2000

Jan Brueghel the elder, The Entry of Animals into Noah’s Ark, 1613, oil on panel, 54.6 x 83.8 cm (21 ½ x 33 in.) On loan from The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. SAN DIEGO, CA.- Inspired by the San Diego Zoo’s 100th Anniversary, the Timken joins six prominent Balboa Park institutions in a collaboration of animal-themed exhibitions for 2016. The Timken’s exhibition, Blessed Beasts and Curious Creatures: Animal Processionals from the 13th to the 21st Centuries, runs September 23 through December 11, 2016 and... [Lire la suite]

Liu Xiaodong, Showered in Sunlight, 1990, oil on canvas, 180 x 195.  Est. HK$ 15,000,000 – 20,000,000/ US$ 1,940,000 – 2,580,000 (Evening Sale Item). Photo: Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Contemporary Asian Art Autumn Sales will take place from 2 to 3 October 2016 at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Modern and Contemporary Asian Art Evening Sale on 2 October offers prime representative works by renowned Chinese, Japanese and Korean contemporary artists, including Zeng Fanzhi, Liu... [Lire la suite]

Cy Twombly (1929 - 2011), Untitled (Rose), 2008, acrylic and chalk on wood, 252.5 x 187.3 x 1.1 cm. Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection, photo: Nicole Wilhelms, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Museum Brandhorst, Munich © Cy Twombly Foundation. MUNICH.- With more than 200 works from various periods in his artistic career, the Brandhorst Collection provides a unique survey of Cy Twombly’s development as an artist. This retrospective selection of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and... [Lire la suite]

Dress with evening bodice (detail), c. 1850, American, Silk, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Matta Grimm Lacey, 1976.33B,C. Courtesy Wadsworth Atheneum. HARTFORD, CONN.- The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn., is mounting the first exhibition to fully explore the Romantic era as a formative period in costume history from Mar. 5, 2016 – Jul. 10, 2016. “Gothic to Goth: Romantic Era Fashion & Its Legacy,” presents historic garments alongside literary works, paintings, prints,... [Lire la suite]

Séoul - Paris - Séoul : Affiche.  PARIS - A l’occasion de l’Année de la Corée en France, le musée Cernuschi organise une exposition consacrée aux artistes coréens contemporains ayant travaillé ou travaillant toujours en France. Attirés à partir des années 1950 par le rayonnement culturel de Paris, ces derniers ont étudié dans la capitale, se sont intégrés aux milieux artistiques français et ont, par leur travail, participé activement au renouveau de la peinture coréenne ainsi qu’à sa diffusion en Europe.  BANG... [Lire la suite]

Yan Pei-Ming (Né en 1960) , Timonier, 2000, huile sur toile. Estimation : 2 000 000 – 3 000 000 HK$ / environ 250 000 – 300 000 €. Paris – Artcurial organisera, pour la première fois de son histoire, une vente à Hong Kong les 5 et 6 octobre prochains, en collaboration avec Spink. Coordonnée par Isabelle Bresset, directrice associée d’Artcurial, cette vacation inédite s’inscrit dans le cadre du développement international de la maison qui s’accélère depuis plusieurs années avec l’ouverture de bureaux en... [Lire la suite]

Giuseppe Penone, Being the River, Repeating the Forest, installation view, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, September 19, 2015–January 10, 2016. Photo: Kevin Todora, courtesy Nasher Sculpture Center.  DALLAS, TX.- Nasher Sculpture Center announces a major exhibition of the work of the influential Italian artist, Giuseppe Penone, in an exhibition called Being the River, Repeating the Forest which opened September 19, 2015 and runs through January 10, 2016. Italian artist Giuseppe Penone has played an integral... [Lire la suite]

Günther Uecker, Hommage à Paul Scheerbart ("Scheerbartwesen"), Späte 1960. Nails and white paint on burlap, on wood. Signed lower right. Verso signed, titled and dedicated "Uecker für Wolleh". 175 x 176 cm (68.8 x 69.2 in). Estimate: € 300,000 ($ 327,000). Sold: € 1,875,000 ($ 2.043.750).  Photo Ketterer Kunst MUNICH.- Spectacular results, sharp increases and new records – this sums up the summer auction at Ketterer Kunst. 1000 phone bidders from all over the world and a packed... [Lire la suite]

Michael Thompson, Carmen as Zurbarán´s Santa Isabel, 2000. MADRID - Opening on 30 June, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is presenting the exhibition on photography Vogue like a painting. It features around seventy images inspired by paintings, selected from the archives of the magazine Vogue and taken by some of the leading names in photography of the past three decades. Tim Walker, The dress lamp tree, 2004. The photographs in the exhibition have been selected on the basis of their essentially pictorial qualities. Some make use... [Lire la suite]

Anish Kapoor, 'Blood Mirror', 2000 (detail). Stainless steel and lacquer, 78 in. diameter. Photo courtesy Heather James Fine Art PALM DESERT, CA.- Heather James Fine Art is offering an important sculpture by Anish Kapoor, one of the world’s most influential contemporary artists. At 78 inches in diameter, the stainless steel and lacquer Blood Mirror consumes its space and everything around it. It captivates and resonates with viewers, who seldom resist engaging with the art.  Anish... [Lire la suite]