New Works on Paper and Installations by Ben Durham Opens at Country Club

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Country Club presents the second exhibit for its Chicago program with Found Graffiti, featuring new works on paper and installations composed of stained glass by Ben Durham. Found Graffiti is presented in collaboration with Andrew Rafacz Gallery. In these two … Continue reading  

Exhibition Spotlights a Unique Development in Native American Art History

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A new movement of Native American painting emerged in the Pueblo communities of the southwestern United States in the early 20th century. Encouraged by anthropologists and teachers to record past and current scenes of their daily life on paper, the … Continue reading  

Heritage Auctions’ California Art Auction Features the Best of the Golden State

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A spectacular early 20th Century landscape by Alson Skinner Clark (1876-1949), Shore by the Saint Lawrence (October Bouquet), 1916, is expected to bring $ 175,000+ when it crosses the block as a principal highlight of Heritage Auctions’ inaugural California Art … Continue reading  

Grammy Museum to Premier Exhibition Exploring Los Angeles Music History

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On Wednesday, February 22, 2012, The Grammy Museum, in conjunction with the Getty initiative Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945 – 1980, will unveil its latest special exhibit, Trouble In Paradise: Music and Los Angeles, 1945-1975. Located on the … Continue reading  

Exhibition of Robert Rauschenberg on View at Grand Rapids Art Museum

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Grand Rapids Art Museum is hosting three distinct exhibitions celebrating the work of American artist Robert Rauschenberg, beginning this February, providing a rich introduction to the defining aspects of Rauschenberg’s art. Rauschenberg in Context and Rauschenberg at Gemini are on … Continue reading  

World Premiere Event: Irina Velkova Documentary 2/23

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Tune in this Thursday, February 23rd, at 8pm EST / 5pm PST for the World Premiere of our Irina Velkova Documentary! Leon Weinstein will be on-air to showcase a collection of stunning originals that were created on-location in St. Petersburg, … Continue reading  

Retrospective of American Artist George Condo’s Work Opens at Schirn Kunsthalle

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Ironic, provocative, witty—since his beginnings in New York’s East Village in the early 1980s American artist George Condo has produced a distinctive body of work. His paintings, characterized by mordant humor, surrealist-tinged absurdity, and exuberant pathos, make repeated reference to … Continue reading  

Exhibit on Painter Agnes Martin’s Roots at the Harwood Museum of Art

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A Taos museum is about to open an exhibit by an abstract painter who was a quiet fixture of the local community but who was well-known in the art world for her seemingly simple and muted grid paintings. “Agnes Martin: … Continue reading  

Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ to Sell at Sotheby’s; May Fetch $80 Million

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One of four versions of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream” will be sold this spring in New York, Sotheby’s auction house announced Tuesday. Sotheby’s estimates that the work, which has become a modern icon of human anxiety, will sell for … Continue reading  

On view For First Time Since Restoration, ‘Mona Lisa’ Copy Draws Crowds at the Prado

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Crowds are gathering at Madrid’s Prado Museum to view a copy of the “Mona Lisa” for the first time since a restoration revealed it was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci’s apprentices as he worked on the … Continue reading