Major de Kooning Retros...

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has just opened the first major exhibition focused on the entire output of Willem de Kooning’s career. This major retrospective will be open to the public from September 18, 2011, until January 9, 2012. This exhibition provides us with a once in a...

Renata Bernal

Born in Munich, Germany in 1937, Renata Bernal moved to the United States with her mother and settled in New York city at the age of 13. She attended The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City, and later moved to California where she received a Bachelor of...

Pop Art Icon Richard Ha...

The Gagosian Gallery announced that Pop Art pioneer Richard Hamilton passed away early Tuesday at the age of 89. As of this writing, the cause of death is still unknown. Hamilton was a pioneering art figure and is accredited as the “Father of Pop Art,” a movement noted for its...

Non Visible Artwork Sel...

For those of you who thought that abstract art could not get any more abstract, it appears as though actor James Franco has come along to take minimalism or conceptual art to a whole new level. Franco has recently become involved in a project entitled MONA, or the Museum of Non-Visible...

Richard Diebenkorn

Born in Portland, Oregon on April 22, 1922, Richard Diebenkorn moved with his family to San Francisco, California at the age of two. He enrolled into Stanford University in 1940.  After graduating Stanford, Diebenkorn served in the Marines from 1943 to 1945. Once his tour ended, he moved...