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Home   Aleksandr Rodchenko: Constructing the Future Opens at Caixa Catalunya in Barcelona "Books" (1925), which forms part of the exhibition at Caixa Catalunya. Photo: EFE / Andreu Dalmau. BARCELONA.- Aleksandr Rodchenko (St. Petersburg, 1891 – Moscow, 1956) was one of the most multitalented and complex artists of the Russian Avant-garde of the 20th century. An explorer of non-objective art in painting, a proponent of Constructivism in post-revolutionary Russia and a pioneer in Soviet photography, he soon came to reject ‘pure’ art—creating in its place a visual ...More Musée d'Orsay Opens Two Correspondences Exhibitions PARIS.- The Musée d'Orsay opened two new Correspondences exhibitions. The first is Valérie Belin / Edouard Manet and the second Ellsworth Kelly / Paul Cézanne. Valérie Belin’s justification for the connections between her work – ...More The Art Fund Gives 1 Million Pounds to Save Titian's Diana and Actaeon LONDON.- A £1million donation to the campaign to save Titian’s Diana and Actaeon, one of the greatest paintings in private ownership, is announced today (Tuesday 14 October) with an exceptional grant from The Art Fund, the UK’s leading independent art charity. The grant, the first to be publicly pledged, is the largest ever donation to a single work of art in The Art Fund’s 105 year history....More Political and Poetic Installations by Cildo Meireles on View at Tate Gallery in London LONDON.- A key instigator of Conceptual Art, Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles has made some of the most politically telling, aesthetically seductive and philosophically intriguing works of the last four decades. With a characteristic economy of means, he distils complex ideas into single objects or environments. ...More Olafur Eliasson's The Collectivity Project Opens at U-TURN Contemporary Arts Festival COPENHAGEN.- U-TURN is the official winner of the Danish Arts Council’s competition for undertaking a festival of contemporary art in Denmark. In February 2006 a jury appointed by the Arts Council chose U-TURN over the other finalists, Herning Art Museum and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. In the selection of U-TURN, emphasis was placed on an elaborate and well documented ...More Major Getty Exhibition Showcases the Work of American Photographer Carleton Watkins LOS ANGELES.- Dialogue among Giants on viewat the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, presents the work of San Francisco-based photographer Carleton Watkins in the context of the birth and early evolution of photography in California. The more than 150 works in the exhibition come from private collections and institutions across the country as well as the Getty ...More The Art of David Cox Opens at the Yale Center for British Art NEW HAVEN.- This autumn the Yale Center for British Art will be the fi rst and only U.S. venue for a major retrospective of David Cox (1783-1859). Marking the 150th anniversary of the artist’s death, Sun, Wind, and Rain: The Art of David Cox examines the work of this important fi gure in the development of British landscape and watercolor painting. The fi rst signifi cant exhibition devoted to his ...More Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao Opens Sorolla Exhibition from The Hispanic Society of America BILBAO.- The Collection Visions of Spain by Joaquin Sorolla which gathers 14 great canvases which the Hispanic Society of America commissioned to the artist at the beginning of the 20th Century opens today in Bilbao where it can be viewed until January 18, 2009. ...More Anton Henning: Blumenstilleben No. 193 Opened at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag THE HAGUE.- This autumn the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag will present an impressive interior created by the German painter Anton Henning (Berlin, 1964), whose spatial installations have drawn international attention. Henning has designed the installation Blumenstilleben No. 193 especially for the museum’s Project Hall; it consists primarily of a ten metre-wide painting and his so-called ...More Museum of Latin American Art Hosts Significant Auction of Contemporary Latin American Art LONG BEACH.- The Museum of Latin American Art will once again host the most important auction of contemporary Latin American fine art on the West Coast, Auction 08: Contemporary Latin American Art, on October 18 – 19, 2008. The auction will feature more than 220 extraordinary works of art including paintings, sculptures, works on paper and prints by renowned and emerging artists...More Art in the Service of Power at the Imperial Court of China and at the Saxon-Polish Court DRESDEN.- This is the first time that treasures from the Chinese Imperial Palace in Beijing will have been presented alongside works of art from the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden in a joint exhibition in Dresden´s Royal Palace. The imperial court of China and the Saxon-Polish court (which is exemplary for many a European court) will be compared as to their strategies for...More A New Wave Of Contemporary Artists At Bonhams LONDON.- Contemporary artworks by a new wave of emerging artists will be offered in The Urban Art sale at Bonhams flagship salerooms in New Bond Street, London on Thursday 23 October 2008 at 7pm. The works are fresh, edgy, politically engaging and challenging. The sale follows the success of the world's first dedicated Urban Art sale, which took place at Bonhams earlier this year. ...More MOCA Renews Patrnership with Pacific Design Center WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), has renewed its partnership, first established in 2000, with Pacific Design Center (PDC). Under the terms of this partnership, effective through 2023, MOCA will present up to four exhibitions per year in its West Hollywood location, known as MOCA Pacific Design Center. Building upon MOCA's renowned ...More Photographer Wim Tellier Plans Installation in Antarctica ANTWERP.- The Antwerp-based art photographer, Wim Tellier, who shocked the world in 2006/07 with his project W-Wish - a 600 metres squared baby photo exhibited throughout the world - is currently engaged in preparing and even larger-scale project. The apotheosis is to be an installation covering some 3 hectares on Antarctica. Over the past few months, Wim Tellier has been busy ...More Vintage and Modern Posters - Bloomsbury Auctions New York on 22 October NEW YORK, NY.- Bloomsbury Auctions New York is proud to announce for sale a spectacular collection of 282 posters nostalgically capturing the evolving zeitgeist of the 20th century in print. The collection is composed of a distinguished group of vintage and modern posters depicting a variety of subjects, including automobiles and bicycles, travel, winter sports, and aviation. Some of the ...More