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| British Architect and Designer Ron Arad: No Discipline Opens at Pompidou Centre in Paris |
Design Museum, Holon, Israël, 2004, work in progress. © Ron Arad Associates.
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PARIS.- The Centre Pompidou is to devote an exhibition to the work of British architect and designer Ron Arad, his first major one-person show in France. From its beginnings, the Centre has played a key role in presenting design and designers to the wider public, with exhibitions such as Design Français 1960-1990 (1988), Manifeste: 30 ans de création en perspective, 1960-1990 (1992) and D. ...More
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| Passionate Provocative: The Stoffel Collection Opens at Pinakothek der Moderne |
MUNICH.- The Stoffel Collection is one of the most important new acquisitions in the history of the Modern Art Collection at the Pinakothek der Moderne. A large proportion of this splendid collection can now be seen for the very first time at this comprehensive exhibition....More
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| United Nations in Geneva Presents Miquel Barcelo's Dome at the Palace of Nations |
By MICHAEL DAMIANO
GENEVA.- Tuesday morning (Nov. 18) the Spanish government officially presented to the UN the dome Miquel Barceló (Felanitx, Majorca, 1957) painted...More
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| The Cleveland Museum of Art and Italy Agree to Exchange of Antiquities and Scholarship |
ROME.- The Cleveland Museum of Art and Italy’s Ministry for Cultural Assets and Activities have concluded an agreement concerning antiquities in the Museum’s collection and a mutual cultural and research exchange that opens a new era of cooperation between the Museum and Italy....More
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| photo l.a. Returns to Barker Hangar, Teams Up with LACMA to Present All New Programming |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- artfairs inc. is pleased to announce that photo l.a. 2009, the 18th Annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition and the largest exhibition of its kind in the United States, will take place from January 9-11, 2009 at the historic Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport. photo l.a. 2009 will feature the finest photographic art on display and for sale, from the ...More
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| International Art Dealer and Gallerist Jan Krugier Died at the Age of 80 |
NEW YORK, NY.- International art dealer and gallerist Jan Krugier died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at his home in Geneva at the age of 80, surrounded by his family and close friends. He is survived by his wife, Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, and his two children, Tzila Krugier and Aviel Krugier....More
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| India Announces the 2nd Edition of its International Art Fair |
NEW DELHI.- Following the enormous artistic and commercial success of the inaugural edition of India’s Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Hanmer MS&L will once again host the 2nd edition of India Art Summit in New Delhi from the 19th - 22nd of August 2009. ...More
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| Stephen Robertson Appointed First Non-Executive Board Member of National Portrait Gallery Company |
LONDON.- One of Britain's leading retail marketeers, Stephen Robertson, has been appointed the first Non-Executive Board member of the National Portrait Gallery Company Ltd.
Director General of the British Retail Consortium, Stephen Robertson, 54, ...More
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| New Art Exchange Opens Sokari Douglas Camp CBE, Strength of Feeling & Anthony Jadunath, Red |
LONDON.- New Art Exchange (NAE), Nottingham, opens Sokari Douglas Camp’s exhibition Strength of Feeling on the 13th anniversary of the deaths of Ken Saro-Wiwa and his eight Ogoni colleagues. The major new £5million contemporary arts centre will show a ten-year survey of the acclaimed Nigerian-born artist’s work, including a life-size steel bus parked on the forecourt of the...More
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| Francisco Godia Foundation Opens its Doors in Barcelona |
BARCELONA.- The Francisco Godia Foundation was inaugurated today with the presence of Infanta Cristina. The holdings of the foundation are now housed in the antigua casa Garriga Nogués, a modern building located at Diputación 250 where 296 works of art that comprise the collection can be seen....More
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| A Period of Beauty and Drama: Victorian & Traditionalist Pictures at Christie's in December |
LONDON.- Showcasing a splendid array of subjects and styles, Christie’s sale of Victorian and Traditionalist Pictures offers over 80 captivating works, by the leading artists working in Britain during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The top lot is Charles Edward Perugini’s (1839-1918) exquisite group portrait of the Countess Granville with her daughters, the Ladies Victoria and Mary Leveson-...More
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| Whitechapel Gallery Unveils Major Expansion and Announces Opening Programme |
LONDON.- The Whitechapel Gallery unveiled today its ambitious expansion following a £13.5 million capital campaign, due to open to the public in April 2009. The Heritage Lottery Fund supported project has transformed the former library building next to the Gallery, increasing gallery space by 78%. Designed by leading Belgian architects Robbrecht en Daem (with London practice...More
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| From Munkácsy to Warhol at Budapest Fine Art Fair |
BUDAPEST.- Mihály Munkácsy, Béla Kádár, Andy Warhol, André Kertész, László Moholy-Nagy – just to name a few artists whose works of art can be admired at this year’s Budapest Art Fair antique and contemporary exhibition and fair in the Műcsarnok (Art Hall) between 20 and 23 November 2008. The antique and contemporary exhibition, looking back to a period of 15 years and renewed ...More
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| A Treasure Trove of Delights: 20th Century British Art at Christie's in December |
LONDON.- Lovers of 20th Century British Art will be spoilt for choice at Christie’s auction on Friday, 12 December. The final sale of British Art Week, winter 2008, it comprises a superb combination of over 140 paintings and sculptures with stellar provenance, by the greatest artists of the century. Headlining the sale is A view of Marrakech, circa 1950-1, by the acclaimed British ...More
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| Sotheby's New York Sale of Latin American Art Totals $20,263,126 |
NEW YORK, NY.- The two-day sale of Latin American Art at Sotheby’s brought $20,263,126. This sale brings the total for Latin American Art at Sotheby’s in 2008 to $48,404,725, the highest total at Sotheby’s since Sotheby’s started sales in the category in 1979. The highlight of the sale was Rufino Tamayo’s impressive mural, entitled America, which sold to applause to a Private Collector ...More
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| Idaho's Camp Minidoka Memorialized in New Painting at Boise Art Museum |
BOISE, ID.- Boise Art Museum (BAM) announced the purchase of the painting AMERICAN INFAMY #2 – an important new work of art by nationally renowned artist, Roger Shimomura. Comprising four panels, the large-scale work (72” x 120”) recalls the artist’s internment with his family in Idaho’s Camp Minidoka (near Twin Falls), during World War II. The painting, depicting daily life...More
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| Board of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Appoints Luis Croquer as First Permanent Director |
DETROIT.- The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), is pleased to announce that after a thorough search the Board has unanimously appointed Luis Croquer as the first permanent Director of the Museum. Croquer is currently a member of the Director’s Office at El Museo del Barrio where he oversaw special projects. He brings to MOCAD extensive experience ...More
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| New Excavations Strengthen Identification of Herod's Grave at Herodium |
JERUSALEM.- Analysis of newly revealed items found at the site of the mausoleum of King Herod at Herodium (Herodion in Greek) have provided Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeological researchers with further assurances that this was indeed the site of the famed ruler’s 1st century BCE grave....More
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| WNET.ORG to Open New Production Facility and Television Studio on Campus of Lincoln Center |
NEW YORK, NY.- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and WNET.ORG jointly announced today that this spring a street-level, glass-walled production facility and television studio will open on the Lincoln Center campus, at the corner of Broadway and 66th Street. The leased space will be used for the production of programming for two of WNET.ORG's media outlets, Thirteen and WLIW21, the ...More
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| LACDA 2008 International Juried Competition |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- LACDA announces our juried competition for digital art and photography. Our competitions are very open ended in terms of concept and approach, choosing not impose limits on the artists. Rather, we encourage a broad range of technological creativity. Many top level academics, many self-taught 'outsiders,' some persons of great celebrity, many entirely unknown are ...More
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