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| Zaragoza Offers Vision of Influence of Goya on Artists from the 19th and 20th Centuries |
The President of the government of Aragon, Marcelino Iglesias, contemplates Edward Munch´s "Madonna", at the exhibition Goya and the Modern World which was inaugurated today at the Museo de Zaragoza. Photo: EFE/Javier Cebollada.
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ZARAGOZA.- The President of the government of Aragon, Marcelino Iglesias, inaugurated today at the Museo de Zaragoza the exhibition “Goya and the Modern World” which includes 345 works of art – 138 made by the artist from ...More
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| A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections at the Nasher Museum of Art |
DURHAM, NC.- Nearly a century ago, the Bloomsbury group took hold of the cultural imagination, their name becoming synonymous with wit, intelligence, political activism and avant-garde art and literature in the Anglo-American world. "Bloomsbury", named for a then slightly disreputable neighborhood surrounding the University of London, was centered on writers such as Leonard ...More
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| Constantiner Collection Achieves Highest Total for a Single Owner Dedicated Photographs Sale |
NEW YORK, NY.- Selling for $7,721,875, the Constantiner Collection achieved the highest total for a single owner dedicated photographs sale at Christie’s. Assembled by Leon and Michaela Constantiner, this spectacular collection focused on photography as a key shaping force within the media worlds that have, for over ...More
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| Rommel: A Mythical Figure - A Special Exhibition at the Haus der Geschichte |
STUTTGART.- A universally familiar figure, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (1891 – 1944), probably the best-known German soldier of World War II, is immediately identifiable by his characteristic leather coat, dust goggles, and Knight’s Cross as well as his resolute pose. His reputation is legendary: not just German, but also American and British veterans of the North African battlefields ...More
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| Moscow Museum of Modern Art Presents Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures |
MOSCOW.- Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures is an exhibition by MoMA (Museum of Modern Art, New York), in collaboration with Andy Warhol Museum, Pitsburg, organized by Moscow Museum of Modern Art and marka:ff. ...More
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| Excerpt from Annie Leibovitz' New Book: Annie Leibovitz at Work |
When I was young and just starting out as a photographer, I worked for Rolling Stone, which was then a small magazine published in San Francisco. It was devoted mostly to rock and roll. I didn’t actually know much about rock and roll, but I was grateful to be able to take pictures and see them published. It didn’t matter what the subject was. What mattered was photography. Being a ...More
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| MoMA Presents Global Lens 2009, A Touring Exhibition of Films from Developing Countries |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art, in collaboration with the Global Film Initiative (GFI), presents Global Lens 2009, a touring film exhibition conceived to encourage filmmaking in countries with developing film communities. The selection of 10 programs, each from a different country, which include films developed with ...More
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| A Bird Spotters' Paradise: Melchior d'Hondecoeter Paintings at Rijksmuseum |
AMSTERDAM.- Starting on 18 December, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam will exhibit six paintings from its own collection by Melchior d’Hondecoeter (1636-1695). Hondecoeter was the best-known Dutch painter of what are known as the ‘bird pieces’ of the 17th century. These paintings depict various types of birds,...More
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| George Maciunas: The Dream of Fluxus at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art |
GATESHEAD.- Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art explores the history and works of Fluxus through the renowned Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection, Detroit. This unprecedented exhibition of over three-hundred and fifty works from 1961 – 1978 is the largest display of Fluxus ever mounted in Britain....More
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| Deichtorhallen in Hamburg Presents Kiyoshi Suzuki Retrospective |
HAMBURG.- This retrospective is comprised of vintage prints and his original book dummies, many of which have never been exhibited before. Kiyoshi Suzuki began photographing in the late 1960s in Iwaki City, Fukishima Prefecture, where he had been born. He then worked for thirty years in relative isolation, playing constantly with life, continually in movement, ferreting out stories and the...More
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| Can Marques Exhibits Nativity Scenes for the 21st Century |
PALMA DE MALLORCA.- Oscar Seco and Mateo Maté create contemporary interpretations of the Nativity Scene on the tenth anniversary of Can Marqués....More
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| Sotheby's Sale of Original Winnie-the-Pooh Illustrations Brings $1.96 Million |
NEW YORK, NY.- Today, Sotheby’s London sold the finest single collection of E.H. Shepard’s original drawings for Winnie-the-Pooh books to have come on the market. The collection of Stanley J. Seeger & Christopher Cone realised the extraordinary total of £1,262,863 ($1,968,046), well in excess of the pre-sale high...More
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| The Nelson-Atkins Receives $100,000 Grant from Ellsworth Kelly Foundation |
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has been awarded $100,000 from the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation for the establishment of a permanent endowment, the income from which will be used to support project-based conservation services....More
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| Tony Bennett Donates Painting of Duke Ellington to the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Institution today announced that Tony Bennett is donating his watercolor painting of Duke Ellington to the National Portrait Gallery. The painting will be presented at the museum in April 2009 to commemorate the 110th ...More
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| Amon Carter Museum Publishes Gift Book Charles M. Russells Illustrated Letters |
FORT WORTH, TX.- A new book published by the Amon Carter Museum reveals a different side of famed cowboy artist Charles M. Russell — humorist and illustrator. ...More
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| Noble Dreams & Simple Pleasures: American Mastworks from Minnesota Collections Announced at Minneapolis Institute of Art |
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- A unique exhibition of more than 140 works of American painting and sculpture is on view at Minneapolis Institute of Arts from February 22 through May 3, 2009. Celebrating American art of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Noble Dreams & Simple Pleasures: American Masterworks from Minnesota ...More
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| Sotheby's Sale of Property from the Delmonico Collection of Important Judaica Achieves $7,721,438 |
NEW YORK, NY.- Today in New York, before a buoyant room of collectors who had travelled from around the world, Sotheby’s sale of Property from the Delmonico Collection of Important Judaica achieved $7,721,438, surpassing the presale estimate of $4.1 / 5.5 million*. The sale was 71% sold by lot and 92% sold by value....More
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| Kimberly Masteller Named First Jeanne McCray Beals Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum |
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has named Kimberly Masteller as its first Jeanne McCray Beals Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art. She joins the Museum in December, coming from the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University where she served as assistant curator of Islamic and Later...More
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| 2008 Emerging Architecture Prize Exhibition Opens at the Center for Architecture in Philadelphia |
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The inaugural competition winners of the Philadelphia Emerging Architecture Prize will be celebrated during December with a public exhibition. The exhibition will take place at AIA Philadelphia's Center for Architecture through January 12, 2009. The two winning firms this year, ISA (Interface Studio Architects LLC) and Qb3, were awarded the prize based on ...More
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