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| Statuephilia: Exhibition by Contemporary Sculptors Opens Today at the British Museum |
Marc Quinn: SIREN 2008 (detail) © Marc Quinn 2008.
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LONDON.- The British Museum houses one of the greatest sculpture collections in the world. This autumn, it will showcase a group of major works by leading contemporary British artists in a series of installations paying tribute to the cultural significance of sculpture across the ages. Works by Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley, Ron Mueck, Marc Quinn and Noble and Webster will highlight the perennial potency of sculpture and remind visitors to the Museum of the extraordinary unbroken history of this art form and its unique relationship to human history. Statuephilia complements a major new television series on the history of sculpture, The Sculpture Diaries, produced by ZCZ films and to be broadcast on Channel 4 in the autumn. Statuephilia has been selected by Sunday Times art critic and presenter of the Sculpture Diaries Waldemar Januszczak in association with the British Museum....More
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| Mint Museum of Art Presents Major Andy Warhol Exhibition |
CHARLOTTE, N.C.- The iconic works of Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, will be on display at the Mint Museum of Art beginning this October. The landmark exhibition Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life & Legends presents rarely seen selections from Bank of America’s prized Warhol collection. Sponsored by Bank of America, the exhibition will be on view October ...More
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| Sotheby's To Auction One of the Greatest Modern Paintings Ever Offered for Sale |
NEW YORK, NY.- On the evening of November 3, 2008, Sotheby’s will present for sale, Suprematist Composition from 1916 by Kazimir Malevich, a work renowned as a premier painting from one of the most sophisticated and innovative artistic movements of the 20th century. Regarded as an icon of Russian art and a paradigmatic example of the 20th century avant-garde, the masterwork ...More
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| Miro, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aime Maeght And His Artists Opens at Royal Academy of the Arts |
LONDON.-This October the Royal Academy of Arts will present an exhibition of works selected from the collections of the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. The exhibition tells the story of the remarkable role played in the history of twentieth-century art by Aimé Maeght, the outstanding art-dealer, exhibition-maker and publisher. With his wife Marguerite, Maeght founded the ...More
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| Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure Opens at The Huntington Library |
SAN MARINO, CA Charles Darwin (1809–1882) is best known for his theory of evolution and other natural history achievements, but little is known about his enduring and insightful work with plants and the important role they played in formulating his ideas. “Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure” at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens explores the untold ...More
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| The Fluidity of Glass - Etsuko Ichikawa: Traces of the Molten State |
BELLEVUE, WA.- This fall Bellevue Arts Museum is excited to present Traces of the Molten State by emerging Seattle-based artist Etsuko Ichikawa. On view from October 4, 2008 through March 8, 2009, this solo exhibition is comprised of two large-scale, site-specific installation pieces featuring Ichikawa's signature "glass pyrography" in conjunction with glass and video components. The ...More
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| Moderna Museet Presents Time & Place: Los Angeles 1957-1968 |
STOCKHOLM.- Moderna Museet presents today Time & Place: Los Angeles 1957-1968. In conjunction with Moderna Museet’s 50th anniversary in 2008, three concentrated exhibitions direct attention to cultural hotspots of the 60s. The Time & Place series investigates the period when Moderna Museet was created from an international perspective, by presenting a selection of work ...More
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| Hong Kong International Arts and Antiques Fair Opens |
HONG KONG.-The Hong Kong International Arts and Antiques Fair (“HK ART & ANTIQUES 08”), to be staged from 4 to 7 October 2008 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, will mark a new milestone in the exciting and robust Hong Kong art scene. With a unique combination of both antiques and contemporary art, this is the first art fair in Hong Kong in more than a decade ...More
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| Tate St. Ives Presents Heimo Zobernig and the Tate Collection |
ST. IVES, UK.- Tate St. Ives presents Heimo Zobernig and the Tate Collection, on view through January 11, 2009. This exhibition at Tate St Ives will be the first time Austrian artist Heimo Zobernig (b1958) has been shown in the UK. One of the most significant artists working in Europe today, over the last twenty five years he has exhibited extensively all over the world creating a considerable ...More
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| Christie's Spanish Art Sale in Madrid Totals $7.7 Million |
MADRID.- Yesterday's Spanish Art Sale held in Madrid totaled €5.575.450/£4,404,606/$7,749,876. The sale's top lot was the painting Matisse como pretexto by Manolo Valdés, which achieved €505.000 and set new a world record for the artist. Juan Varez, Managing Director of Christie's Spain, commented: "Christie's Spanish Art art sale witnessed a packed saleroom and ...More
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| The Andy Warhol Museum Opens 1958 Exhibition |
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Andy Warhol Museum opens a new exhibition, 1958. The exhibition, 1958, opens on October 4, 2008 and will be on view through January 11, 2009. The exhibition features two sections, Detroit, Carbro Prints, 1958 and Isn’t That Amazing!, The Appeal and Spiel of Ronco and Popeil as well as a selection of never before shown Warhol drawings from the 1950s, and more....More
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| L.A. PAINT Opens at Oakland Museum of California |
OAKLAND, CA.- Philip Linhares, chief curator of art at the Oakland Museum of California, contends that Los Angeles is the new capital of American art. To prove his point, Linhares organized L.A. PAINT, a look at the vast and vibrant Southern California art scene via 11 influential artists.The exhibition opens Oct. 4, 2008 and continues through Mar 8, 2009. L.A. PAINT highlights The Date ...More
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| American Artists from the Russian Empire Opens |
NORMAN, OK.- Russian street scenes, paintings of the American West, colorful abstracts and emotive portraits are all part of an international exhibition exploring early 20th-century Russian immigrant art debuting in October at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. A free, public opening is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, in the museum’s Nancy ...More
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| Gallery of the New York School of Interior Design Hosts Two Art Deco-Era Exhibitions |
NEW YORK.- The Gallery of the New York School of Interior Design presents two exhibitions through December 20, 2008, that capture design styles of the 1920s. Fashioning the Modern French Interior: Pochoir Portfolios in the 1920s is an exhibition of over 70 prints selected from four important French interior-design portfolios produced in the 1920s. Utilizing a traditional technique known as ...More
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| Knoxville Museum of Art Presents American Masterpieces of Southern Craft and Traditional Art |
KNOXVILLE, TN.- The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft and Traditional Art October 4, 2008 – January 18, 2009. This major exhibition features more than 100 artworks created by masters living and working in the South today. Tradition/Innovation is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, and is ...More
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| International Russian Exhibition to Premiere at University of Oklahoma Art Museum |
NORMAN, OK.– Russian street scenes, paintings of the American West, colorful abstracts and emotive portraits are all part of an international exhibition exploring early 20th-century Russian immigrant art debuting in October at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. A free, public opening is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, in the museum’s Sandy Bell Gallery....More
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| Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867 - 1957 |
PORTLAND, OR.-The Portland Art Museum will present Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867–1957, on view at the Museum October 4, 2008 through January 11, 2009. Organized by Terry Toedtemeier—the Museum's Curator of Photography since 1986 and an accomplished photographer—the exhibition presents approximately 250 historic images that illuminate the ...More
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| Edinburgh College of Art Opens New Print Workshop With Exhibition |
EDINBURGH.- Edinburgh College of Art is marking the opening of its new print workshop facilities with Open Here (4-12 October 2008; 10am-4pm daily), an exhibition celebrating printmaking in Scotland. The exhibition is presented by the Graphic Design and Illustration departments at the College, and is part of the wider festival 500 YEARS of PRINTING (1508-2008), which includes exhibitions, ...More
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| The Many Faces of David Diaz at The Joslyn Art Museum |
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.- The Joslyn Art Museum presents The Many Faces of David Diaz, on view through February 22, 2009. Caldecott Award-winning illustrator David Diaz notes, "Just as monks labored over pages of scripture bringing them to life, I strive to shine light, to make clear to the reader in a visual form the content, feeling, and meaning of the text. The role of the illustrator is to ...More
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| Art.Fair 21 Opens in Cologne |
COLOGNE.-This year new Asian markets are at the centre of the sixth Art.Fair 21: From 2 to 5 October four galleries from Taiwan and six galleries from Korea will be presented among 59 other exhibitors. This fair for current art has become a must for friends and lovers of contemporary art visiting the “Kunstherbst” in the Rhineland. 30,000 visitors attended the Art.Fair 21 last ...More
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| New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters Opens at Japan Society |
NEW YORK.- The Japan Society presents the first exhibition devoted to a new phenomenon in Japanese art, Bamboo as a Medium for Sculpture. The exhibition is titled New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters. The exhibition is the first to explore the emergence of a new genre in contemporary art, one uniquely rooted in Japanese culture: the use of centuries-old methods of basketry ...More
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| Act/React: Interactive Installation Art Makes its World Premiere at the Milwaukee Art Museum |
MILWAUKEE.- Playful, intuitive, first of its kind—Act/React: Interactive Installation Art makes its world premiere at the Milwaukee Art Museum October 4, 2008–January 11, 2009. Showcasing a growing body of contemporary art that is visitor dependent—without the use of specific interfaces like keyboards or touchscreens—this exhibition of motion-driven installation art empowers guests to...More
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