Sotheby’s to Sell over 1,200 Works from the Polaroid Collection
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February
13th
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Last Chance to Register for Britain’s Biggest Contemporary Painting Competition
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January
14th
The last chance to register for Britain’s biggest contemporary painting competition, John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize 2010, is Friday 19 February 2010.
With a first prize of £25,000 (cash prize) and four further prizes of £2,500 each for the runner’s up, this is one of the most illustrious events in the British art world.
The judging will take place throughout 2010 and will {...}
Shake It: An Instant History of the Polaroid Private View Tuesday 6th October
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October
5th
Pumphouse Gallery Battersea Park, London
Nobuyoshi Araki , Rut Blees Luxemburg , Guy Bourdin , Tim Braden, Roe Ethridge , Walker Evans, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, André Kertész , John Latham, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jonathan Monk, Lisa Oppenheim , Lucas Samaras , Michael Snow, Juergen Teller , Andy Warhol, Wim Wenders
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David Hockney helps new gallery make splash
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July
27th
Nottingham Contemporary will open in November with more than 60 works by David Hockney, produced between 1960 and 1968. Alex Farquharson, the gallery’s director, said: “It was really me pondering the opening of Nottingham Contemporary and what the dream opening show would be. It really surprised me that a show like this hadn’t been done.”
The last show of its kind was a Hockney {...}
On May 14, Christie’s New York will hold the morning and afternoon sessions of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sales.
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May
13th
David Hockney creating art with his i-phone
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May
4th
David Hockney is once again exploiting the possibilities of new technology in art and this exhibition at Annely Juda Fine Art will show the striking results of his latest exploration.
The show comprises 28 limited edition prints that Hockney has drawn on his computer using Photoshop and Graphics Tablet. Hockney stated that it is only in the last year that computer software {...}
CHRISTIE’S PRINTS AND MULTIPLES SALE IN APRIL FEATURES A STRONG SELECTION OF MODERN ART
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April
22nd
lot 72 PABLO PICASSO Portrait de Jacqueline Accoudée (B. 922; Ba. 1240) linocut in colors, 1959
Christie’s Prints & Multiples sale on April 28 in New York will feature a wonderful selection of works from private collections, many of which will appear for the first time at auction.
Rich in quality, the sale presents collectors with {...}
Tate art made available on iTunes
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April
14th
The Tate galleries have made hundreds of video and audio downloads available for free on iTunes.
More than 400 files are now on iTunes U - a section of the online store which features educational content.
Projects include a series of films that use social networking site Twitter to bring the audience’s questions directly to artists like David Hockney.
There are also recent interviews with {...}
Hockney’s Beverly Hills Housewife Highlights Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary Art Sale
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March
24th
Christie’s will offer a selection of works from the Collection of Betty Freeman in the May 13 Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale. Leading the selection is one of the most important works to come to the auction market by David Hockney, Beverly Hills Housewife, (estimate: $7-10 million), 1966-1967. The Evening Sale selection of works from the collection comprises 19 lots {...}
