 |
| Roy Lichtenstein - Posters Opens at Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg |
Roy Lichtenstein, Modern Art Poster, verwandt als Ankündigung einer Lichtenstein Ausstellung der Leo Castelli Gallery, New York 1967. © VG BildKunst, Bonn 2008.
|
HAMBURG.- Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg presents today Roy Lichtenstein - Posters - First composed: C. 70 exhibits from the period 1962 – 1997, on view through March 1, 2009. In all, Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) designed something like seventy posters, which are brought together here for the first time. They give an overview of the prolific motives which fill the world of an artist who, with his trademark dot matrices painted in a two-dimensional plane, became a bye-word for American Pop Art together with Andy Warhol. Lichtenstein already designed a poster for his first exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York in 1962 – his last dates from the year of his death. The sheets trace the course of his series of works from the 60s through to the 90s. A number of near-contemporary posters with reproductions will be on view alongside the post...More
|
| Drawings Found In Back of Leonardo da Vinci Painting at the Louvre |
PARIS.- The Louvre reported that one of its curators stumbled upon some unknown drawings in the rear of a Leonardo da Vinci painting. These drawings could possibly be by da Vinci also. The works were discovered accidentally when the work "The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne" was unhooked to be studied and restored as part of a program that also includes the “Mona Lisa”....More
|
| Lawyer Holding $30 Million Stolen Art Sentenced To Seven Years |
BOSTON, MA.-Robert Mardirosian, a Boston lawyer, was sentenced to 7 years in a Federal jail for concealing stolen pictures for 30 years and for trying to profit from them. They were originally entrusted to him by the alleged thief whom he represented. In 1978 seven pictures including a Cezanne painting, Bouilloire et Fruits, were stolen from the house...More
|
| VMFA Acquires "Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs," A Heroic French Painting By Bouguereau |
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts board of trustees has approved the acquisition of a heroic Academic painting by French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau, a beaded buffalo mask...More
|
| Exhibition Explores Impact of Asian Art and Thought on American Artists |
NEW YORK, NY.- From January 30 to April 19, 2009, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989, an exhibition that illuminates the dynamic and complex impact of Asian art, literature, music...More
|
| Danish Composer and Fluxus-Artist Henning Christiansen, 76, Passes Away |
ASKEBY, DENMARK.- Henning Christansen quietly passed away after a short suffering of apoplexy on Tuesday night (December 10th). He leaves behind his wife Ursula Reuter Christiansen, four children and grandchildren not to mention an overwhelming production of compositions and art works from the 60's until today. Henning Christiansen was active as a composer from the 60's as well as an active ...More
|
| Columbia Museum of Art Exhibition Reveals the Culture of the Ancient Chinese |
COLUMBIA, SC.- The Columbia Museum of Art is privileged to show, for the first time, a major gift to the museum of Chinese art in the exhibition, Eye to the East: The Turner Collection of Chinese Art. The exhibition opens on December 19, 2008 and will be on view through May 10, 2009. The donation to the Columbia Museum of Art of this collection is significant in that it now gives breadth and ...More
|
| The Aspen Art Museum Presents Now You See It: International 19-Artist Exhibition |
ASPEN, CO.- Beginning with a free public reception from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., on Thursday, December 18, 2008, the Aspen Art Museum is proud to present the international group exhibition Now You See It. Featuring work that challenges basic assumptions about interpreting the essence of an artwork’s materials Now You See It draws upon...More
|
| José Ortiz Appointed Deputy Director of the Harvard Art Museum |
CAMBRIDGE, MA.- The Harvard Art Museum announced today the appointment of José Ortiz as Deputy Director, effective March 2, 2009. Ortiz is currently Deputy Director/Chief of Finance and Administration at the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. A skilled and...More
|
| Ancient Female Figures and Judy Chicago's Fertile Goddess at the Brooklyn Museum |
BROOKLYN, NY.- Nine extraordinary ancient female figures are the focus of the third Herstory Gallery exhibition in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. The Fertile Goddess explores these objects that served as a source of inspiration for the depiction of the Fertile Goddess...More
|
| Malba Presents Its Most Recent Acquisitions in New Exhibition |
BUENOS AIRES.- Malba – Fundación Costantini features a new exhibition that presents the most recent acquisitions made under its Acquisitions Program, loans and donations during the year. The exhibition is made up of 26 works and includes drawings, paintings, photographs, videos and installations by artists Luis Fernando Benedit, Oscar Bony, Fernando Bryce, Juan Carlos Distéfano, Nora Dobarro, Julio ...More
|
| Seventh Annual Teen Visions Exhibition To Open at James W. Palmer '90 Gallery at Vassar College |
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY.- More than one hundred paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs by over 50 students of the Art Institute of Mill Street Loft will be featured in the seventh annual Teen Visions exhibition, on view from Saturday, January 17 through Friday, February 6 in the James W. Palmer ’90 Gallery at Vassar College. The juried show, free and open to the public, will ...More
|
| ARCO Madrid 2009 Presented Today - India To Be Guest Country |
MADRID.-ARCO Madrid 2009 was presented today. Like each month of February, art dealers, art collectors and art professionals from all over the world meet at ARCO from February 11 to the 16th. This will be the 28th edition of the art fair and will include 244 art galleries from 31 countries. It will feature emerging markets. India will be this years guest country. From the total of art galleries chosen, 202 of them...More
|
| New Documentary Captures One of America's Preeminent Photorealist Painters, John Baeder, and His Work |
AUGUSTA, GA.- Baeder: Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats along the Way is a new film that documents the work, life, and personality of one of the most important photorealist painters working today, John Baeder. “For more than thirty-five years, John’s passionate interest in diners has led him to become the preeminent chronicler of a uniquely American form of roadside ...More
|
| International Association of Two and Three Dimensional Artists 2009 Exhibition |
BEVERLY HILLS.- The International Association of Two and Three Dimensional Artists (IATTDA) is a group of like-minded artists which supports, encourages and promotes artists practicing in the areas of two and three dimensional arts, in any media. Set-up and run by artists, for artists. The 2009 exhibition will take place 6th - 29th January 2009. This exhibition brings to the X-Frontier Art Gallery, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, USA...More
|
| Austin Museum of Art Receives Donation in Honor of Mary McIntyre Malott |
AUSTIN, TX.- The Austin Museum of Art announced a $50,000 gift in honor of Mary McIntyre Malott, an influential local artist and former trustee. The gift comes from her daughters Barbara McIntyre, Carolyn White, and Sylvia McIntyre-Crook. A new painting studio will be dedicated in honor of this gift. The dedication of the painting studio is a fitting commemoration for a woman who ...More
|
| Freer and Sackler Galleries Launch First Online Collection Catalogue About Mainland Southeast Asian Ceramics |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery recently launched the first online catalogue of the museum's collection featuring Mainland Southeast Asian ceramics Dec. 13, SEAsianCeramics.asia.si.edu. Spanning 4,000 years, the museum's collection highlights historical ceramics made in or traded to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Burma. The catalogue ...More
|
| Call For Entries: Kaikai Kiki Presents Geisai#12 |
TOKYO.-Kaikai Kiki is calling for entries for GEISAI #12, the twelfth flagship edition of their unique artist-led art fair. GEISAI allows artists to present their work in a directly to the buying public in a professional and high energy art market. During the day long fair, a panel of influential art figures and professionals will tour the hundreds of exhibitors and award prizes to a select few. Held twice a ...More
|
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment