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| Best of Austria. An Art Collection Opens Today at Lentos Art Museum in Linz, Austria |
Egon Schiele, Double Portrait of Heinrich and Otto Benesch, 1913. Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz.
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LINZ.- Lentos Art Museum presents Best of Austria. An Art Collection, on view through May 10, 2009. How does the Cultural Capital of Europe end up with an art collection commensurate with that title? That's easy: it gathers a collection. A capital city - even if it is only for one year - needs an art collection that corresponds to this status and the concomitant responsibility to represent the country. Yet how should this collection be acquired, if not by theft? Since that is not an option, the Lentos Art Museum and Linz 09 have gathered together a collection by requesting generous assistance to enable the Capital of Culture to fulfill its role appropriately. The results is that Austria's most excellent works of art that are capable of being borrowed or transported at all will be gathered together in the Capital of Culture Linz. Over thirty Austrian museums and prestigious collections, galleries, foundations...More
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| Alexander Stoddart Announced as Her Majesty's Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland |
EDINBURGH.- Alexander Stoddart was announced as Her Majesty's Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland, one of only two posts for the arts in the Royal Household in Scotland. It is a lifetime appointment which recognises Mr Stoddart's outstanding contribution to Scotland's culture and demonstrates the high regard in which his work is held. Welcoming Her Majesty's approval of Scottish Ministers' recommendation Culture Minister Linda Fabiani said:...More
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| The Jewish Museum Recaptures The Brilliance of a Vanguard Theater, Cut Short |
NEW YORK, NY.- During the artistic ferment following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, major artists joined actors, choreographers, writers, and musicians in creating a daring new theater. This collaboration gave rise to extraordinary productions with highly original stage designs that redefined the concept of theater itself, attracting large, diverse audiences and garnering international critical ...More
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| Kunst Nu - Max Sudhues at Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst |
GHENT.- Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst presents Kunst Nu - Max Sudhues, on view through February 22, 2009. The installations created by Max Sudhues have an immediate charm because of their honesty and modesty. Observing his work means entering an environment that is both poetic and threatening, balancing on the verge of dreams and nightmares. In the tradition of the ‘collage’, he creates fantastic worlds where the original objects remain visible, ...More
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| Winter Antiques Show Celebrates Its 55th Year As America's Most Prestigious Antiques Show |
NEW YORK.- The Winter Antiques Show celebrates its 55th year as America's most prestigious antiques show, providing museums, established collectors, dealers, design professionals and first-time buyers with opportunities to see and purchase exceptional pieces showcased by 75 exhibitors. This year, new specialists in 20th century Scandinavian furniture, American and European 20th ...More
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| Van Gogh Museum Closes 2008 With Nearly 1.5 Million Visitors |
AMSTERDAM.- The Van Gogh Museum welcomed 1,470,000 visitors in 2008. In addition to the permanent collection, the exhibitions John Everett Millais and 125 Favourites: Acquired with the support of the Rembrandt Association proved to be major attractions. The latter exhibition (which runs until 18 January 2009) was particularly popular among Dutch visitors. Visitors - The Van Gogh Museum attracts a distinctively youthful public. Around ...More
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| Per Hüttner Exhibition On View at Abecita Konstmuseum |
BORÅS, SWEDEN.- Abecita Konstmuseum presents a solo exhibition by Per Hüttner. The exhibition is the third incarnation of the artist’s ongoing project Democracy and Desire, where the content changes drastically for each venue where it is shown. It started as a photographic exhibition in Madrid in November 2006 and each photograph was accompanied by a drawing when it was shown in Stockholm in 2007....More
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| Art Museum Display Recalls Golden Age of Mapmaking |
MYRTLE BEACH, SC.- Following the discovery of the New World in the 15th century, European mapmakers scrambled to document and map the new territories, using centuries-old technology. In contrast to today’s mass-produced, utilitarian maps, early European cartographers recruited renowned painters and miniaturists of their times who created maps that were truly works of art, richly colored and intricately decorated. ...More
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| The Hammer Museum Presents Oranges and Sardines: Conversations on Abstract Painting |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Oranges and Sardines examines art through the eyes and minds of artists and is a testament to the persistence of the visual art object, particularly abstract painting. In this exhibition six contemporary abstract painters— Mark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, Mary Heilmann, Amy Sillman, Charline von Heyl, and Christopher Wool— were asked to select one or two of their recent paintings to be shown alongside works by other artists who have ...More
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| Chris Dorosz' Life-Size Installation Floats New View of Sculpture |
SAN JOSE, CA.- The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is excited to present The Painted Room, a visually stimulating installation by San Francisco-based artist, Chris Dorosz. The exhibition runs through January 10th, 2009 in the ICA’s Focus Gallery. The Painted Room creates the illusion of a life-size living room suspended in space that oscillates between representation and abstraction. Comprised of colorful ...More
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| Ulrich Lamsfub - Spielen & Wachsen at Galerie Max Hetzler |
BERLIN.- Galerie Max Hetzler presents an exhibition of new works by Ulrich Lamsfuß. The Berlin-based artist Ulrich Lamsfuß reproduces in his paintings images found in a wide variety of media such as National Geographic, travel and fashion magazines, cinema or art related publications. Working his way across a feint pencil grid with a meticulous precision, his paintings contrast the sources on which they are based, momentary snapshots captured in a ...More
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| City of Sydney Plans to Encourage Artists |
SYDNEY.- More than a dozen inner city venues could be given over to Sydney's artists under a City of Sydney plan to be considered by Council on Monday 15 December. Six sites in the City Centre and inner city suburbs could be made available for artist studios, rehearsal spaces and galleries by the end of 2009, with a further seven to be developed in the future. Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP said the City is committed to supporting Sydney's...More
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| Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Appoints New Curator |
By Liam Otten Karen Butler, Ph.D., has been appointed assistant curator for collections at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. The appointment is effective January 2, 2009. Butler is currently the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Matisse Studies at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA, where she also serves as an adjunct lecturer in art history at the University of Pennsylvania. Her primary research ...More
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| Jenny Morgan: Abrasions Opens at Like the Spice |
NEW YORK.- Like the Spice presents Jenny Morgan: Abrasions, a selection of the artist's recent figurative oil paintings, the artist's first solo show at Like the Spice and in New York. In her tensely psychological portraits, all depicting people close to the artist, Jenny Morgan scrapes and sands away the top layers of paint creating wounds that are at once repellant, humanizing and technically masterful. Like drilling down to the ...More
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| Yoko Ono, William Wegman and Pablo Cano Donate Art |
MIAMI BEACH, FL.- ArtCenter/South Florida ("ACSF") proudly partners with curator and artist Carolina Salazar to present Love Cures, a contemporary charity art auction exhibition benefiting the advancement of neuroblastoma research. Fifty emerging and established artists including Yoko Ono, William Wegman, Elizabeth Peyton, Carlos Betancourt, Pablo Cano and Michele OkaDoner ...More
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