Art Moderne & Contemporain/Modern & Contempory Art

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) Concetto spaziale of 1961. Estimated at £5-7 million ($7,650,000-10,700,000). © Sotheby’s London LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that it will offer for sale the recently rediscovered, museum-quality painting Concetto spaziale of 1961, by Italy’s foremost Contemporary artist Lucio Fontana** (1899-1968). From the artist’s celebrated Venezia Series, Concetto spaziale is completely fresh to the market and has been hidden from public view for almost 50 years. The oil on canvas will be included in the London... [Lire la suite]

ROME (ITALIE) [13.01.09] – La compagnie aérienne Alitalia confirme la mise en vente de sa collection d’art, acquise depuis 1947. Alitalia, la compagnie aérienne italienne qui avait déposé son bilan en août 2008, confirme la mise en vente des 163 œuvres de sa collection d’art, rapporte Reuters. Augusto Fantozzi, l’administrateur judiciaire d’Alitalia, a annoncé qu’un « certain nombre de peintures d’artistes importants passeront sous le marteau lors d’une vente aux enchères. » La collection d’art moderne d’Alitalia a vu le jour... [Lire la suite]

Claude Monet (1840-1926), Dans la prairie, signed and dated 'Claude Monet 76' (lower right) oil on canvas 23 3/4 x 32 1/4 in. (60.3 x 82 cm.) Painted in 1876. Estimate on Request (in the region of £15 million). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2009 LONDON.- The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale will take place at Christie’s on 4 February and will offer 47 works of art, including exceptional museum-quality masterpieces by Claude Monet, Amedeo Modigliani, Kees van Dongen, Edward Vuillard and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The... [Lire la suite]

Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2008  Sold, Mixed Media, 102 x 36 x 28 inches Jack Shainman Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Recent Soundsuits, Nick Cave’s second solo exhibition at the gallery. A diverse selection of the highly imaginative, mixed-media, wearable sculptures, Soundsuits, for which Cave has become well-known, are on view starting January 8th. A row of suits of woven hair in vibrant colors, from fluorescent orange and lime green to royal blue, lines one wall in the back gallery. These creatures with their... [Lire la suite]

Hernan Bas, The Great Barrier Wreath, 2006. Acrylic, gouache and oil pastel on linen over three panels 66 x 144 1/8 in. (167.6 x 366.1 cm). Rubell Family Collection, Miami BROOKLYN, NY.- Thirty-eight works of art in various media from one of Miami’s most celebrated young artists, Hernan Bas, will be featured in a solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Hernan Bas: Works from the Rubell Family Collection draws from art collected over the past ten years by the Rubell family. This exhibition will be on view from February 27–May... [Lire la suite]

Georges Braque, Vase de Feuilles, n.d. Oil on paper laid on board, 24 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches. Private Collection LONG ISLAND, NY.- Hidden from public view no more, some extraordinary artworks from the holdings of private collectors on Long Island are on exhibition at Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) from January 18, 2009 through March 15, 2009. Many of the works have never before been seen by the museum-going public. The artworks are arranged in thematic clusters based on important art movements, among them Impressionism... [Lire la suite]

"Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective" at Mass MoCA, North Adams, Mass. All photos from Flickr. For additional details, see www.massmoca.org/lewitt After nearly six months of intensive drafting and painting by a team of some sixty-five artists and art students, Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective is fully installed. The historic exhibition opens to the public at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), in North Adams, Massachusetts, on November 16, 2008, and will remain on view for twenty-five... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso, Femme lisant (Woman Reading) January 9, 1935, Paris. Oil on canvas (162 x 113 cm) HELSINKI.- In autumn 2009, Ateneum Art Museum will open a unique, extensive exhibition of the work of Pablo Picasso. All phases of the artist's production are comprehensively presented in this exhibition featuring some two hundred works, all of them coming to Ateneum from the collections of the Musée National Picasso in Paris. Before arriving at Ateneum, these collections have been on view e.g. at the Reina Sofia in Madrid and the... [Lire la suite]

'Barack Obama', Shepard Fairey WASHINGTON (ETATS-UNIS) – Le portrait du président américain élu Barack Obama, réalisé par Shepard Fairey, est sur le point d’entrer dans la collection de la National Portrait Gallery du Smithsonian Museum de Washington. Le portrait de Barack Obama conçu par le jeune artiste californien Shepard Fairey a fait le tour du monde sous forme de posters, T-shirts, autocollants ou badges ; et il s’apprête désormais à rejoindre la collection de la National Portrait Gallery du Smithsonian Museum de... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso, Dice, Packet of Cigarettes, and Visiting-Card, Paris, early 1914. Painted and printed paper, graphite, and watercolor. Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas Collection, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. © 2008 Estate of Gertrude Stein. Used with permission of Estate of Gertrude Stein. © 2008 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. NEW HAVEN, CT.- A groundbreaking exhibition examining Pablo Picasso’s lifelong relationship with... [Lire la suite]