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| MoMA Opens Exhibition Focusing on the Transformative Decade of Joan Miro's Work |
Joan Miró. The Two Philosophers. 1936. Oil on copper, 14 x 19 5/8" (35.6 x 49.8 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Mary and Leigh Block. Photo: The Art Institute of Chicago. © 2008 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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NEW YORK, NY.- Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927–1937 is the first major museum exhibition to identify the core practices and strategies Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983) used to attack and reinvigorate painting between 1927 and 1937, a vital decade within his long career. Taking as its point of departure the notorious claim Miró made in 1927—“I want to assassinate painting”—the ...More
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| Previously Unseen Works from the Henry Moore Family Collection on View at Hauser & Wirth |
LONDON.- Hauser & Wirth presents a major exhibition of important and previously unseen works from the Henry Moore Family Collection. The Old Bond Street gallery has been transformed by Zaha Hadid & Patrik Schumacher, whose bold organic creations – specially commissioned for the exhibition – provide a sympathetic and novel context for re-approaching Moore’s oeuvre. Celebrated as ...More
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| Scottish National Portrait Gallery Opens the Intimate Portrait |
NEW YORK, NY.- The first ever major UK exhibition to examine a fascinating but relatively unknown aspect of British portraiture will open at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery this autumn. The Intimate Portrait will explore the period between the 1730s and the 1830s – the heyday of British portraiture – when some of the country’s greatest artists produced beautifully worked portraits ...More
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| Gerhard Richter's Abstract Paintings on View at Museum Ludwig |
COLOGNE.- For the first time, a wide-ranging museum exhibition of works by Gerhard Richter will concentrate solely on the abstract paintings he has produced since the mid-1970s, and that constitute the most striking body of work in his oeuvre. Beginning with paintings such as “Courbet” (1986) or “Blau” (1988), which are charged with the utmost colour, his development to the present will be ...More
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| New General Director of the National Museums in Berlin |
BERLIN.- The Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage's Board of Trustees has unanimously elected Dr. Michael Eissenhauer to the post of general director of the National Museums in Berlin, following on from Peter-Klaus Schuster on the 1 November 2008....More
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| The Art Fund Calls for New Stamps in Remembrance of Iraq Heroes |
LONDON.- With the release of the Lest We Forget stamps on 6 November, ahead of Remembrance Sunday, The Art Fund, the UK ’s leading independent art charity, is calling on Royal Mail to issue official war artist Steve McQueen’s commemorative stamp design. The stamps feature portraits of service men and women killed in the conflict in Iraq . In a survey of the British public ...More
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| Kees Scherer - Photographic Explorations at Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam |
AMSTERDAM.- Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam presents a selection of vintage prints from Kees Scherer’s extensive oeuvre. As a photojournalist, in the 1950s and ’60s he published numerous reports of his global travels in Dutch newspapers and magazines. Scherer belonged to a generation of photographers that opened up photographic reporting to a wider public. He travelled in the United ...More
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| Dumbo Arts Center Presents First Major Solo Exhibition by Sarah Beddington |
BROOKLYN, NY.- The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) presents the first major New York solo exhibition by British artist Sarah Beddington. Crossing is a site-specific, mixed media installation responding to DAC’s ship-like interior and past maritime activity of the waterfront neighborhood of Dumbo, Brooklyn. The exhibition’s premise draws on the story of ‘The Experiment’, the ...More
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| 20 Million Pound Transformation and Extension for the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum |
COVENTRY.- About 300 people attended the official re-opening of Coventry’s multi-million pound art gallery and museum.
The final phases of the spectacular £20 million transformation and extension of The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Jordan Well in the city centre have been ...More
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| Public Art Fund Presents...Pond Planters by Artist Paula Hayes "Green" Holiday Gifts |
NEW YORK, NY.- Public Art Fund is pleased to present a series of unique hand-crafted planters by contemporary artist Paula Hayes. Sculpted out of rubber and hand-colored with bright oil pastels, these flower pots are available in 3 sizes, ranging from 5 to 10 inches in diameter and 6 to 12 inches in height. Filled with plants, the small planters include Jewel Orchids and the medium and large-sized ...More
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| Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum Celebrate a Momentous Chapter in the History of Surrealism |
CHELTENHAM.- Significant Surrealist works of art return to Gloucestershire at Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum to celebrate a momentous chapter in the history of Surrealism. Drawn from collections all over Britain, visitors can enjoy seeing pictures and sculptures by key artists of the movement including Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Roland Penrose, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Man ...More
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| Founding Member of Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh, to Open Exhibition at Los Angeles Center for Digital Art |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Rorschach's patterns, though abstract, suggest different visual images to each person who views them, and each interpretation is correct. Objects in this world are what they are to you because of how you happen to see them....More
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| Cartier and the Fondation Cartier Pour-L'art Contemporain Present Diamonds, Gold and Dreams |
NEW YORK, NY.- As an Associate Sponsor of Art Basel Miami, the world's premier contemporary arts fair, Cartier is thrilled to announce an extraordinary project taking place during the Fair within the Cartier Dome, located in the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens. ...More
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| The Studio Project at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Engages Boulder High School Students with a Teen Zine |
BOULDER.- The Studio Project, developed by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art along with local high school students, hosts events and programs to facilitate teen-led collaboration exploring contemporary art and surrounding social issues. The Youth Art Advisory Internship program, as part of The Studio Project, is a dynamic opportunity for high school students to design ...More
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| First Tickets for Cézanne and Beyond to Come with Museum's Signature All Star Artists Baseballs in Honor of Phillies |
PHILADELPHIA.- In honor of Philadelphia’s remarkable World Series champions, the Phillies, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will give away its own signature baseballs—Philly All Star and All Star Artists—to the first 100 Museum members and the first 100 general purchasers when tickets for Cézanne and Beyond go on sale. Member tickets are available beginning 9 a.m. Saturday, ...More
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| Living Within Infrastructure: A Study by Architect Marc Mimram |
PHILADELPHIA.- On the sidelines of a conference on concrete organized by Columbia University in New York, Marc Mimram is today presenting a study on "living bridges", carried out in partnership with Lafarge. World leader in building materials and a major producer of concrete, the most consumed material in the world after water, Lafarge has for many years been committed to sustainable and ...More
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| Goya: Los Caprichos Opens at Cal State Fullerton Main Art Gallery |
FULLERTON, CA.- Goya: Los Caprichos features a set of eighty etchings by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes published in 1799 and recognized as one of the most influential series of graphic images in the history of Western art. This early first edition of the complete set of etchings is one of four acquired directly from Goya by the Duke and Duchess of Osuna and is now part of the ...More
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| Hampton Hotels Cleans Out the Cobwebs of the Poe Museum |
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Known as the father of detective and mystery fiction, Edgar Allan Poe has been appreciated by children and adults alike for his macabre genius throughout the past 150 years. Today in honor of the internationally renowned author, Hampton(R) Hotels refurbished the Poe Museum in Richmond, Va. as part of its ongoing Save-A-Landmark(R) program ( ...More
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| Mizel Museum Selects William Dean Singleton 2009 Community Cultural Enrichment Award Recipient |
DENVER, CO.- Profound words; stirring images; and worldwide acclaim as publisher of 61 daily newspapers and more than 120 non-daily publications in twelve states: These are among the triumphs that lead to William Dean Singleton's selection as the Mizel Museum's 2009 Community Cultural Enrichment Award honoree. The award will be presented at a gala dinner on May 14, 2009 at Wings ...More
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