sculptures and assemblage depict mythical, visionary worlds, reflecting the artist’s Western and Indian backgrounds with intense colours and hybrid flora and fauna. The fantastical floating world Banerjee creates is reminiscent of Indian miniature paintings, and comes from an interest in Victorian culture; the thirst for exploration and knowledge, lust for [...]

Thomas Heatherwick’s Spun Chair at Haunch of Venison in London

LONDON.- For his second solo exhibition at Haunch of Venison London, Thomas Heatherwick has produced a startling twist on conventional furniture design: a functional chair formed from a single profile rotated through 360 degrees. Aptly titled ‘Spun ’ it transforms the domestic seat into a beautifully rendered spinning top. The exhibition will include five versions of the Spun chair in copper and stainless steel. The different versions are: mirror polished stainless steel, brushed stainless steel, mirror polished copper, brushed copper [...]

Exhibition of New Work by Indian Artist Jitish Kallat to Open at Haunch of Venison

LONDON.- In February 2009, Haunch of Venison London will present an exhibition of new work by the Indian artist Jitish Kallat. Following his acclaimed exhibition at Haunch of Venison Zürich in 2008, Kallat’s new work showcases the full range of his visual vocabulary incorporating video, sculptural installation, photography and the large format paintings for which he is best known. Tackling his foundational themes of sustenance, survival and mortality in the contemporary urban environment of Mumbai, Kallat offsets a vivid, hand-made [...]

Christie’s Announces 2009 Global Art Sales Total $3.3 Billion

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, today announced that 2009 sales totaled £2.1 billion/$3.3 billion, a 24% decrease in £ (35% decrease in $) over 2008 sales. Sales totals include private sales of £265.7 million/$417.2 million, a decrease of 1% by £ on 2008 figures, and reflect those brokered by Christie’s as well as sales conducted by Christie’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Haunch of Venison. In 2009, Christie’s achieved 56.4% global auction sales market share against its main [...]

New Work by Brooklyn Artist Brian Alfred at Haunch of Venizon

NEW YORK, NY.- Haunch of Venison New York presents ‘It’s Already the End of the World’, a solo exhibition of new work by Brooklyn artist Brian Alfred. Opening on January 15 2010, the show will feature 14 new paintings, collage works, and a major new video work. Alfred’s work is inspired by his interest in globalization, civil unrest, political and social opposition, and influential figures and locations. The animation will feature multiple soundtracks by musicians Flying Lotus, Ghislain Poirier, Roberto [...]

First UK Solo Show of Bengali-American Artist Rina Banerjee Announced

LONDON.- In April 2010 Haunch of Venison London will present Forever Foreign – the first UK solo show of Bengali-American artist Rina Banerjee, introducing the New York-based artist’s complex, seductive, corporeal oeuvre. Banerjee’s drawings, sculptures and assemblage depict mythical, visionary worlds, reflecting the artist’s Western and Indian backgrounds with intense colours and hybrid flora and fauna. The fantastical floating world Banerjee creates is reminiscent of Indian miniature paintings, and comes from an interest in Victorian culture; the thirst for exploration [...]

Double-Header of Andy Warhol Exhibitions Opening this Fall in Athens

ATHENS.- Potnia Thiron Gallery and Haunch of Venison will present a double-header of Warhol exhibitions in Athens this autumn. Opening simultaneously, Warhol/Icon: The Creation of Image at the Byzantine and Christian Museum and Warhol: Screen Tests at Potnia Thiron Gallery, will explore Warhol’s obsession with fame through his work as a painter and filmmaker of ‘icons’. The emphasis across both exhibitions will be on the relationship between his Byzantine religious beliefs, Slavic background and devotion to his mystical mother, and his [...]

High Names Michael Rooks New Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art

ATLANTA, GA.- Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art, announced today that the High has appointed Michael Rooks as the new Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Rooks will officially join the High in January 2010. Rooks has held curator positions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, and at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Most recently, Rooks served as Chief Curator and Director of [...]