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| 100 Masterdrawings from New York: Munich Plays Host to The Morgan Library & Museum |
Honoré Daumier, Two Lawyers Conversing, about 1862. Black chalk, stumping, with gouache in white and gray, and pale pink, yellow and brown watercolour © The Pierpont Morgan Library.
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MUNICH.- One hundred of the finest examples of draftsmanship from the permanent collection of The Morgan Library & Museum are on view at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. This exhibition has provided an exciting opportunity for the Morgan to collaborate with one of the...More
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| Important Salvador Dali Fine Sculpture for Sale at Bonhams |
LONDON.- An important collection of forty-four first edition sculptures modelled by Salvador Dalí will be offered for sale at Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art sale in New Bond Street on Thursday 11 December 2008. Dalí created the works in the sunshine of Port Lligat in Spain, where he and his wife Gala spent...More
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| Victoria & Albert Museum Opens Magnificence of the Tsars |
LONDON.- A display of rare and lavishly decorated costumes and uniforms worn by the Tsars and court officials of Imperial Russia, most of which have never been exhibited before either in Russia or abroad, will be shown for the first time at the V&A this winter as part of an exchange between the V&A and the Moscow Kremlin ...More
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| Hans Arp: Line and Form. A Presentation of Works from the Collection |
HANOVER.- The Sprengel Museum presents works in the museum's collection by Hans Arp under the title “Form and Line“ in the gallery devoted to works on paper. Arp (1886-1966) was a painter, sculptor and poet, co-founder of the Dadaist movement as well as ...More
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| Kunsthalle Dusseldorf Presents Reiner Ruthenbeck Restrospective |
DUSSELDORF.- The Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and the Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg are staging a retrospective exhibition of works by the sculptor Reiner Ruthenbeck....More
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| Exceptionally High Quality at Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 |
MIAMI, FL.- The seventh edition of Art Basel Miami Beach closed on Sunday, December 7, 2008. More than 250 galleries from 33 countries exhibited works by over 2,000 artists. With a program of special exhibitions, performances, panel discussions, visits to private collections, and ...More
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| Celebrating Kyoto: Modern Arts from Boston's Sister City at Boston's MFA |
BOSTON, MA.- Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Boston-Kyoto Sister City relationship at this vibrant exhibition focusing on contemporary ceramics and prints created by artists in Kyoto and the surrounding Kansai region. Included are ceramics on loan from private collections, including the magnificent porcelain vase above, Vertical Flower (2007) by Sakurai Yasuko, and ceramics ...More
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| Serpentine Gallery Presents Major Exhibition: Indian Highway |
LONDON.- The Serpentine Gallery presents Indian Highway, a major exhibition and events programme both at the Serpentine Gallery and off-site that spans art, architecture, film, literature, performance and dance, giving a snapshot of a vibrant generation of artists working in India today. The exhibition is ...More
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| Marc Mayer Becomes the New Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada |
OTTAWA.- Marc Mayer has been named Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada effective January 19, 2009.
Following a competitive search across North America and abroad, the National ...More
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| Actions: What You Can Do With the City at the Canadian Centre for Architecture |
MONTREAL.- The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) presents the exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City, an exhibition with 99 actions that instigate positive change in contemporary cities around the world. Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed ...More
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| Urban Stories: X Baltic Triennial of International Art |
VILNIUS.- The Baltic Triennial of International Art being the largest exhibition staged at the Contemporary Art Centre, is launching the tenth edition this December in a series of introductory events featuring stories by the Triennial ...More
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| Fuller Craft Museum Presents the Sixth Sense: Contemporary Jewelry from Korea |
BROCKTON, MA.- Fuller Craft Museum presents The Sixth Sense: Contemporary Jewelry from Korea from Jan. 31 through July 26, 2009. Organized by Fuller Craft Museum and curated by celebrated international artist, Kiwon Wang, this exhibition will highlight new work by contemporary Korean jewelry ...More
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| American Folk Art Museum Kicks Off the Annual American Antiques Show with Its American Gala |
NEW YORK, NY.- Celebrate the “Best of America” on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at the all-American opening night gala for the American Antiques Show, which will take place January 22-25, 2009, during New York City ’s Americana Week. ...More
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| Daniel Joseph Martinez Exhibits the west bank is missing, i am not dead, am i at The Amie and Tony James Gallery |
NEW YORK, NY.- People "Weekly," the inaugural exhibition of the CUNY Graduate Center's Amie and Tony James Gallery, is a sequential group show comprising six specially commissioned artist projects and a small "exhibition-within-the exhibition" curated by gallery director, Linda Norden. ...More
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| Brooklyn Museum Launches New Socially-Networked Membership at January Target First Saturday |
BROOKLYN, NY.- A first-of-its-kind new socially networked Membership tier has been created at the Brooklyn Museum and will debut on January 3, 2009 at Target First Saturdays. The program, known as 1stfans, will offer paperless benefits through the social networks Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter, as well as...More
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| Artist Set To Sell First Painting for $1 Million On eBay |
SYDNEY.- It what will set a precedent for the highest amount paid for an emerging artists' first painting, with the successful auction of his work of art on eBay, Sydney based abstract artist Greg Gillespie hopes to raise more than just a few eyebrows around the globe. ...More
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| August Sander - Limited-Edition Art Prints |
COLOGNE.- Since acquiring the August Sander Archive in 1992, Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur now holds the largest collection worldwide of the photographer's work. At the close of 2008 they will publish six images from his oeuvre in the form of limited-edition art prints - 150 copies each in two sizes....More
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| Casting the Plaza Hotel: Reviving the Art of Ironwork |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Plaza, the storied New York hotel that first opened 101 years ago, showcased the finest craftsmanship of its time. Decorative ironwork was a signature feature of the construction, inside and out. Now, as The Plaza reopens after major renovations, the crafted ironwork is again a significant attribute thanks to the work of ...More
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| School of Visual Arts in New York Announces Social Documentary Film Program |
NEW YORK, NY.- Documentary films have helped shape our history and, more importantly, the stories we tell about ourselves. This program guides and supports emerging artists to fully explore the social documentary film form and, in so doing, to find innovative ways to examine and communicate the core experiences that define us. With the advent of digital filmmaking, the Internet and ...More
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