Constable’s 'Salisbury Cathedral' saved for the UK - John Constable’s 'Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows' (1831) has been secured for the British public for the special price of £23.1 million with tax concessions...

Jean-Michel Basquiat at Gagosian Gallery Hong Kong - Gagosian Gallery presents the first exhibition in Hong Kong of paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat. May 21 - August 10, 2013. Born to a Haitian father and a...

Takesada Matsutani: A Matrix - Hauser & Wirth London - Hauser & Wirth presents ‘Takesada Matsutani. A Matrix’, the gallery’s first solo show with Osaka-born, Paris-based artist, Takesada Matsutani. From 18 May...

Warhol’s 'Four Marilyns' sells for $38,25 million at Phillips - Warhol’s Pop Art masterpiece, 'Four Marilyns', 1962, the marquee lot of Phillips's Contemporary Art Evening auction on May 16th 2013, sold for an exceptional...

Christie’s Contemporary Art sale achieves $495 million - Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale achieved a staggering $495,021,500 (£326,714,190 / €386,116,770), highest total on auction history...

Barnett Newman, Gerhard Richter lead Sotheby's sale - Barnett Newman's 'Onement VI' and Gerhard Richter's 'Domplatz, Mailand' were the highlights of Sotheby's $293,6 million contemporary art auction...

Monet’s Garden at the National Gallery of Victoria - 'Monet’s Garden: The Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris' features more than sixty works devoted to Claude Monet’s iconic garden at Giverny. National Gallery of Victoria...

Getty Museum aquires works by Rembrandt, Canaletto - The J. Paul Getty Museum announced the acquisition of 'Rembrandt Laughing', about 1628, by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn and 'The Grand Canal in Venice from...

Cézanne leads Impressionist and Modern Art auctions - Paul Cézanne's 'Les pommes' ($41,6 million) topped Sotheby's $230 million sale. Chaïm Soutine's 'Le petit pâtissier' was sold for $18 million (auction record for the...

British Museum’s Cyrus Cylinder at MFAH Houston - 'The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning' is on display at the MFAH from May 3 to June 14, 2013. The tour is supported by the Iran Heritage Foundation...

Phillips to auction Andy Warhol’s 'Four Marilyns', 1962 - Phillips will present Andy Warhol’s masterpiece, Four Marilyns, 1962 in the spring Contemporary Art Evening auction on Thursday, 16 May 2013...

Jean-Michel Basquiat: "Man made" at Sotheby's - From 2 May through 9 June 2013, Sotheby’s S|2 private sales galleries host a selling exhibition of works by the Brooklyn-born painter Jean-Michel Basquiat....

Van Gogh Museum reopens with 'Van Gogh at work' - The anniversary exhibition Van Gogh at work, with which the renovated Van Gogh Museum reopens on 1 May 2013, shows how in ten years’ time Van Gogh developed...

Salvador Dalí retrospective at Reina Sofía Madrid - The Museo Reina Sofía presents a major exhibition dedicated to Salvador Dalí, one of the most comprehensive shows yet held on the artist from Ampurdán...

Urs Fischer retrospective at MOCA Los Angeles - The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) presents the first comprehensive museum retrospective of works by the internationally acclaimed Swiss-born...

Basquiat, Pollock, Lichtenstein to lead Christie's auction - On May 15 2013, Christie's Evening Auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art will include masterpieces by Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein and...

Michelangelo: Drawings from Casa Buonarroti in Boston - 'Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Master Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti': The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), presents 25 drawings by Michelangelo...

Richter, Bacon to lead Sotheby's Contemporary Art sale - 'Study for a Portrait of P.L.' by Francis Bacon and 'Domplatz, Mailand' by Gerhard Richter will be the highlights of Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening...

Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store - MoMA - "Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store" explores the beginnings of Oldenburg’s extraordinary career with an extensive and in-depth look at his artistic production...

The Getty Museum presents 'In Focus: Ed Ruscha' - 'In Focus: Ed Ruscha', on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, at the Getty Center, April 9–September 29, 2013, offers a concentrated look at Ruscha’s deep engagement...

Rijksmuseum opens after a ten year transformation - After ten years of rebuilding, renovation and restoration, the new Rijksmuseum opens on 13 April 2013. Never before has a Dutch national museum undergone...

Lauder donates $1billion collection of cubist art to Metropolitan - Leonard A. Lauder has pledged to give the Metropolitan Museum his collection of 78 works by Picasso, Braque, Gris, and Léger, which stands as...

Cézanne and Modigliani to lead Sotheby's auction - Seminal paintings by Paul Cézanne and Amedeo Modigliani from the collection of Alex and Elisabeth Lewyt will lead Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening...

Photography and the American Civil War at the Metropolitan - The exhibition 'Photography and the American Civil War' brings together more than 200 of the finest and most poignant photographs of the American...

Old Masters to Monet - Mississippi Museum of Art - The Mississippi Museum of Art presents 'Old Masters to Monet: Three Centuries of French Painting' from the Wadsworth Atheneum, on view from March 23 through...

Christie's to sell Edward Hopper's 'Blackwell’s Island' - Christie’s New York will offer 'Blackwell’s Island' -a magnificent and large-scale painting by Edward Hopper- in its May 23rd, 2013, American Art sale. The work...

Life and death, Pompeii & Herculaneum - British Museum - The British Museum presents a major exhibition on the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the first ever held on these important cities at the...

Steve Cohen buys Picasso's 'Le Rêve' for $155 million - According to several sources, American hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen has bought Pablo Picasso’s “Le Reve” for $155 million from casino tycoon...

Derain's portrait of Matisse's wife at Christie's - A magnificent portrait by André Derain titled 'Madame Matisse au kimono' will highlight the Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art at Christie's on May 8 in...

Pollock's 'The Blue Unconscious' to be sold at Sotheby's - On 14 May 2013 Sotheby’s New York will present The Blue Unconscious by Jackson Pollock as a major highlight of the Contemporary Art Evening Sale...

Hyperrealism 1967-2012 / Thyssen Museum, Madrid - In the late 1960s the USA saw the emergence of a new trend in painting that focused on the realistic representation of scenes and objects from everyday...

L’Art en guerre. France, 1938-1947, Guggenheim Bilbao - On view at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 'L’Art en guerre. France, 1938-1947: From Picasso to Dubuffet' reveals how art was used to respond to the dramatic...

George Bellows (1882-1925): Modern American Life - 'George Bellows (1882-1925): Modern American Life' at the Royal Academy of Arts is the first retrospective of works by American realist painter George Bellows to...

Magnificent Works of Art at TEFAF Maastricht 2013 - The 2013 edition of TEFAF Maastricht -arguably the mosts important art fair in the world- presents a magnificent range of rare works of art, from a spectacular...

California Scene Paintings from 1930 to 1960 - The Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) presents 'California Scene Paintings from 1930 to 1960', on view at the museum from March 10, 2013 to July 28, 2013...

Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light - MoMA New York - The Museum of Modern Art presents 'Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light', a major critical reevaluation of the heralded career of Bill Brandt (British, b. Germany, 1904-83) from...

Wadsworth Atheneum shows five works by Caravaggio - 'Burst of Light: Caravaggio and His Legacy': exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art traces Caravaggio's tremendous influence on seventeenth...

Project Space: Ruins in Reverse - Tate Modern - 'Project Space' brings together six emerging and recently established international artists whose work explores archaeology, fiction and reality. Tate Modern...

Last Works. Manet to Kippenberger - Schirn Kunsthalle - The exhibition is dedicated to outstanding works and groups of works that artists produced in the very last phase of their creative career and which, each in its very...

20th Century Chinese Art at Sotheby’s, April 2013 - Zao Wou-Ki’s '10.03.83' and Wang Yidong’s 'Teasing the Newlyweds' will highlight Sotheby’s Hong Kong 20th Century Chinese Art Sale on 6th April 2013...

Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity in New York - 'Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity' at The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a revealing look at the role of fashion in the works of the Impressionists and their...

Picasso Black and White - Museum of Fine Arts Houston - "Picasso Black and White", the first major exhibition to focus on the artist’s lifelong exploration of a black-and-white palette throughout his career, is presented at...

Pre-Raphaelite Art and Design - NGA Washington - On view from February 17 through May 19, 2013, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 'Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900' is the first...

Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901 - Courtauld Gallery - This exhibition tells the remarkable story of Pablo Picasso’s breakthrough year as an artist – 1901. Courtauld Gallery, London, 14 February to 26 May 2013...

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera - High Museum of Art - Atlanta’s High Museum of Art is the sole U.S. venue for 'Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics, and Painting,' a major exhibition of work by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera...

ARCOmadrid focuses on the international market - International participation in the fair rises to 66%, the highest for several years, with 133 foreign galleries. A total of 201 galleries from 27 countries and more...

Contemporary art auctions in London - February 2013 - Christie's and Sotheby's sales of contemporary art in London totalled more than £155 million. Strong prices were achieved for works by Francis Bacon, Gerhard...

Turner from the Tate – The Making of a Master - The Art Gallery of South Australia hosts 'Turner from the Tate – The Making of a Master', the first major Australian exhibition of the work of iconic British artist J.M.W. Turner...

Frederic Church and the Landscape Oil Sketch - The exhibition explores the remarkably fresh and spontaneous oil sketches of Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900). At the National Gallery, London, from February...

Modigliani shines at Christie's London, February 2013 - Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in London on 6 February 2013 realized £136,462,100/ $213,426,725/ €157,340,801, highlighted by...

Picasso leads Sotheby's London auction, February 2013 - Pablo Picasso's 'Femme assise près d’une fenêtre' fetched £28,6 million at Sotheby's London Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on February 5, 2013...

Impressionism & open-air painting. Corot to Van Gogh - The exhibition analyses the origins and growth of open‐air painting among the Impressionist painters. At the Thyssen Museum, Madrid, from February 5 to...

January 2013 Old Masters Auctions - Report - Old Masters auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's achieved strong prices for works by Fra Bartolommeo, Botticelli and Pompeo Batoni. However, top lots by Bronzino and...

Philippe Vandenberg - Hauser & Wirth London - Hauser & Wirth presents 'Philippe Vandenberg. Selected Works', the gallery's first exhibition of Vandenberg's paintings and the artist's first solo show in the UK...

Manet: Portraying Life - Royal Academy of Arts - The Royal Academy of Arts presents the first major exhibition in the UK to showcase Édouard Manet’s portraiture, examining the relationship between Manet’s portrait...

MFAH announces agreement with Al-Sabah Collection - Sixty examples of Islamic masterworks from the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, will be on loan in Houston to initiate a long-term exchange of objects, staff and...

Wolfgang Laib - 'Pollen from Hazelnut' at the MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art presents Pollen from Hazelnut, a pollen field by the artist Wolfgang Laib, in The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium from January...

Matta: Fictions at the Museum Frieder Burda - The Museum Frieder Burda presents about 30 large-scale works by Chilean-born artist Roberto Matta in a focused retrospective. From January 19 until June 2, 2013...

Picasso's portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter at Sotheby's - Sotheby's London Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on Tuesday 5th February 2013 will be led by a monumental 1932 portrait of Picasso’s ‘golden muse’...

Modigliani to lead Christie's sale - Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in London on 6 February 2013 is expected to realize a total of £67,4 million - £99,7 million. The auction is led by Amedeo Modigliani's...

Modern Women at PAFA: From Cassatt to O’Keeffe - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents Modern Women at PAFA: From Cassatt to O’Keeffe, on view January 12 through September 1, 2013...

Bacon, Richter, Basquiat to highlight Sotheby's auction - Sotheby's auction of contemporary art in London comprises 56 lots and is estimated to realise in excess of £63 million. The sale will include works by many...

David Hockney's Egyptian vision for sale at Christie's - In February 2013 Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art department will offer for sale Great Pyramid at Giza with Broken Head from Thebes (1963). The work...

Exhibition of rare Islamic art at Bonhams - Bonhams celebrates the start of 2013 with the unveiling of Scotland's largest private collection of pre-Islamic and Islamic art, which has never been seen in public before. At Bonhams...

Masterpieces from Van Gogh Museum at TEFAF 2013 - A group of 15 drawings from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam will be one of the highlights of TEFAF Maastricht from 15 to 24 March 2013. The European Fine Art Fair...

Turner in January: the Vaughan Bequest - NGA Scotland - In keeping with a century-old tradition, New Year’s Day at the Scottish National Gallery will be marked by the opening of the annual exhibition of watercolours...

Year: 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006