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| Mexico's INBA Celebrates Dolores Olmedo's 100th Anniversary with Important Exhibition |
The head of the Museos Frida Kahlo and son of Dolores Olmedo, Carlos Phillips Olmedo, presents the exhibition Dolores Olmedo: History of a Collection which opens at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. The exhibition will remember Dolores Olmedo as a collector on her 100th anniversary. Dolores Olmedo was the art collector who held the most amount of paintings made by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the world. Photo: EFE / Mario Guzmán.
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MEXICO CITY.- The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Institute of Fine Arts) will honor Dolores Olmedo on the centenary of her birth with the exhibition Dolores Olmedo: History of a Collection which will open at the Diego Rivera Hall in the Museo del Palacio de...More
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| Most Comprehensive Design Awards in the World Announces Shortlist |
LONDON.- What do the Big Brother logo, a school, Heathrow Terminal 5 Live Adverts and Obama’s campaign logo have in common?
They are all on the shortlist for the Brit Insurance Design Awards. Following the tremendous success of their inaugural year in 2008, Brit Insurance Design Awards...More
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| Hammer Museum to Open Erin Cosgrove's First Solo Museum Exhibition |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Erin Cosgrove’s epic animation, What Manner of Person Art Thou? (2008), follows Yoder and Troyer, the only survivors of two small Amish-like colonies in the Northwestern U.S., after a series of catastrophes and epidemics. The two set off on a journey to find any remaining relatives and begin dispensing violent justice on the evildoers of contemporary society; each ...More
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| Calder's Inventive Jewelry Featured in Metropolitan Museum Exhibition |
NEW YORK, NY.- American-born artist Alexander Calder (1898–1976) is celebrated for his mobiles, stabiles, paintings, and objets d'art. The landmark exhibition Calder Jewelry—to be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from December 9, 2008, through March 1, 2009—is the first ...More
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| Fine Autumn Scene By Severini to be Sold At Bonhams In A Simulcast Sale With New York |
LONDON.- An important early oil on canvas, Al solco by Gino Severini (1883-1966), one of the leading members of the Divisionist and the Futurist Movements, will be offered for sale in the Impressionism & Modern Art sale at Bonhams in New Bond Street, London on Thursday 11 December 2008. The work is estimated at ...More
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| 2008 Shimada Prize Winner Patricia Berger Presents Winning Publication |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The winner of the eighth biennial competition of the Shimada Prize for an outstanding publication on the history of East Asian art will be presented to Patricia Berger, Thursday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m., at the Freer's Meyer Auditorium, for her publication, "Empire of Emptiness: Buddhist Art and Political Authority in Qing China," published by the University of Hawai'i Press (2003). ...More
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| Thomas S. Michie to Join Museum of Fine Arts, Boston as Senior Curator |
BOSTON, MA.- Thomas S. Michie, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), has been named the Russell B. and Andrée Beauchamp Stearns Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture in the department of the Art of Europe at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ...More
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| The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards The RISD Museum of Art $1 Million Grant |
PROVIDENCE, RI.- A $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (The RISD Museum) will create an endowment to support a three-year postdoctoral curatorial fellowship in the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. The department occupies ...More
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| Eleven Reputable Male Artists Including D*Face and Blek Le Rat Raise Awareness of Prostate Cancer |
LONDON.- 1 in 11 men will get prostate cancer – an alarming statistic, and a largely unknown fact. To generate awareness of this, 11 internationally renowned urban artists have been commissioned to create works to be auctione as part of Bonhams’ Urban Art Auction on 24th February, with proceeds from the works going to The ...More
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| Wizard of Oz Descends on Miami Beach in Celebration of the Iconic Film's 70th Anniversary |
BURBANK, CA.- On the heels of unveiling The Wizard of Oz Ruby Slipper Collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City, Warner Bros. Consumer Products continued its 70th anniversary celebration of the classic film with The Inspirations of Oz Fine Art Collection. An acclaimed array of artists was among the chosen few selected to re-interpret The Wizard of Oz through their own...More
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| Tate Modern Opens Uhambo (The Journey) Exhibition by Nicholas Hlobo |
LONDON.- Nicholas Hlobo has developed a distinctive body of work, stitching and weaving disparate materials such as ribbon, rubber, gauze and leather to create seductively tactile sculptures and drawings. His works are richly layered, anchored in references to Xhosa culture and the experience of life in post-Apartheid South Africa, while reflecting upon themes of language and ...More
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| The Smithsonian Opens New State-of-the-Art Storage and Operations Facility |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Institution has consolidated and relocated three key collections storage and operations support spaces into a new facility called the Pennsy Collections and Support Center in Landover, Md. The center opened today, Dec. 5....More
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| Indianapolis Museum of Art Exhibition to Feature 50 Recently Donated Works of Contemporary Art |
INDIANAPLOIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art will open the exhibition Collected Thoughts: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, which will run December 12, 2008 to April 12, 2009 in the IMA's McCormack Forefront Galleries. The exhibition will showcase 50 works of contemporary art recently ...More
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| First Ladies at the Smithsonian Exhibition Opens at National Museum of American History |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open “First Ladies at the Smithsonian,” a display that showcases premier objects from the nearly century-old First Ladies Collection, on Friday, Dec. 19, as part of its reopening year celebration....More
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| Multimedia Guide Produced by NOUS as the First Museum Application in the App Store |
VIENNA.- Nous, Austria's most innovative multimedia guide provider, is developing a museum-guide for the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York based on Apple's iPod technology. This application will be the first museum application worldwide to be made available for download via the Apple App Store. The ...More
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| The Art Institute of Houston Announces Opening of Branch Campus |
HOUSTON, TX.- The Art Institute of Houston announced the opening of a branch campus: The Art Institute of Houston - North, which will hold its first day of classes on May 14, 2009. ...More
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| Celebrate African Drums and Drumming at the Baltimore Museum of Art |
BALTIMORE, MD.- Feel the beat at the BMA! Celebrate the art of drums and drumming at The Baltimore Museum of Art’s annual Kwanzaa Family Day on Sunday, December 21, from 1–5 p.m. Inspired by the sixth principle of Kwanzaa, Kuumba or creativity, the Kwanzaa Family Day features joyous musical experiences, dynamic performances...More
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