Paley’s Taste for Modernism Coming to de Young

A selection of major works from The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York will soon be on view at the de Young in San Francisco.  The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism  is particularly rich in the works of Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse, with significant works … Continue reading Paley’s Taste for Modernism Coming to de Young

Picasso’s Guernica Tapestry on loan from Rockefeller Jr. at San Antonio Museum of Art

Nelson A. Rockefeller Jr. has loaned the San Antonio Museum of Art a tapestry of Picasso’s Guernica from his family’s private collection. The tapestry is now hanging in the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Latin American Art at the museum. Rockefeller traveled to San Antonio this week for the formal unveiling. Seventy-five years ago, Picasso … Continue reading Picasso’s Guernica Tapestry on loan from Rockefeller Jr. at San Antonio Museum of Art

Museum of Fine Arts Boston De-accesses European Works to Purchase of Man at His Bath by Caillebotte

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has acquired the painting Man at His Bath (1884), regarded as one of the greatest works by artist Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894). This important canvas represents the first Impressionist nude to enter the Museum's collection of paintings. The almost life-size work, which has been on loan at the MFA … Continue reading Museum of Fine Arts Boston De-accesses European Works to Purchase of Man at His Bath by Caillebotte

Birds of Dawn Descend on New York for Asia Week

Over ten years in the making, Joan Mirviss Ltd presents “Birds of Dawn: Pioneers of Japan's Sôdeisha Ceramic Movement,” which opens on March 16, 2011, at 39 East 78th Street in New York. This exhibition, which coincides with Asia Week New York, will focus on three seminal founders of this extremely influential movement: Yagi Kazuo … Continue reading Birds of Dawn Descend on New York for Asia Week