Commissioned to celebrate the crucial alliance between the British crown and the House of Orange, this intimate ad vivum (from life) portrait of Princess Mary, the finest portrait of the type, is remarkable for its royal provenance, the superb quality of its draughtsmanship and its exceptional condition. It is one of the most important European Royal Portraits to come to auction for a generation.
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The Museum of Modern Art presents "Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done," a major exhibition that looks anew at the formative moment in the 1960s when a group of choreographers, visual artists, composers, and filmmakers made use of a local church to present groundbreaking cross-disciplinary performances.
Every fall, Asian Art Week brings a gorgeous array of treasures from the East to auction houses in New York and across the country. Here some highlights of pieces sold at auction last week.
The Denver Art Museum (DAM) presents "Stampede: Animals in Art," an expansive, large-scale 20,000 square-foot exhibition spanning floors three and four of the museum’s Frederic C. Hamilton Building. Featuring approximately 320 objects drawn from every collection across nine curatorial departments, the exhibition will explore the presence of animals in art across centuries and cultures.
The Walker Art Center and The Metropolitan Museum of Art present Siah Armajani: Follow This Line, the first comprehensive retrospective in the United States devoted to the work of Minneapolis-based artist Siah Armajani. Armajani is best known today for his works of public art—bridges, gazebos, reading rooms, and other gathering spaces—sited across the United States and Europe.
Lehmann Maupin is pleased to announce its representation of Suh Se Ok, and the artist’s debut exhibition in New York. The 89-year-old South Korean artist will exhibit a number of works from People, his ongoing series of ink paintings produced between the 1960s and the 2000s. Made with extended brushes on large sheets of rice and mulberry paper, the works depict highly stylized human figures constructed from dashes and linear strokes that vary in scale, thickness, and tone.
Hong Kong -- From September 28 to October 3, Sotheby’s will present A Brush with Nature - the most extensive selling exhibition ever staged in Asia dedicated entirely to European Old Master paintings and drawings.
Showcasing 46 works, representing all the major fields of this great Western canon from the Renaissance to the 19th century, the exhibition will bring together works by some of the most influential artists of all time, such as Dutch master, Rembrandt van Rijn, along with high quality works by lesser-known artists who strove to emulate their forebears.
New York, NY – Friedman Benda will present the largest gallery exhibition to date of work by Los Angeles artist Adam Silverman. Widely admired for his sculptural vessels, which feature richly textured glazes, Silverman is among the most dynamic practitioners in the ceramic discipline today. Yet his sources of inspiration range far beyond clay. Originally trained as an architect, he brings a powerful structural integrity to his work, and also draws on ideas from sculpture, painting, and choreography.ster of designers spanning six continents and multiple generations.
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has announced a gift of more than 50 major historical artworks, including more than 35 seminal works, by pioneering artist Marcel Duchamp from Washington, D.C., collectors Barbara and Aaron Levine.
