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Impressionist Masterwork by Edgar Degas to be Sold By Sotheby's in November in New York
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Sotheby's employee Meghann Farrell from Australia poses for photographs with French artist Edgar Degas' painting 'Danseuse au repos', which shows a young ballet dancer, at the auction house's offices in London, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. The piece is expected to fetch in excess of USD 40 million (2.90 million euro) in Sotheby's Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on Nov. 3 in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s November 3, 2008 Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York will feature an outstanding group of six works by an artist who is among the most celebrated and loved artists in all art history, Edgar Degas. The collection captures the classic themes of the artist’s oeuvre in a variety of mediums. Chief among them is Danseuse au repos, a pastel...More

Rich Legacy of African Textiles on View in Metropolitan Museum Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- Africa's extraordinary legacy of textile arts, with its explosive color and complex graphic statements, will be presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning September 30. Bringing together more than 40 works dating from the early 19th century to the present – including a spectacular silk and cotton kente prestige cloth woven in Ghana during the 19th...More

Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs Opens at Memorial Art Gallery
ROCHESTER, NY.- Russian icons have long been admired and collected as works of art. But first and foremost, icons were—and are—sacred objects meant to play a central role in religious life. Generally small in size, these “windows through which heaven is glimpsed” not only hung in churches, palaces and peasant homes, but were carried in processions, presented at ...More

Sotheby's New York Sale of 19th Century European Art to be Held on October 23
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s New York sale of 19th Century European Art including The Orientalist Sale on October 23 features a tightly curated selection of choice, high-quality works across the range of artistic genres which flourished at the time. A separate catalogue, entitled Painters of Perfection, will be dedicated to a selection of paintings by the French Academic painter William Bouguereau and ...More

Allan Ramsay Self-Portrait Leads Christie's Auction of Scottish Art in October 2008
EDINBURGH.- Christie’s auction of Scottish Art will take place on 23 October 2008 at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, and is led by one of the most important Scottish portraits offered at auction in recent years. The sale will offer approximately 180 lots representing over 300 years of Scottish art, including an impressive selection of works that have not been offered on the open market for...More

Pieter Hugo: The Hyena & Other Men at Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM.- Foam presents ‘The Hyena & Other Men’, an exhibition by South African photographer Pieter Hugo (b. 1976, Johannesburg). In March 2008, Hugo was selected by an international jury as winner of the annual KLM Paul Huf Award. Part of this prize for young international photographers is an exhibition at Foam. ...More

One-of-a-Kind Salvador Dali Dedicatory Drawings Collection
WILLIAMSVILLE, NY.- On August 17, Artdaily.org broke the story about the discovery of a hidden trove of 15 dedicatory drawings and sketches by Spanish Surrealist master Salvador Dali, which had been sequestered for decades in a bank vault in downtown Buffalo, New York. They were gifts by Dali to the late Dr. Edmund Klein, who found a cure for a certain form of skin cancer and secretly ...More

Extraordinary Diverse Work of Ana Maria Pacheco to be Shown at The Herbert in Coventry
COVENTRY.- The extraordinary diverse work of Ana Maria Pacheco will be brought to The Herbert in Coventry this month. The Brazilian-born artist’s work ranges from paintings to sculptures to prints which focus on a wide mix of cultural images. ...More

Sculptor Jesús Moroles to Create Reflecting Pool Installation for Joslyn Art Museum
OMAHA, NE.- American granite sculptor Jesús Moroles has been commissioned by Joslyn Art Museum to create a keynote, large-scale installation as a focal point of Joslyn’s Peter Kiewit Foundation Sculpture Garden, now under construction. The installation, titled The Omaha Riverscape, will include a reflecting pool featuring the landscape of the Missouri River, column fountains, and a ...More

DAR Museum Showcases Antique Toy Collection in New Exhibition
WASHINGTON, DC.- The DAR Museum celebrates childhood of the past with a playful exhibition of late 19th- and early 20th-century toys. "Return to Toyland," which runs from October 3, 2008 through February 28, 2009, features antique toys from the DAR Museum collection, remarkable precursors to the abundance of toy varieties we see today. On display are dolls, doll houses,...More

Exhibition Featuring Work of Leonardo da Vinci to Open at High Museum in October 2009
ATLANTA, GA.- The first exhibition to explore Leonardo da Vinci’s profound interest in and influence on sculpture will premiere at the High Museum of Art in October 2009. “Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture: Inspiration and Invention,” will feature over 50 works, including more than 25 sketches and studies by Leonardo, some of which will be on view in the United States for the ...More

Avant-Garde China: Twenty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art on View at National Art Center
TOKYO.- China has been much in the news recently for its rapid economic growth and also for hosting the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. It is also becoming the subject of worldwide attention for its contemporary art.

Artistic expression that departed from socialist realism emerged in the late 1970s, ...More

Raident Technology, Inc. Establishes Scholarships at Academy of Art University San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Raident Technology, Inc. has awarded two Academy of Art University students the Fine Arts Scholarships. Lindsey K. Eisentraut and Mike E. Feeney, Master students in the department of sculpture, will spend the next year creating art out of Electronic eWaste. The awarded scholarship will offset the tuition costs and art supplies....More

National Museum of the American Indian Presents Major Retrospective of Fritz Scholder's Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- This fall, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian mounts a career retrospective of works by one of the most transformative American artists of the last half century, Fritz Scholder (1937-2005), marshaling new scholarship and broadening perspectives to assess the artist's significance. ...More

Unique Temporary Printing Machine Highlights Ephemeral Nature of Digital Data
LONDON.- Random International, the specialist art collective, has developed a unique installation piece that uses light to create transient images on a large photosensitive canvas. Designed to highlight the ephemeral nature of digital data, the installation - known as the 'Temporary Printing Machine' - invites viewers to witness the creation and almost immediate decay of text and images, and to question their relationship with such information sources. ...More

Christie's New York Announces European Decorative Arts Month
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s New York is pleased to announce European Decorative Arts Month, a series of six sales throughout October that will showcase furniture, sculpture, porcelain, and silver from the 18th century to the modern period. Broad in scope and rich in quality, the sales will be accompanied by a series of lectures, events, and viewings. Several exceptional private collections ...More

AT & T Donates $500,000 in Artwork to Community organizations in California
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- AT&T California announced donations of artwork from its collection to nonprofit organizations across California in celebration of California Arts Day.

AT&T has a long history of community involvement and philanthropic contributions,...More

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