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| Extraordinary Collection of Italian Art from the Uffizi Gallery on View at CaixaForum Barcelona |
The paintings, Sacrifice of Isaac (left) by Livio Mehus and Birth of Adam by Jacopo Da Empoli, are two of the 45 masterpieces by figures such as Botticelli and Luca Giordano, made between the XV and XVII centuries belonging to the Uffizi Gallery on view starting today at Caixaforum. Photo: EFE / Xavier Bertral.
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BARCELONA.- This exhibition brings an extraordinary collection of Italian art from the treasures of Florence’s Uffizi Gallery to Barcelona for the first time. 45 masterpieces created between the XV and XVII centuries, with highlights including paintings by Botticelli, Luca Signorelli, Parmiginianino, Luca Giordano and Cristofano Allori, among others. These are pieces of outstanding quality, which are ...More
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| Whitney Museum Presents a New Look at Alexander Calder |
NEW YORK, NY.- Alexander Calder: The Paris Years is the first comprehensive, critical look at the formative seven-year period between 1926 and 1933, when Calder, on his way to becoming one of the greatest American sculptors, discovered his own singular artistic vocabulary. A partnership between the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, this ...More
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| Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Italy Opens Bill Viola Exhibition |
ROME.- Internationally recognised as one of today’s most important living artists, Bill Viola has played a key role in consecrating video art as the most vibrant art form within the contemporary art world and has contributed significantly to the development of this genre, both in terms of technology and content....More
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| Lee Miller Retrospective Exhibition Opens at Jeu de Paume |
PARIS.- This retrospective presents the many different facets of the career of this extraordinary 20th-century artist who was by turns a (fashion then artist’s) model, muse of the Surrealists, companion and assistant of Man Ray and, finally, photographer.
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| Guggenheim Foundation Appoints Juan Ignacio Vidarte as Chief Officer for Global Strategies |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Board of Trustees of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation today announced the appointment of Juan Ignacio Vidarte as Chief Officer for Global Strategies. Mr. Vidarte is currently Director General of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and will retain this position, dividing his time between Bilbao and New York. The appointment reinforces the Foundation’s commitment to ...More
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| Extending Aesthetic Horizons: Christie's London Photographs Sale in November 2008 |
LONDON.- Inspiring, informing and extending aesthetic horizons, Christie’s Photographs Department continues its unprecedented programme DISTINCTIVELY. This carefully curated series features photo-based works from specific regions which are sold-out and no longer available on the primary market, by established and emerging artists. Following the success of Distinctively ...More
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| Russia 1900: Art and Culture in the Empire of the Last Tsar on View at Mathildenhohe Institute |
DARMSTADT.- The comprehensive cultural and historical review entitled “Russia 1900. Art and Culture in the Empire of the last Tsar” with numerous masterpieces from the realms of painting, sculpture, arts and crafts, architecture, furniture, stage design, fi lm and photography is the exhibition event marking the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 on Darmstadt’s Mathildenhöhe....More
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| Sotheby's New York Sales of Contemporary Art to be Held on November 11 & 12 |
NEW YORK, NY.- On the evening of November 11th, Sotheby’s will offer the most significant work in Yves Klein’s Relief Eponge series, Archisponge RE 11 (est. in the region of $25 million), as the cornerstone of the Evening Sale of Contemporary Art in New York. The sale will also be highlighted by masterpieces by Roy Lichtenstein, Half Face with Collar (est. $15/20 million), and Lucian Freud,...More
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| Christie's Auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art Realises $55.5 Million |
LONDON.- Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale took place today and realised £31,978,500 / $55,514,676 / €41,156,330. The top lot was Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio, 1963, by Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) which realised £9,001,250 / $15,626,170 / €11,584,609. At the auction, 6 works sold for over £1 million (8 for over $1 million), and buyer activity (by lot) was 48% Europe ...More
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| Richard Serra's Plow Arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao on a Longterm Loan |
BILBAO.- Thanks to a long-term loan by a private collector, a relatively recent work, entitled Plow, by one of the 20th century’s best-known artists, Richard Serra (born San Francisco, California, in 1939) will be on display to the public at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao....More
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| Singhmar Family Donates $1.2 Million for New AGA Education Centre |
EDMONTON.- The Art Gallery of Alberta received a generous boost to the capital campaign for the New Vision building project this week. Prem and Saroj Singhmar donated $1.2 million in support of the new expanded education centre. In recognition for the donation and the Singhmar family's significant community leadership, the education facilities at the new AGA will be named the Singhmar ...More
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| Public Art Fund Presents...The Millenium Paper Airplane Contest |
NEW YORK, NY.- The new Millenium Paper Airplane Contest and corresponding book by Klara Hobza is a multifaceted artwork inspired by a historic paper airplane contest that took place in 1967 at the Great Hall in what is now the New York Hall of Science. Built by Wallace K. Harrison to display rockets in the 1964 World's Fair, the Great Hall is a secular cathedral of concrete and colored ...More
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| Actor, Singer Lynda Carter to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From The National Museum of Women in the Arts |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Museum of Women in the Arts will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Lynda Carter Friday, November 7 at NMWA's Annual Fall Benefit. At the event, Lynda will perform a variety of pop and Broadway hits from her current Cabaret show....More
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| VSA arts and MetLife Foundation Announce 'Arts Connect All' Grant Opportunity |
WASHINGTON, DC.- VSA arts and MetLife Foundation today announced their 5th annual "Arts Connect All" grant opportunity for arts organizations to create or enhance inclusive educational programs by strengthening partnerships with local public schools. A maximum of 10 grants of up to $15,000 each will be awarded to selected programs. The application deadline is December 12, 2008....More
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| Abraaj Capital Art Prize To Announce Finalists of First Competition |
DUBAI/LONDON.- The selection committee of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize today announced the three recipient curator/artist teams of its first competition: Cristiana Perrella & Kutluğ Ataman; Carol Solomon & Zoulikha Boubadellah; and Leyla Fakhr & Nazgol Ansarinia. Their projects, which are being created this very moment, will be unveiled during Art Dubai of March 2009. As Art ...More
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