Ivan Karp, the New York gallerist who Newsweek magazine called “the chief salesman of the pop-art movement”, died of natural causes in his sleep at his Charlotteville, New York, home on 28 June. He was 86.
From 1959-69, Karp was assistant…
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Sewing, basket-weaving, music-making, story-telling and other communal activities are at the heart of the 18th Biennale of Sydney, which opened 27 June and runs until 16 September. The exhibition, spread over five venues in the city, is entitled…
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It has all the ingredients of a modern soap opera: romances with models, a passionate love affair with a life-long muse and tragic plot twists like the untimely death of his beloved brother and his second son. “Gustav Klimt—the musical”, opening in…
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Sewing, basket-weaving, music-making, story-telling and other communal activities are at the heart of the 18th Biennale of Sydney, which opened 27 June and runs until 16 September. The exhibition, spread over five venues in the city, is entitled…
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On the eve of the post-war and contemporary art auctions in London this week, and after reportedly strong sales at Art Basel (13-17 June), art-world observers and financial experts questioned for how much longer the art market, especially at the top…
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Around 400 works on paper by the French painter Eugène Leroy, who was admired by artists such as Georg Baselitz and Markus Lupertz but worked in relative isolation for most of his career, are on show at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, which was…
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A 22-foot-tall bird-like sculpture is due to land in front of the new US Consulate building in Guangzhou, China, in 2013. Joel Shapiro, the New York-born sculptor, who continues to work out of his Long Island City studio, was commissioned to create…
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With perhaps the best title we’ve seen in a while, Gallery 1988’s exhibition “Excuuuuuse Meeeeeeeee” is a tribute to Steve Martin, the comedic actor, writer and art collector. And…
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The June sales of impressionist and modern art in London produced very different results even if some startlingly high prices were achieved.
Things got off to a limp start at Sotheby’s evening sale on 19 June in a session that was marked by poor…
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The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority welcomes exceptional talents with a passion to realize the dream of making the West Kowloon Cultural District the prime international and local destination for arts, culture and…
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