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| Picasso and the Masters Opens at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais in Paris |
Francisco de Goya, Maja desnuda. 1797-1800. Oil on canvas, 97 x 190 cm Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
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PARIS.- Pablo Picasso was trained in the strict rules of academic painting at a very early age, first by his father, José Ruiz-Blasco, a teacher at the fine art school in Málaga and director of the Malaga Museum, and then as a student (1893-1899) at the fine arts school of La Corùna, at La Lonja (Barcelona), and then at the San Fernando Academy (Madrid). Drawings from the antique, statuary and architectonics, copies of paintings by the great Spanish masters and the study of the history of European art formed the core of this training, rooted in the humanist pictorial tradition which reminds us that Picasso was born in the 19th century (1881). Academic drawings, history paintings, genre scenes, epic or religious compositions, sombre effects, large, pretentious canvases, competitions, official painting and art galleries were the daily labour, the references and prospects of his formative years....More
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| Saatchi Gallery Opens at Duke of York's HQ Building, Chelsea |
LONDON.- The Saatchi Gallery is set to re-open in the 70,000 sq. ft. Duke of York HQ building on King's Road, Chelsea on October 9 2008 with an exhibition dedicated to new art from China.
The inaugural exhibition entitled The Revolution Continues: New Chinese Art will ...More
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| Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Unveils Renovation/Expansion Design |
NEW YORK.- The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum today announced design plans for enlarged and enhanced facilities for exhibitions, collections display, education programming and the National Design Library, with construction slated to begin in January 2009. The expansion is part of a $64 million capital campaign, which will unfold in two phases, and, to date, $37 million has ...More
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| Musée d'Orsay Opens Picasso / Manet: The Luncheon on the Grass |
PARIS.- In tandem with the exhibition Picasso and the Masters at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, the Musée d’Orsay is presenting around forty paintings, drawings, engravings and models produced by Picasso between 1954 and 1962, and inspired by Manet’s, Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe [The Luncheon on the Grass]. The Musée du Louvre, for its part, is showing the variations on ...More
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| Sotheby's To Spearhead its Contemporary Art Sale with Andy Warhol's Skulls Series |
LONDON.- Sotheby's will follow its record-breaking series of Contemporary Art sales in recent years with its October Contemporary Art sale, to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair. Following the stunning success of the Beautiful Inside My Head Forever sale of Damien Hirst’s work, Sotheby’s will offer a selection of top contemporary works on 20 October, 2008. The sale will include an ...More
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| The Avant-garde and Sport in the IVAM Collection on View at Bancaja Cultural Centre of Alicante |
ALICANTE.- Art and sport are two cultural expressions which are of ever-increasing interest for the general public. The exhibition The Avant-garde and Sport in the IVAM Collection, which Bancaja presents at its Cultural Centre in Alicante, is taking place thanks to the collaboration agreement between the IVAM and Bancaja which, every year, enables the Valencian museum to bring its ...More
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| Cindy Sherman Honored at the Brooklyn Museum's Women in the Arts Fundraising Luncheon |
BROOKLYN, NY.- One of the most influential conceptual artists of the twentieth century, Cindy Sherman, will be honored at the sixth annual Women in the Arts luncheon on Friday, November 6, 2008. Proceeds from the event, which is organized by the Museum's Community Committee, a volunteer organization, will benefit a wide range of Museum programs....More
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| John Milton's Paradise Lost at The Morgan Library & Museum |
NEW YORK, NY.- To celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the English poet John Milton (1608–1674), The Morgan Library & Museum presents the only surviving manuscript of Milton’s masterpiece Paradise Lost, Book 1 from October 7, 2008, through January 4, 2009 in the Clare Eddy Thaw Gallery....More
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| The Infinite Landscape: Master Photographers from the UMMA Collection |
ANN ARBOR, MI.- How do we contend with the immensity of the physical world? We are so small and seemingly insignificant within this larger world we occupy; what is our relationship to nature and how do we organize that relationship to an external environment that seems to be infinite? Since the earliest totemic depictions of hunting scenes in cave paintings, people have long ...More
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| AGO Acquires Three New Works at Toronto International Art Fair |
TORONTO.- The Art Gallery of Ontario has acquired Pascal Grandmaison's en espérant que la lumiere nous sauve 1, 2008, Shirley Wiitasalo's Orange, 2007, and Spring Hurlbut's Mary #1, From Deuil, 2006, at this year's Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF). ...More
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| Rare Historical Documents from Israel's Near and Distant Past on Display for First Time |
JERUSALEM.- In collaboration with Israel’s State Archives, the Israel Museum presents approximately one hundred original documents from the history of the people and State of Israel, the majority in first-time public display. Organized in celebration of Israel’s 60th anniversary, Blue and White Pages: Documenting the History of Israel offers a thematic presentation which ...More
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| Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Acquires Harry Shunk Photographic Archive |
NEW YORK, NY.- On the anniversary of Harry Shunk's 84th birthday today, the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation is honored to announce it has just acquired the entire photographic archive of renowned photographer Harry Shunk. The Foundation made this purchase at the public estate auction conducted by the Public Administrator, County of New York on August 29, 2008. ...More
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| SFMOMA Boasts Record Numbers for Frida Kahlo |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is proud to announce its record-breaking success with the three-month Frida Kahlo exhibition, which closed on September 28, 2008. Attendance during the show was the museum's highest ever, totaling 412,244—an average of 4,530 visitors per day. The record was previously held by the 2003 Marc Chagall ...More
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| Kemper at the Crossroads' First Exhibition Jeff Shore and Jon Fisher: Reel to Reel Opens November 7 |
KANSAS CITY.- Kemper at the Crossroads' first exhibition is Jeff Shore and Jon Fisher: Reel to Reel, a collaborative project by Texas-based artists Jeff Shore and Jon Fisher. The exhibition opens with a free public reception, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., Friday, November 7. The exhibition is on view November 7, 2008–January 11, 2009, at Kemper at the Crossroads, the Kemper Museum's new space ...More
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| Arcology Appoints a Globally Distinguished Architect to Design its Dubai Based Projects |
DUBAI.- Arcology has appointed internationally renowned architect, Shigeru Ban, to design their first landmark project on Palm Jebal Ali (Dubai).
Arcology is committed to collaborating with globally distinguished architects and working with leading branded products in the design and launch of several high-...More
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