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| Among Gods and Men: Classical Sculptures From the Albertinum on View at The Prado |
King Juan Carlos of Spain during the presentation today of the exhibition Among Gods and Men which gathers the classical sculptures from the Albertinum in Dresden. Photo: EFE / Bernardo RodrÃguez.
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MADRID.- The key works from one of the finest historical collections of classical sculpture in Europe, the Skulpturensammlung Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Sculpture Collection of the State Dresden Art Collections) will be seen for the first time outside of Germany at the Museo del Prado. An exceptional agreement between the Prado and the Albertinum- where ...More
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| First Gallery Dedicated to Photography Set to Open at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
BOSTON.- On November 19th, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), will open its first exhibition space permanently dedicated to photography, the Herb Ritts Gallery. The gallery’s premiere exhibition, Photographic Figures, will be on view through May 10, 2009 in the Herb Ritts Gallery and the adjacent Clementine Haas Michel Brown Gallery. Artists have long taken advantage of the camera’s ...More
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| Kazimir Malevich's Suprematist Composition Sets Record at Sotheby's Sale |
NEW YORK, NY.- Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist Composition from 1916 sold for $60,002,500, not only a record for the artist, but a record for any Russian work of art ever sold at auction. Regarded as an icon of Russian art and a paradigmatic example of the 20th century avant-garde, the masterwork was executed in 1916, the same year that Malevich published his Suprematist ...More
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| "I Found it a Pigstye; I Turned it into a Palace" Opens at The Fitzwilliam Museum |
CAMBRIDGE.- The Fitzwilliam Museum’s most spectacular treasures are brought together for the first time in a major new exhibition celebrating one of the most dynamic periods in the Museum’s history: the Directorship of Sir Sydney Cockerell from 1908 to 1937....More
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| The Imaginary of Eugenio Lucas. The Influence of Goya on the Romantic Poetics |
BARCELONA.- The exhibition that the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya is devoting to this Romantic painter, a disciple of Francisco de Goya, will bring together small-sized works – drawings and paintings – to enable us to appreciate the extreme modernity of an artist who, ahead of his time, set out to explore the paths of abstraction....More
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| Jordaens: The Making of a Masterpiece to Open at Statens Museum for Kunst |
COPENHAGEN.- The exhibition marks the completion of a thirteen-month-long restoration of one of the most important works in the Museum – as well as in Jordaens’ oeuvre: the 279,5 x 467 cm. large painting The Tribute Money. Peter Finding the Silver Coin in the Mouth of the Fish (also called The Ferry Boat to Antwerp) from c. 1623. The thorough restoration has been carried out live in an...More
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| Yale University Press Publishes its First-ever Monograph on a Living American Architect |
NEW HAVEN, CT.- Featuring 21 projects that span her more than 25 years as an architect, the newly released Deborah Berke provides provocative insight into how one of the world’s true modern architects conceives of and approaches her work—both the projects that have made her famous and many that the public has never seen before.
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| The Contamporary Jewish Museum Announces the Story of a Vanguard Theater, Cut Short |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- During the artistic ferment following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, major artists joined actors, choreographers, writers, and musicians in creating a daring new theater. This collaboration gave rise to extraordinary productions with highly original stage designs that redefined the concept of theater itself, attracting large, diverse audiences and garnering ...More
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| Boise Art Museum Permanent Collection Pieces Featured in James Castle Retrospective |
BOISE, ID.- Boise Art Museum (BAM) is proud to support the Philadelphia Museum of Art with the loan of eleven artworks to their major exhibition James Castle: A Retrospective. The exhibition features 275 color wash pieces, constructions, and handmade books by Idaho artist James Castle (1899–1977), whose first museum exhibition was presented at Boise Art Museum in the ...More
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| The Wittelsbach Diamond: Unique Royal History for Sale at Christie's London in December |
LONDON.- Christie’s are privileged to present the Wittelsbach diamond, an extremely rare 35.56 carat, historic 17th century fancy deep greyish-blue diamond, to the international market for the first time in almost 80 years, on Wednesday 10 December 2008. Known as ‘’Der Blaue Wittelsbacher’’ since 1722, it is one of very few diamonds which can claim 17th century heritage, incredible ...More
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| Centuries' Old Art Mystery Solved, Rediscovered Italian Masterpiece in Dallas Auction |
DALLAS, TX.-A valuable, 300-year old Italian Baroque masterpiece painting, whose whereabouts were not publicly known for centuries until earlier this year when it was identified in a Texas warehouse, will be offered in a fine arts auction by Heritage Auction Galleries (www.HA.com) in Dallas, Texas and online, Nov. 20, 2008....More
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| Sotheby's to Sell Paintings and Works of Art from Aristocratic Families |
AMSTERDAM.- A fascinating sale of paintings and works of art, consigned by European Royal and Noble families will be held at Sotheby’s in Amsterdam on Wednesday 17 December 2008. The sale on comprises paintings, furniture, tapestries, works of art, ceramics, carpets, glass, silver, clocks, objects of vertu, photographs and coaches, all of which were originally made for, or owned by ...More
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| Thomas Bayrle: Looping Museum Ludwig |
COLOGNE.- Thomas Bayrle (1937) has been invited to Museum Ludwig’s main gallery to install an overview of his works from the last 40 years that all explore a particular artistic strategy: the loop or looping. While a loop is a kind of ring, the activity of looping refers to the continual repetition of the one and the same motif, whether in Rap music or by constantly running through the same ...More
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| Architect Frank Gehry to Move Studio to El Segundo |
EL SEGUNDO, CA.- Frank Gehry and the 160 professionals of the world-renowned architectural firm Gehry Partners, LLP will relocate to this coastal California community in early 2009, occupying 75,000 square feet in a campus being developed by NSB Associates, announced Lawrence N. Field, Chairman and CEO of NSB. ...More
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| Landmark Exhibition of American Impressionist and Realist Paintings to Travel to Brisbane's Queensland Art Gallery |
BRISBANE.- A landmark exhibition of American paintings on loan from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will be on view at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia, from May 30 through September 20, 2009, it was announced today at a press conference held at the Queensland Art Gallery. American Impressionism and Realism: A Landmark Exhibition from the Met will...More
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| More than 20 UK Cultural Institutions Secure Funding to Develop Leaders of Tomorrow |
LONDON.- Four partnership projects involving some of the UK’s leading cutlural organisations have today been awarded more than £200,000 by the government-funded Cultural Leadership Programme (CLP) to strengthen leadership throughout the sector. ...More
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