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| Sumptuous Italian Renaissance Works Celebrating Art and Love in New Exhibition at The Met |
Paris Bordon (Italian, Treviso, 1500-Venice, 1571), Venus, Mars, and Cupid Crowned by Victory. Ca. 1550. Oil on canvas. 44 x 63 3/4 in. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie, Vienna (inv. nr. 120)
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NEW YORK, NY.- Key moments in the lives of Italian men and women in the Renaissance were marked by celebrations carried out with the greatest possible degree of magnificence. Of these, betrothal, marriage, and the birth of a child were of the utmost significance. Art and Love in Renaissance Italy, on view beginning November 18 at the Metropolitan Museum, offers a unique look at ...More
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| Norman Foster Hearst Tower Wins International Highrise Award 2008 |
FRANKFURT.- New York’s Hearst Headquarters Tower designed by Foster + Partners has won the International Highrise Award 2008, which is worth EUR 50,000. The award was bestowed on Lord Norman Foster during a festive ceremony in Frankfurt’s Paulskirche. The 182m high edifice (Project designer: Foster + Partners, London; Architect of Record (Shell + core): Adamson ...More
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| SFMOMA Presents First Solo Museum Exhibition of Work by the German Architecture Studio J. MAYER H. |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From February 6 through July 7, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) features Patterns of Speculation: J. MAYER H., the first solo museum exhibition of work by the German architecture studio J. MAYER H....More
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| J. Paul Getty Museum Exhibition Showcases The Belles Heures of the Duke of Berry |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- One of the greatest examples of French medieval manuscript illumination will go on view in its unbound form in the exhibition The Belles Heures of the Duke of Berry. From the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the luxurious Book of Hours was commissioned by Jean de France, duc de Berry (1340-1416), in the early 15th century. The ...More
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| Antoni Muntadas Exhibition Spaces, Sites and Situations Opens at Marcelino Botin Foundation |
SANTANDER.- The Marcelino Botin Foundation in Santander organized an exhibition of Antoni Muntadas (Barcelona, 1942). The exhibition, which opens in Santander (Spain) on November 14th, will consist of fifteen works from the circuit of ideas that has occupied Muntadas since the mid-1990s. Many of the works in Spaces, Sites, and Situations evoke the everyday public places--interchangeable,...More
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| The Yi School: Thirty Years of Chinese Abstract Art on View at CaixaForum Madrid |
MADRID.- The extraordinary development of the People’s Republic of China in recent years and the opening of new pathways of communication and business with the West have stimulated the world’s interest in Chinese culture. A series of major international exhibitions, music and film festivals, dance and theatre shows, books and literary publications have increased knowledge about...More
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| Princeton University Art Museum Names Curator of the Art of the Ancient Americas |
PRINCETON.- The Princeton University Art Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of Bryan R. Just to the position of Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Curator and Lecturer of the Art of the Ancient Americas. Just joined the Princeton University Art Museum in 2005, and in 2007 was named assistant curator of art of the ancient Americas and lecturer in the Department of Art and ...More
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| Abstract Expressionist Painter Grace Hartigan Dies at the Age of 86 in Baltimore |
BALTIMORE.- The Baltimore Sun has reported that Grace Hartigan has died of liver disease at Lorien Mays Chapel in Timonium nursing home at the age of 86.
Grace Hartigan was an Abstract Expressionist painter. She gained her reputation ...More
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| More Than 100 Kentucky Masterpieces From the Collection of Robert and Norma Noe Donated |
LOUISVILLE.- The Speed Art Museum is pleased to announce the promised gift of more than 100 masterpieces of Kentucky art from esteemed collectors Robert and Norma Noe. This extensive collection includes early Kentucky furniture, paintings, silhouettes, textiles, ceramics, and silver. The extraordinary gift will be gradually integrated into the Speed's already impressive ...More
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| Biennial of Visual Arts of the Central American Isthmus (BAVIC 08) |
TEGUCIGALPA.- The Central American Biennial is a rotating event that initiated in 1998 and which it has had as headquarters the capital of five countries in the region (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and El Salvador). Each country chooses six artists under established criteria in common base and which meet to conform an exhibition of 36 artists and 72 works. ...More
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| Early Works by Ansel Adams to be Presented at Boise Art Museum Next Year |
BOISE, ID.- Boise Art Museum (BAM) is proud to present an exhibition of original photographs by Ansel Adams, America’s best known photographer, February 28 through May 24, 2009. The work in this exhibition follows the transition of Adams’ art from pictorialism to straight photography and provides a fresh look at this celebrated master of the American landscape. The collection ...More
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| African and Oceanic Art from the Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal Brings $10,859,944 |
NEW YORK, NY.- In a packed sales room with spirited bidding from clients both in the room and participating over the phone, the auction of African and Oceanic Art from the Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal surpassed pre-sale estimates, bringing $10,859,944 (est. $6,849,500/ 10,808,000). This offering represents the most important collection of African and Oceanic Art to be offered ...More
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| Christie's to Offer Magnificent 20th Century Design from the Collection of George and Frayda Lindeman |
NEW YORK, NY.- On December 15, Christie's will offer the Lindemann Collection, one of the most exceptional private collections of 20th century French design, Art Deco furniture and objets d’art, to come to the market. The Lindemann Collection comprises iconic works by the most important and successful Art Deco designers and key works from the 1940’s. The sale will include...More
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| Mayor Bloomberg Presents the 2008 Mayors Awards for Arts & Culture at the Apollo Theater |
NEW YORK, NY.- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg presented the 2008 Mayor's Awards for Arts & Culture to six individuals and organizations in celebration of their outstanding contributions to New York City's cultural life. Danny Simmons, co-founder of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation received one of the awards on behalf of the Rush Arts Gallery and Resource Center. The Mayor ...More
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| Art from China, Mongolia and the Himalaya on View at Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis |
AMSTERDAM.- To celebrate the 90-year jubilee of the Society of Friends of Asian Art (abbr. VVAK), the Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis in Amsterdam hosts a series of exhibitions ‘Asia, from the heart’, with art objects from the private collections of members of the VVAK....More
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| Kemper Art Museum Presents Major Eero Saarinen Retrospective in 2009 |
ST. LOUIS.- Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) was among the most prolific, unorthodox and controversial architects of the 20th century, creator of the monumental St. Louis Gateway Arch as well as sweepingly abstract terminals for New York's John F. Kennedy International and Washington's Dulles International airports. In January the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington ...More
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| Yao Lu Winner of the 2008 BMW-Paris Photo Prize for Contemporary Photography |
PARIS.- Chinese artist Yao Lu was named winner of the 2008 BMW- Paris Photo Prize for contemporary photography at a gala awards ceremony on 13th of November at Paris Photo. The prize is worth €12,000 (US$15,000).
Born in 1967 in Beijing, the Chinese artist Yao Lu, represented by 798 Photo ...More
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| Sotheby's To Offer Property from the London Residence of Luigi Koelliker |
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London is delighted to announce the single-owner sale on Wednesday 3 December, 2008, of property from the London residence of the renowned Italian industrialist and businessman Luigi Koelliker. A born collector and important patron of the arts, Luigi Koelliker’s Collection has all the hallmarks of a true connoisseur and is expected to fetch in excess of £2 million. The single-...More
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| LACMA Presents Opulent Portraits, Frescoes, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts Excavated from Lost City |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples, on view at LACMA May 3 through October 4, 2009. Having premiered at the National Gallery of Art, the exhibition features rare ancient works of art excavated from the houses of the urban elite in Pompeii and from nearby villas along the ...More
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| Whitney Museum Announces John Baldessari in Conversation with Adam Weinberg |
NEW YORK, NY.- In honor of the late Walter H. Annenberg, philanthropist, patron of the arts, and former ambassador, the Whitney Museum of American Art established the Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture to advance this country's understanding of its art and culture. In this fourth Annenberg Lecture, John Baldessari will speak about his work in conversation with Adam D. Weinberg, ...More
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