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| Raphael's Masterpiece "Madonna of the Goldfinch" Presented Fully Restored After Ten Years |
"Madonna of the Goldfinch" by Raphael. Left image is before the restoration. Right image after the ten year restoration. EFE.
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FLORENCE.- Experts announced that the Raphael masterpiece "Madonna of the Goldfinch" that survived the collapse of a palace and centuries of decay is ready after a ten year restoration process. It will be returned to the Uffizi gallery with a strengthened canvas and colors restored to their original radiance. Raphael painted this work around 1505 for the wedding of his friend Lorenzo Nasi, a rich merchant in Florence. When Nasi’s palace collapsed in 1548, the painting was shredded into 17 pieces. The work was first put together with pieces of wood and long nails. The work later developed a yellowish opaque color. Restores feared touching it because it was very fragile....More
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| Neue Nationalgalerie Presents Cult of the Artist: Jeff Koons - Celebration |
BERLIN.- Neue Nationalgalerie presents today Cult of the Artist: Jeff Koons - Celebration, on view through February 8, 2009. A National Gallery Exhibition, made possible by the Friends of the National Gallery, supported by E.ON. Jeff Koons is rated as one of most successful artists of the present day. And he is surely one of the few living artists who largely owes his popularity to the cult ...More
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| Madonna Meets Mao - Selected Works from the Yageo Foundation Collection |
DRESDEN.- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden presents Madonna Meets Mao - Selected Works from the Yageo Foundation Collection, Taiwan, on view through January 4, 2009 at Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau (Brühlsche Terrasse). An exhibition by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden in cooperation with the Yageo-Foundation. Since the mid-1990s Pierre T.M. Chen, owner of a globally operating electronics ...More
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| Prints and Multiples at Christie's New York Totaled $8.1 Million |
NEW YORK.- The two-day sale of Prints and Multiples at Christie’s New York totaled $8,165,663/£5,234,399/ €6,532,530 and was 62% sold by value and 61% sold by lot. Tudor Davies, Head of Prints, comments: “We are pleased with the results of the two-day Prints and Multiples sale, where quality and condition proved key factors in determining price. Highlights of the sale came from the ...More
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| Museum für Angewandte Kunst Koln Opens New Design Department |
COLOGNE.- On 31 October 2008, the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln will open its new design department. For the first time, a German museum will offer visitors the opportunity to study design not in isolation but in its close relationship with works of fine art. “Kunst und Design im Dialog” will highlight the complex interconnection between industrial design from various different periods ...More
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| Artist Couples - Love, Art and Passion Opens at Wallraf-Richartz-Museum |
COLOGNE.- Claudel & Rodin, Kahlo & Rivera, or Münter & Kandinsky-the names of these artist couples are known to almost every friend of the arts. So it is all the more surprising that there has never been a comprehensive exhibition that has examined the subject of “Couples in Art”. In a world premiere that opens on 31 October 2008, the Wallraf will show how artists have influenced and inspired ...More
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| Art Forum Berlin: More Collectos - More Curators - More Journalists |
BERLIN.- The Art Forum Berlin – the International Fair for Contemporary Art – is expanding its international visitor program this year. More collectors than in past years will have the opportunity to attend special events to get to know the galleries and artists represented at Art Forum Berlin. PROFESSIONAL MONDAY, appearing for the first time in the program, offers curators, art scholars, and ...More
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| Delaware Art Museum Presents Third Annual Miniatures Exhibition |
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to present the third annual Masterpieces in Miniature exhibition, on view November 1, 2008 – January 11, 2009. Masterpieces in Miniature is the Museum’s signature holiday display, featuring three-dimensional miniatures by artists from the region. This exhibition offers nine miniature versions of masterpieces by luminaries such as ...More
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| No Standing Only Dancing: Photographs by Rennie Ellis |
MELBOURNE.-“Without my photography life would be boring. Photography adds an extra dimension to my life. Somehow it confirms my place in the world.” Rennie Ellis, unpublished personal statement, c. 1989. Held in the collection of the Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive. A major exhibition featuring the work of renowned Australian photographer Rennie Ellis (1940-2003) will open at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia on 31 October ...More
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| Feminist Works from Brooklyn Museum's Collection At Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art |
BROOKLYN, NY.- Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection, an exhibition of nearly 50 works drawn from the holdings of the Brooklyn Museum and the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art will be on view in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art October 31, 2008 through February 8, 2009. Inspired by The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago, this exhibition ...More
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| Aspen Art Museum Presents ARAC@AAM: Anderson Ranch |
ASPEN, CO.- The Aspen Art Museum and Snowmass’s Anderson Ranch Arts Center present a collaborative effort that highlights the artistic accomplishments of Anderson Ranch, its history of art-making, and its importance to the Roaring Fork Valley community. ARAC @ AAM will be on view at the Aspen Art Museum through Sunday, December 7. An “Artist Breakfast” slideshow...More
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| The Royal Academy of Arts Launches GSK Contemporary |
LONDON.- Today The Royal Academy of Arts launches GSK Contemporary, a new eclectic three month season of exhibitions and events. GSK Contemporary introduces international artists, surveys emerging trends and provides a new platform for experimentation, discussion and debate within the contemporary visual arts. The exhibition programme is split into two main parts:...More
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| MAM Presents Yinka Shonibare, MBE: A Flying Machine for Every Man, Woman and Child |
MIAMI, FL.- As part of its ongoing New Work series, Miami Art Museum will present Yinka Shonibare, MBE: A Flying Machine for Every Man, Woman and Child, a new installation created specifically for MAM. The site-specific work will explore Miami’s role as a destination for both tourists and immigrants and as a symbol of freedom and promise. Shonibare’s installation will premiere on October ...More
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| Peter Kogler Opens at Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien |
VIENNA.- The extensive retrospective of the Austrian artist Peter Kogler puts his unknown early works into the context of the computer-generated leitmotifs he has been developing since the 1980s. For the MUMOK show the artist has conceived two new installations for the interior as well as covering the entire façade of the museum with an invisible labyrinth for giant white rats....More
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| Columbia Museum of Art To Receive Major Donation From the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection |
COLUMBIA, SC.- The Columbia Museum of Art has been selected to receive a gift of fifty works of art from New York collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, with the help of the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The gifts are part of a national gifts program entitled The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty ...More
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| Steeling the Gaze: Portraits by Aboriginal Artists Opens |
OTTAWA.- The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography presents today Steeling the Gaze: Portraits by Aboriginal Artists, on view through March 22, 2009. This group exhibition, drawn from the collections of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography and the National Gallery of Canada, explores representations of Aboriginal people by Aboriginal artists. The works of ...More
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| Eleventh Annual Edition Artists' Book Fair Opens in New York |
NEW YORK.- This fall marks the 11th annual Editions| Artists’ Book Fair (E|AB), where 64 contemporary art dealers and publishers from six countries will present thousands of art works to the viewing public. As the longest running FREE to the public art fair, E|AB offers artworks for sale that range in price from $20 to $500,000. Located inside the Tunnel, the former nightclub will be transformed from ...More
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| Dallas Museum of Art Names John Easley Chief Development Officer |
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art today announced that John Easley has been named Chief Development Officer; he will begin his new position on November 3. Easley comes to the Dallas Museum of Art with more than thirty years as an arts executive, most recently as Vice President and Assistant Director of the Saint Louis Art Museum. Easley's appointment at the DMA also marks a ...More
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| Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Presents Mark Lewis |
VIENNA.- With "The Fight" and "Prater Hauptallee, Dawn and Dusk," the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna presents Mark Lewis's most recent works, produced in the context of an art project with students at the Academy's Research Lab for Film and Television. In his photographs and films, Mark Lewis, born in Hamilton, Canada, in 1958 and living in London today, explores the structure and imagery of ...More
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