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| Exhibition of Jenny Holzer's Works From Past 15 Years to be Presented at the Whitney |
Blue Cross 2008. David Roberts Collection, London. Green Purple Cross, 2008. Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, © 2008 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo: Lili Holzer-Glier.
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NEW YORK, NY.- Jenny Holzer, one of the leading artists of her generation, is the subject of a major exhibition opening in New York at the Whitney Museum of American Art on March 12, 2009. Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT, centering on Holzer’s work since the 1990s, is organized by the Museum of ...More
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| Yael Bartana Exhibits at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center |
LONG ISLAND CITY.- P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents the work of Yael Bartana, whose work investigates society and politics. Over the last several years, she has become known for her complex visualizations in the forms of photography, film, video, and sound works and installations. Whereas largely known in Europe, her work has not ...More
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| Caravaggio Painting Stolen from Museum in Odessa Recovered |
ODESSA.- Police officers have found the painting Taking of Christ, or the Kiss of Judas which had been stolen from the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in the Black Sea port of Odessa last July, reported "Zérkalo nedeli".
The source also stated that it was informed of the finding of the painting by ...More
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| Garin Nugroho: Opera Jawa On View at Haus der Kunst in Munich |
MUNICH.- The "Ramayana" is one of the world’s great epic narratives. Originating in India, the epic is based on Hindu religion and culture and its characters incarnations of Indian gods. The "Ramayana" has spread throughout South East Asia; its stories have been re-told as a Muslim tale, too, and in such different forms as painting, dance and puppetry. Its transformations and re-...More
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| Overview of Artist Patti Smith's Creative Complexity on View at Artium |
VITORIA GASTEIZ.- One of the main features of the 2008 art programme of ARTIUM, Basque Centre-Museum of Contemporary Art, includes an exhibition dedicated to North American artist Patti Smith, with a presentation illustrative of her work in the fields of art, literature and music....More
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| Zentrum Paul Klee Exhibits 27 Paul Klee Paintings from the Collection of Kazumasa Katsuta |
BERNE.- For the first time in the history of its existence, the Zentrum Paul Klee presents a private collection of works by Paul Klee. The important works in question number twenty seven, which the Japanese collector Kazumasa Katsuta has acquired and built up from a diverse ...More
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| Kunsthalle Frediricianum Invites Berlin-based Conceptual Artist Daniel Knorr to Exhibit |
MUNICH.- The Kunsthalle Fridericianum has invited the Berlin-based conceptual and performance artist Daniel Knorr (born in Bucharest in 1968) to put on a four-week solo show in the form of a performance entitled Scherben bringen Glück (Broken Glass Brings Good Luck)....More
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| Life? Biomorpic Forms in Sculpture at Kunsthaus in Graz |
GRAZ.- There’s been art about life and death ever since art was invented. That is what the earliest cave paintings and the oldest examples of sculpture, man’s first artistic creations, were about. Life? Biomorphic Forms in Sculpture looks at the latest trends in the way artists tackle aspects of living tissue, concentrating particularly on sculptures working explicitly with a repertoire...More
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| Heavy Metal. The Inexplicable Lightness of a Material at Kunsthalle zu Kiel |
KIEL.- It begins in the early sixties: Out of rebellion against a modernism that has lost its credibility, the revolutionary avant-gardes constitute themselves. In the face of the quite real threat of a nuclear confrontation and the escalation of the Vietnam war, they try to overthrow the rigid societal norms. In the artistic capitals of Europe and the Americas, a radical expansion of the freedom of art is ...More
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| Mattomatt: Chess Pieces by Jürg Hassler at Museum Tinguely |
BASEL.- Jürg Hassler constructs chessboards and chessmen; he thereby reinvents the old game of chess and gives it back the ludic component that he finds missing in today’s chess game. The basic interest of the game lies in “having no obligation to prove anything to anyone, giving free rein to the pleasure of the game, not in order to win but in order to reinvent ever renewed forms of dialectic ...More
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| Sotheby's New York Sales of Important Tiffany and Important 20th Century Design |
NEW YORK, NY.- On December 18th, Sotheby’s New York will hold its sale of Important 20th Century Design, which will begin at approximately 10:30am, immediately following the 10:00am sale of Important Tiffany. The 128 lots will be on exhibition prior to the sale at Sotheby’s New York beginning on Saturday, December 13th. The sale...More
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| Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Announces Max Ernst: Dream and Revolution |
HUMBLEBAEK.- Max Ernst (1891-1976) was one of the most important and influential artists of the twentieth century – an artist who throughout his career changed style and attitude, and who constantly questioned and reflected over the nature of art. No other artist of the twentieth century was as revolutionary and innovative as Max Ernst in the assault on the traditional views of ...More
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| The Hidden Trace. Jewish Paths through Modernity at Felix Nussbaum Haus |
OSNABRUCK.- On the special occasion of its tenth anniversary in 2008, the Felix Nussbaum Museum Osnabrück, designed by Daniel Libeskind, will feature the extraordinary exhibition “The Hidden Trace: Jewish Paths Through Modernity” from 7 December 2008 until 19 April 2009 with high-...More
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| On the Enlightened Path: Jain Art from India |
PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum presents On the Enlightened Path: Jain Art from India, an exhibition that examines the artistic traditions of one of the world's oldest yet least known religions, Jainism. Installed in the rotating Asian gallery on the lower level of the Museum, this exhibition includes approximately 20...More
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| Whitney to Present New Video Installation by Alex Bag |
NEW YORK, NY.- For her first solo museum presentation, Alex Bag debuts a newly commissioned video installation she has made for the Whitney Museum of American Art, inspired by a popular and progressive 1970s children's syndicated television show, "The Patchwork Family." Continuing the commentary on ...More
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| Snowy Landscape by Francis Guy Appears on Holiday Greeting Card |
BENTONVILLE.- A detail of an iconic nineteenth-century landscape by Francis Guy graces the front of the 2008 holiday card from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Winter Scene in Brooklyn, which depicts a busy street scene from the artist's neighborhood, is the most recent work to be announced as part of ...More
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| Paint Made Flesh Debuts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts in January |
NASHVILLE, TN.- The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will open Paint Made Flesh Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Featuring 38 works created since the 1950s, primarily in Europe and the United States, the exhibition focuses on artists of three generations whose depictions of the human figure denote biological, psychological ...More
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| Smithsonian's Archives of American Art Receives Grant from Leon Levy Foundation |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's Archives of American Art is announced the award of a three-year grant of $213,315 from the Leon Levy Foundation for the archival processing of the André Emmerich Gallery business records and Emmerich's personal papers. Donated by renowned art dealer Emmerich before ...More
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| Calgary Company Announces Not One But TWO Gifts of Public Art by Internationally Renowned Artists |
CALGARY.- The Torode Group of Companies reached under the tree and pulled out a big visual arts gift for all Calgarians. Torode announced the purchase and installation of two major public art sculptures to be installed along some of Calgary's busiest streets....More
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