Stay in touch with the Art world with theartwolf.com Art News en-us http://www.theartwolf.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 14 May 2012 19:24:56 +0100 Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:51:33 +0100 The Metropolitan Museum exhibits 15 masterpieces by Venetian and north Italian painters of the 15th and 16th centuries, including works by Bellini, Titian, and Lorenzo Lotto, coming from the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. May 15–September 3, 2012. http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/bellini-titian-lotto-metropolitan.htm http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/bellini-titian-lotto-metropolitan.htm Mon, 14 May 2012 19:24:56 +0100 'David Hockney: A Bigger Picture' celebrates the important role landscape plays in the career of David Hockney, often considered the most important living British painter. Guggenheim Bilbao, from May 15 to September 30, 2012. http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/david-hockney-guggenheim-en.htm http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/david-hockney-guggenheim-en.htm Sat, 12 May 2012 12:21:34 +0100 Roy Lichtenstein’s Sleeping Girl from 1964 was sold for $44,882,500, a new record for the artist at auction. The same price was achieved by Francis Bacon's 'Figure Writing Reflected In Mirror'. 'Double Elvis [Ferus Type]' by Andy Warhol sold for $37,042,500. http://www.theartwolf.com/news/sothebys-contemporary-may-2012.htm http://www.theartwolf.com/news/sothebys-contemporary-may-2012.htm Thu, 10 May 2012 17:34:28 +0100 Mark Rothko's 'Orange, Red, Yellow' (1961) was sold for $86,9 million at Christie's auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art on May 8 2012; becoming the most expensive contemporary painting ever auctioned. Yves Klein's 'FC1 (Fire Color 1)' sold for $36,5 million. http://www.theartwolf.com/news/rothko-sold-christies-2012.htm http://www.theartwolf.com/news/rothko-sold-christies-2012.htm Wed, 09 May 2012 14:41:37 +0100 The National Gallery of Art, Washington, presents 'Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape', featuring some 120 paintings and works on paper that span Joan Miró's entire career. May 6–August 12, 2012. http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/miro-ladder-escape-washington.htm http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/miro-ladder-escape-washington.htm Mon, 07 May 2012 19:39:27 +0100 This exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s most celebrated series of etchings, The Vollard Suite, is the first time a complete set has been shown in a British public institution. 3 May – 2 September 2012. http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/picasso-prints-british-museum.htm http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/picasso-prints-british-museum.htm Sat, 05 May 2012 10:33:56 +0100 One of four versions of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece 'The Scream' -the only one still in private hands- sold for $119,9 million at Sotheby's New York on 2 May 2012, becoming the most expensive painting ever sold at auction. http://www.theartwolf.com/news/munch-scream-sothebys-record.htm http://www.theartwolf.com/news/munch-scream-sothebys-record.htm Thu, 03 May 2012 15:23:48 +0100 'Joueur de cartes', a rare watercolor by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) last seen in public in 1953; and 'Les Pivoines', a still-life by Henri Mattise, highlighted Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on May 1 2012 in New York. http://www.theartwolf.com/news/cezanne-matisse-christies-2012.htm http://www.theartwolf.com/news/cezanne-matisse-christies-2012.htm Wed, 02 May 2012 14:46:31 +0100 'El Greco and Modernism' is the first major exhibition in Germany focusing on El Greco’s paintings and pictorial world, illustrating how the old master inspired and fascinated many artists of the early modernist period. http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/greco-kunstpalast-2012.htm http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/greco-kunstpalast-2012.htm Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:23:48 +0100 In celebration of the 60-year career of Alex Katz (born 1927), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), presents 'Alex Katz Prints', showcasing approximately 125 works. From April 28 through July 29, 2012. http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/alex-katz-boston.htm http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/alex-katz-boston.htm Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:46:37 +0100 The Pace Gallery presents the first major New York gallery exhibition in seven years of works by Claes Oldenburg and his long-time partner Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009): 'Theater and Installation 1985–1990: Il Corso del Coltello and The European Desktop'. http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/oldenburg-bruggen-pace-2012.htm http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/oldenburg-bruggen-pace-2012.htm Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:00:54 +0100