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| Historic Restrospective of Large-Scale Drawings by Sol LeWitt Opens at MASS MoCA |
Left: Wall Drawing 901, 1999; Courtesy of the Estate of Sol LeWitt. Right: Wall Drawing 1081 (detail), 2003; Courtesy of the Estate of Sol LeWitt.
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NORTH ADAMS, MA.- After nearly six months of intensive drafting and painting by a team of some sixty-five artists and art students, Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective is fully installed. The historic exhibition opens to the public at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), in North Adams, Massachusetts, on November 16, 2008, and will remain on view for twenty-five ...More
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| California Impressionism Exhibition Opens at The Hyde Collection in New York |
GLENS FALLS, NY.- On Sunday, November 16, 2008, The Hyde Collection opens its newest exhibition: California Impressionism: Paintings from The Irvine Museum. The exhibition, which runs through January 18, 2009, includes sixty paintings by forty artists of California Impressionist art from the collection of The Irvine Museum in California. ...More
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| Louvre Offers the Public Unique Chance to Discover Danish Artist Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard |
PARIS.- The Louvre offers the public a unique chance to discover the Danish artist, Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard, a leading exponent of Northern European art in the late 18th century. A traveling exhibition (Paris, Hamburg, Copenhagen) on the singular yet universal career of this painter, who was also an architect, draughtsman and decorator, has been mounted for the first time...More
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| Victoria & Albert Museum Announces Baroque 1620-1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence |
LONDON.- The magnificence and splendour of Baroque, one of the most opulent styles of the 17th and 18th centuries, will be the subject of the V&A’s spring exhibition. The exhibition will reflect the complexity and grandeur of the Baroque style, from the Rome of Borromini and Bernini to the magnificence of Louis XIV's Versailles and the lavishness of Baroque theatre and performance. On ...More
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| Contemporary Life in Afghanistan Placed in Stark Focus at The New York Public Library |
NEW YORK, NY.- With his discerning eye, unreserved bravado, and profound capacity for compassion, photographer Stephen Dupont plunges us deep into the heart of modern life in one of the world’s most forlorn and austere countries, Afghanistan. The barren beauty of its harsh landscape and sure tenacity of its people are juxtaposed here against the grief and terror that permeate ...More
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| High Museum Presents Record-Breaking Terracotta Army Exhibition |
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art will present "The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army," an exhibition inspired by one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. Featuring 100 works, including 15 terracotta figures, the exhibition represents one of the largest group of important works relating to the First Emperor ever to be loaned to the U.S. by the Museum of...More
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| Deichtorhallen in Hamburg Shows Stephan Balkenhol's Figurative Sculptures |
HAMBURG.- The large exhibition hall of Deichtorhallen will be the place for the comprehensive Stephan Balkenhol show, which he develop especially for the location in Hamburg. Stephan Balkenhol first exhibited his figurative sculptures in the early 1980s, flying in the face of the dominant trends of minimalism and conceptual art. Today, his casual and undistinguished “guys and gals” have a ...More
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| Half a Century of Photographs by Sabine Weiss Opens at Maison Europeenne de la Photographie |
PARIS.- Swiss photographer Sabine Weiss has been photographing people with the same unflaggingly tender curiosity for 45 years. Assistant to fashion photographer Willy Maywald in the late 1940s, she was trained in the best studio lighting techniques and this experience paradoxically helped her to understand the full potential of natural light to convey emotion. A member of the ...More
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| MoMA, in Association with Cinecitta Holding, Presents Films by Ferzan Ozpetek |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art, in association with Cinecittà Holding, presents the New York premiere of Ferzan Ozpetek’s most recent film, Un giorno perfetto (A Perfect Day) (2008), as one of the features of Filmmaker in Focus: Ferzan Ozpetek, a seven-film exhibition of one of the most successful contemporary Italian filmmakers. The premiere of A Perfect Day on Friday, ...More
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| Through Other Eyes: Contemporary Art from South Asia to Open Next Year at Herbert Art Gallery |
COVENTRY.- Through Other Eyes presents a selection of drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs and films by emerging artists from India and Pakistan.
The works were selected by Gérard Mermoz during a three-month visit to art ...More
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| Strongest Selection of Maritime Art in Ten Years on Sale at Christie's New York |
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s New York is pleased to announce details of its December 3 auction of Maritime paintings. The sale boasts over 138 paintings and features exceptional works from 19th century American artists James Edward Buttersworth and Edward Moran, as well as a superb group of fourteen oils and watercolors by 20th century British artist Montague Dawson. Many of the paintings ...More
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| Contemporary Jewish Museum Announces the 2009 Dorothy Saxe Invitational Exhibition |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Contemporary Jewish Museum invited leading local and national artists to participate in The Dorothy Saxe Invitational exhibition, New Works/Old Story: 80 Artists at the Passover Table, which will be on view February 27 - June 2, 2009. The exhibition builds upon the Museum's long-standing tradition of inviting artists from a variety of backgrounds to explore a ...More
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| American Academy of Arts and Sciences Receives Original Glass Sculpture by Lino Tagliapietra |
CAMBRIDGE, MA.- The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is the recipient of an original glass sculpture by world-renowned glass artist Lino Tagliapietra. The piece, from the artist's "Dinosaur" series, has been put on exhibit in the Academy's headquarters building here....More
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| Dumbo Arts Center Announces Southern Exposure Curated by Ian Cofre and Omar Lopez-Chahoud |
BROOKLYN, NY.- Argentina and Chile are two neighboring South American countries located at 34º00' S, 64º00' W and 30º00' S, 71º00' W, respectively, over 4000 miles south of New York City. Despite their close geographical proximity, these countries, divided by the Andes Mountains, have marked historical and cultural differences, which inform their creative outputs....More
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| New Toshiko Mori and Gwathmey Siegel Buildings to Open in Buffalo |
BUFFALO, NY.- This winter, the city of Buffalo welcomes two new additions to its famed architectural landscape: Toshiko Mori’s Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion at Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic Martin House, and Gwathmey Siegel Associates’ new Burchfield Penney Art Center, which opens November 22, 2008. These projects are part of a momentous period of cultural and architectural ...More
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| Curator of Collections Appointed at Park Avenue Armory |
NEW YORK, NY.- Rebecca Robertson, President and CEO of Park Avenue Armory, today announced the appointment of Nina Gray as Curator of Collections, the new institution's first full-time curatorial position. In this newly created post, Gray will be responsible for the documentation, care, study, cataloguing, and interpretation of the Armory's historic rooms and collections of fine and decorative ...More
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| Holland-based Beer Company Continues Its Support of the Art Scene Through Unique SwingArt Bottle |
MIAMI.- For the third consecutive year, Grolsch is supporting five of the most important art shows in the United States during Art Basel in Miami Beach, December 4-7, 2008. Art Basel Miami Beach combines an international selection of top galleries with an exciting program of special exhibitions, parties and crossover events featuring music, film, architecture and design....More
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| Tom Ott Named President of Smithsonian Enterprises |
WASHINGTON, DC.- Tom Ott, who has served as acting chief executive officer of Smithsonian Enterprises since August 2007, has been named president of Smithsonian Enterprises following a national search. His appointment is effective immediately....More
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| Elle Decor and Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announce First Women in Design Event |
NEW YORK, NY.- Elle Decor and Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum today announced the launch of "Women in Design," a new annual event that celebrates outstanding female achievement in the fields of architecture, communications, fashion, interior, landscape and product design. Co-sponsored by Cooper-Hewitt, HSBC Bank and world-class Swiss watchmakers RADO, ...More
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