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| Louvre Opens a Major Retrospective of Great Master of the Renaissance Andrea Mantegna |
Andrea Mantegna, La Crucifixion (dit Le Calvaire) 1457-1459. Bois. H. 76 ; l. 96 cm. Paris, musée du Louvre, département des Peintures, inv. 368 © RMN / Thierry Le Mage.
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PARIS.- The Louvre opened a major retrospective of the work of one of great masters of the Italian Renaissance: Andrea Mantegna. For the first time in France, this exhibition will allow visitors to explore the full range of the achievements of this influential figure in Western painting and to discover the environment in which his career was nurtured. French museums are home to a ...More
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| Venice: From Canaletto and Turner to Monet Opens at Fondation Beyeler |
BASEL.- Since its founding eleven years ago, the Fondation Beyeler has focused on art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in its collection presentations and changing exhibitions. Yet we have always been aware of the fact that modern art did not simply appear out of a clear blue sky. This insight occasioned our 2001 exhibition “Ornament and Abstraction,” which placed modern...More
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| Cubist Masterpiece by Pablo Picasso to be Sold by Sotheby's New York on November 3 |
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the most important works by Pablo Picasso to appear on the market over the last several years will be offered by Sotheby’s in New York on the evening of November 3, 2008. Arlequin dates to 1909, a pivotal moment in the history of modern art; just two years after Picasso completed his watershed composition, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Modeled with luminous shades...More
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| MCA Denver Showcases Large-Scale Works by Damien Hirst in a Blockbuster Exhibit |
DENVER, CO.- MCA DENVER proudly presents Damien Hirst’s signature works, including the piece Saint Sebastian, Exquisite Pain, 2007 from the Natural History series, which features animals preserved in formaldehyde and displayed in large glass vitrines. The exhibition opens October 7, 2008 and runs through August 30, 2009. A public reception will be held on Friday, October 10 from 6-10pm. The ...More
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| Christie's Announces the Sale of the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Collection |
PARIS.- Christie's announced the sale of the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Collection, which will take place in Paris on the 23rd, 24th and 25th February 2009 at the Grand Palais, in association with the Pierre Bergé & Associates auction house. ...More
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| Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York Opens at the Blanton Museum of Art |
AUSTIN.- The Park Place Gallery was a prominent cooperative gallery in 1960s New York, shared by five sculptors (Mark di Suvero, Peter Forakis, Robert Grosvenor, Anthony Magar, and Forrest Myers) and five painters (Dean Fleming, Tamara Melcher, David Novros, Edwin Ruda, and Leo Valledor). With their unique interest in dynamic, complex space in sculpture and painting and their active ...More
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| The Columbus Museum of Art Presents Objects of Wonder From the Ohio State University |
COLUMBUS, OH.- Have you ever wondered what kinds of treasures are hidden in your neighbor’s attic? Now imagine that neighbor has more than 300 libraries and collections housing everything from Thomas Moran paintings to unpublished Marilyn Monroe photos, Richard Petty’s sunglasses to John Glenn’s flight manual. These are just a few of the items Columbus Museum of Art curators ...More
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| Québec City and its Photographers, 1850-1908: The Yves Beauregard Collection |
QUEBEC CITY.- As part of Québec City’s 400th anniversary celebrations, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is presenting Québec City and Its Photographers, 1850-1908. The Yves Beauregard Collection. The exhibition features more than 400 photographs selected from this imposing collection to form a striking panorama of the Old Capital and its residents in bygone days....More
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| Natascha Sadr Haghighian: Fruit of One's Labour at Frankfurter Kunstverein |
FRANKFURT.- The solo exhibition “Fruit of One’s Labour” („Früchte der Arbeit“) consists of an installation and a series of lectures that the artist Natascha Sadr Haghighian (1999) developed specifically for the Frankfurter Kunstverein. The starting point of the site-specific installation is the examination of money and financial systems.
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| Guggenheim Museum and Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Announce Exhibition |
NEW YORK.- Fifty years after the completion of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic work, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will celebrate the golden anniversary of its landmark building with the exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright, on view from May 15 to August 23, 2009. The exhibition will examine Wright’s vision for harmonious living through inventive spatial constructions ...More
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| Stephen Antonakos Retrospective at Allentown Art Museum |
ALLENTOWN, PA.- Stephen Antonakos Retrospective spans the abstract formalist's artistic career from 1954 to the present. The Allentown Art Museum is the sole exhibitor of this nationally and internationally known artist's retrospective in the United States. ...More
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| Links Between Higher Education and the Arts Strengthened by New University of the Arts London Partnership with LCACE |
LONDON.- University of the Arts London has beome the latest higher education institution in the capital to partner with the successful London Centre for Arts and Cultural Enterprise (LCACE), it was announced on Thursday 25 September. ...More
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| The Tubman Museum Announces $1.5 Million Grant from the Peyton Anderson Foundation |
MACON, GA.- The Tubman African American Museum announced recent pledges and gifts of over $2 million to its capital campaign to complete construction of a new 49,000 square-foot museum in downtown Macon – including a $1.5 million grant from the Peyton Anderson Foundation. With these contributions, the Tubman Museum is over one-third of the way to its $8.5 million ...More
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| Birmingham Museum of Art Installs Exhibition of New Works by American Artist Sharon Louden |
BIRMINGHAM.- The Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) opens an exhibition of newly commissioned work by New York-based artist Sharon Louden from September 28, 2008 to January 4, 2009. The works in Sharon Louden: Taking Turns will visually connect the Museum's galleries and Sculpture Garden through different media: paintings, a projected video animation, and a site-specific ...More
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| Silvia Karman Cubiñá Appointed Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Bass Museum of Art |
MIAMI.- After a lengthy national executive search process, the Board of Trustees of the Bass Museum of Art today appointed Silvia Karman Cubiñá as Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Bass Museum of Art, effective October 1, 2008.
Ms. Cubiñá is the Founding Director of The Moore Space (since 2002), an ...More
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| Academy of Art Univeristy Students Create Awe Inspiring Mural for Porziuncola |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- San Francisco will soon become an international site for peace pilgrimage, by housing the sole scale replica in the world of Saint Francis of Assisi's famed Porziuncola, his beloved stone chapel in Italy. On September 27, 2008 the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi's Porziuncola Nuova, embodying the important first phase of San Francisco's Renaissance ...More
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| Guggenheim Foundation Elects Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth to Board of Trustees |
NEW YORK, NY.- Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth, 39, of Helsinki, Finland, was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation at the Board’s September 23 meeting in New York. The announcement of Ehrnrooth’s election was made by William L. Mack, the Foundation’s Chairman, who said:...More
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| AGO Continues its Transformation with Scotiabank Nuit Blanche |
TORONTO.- As the transformed AGO nears completion, it will host a light installation from October 4 to 5 as part of the third annual Scotiabank Nuit Blanche.
For one sleepless night, artist Leo Villareal will create a metamorphosis of Frank...More
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