In a new exhibition and accompanying book, Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez, offers a retrospective that covers the dual histories of Los Angeles. George Rodriguez, who has been capturing quintessential American images since taking a photography class to fulfill a high school elective requirement in 1954, has been documenting LA life from the gritty streets to the glitz of Hollywood for over four decades.
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This film takes you inside our new exhibition, Robin Hood Gardens: A Ruin In Reverse, at the 2018 Architecture Biennale in Venice – the third consecutive year of our collaboration with La Biennale.
The late Willem Van Dedem was one of the 20th century’s greatest collectors.
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Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris discuss Berthe Morisot's "Hunting Butterflies" (1874) at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
New York - The May 22 sale of Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples achieved US$1,227,500 and the top lot of the sale was Andy Warhol's Rebel Without a Cause, which realized $125,000. World auction records were achieved for Maurits Cornelis Escher's Relativity and Sky and Water I, as well as Wayne Thiebaud's Country City, 1988.
Now at Denver’s Robischon Gallery, Amy Ellingson has a thought-provoking solo exhibition. Ellingson’s title, “Sweetbitter Beast” refers to ancient Greek poet Sappho's Fragment 130, translated by Willis Barnstone.
“Eros loosener of limbs once again trembles me, a sweetbitter beast irrepressibly sweeping in.”
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art presents the debut of The Beyond: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art on view May 26 through September 3, 2018. Tickets are available here, $10 or free for members and youth ages 18 and younger.
Acquisitions includes numerous works by Thornton Dial and Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers
NEW YORK – Phillips is pleased to announce highlights from the upcoming auction of Design in New York on Wednesday, 6 June. Comprised of over 160 lots, the sale will include a strong selection of French and Italian design, as well as Studio Craft, with works spanning nearly a century. The sale will include works by Piero Fornasetti, Jean Royère, Zaha Hadid, and Lucie Rie, among other design masters of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Influenced by the post-Impressionists, the Colourists were the most avant-garde British artists of the early 20th century.
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