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An important and visually arresting dining table custom designed by Wendell Castle (American, 1932-2018), an untitled ink on paper artwork by Franz Jo

The pieces by Pablo Picasso and David Hockney may get top billing, but I was impressed again and again by the exhibition’s breadth. Three ink drawings by filmmaker, writer and artist Jean Cocteau were done for a 1952 production of Igor Stravinsky’s opera-oratorio “Oedipus Rex.” With quick gestures and brutal specificity, Cocteau depicts the blinding of Oedipus and the hanging of Jocasta. A seductive, stylized piece by Russian artist Leon Bakst captures Vaslav Nijinsky as a Chinese dancer in a 1917 production of “Les Orientales.” The show also includes a dark silk robe with metalli...

New York, March 12, 2021 – Known for his popular mobiles, the wide-ranging body of work by late artist Alexander Calder is now on display at the Museum of Modern Art in (MOMA) in New York City. The exhibition, titled “Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start,” draws on the rich and varied holdings MOMA has […]

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANSlife) Christie's will present 20th Century Modern Masters from a Private French Collection in the 20th Century Art Evening Sale and The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale, to be held on 23 March. The collection is comprised of eight works by Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Jean Fautrier, Fernand Leger and Joan Miro. This exceptional group offers an insightful view into the crucial dialogues that connected avant-garde artists working in Europe and America throughout the 20th Century, highlighting the friendships, artistic innovations a...

Secret new $8.5m Auckland Art Gallery storage to house Picasso, Matisse, Dali 22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Pablo Picasso's "Femme a la resille" from 1938 is among the 15 works gifted to Auckland Art Gallery by American billionaire philanthropists Julian and Josie Robertson. Photo / Supplied Tom Dillane is a reporter at the New Zealand Heraldtom.dillane@nzme.co.nz@tomdillane1 An $8.5 million secret art storage facility is being built by Auckland Council to house a collection worth hundreds of millions of dollars - including a famous Picasso. The state-of-the-art facility wa...