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Paris 100 Years Ago: From the Petit Palais Collection on View at Cajacirculo in Spain
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Image of three paintings at the exhibition "París 100 Years Ago", Collection from the Petit Palais in Geneva, which opened this weekend in Burgos, in the CajaCirculo exhibition space. Photo: EFE/Santi Otero.

BURGOS.- The exhibition, which comes from the Petit Palais in Geneva, has the purpose of showing how life was lived in Paris one Century ago, coinciding with the opening of Cajacirculo in the city. The show offers the possibility to citizens of Burgos, who have not had the opportunity to get to know the French capital. The exhibition will also have guides that will show visitors to understand ...More

Exhibition of Degas Contemporaries Opens at the National Gallery of Australia
CANBERRA.- Degas’ world: the rage for change, a complementary exhibition to the international blockbuster Degas: master of French art, opens today at the National Gallery of Australia. The exhibition showcases Edgar Degas’ contemporaries and the world that they inhabited, a world in the throes of social and economic change....More

Wexner Center and SFMOMA to Present First U.S. Retrospective of the Work of Luc Tuymans
COLUMBUS, OH.- The first U.S. retrospective of the work of Belgian contemporary artist Luc Tuymans—and the most comprehensive presentation of the his work to date—will debut at the Wexner Center for the Arts, in Columbus, Ohio (September 17, 2009 to January 3, 2010). Jointly organized by the Wexner Center and the San
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Austin Museum of Art Announces Clifford Ross Photography: Outside Realism
AUSTIN, TX.- The Austin Museum of Art (AMOA) presents Clifford Ross Photography: Outside Realism. Ross’ epic photography exposes both the peaceful and chaotic qualities of nature through both realistic and abstract realms. Twenty-one black and white and color photographs range from notebook to billboard-sized...More

Canada's Only Stop: Prized Surrealist Art at the AGO this Summer
TORONTO.- This summer, reality will be suspended at the Art Gallery of Ontario as it welcomes Surreal Things, an innovative exhibition organized by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. A Canadian exclusive which runs May 9 to August 30, 2009, this is the first exhibition to examine the influence of Surrealism on the world of ...More

Meadows Museum Opens Most Comprehensive Exhibition of Etruscan Art Ever Shown in U.S.
DALLAS, TX.- The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University will present From the Temple and the Tomb: Etruscan Treasures from Tuscany, the most comprehensive exhibition of Etruscan art ever undertaken in the U.S., from January 25 to May 17, 2009. More than 400 objects spanning the 9th through 2nd ...More

A Tapestry of Memories: The Art of Dinh Q. Le at Tufts University Art Gallery
MEDFORD, MA.- A Tapestry of Memories: The Art of Dinh Q. Lê is the first major survey of the work of the Vietnamese-American artist. Born in Vietnam in 1968, Lê escaped his hometown Ha Tien in 1977 following its invasion by the Khmer Rouge. In 1979, at age eleven, Lê emigrated with his family from Thailand to Los Angeles. There, he went on to study at the University of California, Santa ...More

Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis Presents The Front Room: Short Exhibitions by Artists and Others
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis opens a new season of The Front Room. Running alongside the Main Galleries, The Front Room operates at a different rhythm, with exhibitions lasting anywhere from a day to a few weeks. These reactive, nimble, provisional, and experimental exhibitions test the ...More

Princeton University Museum Opens Mini Masters Exhibition Showcasing Works of its Young Visitors
PRINCETON, NJ.- The Princeton University Art Museum is pleased to present Mini Masters, an exhibition featuring art by children of all ages, from Thursday, January 29 through Sunday, February 1, 2009. Comprising more than one hundred works, Mini Masters celebrates the creativity and artistic expression of the museum’s ...More

Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry to Present Creative Traditions of South Asia
COVENTRY.- Experience the creative traditions and cultures of South Asia through a fantastic range of FREE events hosted over two months at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry. ...More

MCA Denver Presents La Montaña by Artist-in-Residence Ana Maria Hernando in the Project Gallery
DENVER, CO.- MCA Denver announced the opening of Ana María Hernando’s installation La Montaña in the Project Gallery. The exhibition opens January 27, 2009 and runs through April 19, 2009. A public reception will be held on Friday, January 30 from 6-10pm. This exhibition was curated through an ...More

Tyler Museum of Art Extends Run of Exhibition Through March 1
TYLER, TX.- The Tyler Museum of Art is extending the run of the exhibition The Elegant House: Paintings & Decorative Art from the Graham Williford Collection through March 1, TMA Director Kimberley Bush Tomio announced. ...More

Work by Sol LeWitt to be Exhibited at Tate Liverpool as Part of Artist Rooms
LONDON.- Throughout 2009, 18 museums and galleries across the UK will be showing over 30 ARTIST ROOMS from the collection created by the dealer and collector, Anthony d’Offay, and acquired by the nation in February 2008. This is the first time a national collection has been shared and shown simultaneously across the UK, and has only been made possible through the exceptional ...More

Cordova/Jackson Collaboration Opens at the Fleming Museum
BURLINGTON, VT.- Words and images meld into a singular, unique experience this spring at the Fleming Museum when visual artist William Cordova and poet Major Jackson are brought together for the first time in the provocative new exhibition,More than Bilingual: William Cordova/Major Jackson....More

Saint Louis Art Museum to Offer Chinese Audio Tours for Ming Exhibition
SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum will provide audio tours in Mandarin Chinese for the upcoming exhibition, Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty, the first exhibition of its kind to focus on the art from China's Ming dynasty (1368–1644)....More

Rockwell Kent Exhibit Extended to July at New York State Museum
ALBANY, NY.- The closing date for Rockwell Kent: This is My Own, the latest exhibition in the Bank of America's Great Art Series, has been extended to July 5.

On view in the Museum's West Gallery, the exhibition is the 20th installment of the ...More

Walker Art Center Presents Visionary Composer/Trumpeter Jon Hassell and Maarifa Street
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- Björk, Bono, DiFranco, Townsend, Basquiat, and Glass have raved about Jon Hassell, the master innovator and visionary creator of what he calls "worldly music"—a mysterious hybrid of ancient and digital, composed and improvised, Eastern and Western. On his first U.S. tour in 20 years, composer/trumpeter Hassell, with his band Maarifa Street, performs at the ...More

Museum Receives Major Gifts of Works of Art in Memory of Late Director Anne d'Harnoncourt
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art has received major works of art as gifts in honor of the late Anne d'Harnoncourt, the Museum's Director from 1982 until her death in June 2008. Among these gifts are remarkable paintings by Gilbert Stuart, Georges Seurat, and Frank Stella; an important drawing by Claes ...More

The American Institute of Architects select Six Recipients of the 2009 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement
WASHINGTON, DC.- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the recipients of the 2009 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement. The award, to be presented at the 2009 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in San Francisco, recognizes and encourages distinguished achievements of allied ...More

Fallen Fruit Makes its San Diego Debut at Museum of Contemporary Art
SAN DIEGO, CA.- On Thursday, February 5, 2009, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's monthly TNT (Thursday Night Thing) event, the Museum will join forces with Fallen Fruit, a Los Angeles-based activist art project. Using fruit as their lens, the collective investigates urban space, ideas of neighborhood, and new ...More

The Columbia Museum of Art Elects Two New Board Members
COLUMBIA, SC.- The Columbia Museum of Art Board of Trustees is pleased to announce Kay Bachmann, a USC law professor, Museum donor and art collector, and Luther Battiste, former Museum board member and an active community member, have been nominated and elected to serve on the Museum's board. Both ...More

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