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Contemporary auctions aim to cement art recovery

Confidence has surged back into the art market faster than predicted, and although contemporary values were hit difficult by the credit crunch, auctioneers are confident that this week's sales will cement the recovery.

Sotheby's Presents Its Second Sale of Turkish Contemporary Art

Works by Haluk Akakce also feature in the sale, Another Station, estimated to sell for £8,000-12,000. Photo: Sotheby´s. LONDON.- After the success of Sotheby’s inaugural auction of Turkish Contemporary Art in March 2009, which realised a total of £1.3 million and attracted bidders and buyers from across the globe, Sotheby’s London announced that it will stage its second sale in this collecting ...

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland is nearly ready to build a dramatic new home in University Circle

After renting less-than-visible space for 20 years in the Cleveland Play home complex in Midtown, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland is nearly ready to build a dramatic black-glass-and-steel building in University Circle.

Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog

The New Orleans Museum of Art won its Super Bowl bet with the Indianapolis Museum of Art. This JMW Turner is going to New Orleans! In the NYT, Dorothy Spears profiles Luc Tuymans and in so doing reminds us that the adverb "cooly" and back-story are always gift when discussing Tuymans' work.

Look at art, make friends

First Thursday is a contemporary cocktail hour that takes place at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield every month.

Maori art and cultures fuse with Pacific Northwest tribal cultures

AOTEAROA, New Zealand – Contemporary Maori art’s future lies with “rangatahi,” emerging artists working creatively with established artists, say founders of Te Atinga, a committee within the indigenous arts organization, Toi Maori Aotearoa. “He mana tangata, He toi whakairo: Where there is artistic excellence, there is human dignity.”

Fiber art is on display San Jacinto

Fiber art -- art created from whole cloth -- is taking middle stage through Feb. 18 at Mt. San Jacinto College's Art Gallery on the San Jacinto campus. "Textures: Fiber Arts," an exhibit featuring contemporary art quilts made by Textures, a regional group of fiber artists, highlights the artistic advancements in quilt-making in recent years.

ArtSpeakChina: The wiki on Chinese contemporary art

Recently we were at a party when the topic of contemporary Chinese art came up. "It's a shame we don't look any more from Wang Xiaojin right? His works sold so well," someone tittered to us. Who? was our answer. "Do you think Xiao Lu has any future past her shock value?" another one asked. Buuuh, we gave as an answer. If only we had ArtSpeakChina to quickly wiki an opinion - or at least a hint ...

Lehman College Art Gallery Shows a Selection of Work by 21 Contemporary Artists

BRONX, NY.- Nature, Once Removed: The (Un)Natural World in Contemporary Drawing presents a selection of work by 21 contemporary artists who use drawing to explore our alienated relationship to nature, creating oblique narratives inflected with irony, anxiety, grotesquerie and satire.

Exhibition of Contemporary Art from Pakistan to Open at Pacific Asia Museum

Hamra Abbas, Battle Scenes, 2006. Courtesy of the artist and ASAL Collection. PASADENA, CA.- Exploring the transformation of historical miniature painting from the Mughal courts of South Asia into a stunning contemporary art form by current Pakistani artists, Pacific Asia Museum will gift a new exhibition, Beyond the Page: The Miniature as Attitude in Contemporary Art from Pakistan, focusing ...





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