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| Art Institute Unveils Spectacular, Newly Conserved, European Tapestry Collection |
Autumn from The Seasons, France, Paris, 1700/20, After a design by Charles Le Brun (1619–1690), Produced at the workshop of Etienne Le Blond (1652-1727) and Jean de La Croix (1628–1712) at the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins, Signed: E.LE.BLOND; L.CROIX.P. Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave, 530.3 x 380.8 cm (208 ¾ x 150 in.), Gift of the Hearst Foundation in memory of William Randolph Hearst, 1954.260.
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CHICAGO.- After thirteen years of extensive, state-of-the-art conservation work, 70 monumental tapestries from the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago will be displayed in the largest tapestry exhibition ever mounted at the museum. The Divine Art: Four Centuries of European Tapestries--on view November 1, 2008 through January 4, 2009 --showcases a remarkable ...More
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| Damien Hirst's Diamond Skull on Show at the Rijksmuseum for Six Weeks |
AMSTERDAM.- From 1 November to 15 December 2008 the Rijksmuseum presents For the Love of God, the celebrated diamond encrusted skull by Britain’s Damien Hirst. This show at the Rijksmuseum brings the world premier of the work’s international tour to Amsterdam. To accompany the exhibition Hirst has chosen a personal selection from the Rijksmuseum’s collection ...More
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| Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Architecture and the Spaces of the Imagination Opens |
PITTSBURGH, PA.- An exhibition of masterful architectural etchings and engravings, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Architecture and the Spaces of the Imagination, will be on view November 1, 2008 through February 15, 2009, at Carnegie Museum of Art. Approximately 45 works on paper created by Piranesi (1720–1788), his contemporaries, and his followers will explore the idea of ...More
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| Auckland-Based Artist Peter Robinson Wins the 2008 Walters Prize |
AUCKLAND.- Peter Robinson has won the 2008 Walters Prize – New Zealand’s richest and most prestigious contemporary art award. The Auckland-based artist wins $50,000 and an all expenses paid trip to New York with the opportunity to exhibit his work at Saatchi & Saatchi’s world headquarters. International judge Catherine David says Peter's work showed a sophisticated ...More
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| Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Day Sales Are Highlighted By Established Artists |
NEW YORK.- On November 13, ensuing its Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale Christie’s New York will hold the Fall 2008 Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Sale, followed by the Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Sale. Offering over 360 lots over the course of the day, both sales are comprised of exceptional works by foremost Post-War and Contemporary artists ...More
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| 1950s North European Avant-Garde at Sotheby's Amsterdam |
AMSTERDAM.- On December 3, 2008, Sotheby’s Amsterdam will devote a special section of its Modern and Contemporary Art sale to CoBrA and the North European Avant Garde from the 1950s The young group of Northern European post-war artists that called themselves CoBrA (acronym for Copenhagen Brussels Amsterdam) in 1948, are nowadays considered the key representatives of a ...More
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| Forty-year Retrospective of the Work of Yves Saint Laurent Opens at the de Young Museum |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Virtuoso. Visionary. Genius. These are just some of the words used to describe the late Yves Saint Laurent, master couturier and fashion pioneer. On November 1, 2008, the de Young opens the exclusive United States presentation of the special exhibition, Yves Saint Laurent, which celebrates the life of Yves Saint Laurent and showcases forty years of creativity by the ...More
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| Image and After Opens at Museum of Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma |
HELSINKI.- Museum of Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma presents today Image and After, on view through January 3, 2009. Contemporary Art often has nothing to do with images in frames, yet the concept and nature of the image remain fundamental questions of art. Image and After presents work from Kiasma’s collection that approach the themes of image and its absence from a ...More
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| Nan Groot Antink - Paintings Opens at De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art |
TILBURG.- De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art presents Nan Groot Antink - Paintings, on view through January 11, 2009. The exhibition in the project space is devoted to paintings by Nan Groot Antink (Boxtel, 1954). Her earliest works in this presentation date from 1989. Emphasis lies with the recent work. For roughly twenty years now, color has been the most important theme in Nan...More
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| Loss of Control: Crossing the Boundaries to Art from Félicien Rops to the Present |
HERFORD, GERMANY.- In his extensive farewell exhibition at Marta Herford, founding director Jan Hoet presents a multiplicity of artistic perspectives and aspects on the theme of loss of control: “Loss of Control: Crossing the boundaries to art from Félicien Rops to the present, on view through January 25 2009. “Losing control can mean losing control over one’s own self and expressing the...More
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| TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art |
LINCOLN, NB.- On view at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Museum of Art Nov. 1 through Jan. 18, "TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art" presents works from 48 artists who, despite their differences, have commonly challenged assumptions about identity through their own hybrid cultures and life experiences. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary...More
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| Delaware Art Museum Presents The Invented Worlds of Alida Fish |
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents The Invented Worlds of Alida Fish, featuring 31 photographs by the Delaware Division of the Arts’ 2008 Masters Fellow in Visual Arts, on view November 1, 2008 – February 8, 2009. While many photographers take their subjects from the world around them, Alida Fish imagines her own worlds, and uses traditional, historical, and digital ...More
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| Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Celebrates the "Art" in Theatre |
MONTGOMERY, AL.- After sharing the Blount Cultural Park with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival for the past 20 years, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts has organized the institutions’ first major collaborative project with The Art of the Theatre, an exhibition focusing on the creative teams that are responsible for live theatrical productions in The Wars of the Roses Trilogy. This ...More
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| New Research Confirms Attribution of Two Female Portraits to Vincent van Gogh |
AMSTERDAM.- Extensive research on two relatively unknown female portraits in the Van Gogh Museum's collection has proved that they are indeed by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). The two portraits were originally attributed to Van Gogh and dated to his periods in Antwerp (1885-1886) or Paris (1886-1888). But over the years the attribution was thrown into doubt because the two portraits are ...More
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts Restitutes Nazi Looted Fernand Léger Painting |
MINNEAPOLIS.- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) and the Association En mémoire d’Alponse Kann today announced the restitution of “Smoke Over Rooftops” (1911), a painting by Fernand Léger, to the Kann Association. The decision to return the work of art was made after careful research into the painting’s provenance proved it had been looted by the Nazis at...More
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| SFMOMA Showcases Special Exhibition the 1000 Journals Project |
SAN FRANCISCO.- From November 1, 2008 through April 5, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present The 1000 Journals Project, a special exhibition in the Koret Visitor Education Center. This presentation will complement The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now (on view November 8, 2008 through February 8, 2009), a major exhibition that explores the...More
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| Premier of Queensland's National New Media Art Award |
QUEENSLAND.- The Queensland Art Gallery presents 's Queensland's National New Media Art Award, on view through February 8, 2009. This exhibition will feature the work of leading new media artists invited to participate in the inaugural Premier of Queensland's National New Media Art Award. An Award of $75 000 will be presented to one of the exhibiting artists....More
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| Carlo Cardazzo. A New Vision for Art at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice |
VENICE.- In this 60th anniversary year of Peggy Guggenheim’s collection in Venice, her museum will host an exhibition dedicated to a major figure in Italian and international art of the mid 20th century: Carlo Cardazzo (1908-1963), a Venetian whose centenary is this year and who shared with Peggy Guggenheim his passion for contemporary art. Carlo Cardazzo. A New Vision for ...More
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| The Israel Museum Presents Arie Aroch - Works from the Israel Museum |
JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum presents today Arie Aroch - Works from the Israel Museum, on view through December 13, 2008. In honor of the centenary of the birth of Arie Aroch, the exhibition celebrates the work of an artist considered a founding father of Israeli art whose importance and influence continues to reverberate in the local artistic landscape today. Drawn from the ...More
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| Ursinus To Host Lecture on Science in Art |
COLLEGEVILLE, PA.– "Science in Art: Technical Analyses of 17th Century Dutch Paintings" is the title of a lecture to be presented at Ursinus College on Monday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Musser Lecture Hall, Pfahler Hall. The event is free and open to the public without tickets or reservations. Dr. Erich Uffelman of the Department of Chemistry, Washington and Lee...More
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