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Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Boompjes, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 1982. © Office for Metropolitan Architecture. From the Collection of the Alvin Boyarsky Archive

Drawing Ambience: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association

February 12, 2015

This spring, the RISD Museum presents Drawing Ambience: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association. Co-organized with the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. ...

Tatlin’s Whisper, #6 (Havana Version), 2009 Stage, podium, microphone, loudspeakers, curtain, two people dressed in military fatigues, dove, audience, and 200 disposable cameras Wifredo Lam Center, Havana

Neuberger Museum Displays Work by Detained Cuban Artist Tania Bruguera

February 11, 2015

In support of Cuban-born New York-based artist Tania Bruguera, the Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College has mounted (February 12 through March 22, 2015) the artist’s ...

Highlights from the Estate of Lauren Bacall on Tour Before Auction

February 11, 2015

An astonishing art and jewellery collection assembled by acclaimed actress of stage and screen, Lauren Bacall, who died in August 2014 will be previewed in London from 15 – 19 February, before it ...

This portrait painting by John Constable (1776-1837) of his sister Mary, done around 1820, sold for $14,400 at Los Angeles Auction House.

1820 portrait by John Constable (Br., 1776-1837) of his sister Mary sells for $14,400 at auction

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February 13, 2015

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – A trove of ten personal letters written from 1948-1950, mostly from Queen Elizabeth II to Sharman Douglas (Princess Margaret’s close personal friend in the 1940s and ‘50s) ...

MoMA Appoints Leah Dickerman To Newly Endowed Position In Department Of Painting And Sculpture

February 10, 2015

The Museum of Modern Art announced the establishment of a newly endowed position, The Marlene Hess Curator of Painting and Sculpture, which will be held by Leah Dickerman, Curator, in the ...

Dan or Mano, Liberia. Mask with shoulder cloth, first half of 20th century. Wood, animal fur, feathers, cotton, beads; H. 9 in. (22.9 cm) (mask). Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Gift of William Siegman 2011.70.1

Visions from the Forests: The Art of Liberia and Sierra Leone

February 10, 2015

The Indiana University will present "Visions from the Forests: The Art of Liberia and Sierra Leone," the nation's first exhibition dedicated to the cultural heritage of West African neighbors ...

This Serial #1 Reserve Bank of Australia ND $1 banknote from 1979 will be sold at auction on Tuesday, March 10, by Archives International Auctions in Fort Lee, N.J.

Beautiful, highly collectible U.S. and worldwide banknotes and more will be sold at auction March 10th in New Jersey

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February 12, 2015

FORT LEE, N.J. – More than 1,040 lots of U.S. and worldwide banknotes, Federal bonds and documents and security printing ephemera will be sold in an auction slated for Tuesday, March 10th by ...

Charles Moore, Selma Protests, 1965. 96 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. Vintage gelatin silver, printed ca. 1965, signed by photographer and Black Star stamp verso. CM019

Selma March 1965 - An Exhibition on the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement's Beginnings at Steven Kasher Gallery

February 10, 2015

Steven Kasher Gallery will present the exhibition Selma March 1965 from March 5 to April 18 in New York. Featuring over 150 original photographs, the exhibition depicts the three ...

Kristan Chamberlain of Chamberlain Fine Art Galleries.

Chamberlain Fine Art Uses The Curator's Eye to Cost-Effectively Develop a Brand

February 10, 2015

Kristan Chamberlain of Chamberlain Fine Art (www.chamberlainfineartgalleries.com) recently spoke with The Curator's Eye about art marketing and her decision to be an online-only gallery. ...

Caitlin Cherry "Mute City, Big Blue, Port Town", 2014. Swimming pool (wood, ceramic tiles, plexiglass, water, chlorine) mounted over painting (oil on canvas), beach towels. 87 x 79.5 x 12 in.

Feb. 12 - March 26, 2015 | Blueshift Project Miami | "Made in New York" Inaugural Exhibition

February 10, 2015

“Made in New York,” an exhibition focusing on trends in contemporary sculpture by a group of “under 40” artists, who live and work in New York, will launch Blueshift Project in Miami, Florida. ...

The Ballet Class, c. 1880. Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas, French, 1834 1917. Oil on canvas, 32 3/8 x 30 1/4 inches (82.2 x 76.8 cm) Framed: 41 9/16 x 39 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches (105.6 x 100.6 x 6.7 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, 1937.

Discovering the Impressionists: Paul Durand-Ruel and the New Painting

February 11, 2015

This summer, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a ground-breaking exhibition examining the early struggles and ultimate triumph of the artists who created the style known as ...

Atmosphere in White, 2014, Biennial of Liverpool. .

NICOLA L. Atmosphere in White; New York version curated by Elga Wimmer

February 9, 2015

Elga Wimmer PCC, in association with curcioprojects, is pleased to present the solo exhibition (February 12 – March 14, 2015), Atmosphere in White, of French-born and NYC-based artist Nicola L. ...

Nasser Al Salem, God is Alive, He Shall Not Die (blue), 2012 Neon in infinity box. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Purchased with funds by the Al-Ammar Family

First major exhibition of LACMA's Middle Eastern contemporary art collection opens Feb. 1

January 8, 2015

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East, opening Feb. 1, 2015, the first major exhibition of LACMA's holdings of Middle ...

Two works by the German-born French painter Jean Metzinger (1883-1956), including this early 1905 pointillist landscape, will be sold at auction Feb. 19th.

Works by Metzinger, Mercie, Picasso, Lalique, Tiffany, others will all be at A. B. Levy's Feb. 19 auction

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February 11, 2015

PALM BEACH, Fla. – Important Rene Lalique glass creations, stunning Tiffany Studios lamps, desirable Chinese ceramics, European fine art (including two exquisite oil paintings by Jean Metzinger), ...

Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) Ramesseum at Thebes, Egypt, circa 1876, oil on canvas, 37 1/8 x 29 2/8 inches

An Exotic Journey: The Furniture and Paintings of Lockwood de Forest

February 9, 2015

In celebration of the renewed interest in Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) and in honor of the reopening of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Debra Force Fine Art is pleased to present An Exotic ...

Winslow Homer Hudson River, Logging, 1891/1892 watercolor over graphite on wove paper Overall: 35.6 x 52.4 cm (14 x 20 5/8 in.) framed: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.) National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

New Exhibitions Mark National Gallery of Art's Historic Acquisition of More Than 6,000 Works of Art from Corcoran Gallery

February 8, 2015

National Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC, announced Thursday that 6,430 works of art have been selected initially from more than 17,000 Corcoran works in the Gallery's custody to join the ...

LOVE AT HOME, a smile inducing antique hooked rug from Maine

Love is Wonderful the Second Time Around

February 8, 2015

Did you know that you can find love themes in antique textiles of yesteryear with more varied distinctive motifs than the images of love pushed at us in commercial products nowadays? Rug hookers ...

Fine Art Auctions & Guntram von Habsburg Foundation Present a Night of Street Art

February 8, 2015

South Florida’s premier auction house, Fine Art Auctions Miami (FAAM), will hold its third annual Urban ...

Lot 157, a rare, American Rococo carved and laminated rosewood center table attributed to John Henry Belter. Made c. 1850-60, this table closely relates to the example Belter constructed for the Lincoln bedroom at the White House. The center table more than doubled its pre-sale low estimate of $25,000, selling for $86,637.00.

American Rococo Pieces Lead Neal's $2.4 Million Winter Estates Auction

February 8, 2015

Neal Auction Company’s Winter Estates Auction witnessed excellent results for furniture, lighting, decorative arts, fine art, historic maps and prints, silver, and Asian. The sale featured a number ...

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Appoints Directors of Curatorial, Exhibitions

February 8, 2015

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announces the addition of two directors, welcoming Margaret C. Conrads, Ph.D. as director of curatorial affairs and Robin Groesbeck as director of exhibitions ...

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