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Garden of Eden – photographic exhibition by Andrzej Maciejewski in the Camerawork Gallery in Portland, OR

artguru — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:18:11 +0000

Photographic exhibition titled “Garden of Eden”, by Andrzej Maciejewski, will be presented in The Camerawork Gallery in Portland Oregon, from August 20th to September 23rd, 2011. Andrzej Maciejewski – Garden of Eden: Still Life with 4024(USA), 4025(USA), 4049(Honduras), 4410(USA) and 4026(USA). “Garden of Eden”, completed in February 2011, is a series of still-life photographs, inspired [...]

Painting thought to be Vincent van Gogh self-portrait is actually of his brother Theo

artguru — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:19:45 +0000

In this photo released by the The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, shows a self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh dated 1887. The van Gogh museum says another one of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings previously thought to be a self-portrait actually depicts his brother, Theo. Museum spokewsoman Linda Snoek says [...]

Andy Warhol’s First and Last Self-Portraits Fetch a Combined $66 Million at Christie’s

artguru — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:18:34 +0000

A Christie’s employee poses for a photograph with artist Andy Warhol’s “Self-Portrait” at Christie’s auction house. The piece, which was estimated to fetch in excess of $30 million (18.4million pounds), sold for $38,442,500 in New York on May 11, 2011. The market for important works by Andy Warhol, the reigning king of Pop, continued to [...]

Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons

artguru — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:42:28 +0000

Joan Miró, Tate Modern

artguru — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:40:18 +0000

The Escape Ladder 1940 – from the Constellations series Joan Miró has long been presented as Surrealism’s child: its painter of innocence, of simplicity, joy and whimsical charm. Perhaps that is why this Tate show is Britain’s first large-scale exhibition of his work in half a century: in the art-world, pain equals importance, and Miró [...]

Andy Warhol Painting Bought for $1,600 Could Fetch $30 Million at Christie’s Sale

artguru — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 21:49:42 +0000

Andy Warhol’s “Self-Portrait” is pictured in this undated handout photo. The Andy Warhol self-portrait purchased in 1963 for $1,600 on an installment plan is poised to fetch $30 million or more when it hits the auction block at Christie’s in May. The four-panel acrylic silkscreen depicting the pop artist wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, [...]

National Gallery visitor attacks Gauguin painting

artguru — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:50:56 +0000

Two Tahitian Women by Paul Gauguin. The painting, on display at the National Gallery of Art, was attacked by a woman visitor on April 1 A painting at the Gauguin exhibit at the National Gallery was attacked last week by a gallery visitor, provoking considerable commotion, according to other museum visitors and gallery officials. Screaming [...]

Max Mara art prize for women 2011: the shortlist

artguru — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:23:30 +0000

Nominations have been announced for the Whitechapel gallery’s Max Mara art prize for women, the only award of its kind in the UK. Five of the country’s finest will compete for a six-month residency in Italy, followed by the chance to exhibit at the Whitechapel. From jesmonite hippos to Jabba the Hutt with bimbos, via [...]

Heaven and Hell

artguru — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:10:12 +0000

John Martin “Belshazzar’s Feast” When the 19th-century visionary painter John Martin exhibited his best known canvas Belshazzar’s Feast at the British Institution in February 1821, the 8ft high and 5ft long picture had to be cordoned off to keep the crowds at arm’s length. For Belshazzar’s Feast is painting as theatre. Against an architectural phantasmagoria [...]

Experts from the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts Discover Rare Van Dyck

artguru — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:20:42 +0000

A museum staff member presents a previously unknown work by the 17th century Flemish Baroque artist Anthony van Dyck ‘The Virgin and Child with Repentant Sinners’ circa 1625, which the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid discovered in one of its warehouses where the painting had been listed as a copy, in [...]