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| 30,000 People Visit University Museum of Contemporary Art Since Opening Two Weeks Ago |
Visitors to the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (University Museum of Contemporary Art) observe the works of art on view at this cultural center. The MuAC, which belongs to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), has received more than 30.000 visitors since its opening two weeks ago said, Graciela de la Torre, head of the museum. Photo: EFE / Mario Guzmán.
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MEXICO CITY.- With the mission of creating a space to foresee the turns and needs of future artistic movements, the purpose of the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (University Museum of Contemporary Art) is to be a post-museum, that is to say, to establish itself as a space that offers the visitor a new ...More
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| Power of Role Play Examined in National Museum for Women in the Arts Original Exhibition |
WASHINGTON, DC.- Organized by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Role Models: Feminine Identity in Contemporary American Photography explores how role playing has been central to the art, meaning and social function of contemporary photography. On view through January 25, 2009, the exhibition breaks new ...More
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| Il Bellissimo Panarama: Views of Italy at the Art Gallery of Hamilton |
HAMILTON, ON.- Through many centuries the towns and countryside of Italy have been singularly cherished as a subject within Western art. For instance, in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe, a fundamental component of artistic training was the voyage to Italy, where young artists steeped themselves in studying, copying, and imbibing the spirit of ancient Roman and Renaissance...More
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| Exhibition Celebrates Variety and Complexity of Art from Africa |
STANFORD, CA.- The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents “Timbuktu to Cape Town,” through March 22, 2009. This exhibition celebrates the complexity and variety of African art from across the continent, with an array of the most important African works acquired by the Center over the...More
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| Hat, Postcard and Other Items of Material Evidence on View at Alvar Aalto Museum |
JYVASKYLA.- Hat, postcard, and other items of material evidence is an exhibition telling stories about the objects acquired by the Alvar Aalto Museum or donated to it in recent years. These stories are given extra punch by material selected from the Drawing, Photographic and Document Archives....More
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| artnet Launches Alexander Calder Sale Featuring 36 Prints and Works on Paper by the Artist |
NEW YORK, NY.- From December 10-18 artnet Online Auctions will feature a special sale of prints and works on paper by Alexander Calder from the 1960s and 1970s.
Leading the sale is a group of 28 prints with estimates from $500-$3,000. Three ...More
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| The Museum of Modern Art Celebrates the Legendary Films of Douglas Fairbanks |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art celebrates the classic films of Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) with a 20-film exhibition that highlights the all-American actor’s adventurous, swashbuckling career. Bringing together such Hollywood favorites as The Gaucho (1928), The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Three ...More
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| Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Receives Donation of Hundreds of Artefacts |
COVENTRY.- Hundreds of artefacts dating back to the 13th century which were found during the archaeological investigations ahead of the building work on Belgrade Plaza have been donated by Oakmoor Deeley to The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum....More
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| Watershed Conservation at the Heart of Film Society's January Documentary |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents an Alaskan take on David and Goliath as its year-round Green Screens and Independents Night programs present the award-winning documentary “Red Gold” at the Walter Reade Theater, Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 6:30 p.m. A post-screening conversation between...More
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| Museo d'Arte della Provincia di Nuoro Presents Man Ray: Unconcerned but not Indifferent |
NUORO.- The Man Ray: Unconcerned But Not Indifferent exhibition comprises drawings, photos, paintings and sculptures from the Man Ray Trust collection in Long Island, New York. The Man Ray Trust collection has never gone on show before. In juxtaposing Man Ray’s artistic works, tools, documents, objects and pictures which gave the artist his inspiration, the exhibition creates a ...More
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| Philanthropists James and Suzanne Mellor to Fund Scholarly Publication for the National Museum of Women in the Arts |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Museum of Women in the Arts announces the inaugural Suzanne and James Mellor Prize, an award of $50,000 to fund original research and authorship of a scholarly volume on a woman artist or subject related to the mission of the museum. This year's Award Committee will consider ...More
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| Loughborough University Student Wins Advertising Competition |
LONDON.- Panasonic announced that James Fox, a visual communication student at Loughborough University, is the winner of its Next Generation Creative Talent competition. From a shortlist of six, his entry was chosen as the best advertisement for Panasonic's new Viera PZ81 Home Hub television, the next generation of home entertainment....More
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| Margaret Olley Donates Degas Drawing to National Gallery of Australia |
CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australia announced that Margaret Olley has given an important Degas drawing, Dancer in fourth position (Danseuse en quatrième devant) c 1885, to the national collection of art. The drawing is being exhibited publicly for the first time as part of the major exhibition Degas: master...More
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| Cleveland Museum of Art Hosts First-run Film Fridays |
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) has the recipe to spice up your date-nights this winter. Each Friday night, from January through mid-March, CMA will host the Cleveland-area premiere of a new international film – 11 movies in all. The film series offers something for everyone with topics ranging from a ...More
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| Clyde Porter, FAIA, Selected as 2009 Recipient of the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) have selected Clyde Porter, FAIA, as the 2009 recipient of the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, given to an architect or architecturally oriented organization exemplifying the profession's responsibility toward current social issues. Porter will be presented with the award ...More
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| Saint Louis Art Museum Announces Bond Rating |
SAINT LOUIS.- The Saint Louis Art Museum received from Moody's Investment Services today its first institutional rating, which the Museum had sought in anticipation of financing the expansion of its historic building in Forest Park....More
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| National Gallery of Art Seeks School Docents for Student Tours |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art is recruiting school docents to conduct student-centered thematic tours for thousands of children of all ages from all over the country, providing rich and memorable experiences with works of art in the Gallery's collection. Docents engage students in conversations and activities...More
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| 66 South London Teens to Create Original Pieces of Dance Inspired by National Gallery Collection |
LONDON.- The Royal Ballet School is to launch the latest development of a four-year education campaign by collaborating with the National Gallery. On 8 December, 66 students from The Royal Ballet School, Forest Hill School and Sydenham Girls School will meet for the first time to begin the process of ...More
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