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| Museu Picasso in Barcelona Presents Living Things: Picasso Figure - Still Life |
Pablo Picasso's "Still Life with mandolin" (left) and "Mandolin and Guitar" (right). EFE/XAVIER BERTRAL.
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BARCELONA.- Museu Picasso presents today Living Things: Picasso Figure - Still Life, on view through March 1, 2009. From 1907, Picasso opened his work to metamorphosis. He increasingly made one thing into another. In particular, he turned figures into things and things into figures, or even created things that were also figures. This exhibition brings together sketches, studies, prints and paintings to show some of the ways in which this happened in Picasso’s work through the Cubist period and then between 1924 and the early 1930s as he engaged with and responded to the Surrealists....More
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| From Collenius to Koons With special thanks to the Rembrandt Association |
GRONINGEN.-To mark the 125th anniversary of the Vereniging Rembrandt (Rembrandt Association), the Groninger...More
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| National Gallery of Ireland Presents Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740-1808): A Life in Pictures |
DUBLIN.- The National Gallery of Ireland presents today Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740-1808): A Life in Pictures, on view through February 15, 2009. Born in Dublin in 1740, Hugh Douglas Hamilton is acknowledged as one of the most accomplished portraitists of his generation. His exquisitely delicate portrait ovals in pastel made his name in Dublin. Hamilton later moved to London where the ...More
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| Belgian Artist, Photographer and Illustrator Guy Peellaert, 74, Dies |
PARIS.- Belgian artist, photographer, and illustrator Guy Peellaert, 74, died in Paris due to a long illness. He illustrated legends of rock and of film. He was born on April 6, 1934 in Brussels and became known in the 1960’s as author of comics. He studied at the Fine Arts School in Brussels and used many techniques such as drawing, photograph, painting and mixed them up....More
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| Dutch Mannerism: Goltzius and His Contemporaries at The National Gallery of Scotland |
EDINBURGH.- The National Gallery of Scotland invites you to view some treasures from its collection and celebrate the ‘Dawn of the Golden Age’ of Dutch Art this autumn. Dutch Mannerism focuses on two major acquisitions made by the National Gallery of Scotland in recent years: Hendrick Goltzius’ extraordinary drawing of a Bust of a Man with a Tasselled Cap and Abraham Bloemaert’s ...More
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| The Black List Project: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell Opens |
BROOKLYN, NY.- Serena Williams, Chris Rock, Colin Powell, Toni Morrison, Russell Simmons, Al Sharpton, Kareem-Abdul Jabbar, and Sean Combs are among the many African Americans whose faces are seen and voices heard in The Black List Project: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell, a highly personal documentary that explores being Black in America. Twenty-five portraits ...More
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| Arnolfini Presents The Cover of a Book is the Beginning of a Journey |
BRISTOL, UK.- Arnolfini presents today The Cover of a Book is the Beginning of a Journey, on view through January 11, 2009. This exhibition at Arnolfini uses a specific tendency in bookworks to generate an energetic series of events and activity. Focussing on books that either offer sets of instructions to the reader or are derived from instructions – the books unsettle the usual distinctions ...More
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| Google Celebrates 110th Birthday of Rene Magritte with a Magritte Doodle |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA Google is celebrating the 110th birthday of Rene Magritte by incorporating some of Magritte's masterpieces with the Google logo. Ever so often, Google does a "doodle", or a "decoration" they make to their logo. Over the years doodles have become one of the most beloved parts of Google. The doodle selection process aims to celebrate interesting events and...More
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| MCA Chicago Presents Joseph Grigely: St. Cecilia Exhibition |
CHICAGO.- The failures, idiosyncrasies, and ruptures of language and everyday communication are explored in Joseph Grigely’s survey exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago. Grigely, who currently lives and works in Chicago, became deaf at the age of ten because of a childhood accident. Grigely’s recent series explores sound – from his own memories of sound as a ...More
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| The Delaware Art Museum Presents Frank E. Schoonover: An Artist for All Seasons |
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents Frank E. Schoonover: An Artist for All Seasons, featuring over 25 paintings from every period of Schoonover’s career, on view November 22, 2008 – February 1, 2009. Frank E. Schoonover (1877-1972) is recognized as one of the most beloved and prolific illustrators of his time. His contribution to American illustration spanned ...More
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| Dalou in England: Portraits of Womanhood (1871-1879) at Henry Moore Institute |
LEEDS, UK.- The Henry Moore Institute presents Dalou in England: Portraits of Womanhood (1871-1879), on view through February 22, 2009. The French sculptor Jules Dalou was Rodin’s contemporary, and his works occupy key sites in Paris, such as the Place de la Nation. Despite Dalou’s success in the public realm, he is relatively unknown. This study exhibition aims in part to rectify that, ...More
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| Kolnisches Stadtmuseum Presents Post-colonial Cologne |
COLOGNE.- Kölnisches Stadtmuseum presents today Post-colonial Cologne, on view through February 21, 2009. The general public was for a long time relatively unaware of German colonial history. The prevailing opinion was that it was brief and of little importance. Up to now Cologne's colonial and neo-colonial history has likewise been unresearched. This is all the more surprising as ...More
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| Field Reports: Documents and Strategies from Land Arts of the American West Opens |
ELKINS PARK, PA.- Temple Gallery at the Tyler School of Art presents Field Reports: Documents and Strategies from Land Arts of the American West, on view through February 28, 2009. Field Reports examines new developments in the study of landscape with documents and strategies produced by “Land Arts of the American West,” a field program that combines art practices with the broader ...More
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| Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art Opens at The Mori Art Museum |
TOKYO.- The Mori Art Museum presents today it's 5th anniversary exhibition,“Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art,” bringing together 27 artists / artist groups from cities throughout India such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Vadodara. Contemporary art in India has been the focus of much international attention recently, and this exhibition examines its latest movements, including ...More
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| Esther Ferrer Awarded the National Visual Arts Award 2008 |
MADRID, SPAIN.- The Spanish Ministry of Culture announced that artist Esther Ferrer has been awarded the National Visual Arts Award 2008 for "her relevant artistic development, specially in performance art. Her loyalty to this area has had an effect on generations of younger people since her education activity. Her continual international presence is also valued." The award is given out by the...More
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| The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Presents Joe Fafard |
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.- From November 22 to February 8, visitors to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia will have an opportunity to admire the impressive works – ceramic, bronze, plaster, and steel sculptures, as well as works on paper – of artist Joe Fafard. Considered one of Canada's finest sculptors, people are "fascinated by his skill and ability to observe the minute" says National Gallery ...More
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| Württembergischer Kunstverein Presents Daniel García Andújar's Project Postcapital. Archive 1989 - 2001 |
STUTTGART.- From November 22, 2008 to January 18, 2009, the Württembergischer Kunstverein is showing Spanish artist Daniel García Andújar’s project Postcapital. Archive 1989 - 2001. The project—conceived, in equal measure, as multimedia installation, stage, open databank, and workshop—is founded on a digital archive comprised of over 250,000 documents (texts, audio ...More
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| Rupert Wace Puts The Past into The Present |
LONDON.- The most precious gifts for Christmas do not have to be new. Beautiful jewellery that once adorned men and women of the ancient world, and many other unusual and delightful objects that would make perfect presents, are to be found at Rupert Wace Ancient Art, 14 Old Bond Street, London W1, from 24 November to 19 December 2008. Necklaces, earrings, rings and pendants, that look as stylish today as when they...More
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| Great Hall at the Pasadena Central Library Presents Human Rights: Student Voices |
PASADENA, CA.- What do young artists think about human rights? How does the next generation address issues of freedom? These and other questions are explored in a provocative 25-poster exhibition called Human Rights: Student Voices which makes its U.S. debut in the Great Hall at the Pasadena Central Library, Wednesday, December 10 through January 4, 2009. The exhibition and ...More
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| Denkmal Expands to Include the Renovation of Old Buildings |
LEIPZIG.- Denkmal (20–22 November 2008) is expanding this year to include the renovation of old buildings. "At denkmal we really want to present products and services for work on old structures which need not necessarily enjoy listed status but are still important for the existing building stock," explains Ulrike Lange, the Project Director of denkmal. "This field is a logical extension to the ...More
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| On the River through the Valley of Fire: The Collaborative Ceramics of Frank Boyden & Tom Coleman |
POMONA, CA.- The American Museum of Ceramic Art presents On the River through the Valley of Fire: The Collaborative Ceramics of Frank Boyden & Tom Coleman, on view through February 14th, 2009. This exhibition features two ceramic artists who have come together to create a rare and beautiful collaborative body of work. Frank Boyden, recognized by his distinctive line ...More
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