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| Bank Austria Kunstforum Opens "Georges Braque – The Lyricism of Geometry" Exhibition |
Georges Braque, Landschaft bei La Ciotat (Paysage à La Ciotat) (detail), 1907, Kunststiftung Merzbacher, Küsnacht. © VBK, Wien, 2008/09.
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VIENNA.- The Bank Austria Kunstforum presents a large-scale retrospective on Georges Braque for 2008 as an act of homage to this major pathfinder of the avant-garde. It will not only be the first retrospective in Central Europe after a period of twenty years, but the very first presentation of Georges Braque in Austria – 45 years after his death. The exhibition Georges Braque – The Lyricism of Geometry will take this as an opportunity of (re-)discovering his extraordinary oeuvre. Around 80 paintings and the chief printed graphics will indicate Braque’s special way into the European modern movement and illustrate the uniqueness of his painting adventure: Braque among the Fauves, Braque the methodical, Braque the inventor of papier collé, Braque’s borrowing from decoration painting, in which he was apprenticed, Braque the master of “modern” still life and, last but not least, Braque the “lyrical constructor”....More
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| Economic Slow Down Hits Art Market - Bacon Fails to Sell At Christie's Auction |
NEW YORK.- Christie’s Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art totaled $114 million, with 68% sold by lot. New world auction records were set for six artists, including Joseph Cornell, Yayoi Kusama, Robert Irwin, and Paul McCarthy, and for works on paper by Tom Wesselmann and Agnes Martin. Buyers were 59% American, 18% European, and 24% other. ...More
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| The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection Opens in Edinburgh |
EDINBURGH.- The drama of the Baroque just opened in Edinburgh in part two of The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection. The 31 paintings and 43 drawings selected for the exhibition reflect the great stylistic diversity of the period, which gave birth to the powerful realism of Caravaggio, the revolutionary naturalism of the Carracci and the cool classicism of Poussin and Domenichino. ...More
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| Kunst 08 Zürich - 14th International Contemporary Fair Opens |
ZURICH.- Kunst 08 Zürich, the 14th International Contemporary Fair opens today. Kunst Zürich has become an attractive new addition to the world of major European art fairs. The high number of visitors and the impressive sales figures of recent years confirm that the business centre of Zurich is an ideal location. Kunst 08 Zürichis again working with experienced art galleries who present...More
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| Sotheby's Milan Holds Old Master Paintings Auction on November 17 |
MILAN.- Sotheby’s Milan will hold an auction on Monday 17 November 2008, 6.00 p.m. The catalogue – consisting of over 140 lots – opens with a pictorial group of Fondo oro panels among which is a striking gold-ground painting by Salomone de’ Grassi, The Trinity, commissioned by the Visconti family. Salomone, a renowned miniaturist and painter, is cited among the most significant ...More
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| Indianapolis Museum of Art Organizes Groundbreaking Exhibition Devoted to Art and Belief |
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The first exhibition to examine the religious visual culture of 17th-century Spain and Latin America will premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on October 11, 2009. Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World brings to life the challenges faced by visual artists such as El Greco, Francisco...More
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| Max Weber: Paintings from the 1930s, 40s and 50s Opens in New York |
NEW YORK.- Max Weber was at the forefront of abstraction as one of its most versatile, inventive, and exceptional trail blazers in America. A consummate Expressionist who touched on virtually every phase of modernism, Weber served as a crucial link between the first wave of American modernism and the action painters associated with the New York School at mid-century....More
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| Osram Art Projects Presents Bjorn Melhus: Screensavers |
MUNICH.- Osram Art Projects presents Bjørn Melhus: Screensavers, an interactive multimedia installation on LED screens. Screensavers is the name the internationally acclaimed media artist Bjørn Melhus has given his digital clones, which will populate the SEVEN SCREENS in front of the OSRAM Haus in the coming months. With his sound reactive computer animations, whose images and texts ...More
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| Austin Museum of Art Presents The Texas Chair Project |
AUSTIN, TX.- The Austin Museum of Art continues its tradition of supporting Texas artists by showcasing The Texas Chair Project beginning November 15th, 2008. Eighty Texas artists, including 26 living in the Austin area, will have works on display through February 8, 2009 at AMOA-Downtown located at 823 Congress Ave. The Texas Chair Project is a unique artist exchange conceived by Damian Priour, ...More
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| MFA, Boston Selects Ann Beha Architects to Develop Master Plan for Forsyth Institute Building |
BOSTON, MA.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has commissioned Ann Beha Architects (ABA) of Boston to develop a Master Program Plan for its campus, including The Forsyth Institute property that the MFA purchased in September 2007. The Forsyth Institute’s historic Beaux Arts building, located at 140 The Fenway adjacent to the MFA building’s east side, extends the ...More
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| Colby Museum Opens Two Video Exhibitions: Hiraki Sawa and t s Beall |
WATERVILLE, ME.- The Colby College Museum of Art presents two video exhibitions this fall that explore the sense of place. Shows by London-based Hiraki Sawa, whose work was called "enchanting" in the New York Times, and Glasgow-based emerging artist t s Beall, will be on view through January at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Using video animation, Sawa combines actual footage with superimposed images...More
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| Juan Eizaguirre and Edine at The Museum of the Americas |
DORAL, FL.- The Museum of the Americas presents two individual exhibitions starting on Friday, November 14 and ending Saturday, November 29, 2008. Juan Eizaguirre from Madrid, Spain, will present a show called "Lines and planes: Breakwaters and Beach Huts”" with more than 20 artworks painted from 2005 through 2008. Some of the paintings have been exhibited at Artexpo New ...More
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| Art Gallery of Ontario Reopens After Undergoing Transformation |
TORONTO.- On Friday, November 14, the fully-transformed Art Gallery of Ontario will open to the public with three days of free admission. Celebrated architect and Toronto-born Frank Gehry's first Canadian building, the new AGO will welcome the world to 110 light-filled galleries featuring more than 4,000 new and perennial favourite art works. The public opening day begins with a special ceremony in partnership with...More
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| Columbus Museum of Art Presents Time Made Real: The Carvings of Tim Lewis |
COLUMBUS, OH.- The Columbus Museum of Art presents an exhibition of stone carvings by the self-taught Kentucky sculptor Tim Lewis on view November 14, 2008 through February 22, 2009. Time Made Real features more than a dozen works selected from the Tim Lewis retrospective organized by The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center in Clarksville, Tennessee. A fully illustrated catalog ...More
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| Sheldon Adds Notable Artists' Works to African-American Masters Collection |
LINCOLN, NB.- Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln acquired significant works by 20th-century African-American artists in auctions and sales last month in New York. The purchases include works by Charles White, Alvin Loving, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, Charles Alston, Lois Mailou Jones and Aaron Douglas....More
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| Academy of Art University Alumni Featured in College Night At The De Young Museum |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Academy of Art University Alumni Arlene Elizabeth, Graphic Design, and Sebastian Parker, Fine Art, will have their Asian-inspired artwork featured in Friday Nights at the de Young: College Night on November 14, 2008 from 5:00PM to 8:45PM. Winning a juried competition with submissions from throughout the Bay Area, Elizabeth and Parker gain invaluable ...More
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| Sanford Smith's 23rd Annual Modernism: A Century of Style and Design |
NEW YORK.- Modernism: A Century of Style and Design, the original and foremost fair devoted to the European and American design movements of the 20th century, has been a staple in New York's fall season since 1986. Still at the forefront of design, the event bears the standard for an entire market. If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, Modernism: A Century of Style and Design ...More
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| Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Curator, Mary-Kay Lombino, Receives Fellowship for Curatorial Leadership |
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY.- Mary-Kay Lombino, the Emily Hargroves Fisher ’57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, is the recipient of a prestigious fellowship from the Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL). This is the second-year of fellowships awarded for a program whose contention is that “the most successful new museum directors of the future ...More
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| Vicki Wright Joins Kalamazoo Institute of Arts as Director of Collections and Exhibitions |
KALAMAZOO, MI.- Vicki C. Wright has joined the staff of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts as its new director of collections and exhibitions. In this role, she is responsible for planning the KIA’s exhibitions, managing the KIA permanent collection and supervising department staff. Previously, Wright served as director of the Museum of Art at the University of New Hampshire (1986-2008), where she planned exhibitions, developed the ...More
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| Audio Visual Arts Opens in New York |
NEW YORK.- On November 14th, 2008, Audio Visual Arts (AVA), a location of artistic activity, will open at 34 East 1st Street in New York City. AVA will engage emerging artists near and far. A program has been established that will feature solo exhibitions in the Front Room of the space as well as an ongoing series of Exterior Sounds that will be transmitted through a permanent speaker ...More
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| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts To Honor Louis B. Sloan |
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- In honor of painter and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) alumnus and teacher Louis B. Sloan, who passed away on October 15, the Academy will be hosting a memorial service on December 14, 2008 with an exhibition to open on the same day in the Historic Landmark Building (118 N. Broad St.). PAFA alumnus and former student of Sloan's, Barkley L. Hendricks, whose first...More
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