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| Most Important Art Fair in the U.S. - Seventh Annual Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 Opens |
People walk past artwork by Barbara Kruger from the Mary Boone Gallery during a preview for VIPs at Art Basel Miami Beach in Miami Beach, Fla. Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Photo: AP Photo/Lynne Sladky.
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MIAMI.- From December 4 through 7, 2008, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, will host the seventh edition of Art Basel Miami Beach the celebrated international art show. More than 250 leading galleries from the USA, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia will be taking part. Chosen by the Art Basel Miami Beach ...More
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| Kunsthistorisches Museum Opens The Myth of Antiquity |
VIENNA.- The protagonists of classical myths – heroes, mortals, gods and demi-gods – are deeply embedded in our collective memory and have lost nothing of their power to fascinate. Neither the invasion of the barbarians in Late Antiquity nor Christianity could fully uproot the memory of the pagan ancient world, with the Renaissance proudly rediscovering classical civilisation. Their ...More
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| Monet to Picasso: The Batliner Collection on View at Albertina |
VIENNA.- The exhibition “Monet to Picasso” offers an informative overview of one of the most exciting chapters in the history of art: the turn from figural to abstract art, the progressive deconstruction of traditional picture forms. In approximately 250 artworks – paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures – the development of the most important, and one could well say revolutionary, stylistic...More
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| First Works of Art Bought in 5 Million Pound Charity Scheme |
LONDON.- The first major works of art bought through Art Fund International, the £5million collecting scheme from the UK’s leading independent art charity The Art Fund, have been bought by a Scottish art gallery, The Art Fund announced. ...More
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| Museo Wurth La Rioja Opens After the Flood, Exhibition by Gao Xingjian |
AGONCILLO-LA RIOJA.- Museo Wurth La Rioja presents the exhibition After the Flood, which brings together the work by the prestigious Chinese artist Gao Xingjian(Ganzhou, China, 1940), 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature. A selection of 80 recently created artworks, including ink paintings on canvas and paper. ...More
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| Bass Museum of Art Opens Pedro Reyes: 47 Undertakings |
MIAMI BEACH, FL.- Trained as an architect, Mexican artist Pedro Reyes explores the ways in which a space can be created to combine utopian ideas as well as function. Sculptures, drawings, models, props, and video footage reveal the progression of the artist's conceptual strategies that precede the final product. These works serve as a non-hierarchical collection of fragments, illustrating ideas ...More
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| documenta 13 Announces Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev as New Artistic Director |
KASSEL.- Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev has been elected the Artistic Director of the documenta 13, which is scheduled to take place from June 9th, 2012 to September 16th, 2012 in Kassel....More
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| Prospect .1 New Orleans: A New International Contemporary Art Biennial |
NEW ORLEANS.- Prospect.1 New Orleans, the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, launched in New Orleans on November 1, 2008. Produced by U.S. Biennial, Inc., Prospect.1 is directed by international curator Dan Cameron, Director of Visual Arts at the Contemporary...More
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| Art Photo Expo Miami Presents In Fashion Photo During Art Basel 2008 |
MIAMI.- Art Photo Expo Miami, South Florida‟s progressive organization for contemporary photography, presents the second annual In Fashion Photo exhibition – a superlative presentation of signature collections from the world‟s leading fashion photographers. The exhibition takes place at its new location, ...More
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| Art Gallery of South Australia Presents Hans Heysen Exhibition |
ADELAIDE.- One of Australia’s greatest artists, Hans Heysen (1877-1968), is being celebrated with the first major retrospective of his work in three decades at the Art Gallery of South Australia, opening 14 November. The exhibition which will tour nationally in 2009 and 2010, features more than a hundred works created ...More
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| Irish Museum of Modern Art to Close Between January 12 and February 2, 2009 |
DUBLIN.- The Irish Museum of Modern Art wishes to inform potential visitors that the Museum will be closed for renovations from Monday 12 January to Monday 2 February 2009 inclusive. This is due to extensive upgrading work being carried out on the building’s electrical supply. The Museum’s café and bookshop ...More
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| The Attraction of Onlookers: Aberfan - an Anatomy of a Welsh Village |
CARDIFF.- On 21 October 1966, a coal waste tip slipped down the mountainside above Aberfan, burying its only elementary school and many homes. As a result, 116 children and 28 adults lost their lives. Within hours of the disaster – and ever since - the village lost its privacy as the worldwide news media descended upon it. ...More
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| National Portrait Gallery Acquires Tudor Double Portrait - A Gem of Matriarchal Power |
LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery acquires one of the few Tudor family portraits on public view, a masterpiece by Hans Eworth, the most talented painter working in England after Holbein. ...More
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| Multiple City: Urban Concepts 1908-2008 Opens at Pinakothek der Moderne |
MUNICH.- Megacities and shrinking cities, »highspeed urbanism« and »slow cities« ¿ the cities of this world are changing. The difference between town and country vanishes, everything becomes town, only varying its spatial and structural character. New forms of cities, new urban landscapes, new global and local networks are emerging....More
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| Contemporary Jewish Museum Announces Dateline 09 Featuring Two Shows |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From January 30 through March 17, 2009, the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) will present Dateline 09, featuring the two shows Adi Nes: Bible Stories and Yael Bartana: Short Memory. Dateline 09 inaugurates a new series of annual exhibitions at the Museum. Each year, the curators at the Museum...More
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| Largest, Most Complex Light Sculpture by Leo Villareal Debuts at National Gallery of Art |
WASHINGTON, DC.- Multiverse, the largest and most complex light sculpture created by American artist Leo Villareal (b. 1967) may now be experienced by visitors as they pass through the Concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Commissioned ...More
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| Cranbrook Academy of Art's Artist-in-Residence Creates Original Work for ArtBasel/Miami |
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI.- Customized Smart Cars with graphics created by Elliott Earls, Cranbrook Academy of Art’s Artist-in-Residence will be zooming around the streets of Miami during the celebrated art fair ArtBasel/Miami from December 4-7, 2008. Earl’s will also perform a piece inspired by the...More
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| It Happened in your Neighbourhood Contemporary Art in Quebec |
QUEBEC CITY.- The Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec opnes the exhibition It Happened in your Neighbourhood Contemporary Art in Quebec on view through April 12, 2009. The second in a series after Québec, A City and its Artists, the multidisciplinary exhibition It Happened in your Neighbourhood. ...More
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| Anthony Brown's Beatles Canvas Exhibition at Hard Days Night Hotel |
LIVERPOOL.- Artist Anthony Brown is to exhibit a collection of Beatles inspired canvas portraits at The Gallery, Hard Days Night Hotel through 28th August 2009. In a unique celebration of The Beatles, one of the greatest cultural icons of the modern age, the work will be exhibited yards ...More
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| AXA Art Unveils Line-up of Cultural Activities, Creative Collaborations and Special Events at Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 |
MIAMI.- Breakfast Roundtable discussion takes "An Inside Look at Mid-Century Modern Design" AXA Art, the world's only art insurance specialist, today unveiled its line-up of cultural activities, events and creative collaborations to enhance the experience of its clients, VIP guests and attendees to the 2008 Art Basel Miami Beach Fair. ...More
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