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| Installation Devoted to Matisse and His Contemporaries Opens at Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953), Window on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1938. Oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 15 1/16 inches. Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White Collection, 1967.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Henri Matisse and Modern Art on the French Riviera. Since becoming a tourist resort in the 1860s, the winding stretch of Mediterranean coastline extending from Marseilles to Menton—known as the French Riviera—has inspired numerous artists with its scenic beauty and radiant light. Henri Matisse (1869–1954) was among the first ...More
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| Richard Serra Awarded the Order of Arts and Letters of Spain |
MADRID.- The Spanish Council of Ministers has accepted to award sculptor Richard Serra with the Order of Arts and Letters of Spain. The award was created by the Ministry of Culture to recognize the labor of people and institutions that contribute to the promotion of culture and the image of the country outside of it. The Spanish Minister of Culture, César Antonio Molina, proposed to the Council of ...More
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| Recollecting: Looted Art and Restitution Opens at MAK Exhibition Hall |
VIENNA.-MAK Exhibition Hall presents Recollecting: Looted Art and Restitution, on view through February 15, 2009. The show entitled “Recollecting” presents art and everyday objects from Jewish possession and their history between robbery and restitution. Especially for the exhibition, new artworks were created which put this issue of controversial topicality...More
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| Max Beckmann "Apocalypse" Opens at Staatsgalerie Stuttgart |
STUTTGART, GERMANY.- In 1941–42, while in exile in Amsterdam, Max Beckmann produced a series of lithographs entitled Apocalypse on the Revelation of Saint John the Divine. In 2008 the Friends of the Staatsgalerie (Freunde der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart – Stuttgarter Galerieverein) succeeded in acquiring an exceptional edition of this series, which will be presented in the new galleries on ...More
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| Perspectives 164: Stephanie Syjuco: Total Fabrications at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston |
HOUSTON, TX.- The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents the first solo museum show of work by San Francisco-based artist Stephanie Syjuco. Perspectives 164: Stephanie Syjuco: Total Fabrications includes re-imagined Houston newspapers, forged modernist furniture, counterfeit remnants of the Berlin Wall, bootlegged videos, and photographs made with pirated tourist ...More
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts Presents Expanding The Boundaries: Selected Drawings |
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts presents an exhibition featuring drawings from the superb collection of Minnesota collectors Gabriel and Yvonne Weisberg. Approximately fifty drawings, watercolors, and pastels will be in Expanding the Boundaries, on view from December 13, 2008, through April 5, 2009. The Weisbergs began collecting drawings more than thirty years ago, with a ...More
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| Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection Opens |
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection. The ways in which artists use color as a liberating force, from the high modernist era of the 1940s and 1950s to today´s digital revolutions, is the focus of Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection, opening December 13 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The show also offers alternative ways to tell the story of Modernism by embracing artists ...More
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| The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Receives Works of Contemporary Art from the Chaney Family Coll. |
HOUSTON, TX.- Eight major works by seven leading international contemporary artists will become part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston permanent collection as a result of a landmark acquisition from The Chaney Family Collection,...More
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| A New President Takes Command: New Exhibition Explores the Dynamics of Presidential Transitions |
NEW YORK, NY.- What can America expect of a new President’s first months in office? How might the new administration gain support from the public? What social, economic and political forces might be in play as the President frames an agenda and puts it into action? With questions such as these occupying people’s minds as America looks ahead to January 2009, the New-York Historical Society offers a fascinating and compelling parallel to the ...More
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| 10 Reasons to be a Member - #18 Judith Raum: Contemporary Arts |
FRANKFURT.- For her presentation in the 10 Reasons to be a Member-space at the Frankfurt Kunstverein, Judith Raum reflects on how the Contemporary Arts Library first came into being, while the documentary material also shows the structure and central topics of recent projects that were realised within the framework of the Contemporary Arts Library Services. The Contemporary Arts Library is a book collection relating to international...More
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| Works on Paper - The Original Art On Paper Fair - Returns to the Park Avenue Armory |
NEW YORK.- In 1988, art and antiques fair producer Sanford Smith noticed a trend, “Almost every gallery I visited had a closet full of works on paper; drawings, prints, watercolors…Works that could not compete with more expensive artworks for wall space.” Inspired by this often overlooked art, Smith invited a selection of the finest international dealers to open their closets at Works on Paper--giving art on paper ...More
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| Contemporary Museum, Walters Art Museum Offer Dawoud Bey Exhibitions |
BALTIMORE, MD.- Today, Dec. 13, 2008, simultaneous exhibitions at the Walters Art Museum and the Contemporary Museum will celebrate the works of renowned photographer Dawoud Bey. At the Walters, Portraits Re/Examined: A Dawoud Bey Project will feature contemporary photographs by Bey juxtaposed with historic portraits from the museum’s private collection. Dawoud Bey: Class Pictures, a companion exhibition ...More
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| Whitney Museum Names Curators for 2010 Biennial |
NEW YORK.- The Whitney Museum of American Art announced today that Francesco Bonami will curate the 2010 Whitney Biennial, in collaboration with the Whitney’s Gary Carrion-Murayari, who will be associate curator. This will be the 75th in the series of Whitney Annual and Biennial exhibitions inaugurated in 1932 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney....More
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| Massachusetts Historical Society Announces Major Discovery In Its Collection |
BOSTON.- The Massachusetts Historical Society today announced the discovery of previously unstudied business ledgers from one of America's preeminent furniture makers, Nathaniel Gould. Gould is considered Salem, Massachusetts's finest cabinetmaker of the mid-18th century, but without detailed records of his work, his legacy has been contested and enigmatic. The three ...More
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| APAD: Tradition, Innovation & Continuity Opens in Singapore |
SINGAPORE.- Singapore Art Museum (SAM) and Angkatan Pelukis Aneka Daya (APAD) are proud to present APAD: Tradition, Innovation & Continuity, an exhibition that showcases works by members of APAD; ranging from established artists such as S Mohdir, A Ghani Hamid, Iskandar Jalil, Sarkasi Said and Tumadi Patri, to young promising artists such as Rofizano Zaino, Harman Hussin, Amin ...More
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| The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art Presents BESRevelacao 2008 |
PORTO, PORTUGAL.- The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art presents BESRevelação 2008, on view through March 15, 2009. Now in its fourth edition, the BES Revelação competition will present in Serralves, from November onwards, a selection of hitherto unseen works by three young artists - Mariana Silva, David Infante and Nikolai Nekh - once again selected by a prestigious international jury. ...More
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| Amon Carter Museum has Reframed their Fitz Henry Lane with Eli Wilner & Company |
FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum has recently reframed their masterpiece Boston Harbor of 1856 by Fitz Henry Lane in a period frame from Eli Wilner & Company. The frame original to the painting was no longer on the painting when it entered the collection in 1977 and the existing frame did not do justice to Lane's evocative panorama. The frame selected is an American frame ...More
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| The Cartier Award 2009: Call for Entries |
LONDON.- The Cartier Award, one the world's leading art awards, is open to artists living outside of the UK, up to five years from graduating from an undergraduate or postgraduate degree or under thirty years of age. The Cartier Award is organised by Frieze Projects, sponsored by Cartier and presented in collaboration with Gasworks. The recipient of the prize will have the unique opportunity to present their work at ...More
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| Malba Design Presents Design in Process Exhibition |
BUENOS AIRES.- Malba Design presents today Design in Process, on view through February 2, 2009. The exhibition focuses on the different industrial design projections and productions and invites to reflect on the forms of approaching the discipline. The exhibition was curated by Anabella Rondina, adjunct professor in charge of the Industrial Design class at the FADU. The exhibition includes works by ...More
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