 |
| Retrospective of Works by Artist John William Waterhouse on View at Groninger Museum |
J.W.Waterhouse, Saint Cecilia, 1895, Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 200.7 cm, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation.
|
GRONINGER.- The Groninger Museum presents the largest-ever retrospective of works by the world-famous British artist John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). Many splendid paintings and drawings have been borrowed from locations as far afield as Australia, England, Ireland, Taiwan and Canada. The exhibition has been ...More
|
| The Hannukkah Project: The Sound of Light by Julianne Swartz |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum will present The Hanukkah Project: The Sound of Light by Julianne Swartz from December 21, 2008 through March 15, 2009. Presented biennially, The Hanukkah Project celebrates Hanukkah with works of art by leading contemporary artists. The Sound of Light is an interactive ...More
|
| Text/Messages: Books by Artists Opened at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis |
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- While literature is often a point of departure, artists’ books often bear little resemblance to conventional volumes. Many are sculptural, multidimensional, or made of material other than paper—some have no pages at all. Over the past three decades, the Walker Art Center has amassed a significant collection of ...More
|
| The Guggenheim Museum Presents 24-Hour Event on the Concept of Time |
NEW YORK, NY.- On the occasion of the exhibition theanyspacewhatever, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present a 24-hour event concentrating on the concept of time in its myriad philosophical, psychological, biological, sociological, poetic, aesthetic, ...More
|
| Eco Sculpture Points Way to Improving Air Quality in Cities |
DUNDEE.- A new ‘eco’ sculpture was unveiled in Dundee, by award-winning artists Dalziel + Scullion. Catalyst, the life-size model of a car, weighing 13.6 tonnes, has been cast in a remarkable form of concrete that converts the airborne pollutants caused by traffic into oxygen and nitrates, and can thereby reduce atmospheric toxins. “The material was originally developed for use on...More
|
| Two World Records Set in Sotheby's Milan 19th Century Paintings Sale |
MILAN.- All the highlights of the auction have been sold and two world records have been achieved: the first one is a ‘Naturalist Painting’ by Adolfo Tommasi, Petriolo presso Firenze (Petriolo near Florence), one of the principle Tuscan naturalist painters of the late nineteenth century, Dating back to 1884-85, is among Tommasi’s best works, a clear, solid and detailed representation of ...More
|
| Kwang Young-Chun: The Soul-Journey to America Opened at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum |
RIDGEFIELD, CT.- The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is pleased to announce that noted Korean artist Kwang-Young Chun has created his largest free-standing paper sculpture to date—just over 14 feet and approximately 650 pounds—expressly for presentation in the Museum’s two story Project Space for his ...More
|
| Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Announces Focus: Jeff Elrod |
FORT WORTH, TX.- As a young painter in the mid-1980s, Texas-based artist Jeff Elrod focused on creating ironic works that addressed American postwar abstraction. “I was conflicted,” the artist explains, “I was trying to find a clever way to approach painting because I felt like it wasn’t acceptable to earnestly make abstract work, even though I was earnest about it. I was searching for a relevant...More
|
| MoMA Announces Exhibition of Works of Art Made by Leon Ferrari and Mira Schendel |
NEW YORK, NY.- León Ferrari (Argentine, b. 1920) and Mira Schendel (Brazilian, b. Switzerland, 1919–1988) are considered among the most significant artists working in Latin America during the second half of the twentieth century. Their works address language as a major visual subject matter: the visual body of language, the embodiment of voices as words and gestures, and language as a ...More
|
| Theater Piece/Installation Illustrates the Global Effect of Climate Change on Human Populations |
MIDDLETOWN, CT.- Of All The People In All The World is a performance/art installation that uses grains of rice to bring formerly abstract statistics to life. In this exhibition, each grain of rice is equal to one person and the viewer is invited to compare the one grain that is them to the millions that are not. Over a period of days, a team of performers carefully weigh out quantities of rice ...More
|
| Cantor Arts Center Announces Splendid Grief: Darren Waterston and the Afterlife |
STANFORD, CA.- The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University will present “Splendid Grief: Darren Waterston and the Afterlife of Leland Stanford Jr.,” on view from April 15 through July 5, 2009. The death of Leland and Jane Stanford’s son inspired the founding of Stanford University and serves as an ...More
|
| Smithsonian National Postal Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian Launch a New Online Collection |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian National Postal Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian have collaborated to create a beautiful digital collection called "The American Indian on Stamps: Profiles in Leadership, Accomplishment and Cultural Celebration." The collection can only be viewed at ...More
|
| Major Grant Award to Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - $225,000 |
SAN DIEGO, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) announced that the Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a $225,000 grant through its Program in American Art, in support of the exhibition and catalogue entitled Phenomenal: California Light and Space. ...More
|
| Portland Art Museum Announces 2-for-1 Museum Admission on Thursday Nights |
PORTLAND, OR.- This holiday season, the Portland Art Museum is giving a special gift to the community: 2-for-1 museum admission. Every Thursday from November 13 through January 8, 2009, visitors will receive two adult general admission tickets for the price of one between the hours of 4 ...More
|
| MIPIM 2009 Hosts Unique Architects Gathering |
PARIS.- MIPIM, the World's Property Market, is set to welcome an unparalleled line-up of leading international architects as part of its 20th edition conference programme, to be held in Cannes from 10 to 13 March. For the first time, Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Thom Mayne, Wolf Prix, Kazuyo Sejima and ...More
|
| MIT Physics Teacher Tests Art Knowledge in Hallway Contest |
CAMBRIDGE, MA.- Stroll down the sixth-floor hallway of the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research in Building 37 and you'll see images of the Milky Way in molecular clouds, the Folded-port InfraRed Echellette spectrometer and simulations of cold dark matter caustics. ...More
|
| Enchanted Italy at Academy of Art University, Fresh Works from Fine Art Study Abroad |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- This month the Academy of Art University's 79 Gallery presents Enchanted Italy, an elegant and transporting collection of paintings created by AAU students during the university's first-ever study abroad course in Italy this past August. Traveling from San Francisco to ...More
|
| Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition of Avedon's Photographs of President-elect Kennedy and Family Going to Riverside, Cali |
RIVERSIDE, CA.- As a new president-elect and his young family begin their preparations for life in the White House, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition looks back on the eve of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration through the eyes of photographer Richard Avedon. “The Kennedys | Portrait of a Family: Photographs by Richard Avedon” will be on view at ...More
|
| Former Mayor Dennis Archer, JD Accepted the Charles Blessing Award from American Institute of Architects Detroit |
DETROIT, MI.- The American Institute of Architects Detroit Chapter announced that former mayor Dennis Archer, JD accepted the Charles Blessing Award at the Chapter's Celebration of Architecture at the Detroit Institute of Arts....More
|
| National Coast Guard Museum Association Announces New President |
STONINGTON, CT.- The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, and a partner of the National Coast Guard Museum Association, announced today the appointment of Jerry Ostermiller as the president of the National Coast Guard Museum. An accomplished museum ...More
|
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment