Sotheby’s recent American Art auction included works by seven important female artists in a range of styles from classical sculpture to cubism and folk art. Self-taught artist Anna Mary Robertson Moses, known as “Grandma Moses,” painted "Hurrah for Christmas," one of the highlights of the auction. An autumnal success story, Grandma Moses didn't start painting until 75, becoming one of the most famous folk artists of the 20th century.
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Why did the abstract art of Mexico’s ancient Mezcala civilisation so fascinate the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Ilya Prigogine? Christie’s Pre-Columbian Art specialist Fatma Turkkan-Wille admires his superb collection and offers some theories of her own.
Today Frieze announces details of Frieze New York’s first-ever themed section, celebrating the maverick spirit and enduring legacy of New York and Chicago art dealer Hudson (1950-2014) and his gallery Feature Inc. Curated by Matthew Higgs (White Columns, New York), For Your Infotainment: Hudson and Feature Inc. will showcase major artists who received their gallery debuts or had a long history at Hudson’s seminal space Feature Inc. in the 1980s, ‘90s and early 2000s.
"No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man" brings the large-scale, participatory work from this desert gathering to the nation’s capital for the first time. The exhibition takes over the entire Renwick Gallery building and surrounding neighborhood, bringing alive the maker culture and creative spirit of this cultural movement.
Rhizome and the New Museum are pleased to announce the tenth edition of the celebrated art-tech platform Seven on Seven. This annual event brings together leaders in art and technology for an extended creative collaboration, giving them a simple challenge: to “make something.”
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) is the latest institution to acquire one of Yayoi Kusama's hugely popular mirrored infinity rooms. Light of Life, 2018, is a seven feet square hexagonal box with three portholes that allow visitors to peer inside. LED lights in changing colors and flickering patterns put on a two-minute show that is reflected infinitely through the mirrors.
Bonhams New York is pleased to present a special curated exhibition of one of Japan's most beloved artists of the 20th Century, Key Hiraga, The Spirit of Burai: The Life and Times of Key Hiraga, on view in our Madison Avenue galleries from Thursday 5th April to Friday 20th April, 2018
What began as a tourist holiday to Venice in 1908 ended up sparking some of Monet’s most haunting and mysterious paintings of architecture. Travel along the canals of Venice with Rosalind McKever to revisit the views that Monet painted. Book tickets to 'The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Monet & Architecture' online and save: http://bit.ly/2Gl2nrk
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced today that Gérard and Dora Cognié have made a promised gift of their collection of global contemporary art comprising just over 400 works, all of which are ink painting related, the majority being Chinese ink paintings.
Phillips is pleased to announce that Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Flexible will be among the highlights of the New York Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art on 17 May. Consigned directly from the artist’s estate, this sale marks the work’s first time ever being offered for sale, publicly or privately. Estimated to sell in excess of $20 million, Flexible is the highest-value and largest work to ever have been offered from the Estate.
