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| Royal Collection Displays Major Works Given by Early Members to the Collection |
W.P. Frith, RA, Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881. Oil on canvas, 1883 (Collection: Pope Family Trust). Copyright Christies Image Limited.
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LONDON.- History painting was regarded as the pinnacle of High Art and strongly promoted by Sir Joshua Reynolds above other genres such as portraiture, landscape and still life. This new display includes major works given by early Members of the Royal Academy to the Collection including biblical subjects by Benjamin West, John...More
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| Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents Highlights from the Museum's Collection |
WASHINGTON, DC.- “Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum” is the first in a series of special installations that celebrate the extraordinary variety and accomplishment of American artists’ works on paper. These 40 exceptional watercolors, pastels and drawings from the early 19th ...More
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| Robert Lebeck: Photographs 1955-2005 on View at Martin Gropius Bau |
BERLIN.- The Martin-Gropius-Bau is devoting a major exhibition to the work of the German photo reporter Robert Lebeck, who photographed for Revue, Kristall and Stern and was editor-in-chief of GEO magazine. He achieved fame with his feature Africa in the Year Zero (1960). The photo of a young African snatching...More
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| Leandro Erlich: Swimming Pool on View at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center |
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents Leandro Erlich: Swimming Pool, an extraordinary and visually confounding installation by the Argentine artist Leandro Erlich. Leandro Erlich: Swimming Pool will be on view in P.S.1’s unique, double-height Duplex gallery through April 13, 2009....More
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| Kunsthalle Fridericianum to Open Rirkrit Tiravanija: Less Oil More Courage |
KASSEL.- “Some years ago I received an invitation card in the mail from a gallery in New York, (Matthew Marks); it was an invitation to an exhibition by a young artist by the name of Peter Cain. Peter was a painter known for his anamorphic splicing of cars; they were coolly painted with the brushes of oil paint thickly applied to canvas. They were the marks of a realist (almost graphic) with ...More
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| Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and Fundación Caja Madrid to Present the Shadow |
MADRID.- Opening on 10 February 2009, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and Fundación Caja Madrid are presenting The Shadow, the first major exhibition on the depiction of projected shadow in western art. It brings ...More
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| SFMOMA to Present Premiere of William Kentridge: Five Themes |
SAN FRANCISCO.- William Kentridge: Five Themes, a comprehensive survey of the contemporary South African artist's work, will premiere at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) on March 14, 2009. Featuring more than 75 works in a range of media—including animated films, drawings, prints, theater models, sculptures, ...More
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| Sotheby's to Sell Historic Weathervane in January 2009 Sale of Important Americana |
NEW YORK, NY.- On January 24, 2009 Sotheby’s will offer in its sale of Important Americana the most important, and perhaps the earliest, weathervane to appear on the auction market in recent history, A Rare and Important Molded Copper Fireman “Old Jake” Weathervane Made for the Union ...More
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| Alte Pinakothek to Open the Paintings of Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz |
MUNICH.- The collection of paintings amassed by Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz (1658–1716) at the beginning of the 18th century in his residence in Düsseldorf was one of the most important of its kind in Europe. In less than 40 years, one of the first major collections of Netherlandish Baroque painting outside Holland and Flanders was assembled....More
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| Creator of the United Nations Logo, Oliver Lincoln Lundquist, Dead at 92 |
NEW YORK, NY.- Oliver Lincoln Lundquist (September 20, 1916 — December 28, 2008) was an American designer and architect, best known for leading the team which designed the prototype emblem which became the United Nations' logo, and for designing the well-known blue and white Q-Tip box. ...More
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| Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities |
MADISON, WI.- Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities offers a visual feast of exquisite and rare costumes and jewelry from fifteen ethnic groups and nearly one hundred subgroups living in southwest China. These five hundred splendidly woven and embroidered textiles and costume pieces represent work of the finest quality and historic significance. Three ...More
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| Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool on View at Studio Museum in Harlem |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem is proud to present Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, the first career retrospective of the renowned American artist. Hendricks (b. 1945) is best known for his life-size portraits of people of color from the urban northeast in the 1960s and 70s. His bold portrayals...More
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| Hudson River Museum Announces Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture |
YONKERS, NY.- The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, will mark the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage to the New World with the exhibition Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture, June 9, 2009 through January 10, 2010. The exhibition and its accompanying publication will explore the Dutch ...More
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| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Honors Louis B. Sloan with Exhibition |
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Louis B. Sloan (1932-2008) was a prominent figure in the Philadelphia art community. An alumnus of Fleisher Art School and PAFA, Sloan taught still-life, landscape, portrait and figure painting classes at PAFA from 1962-1997. Sloan worked in the conservation department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1961-1980. ...More
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| National Museum of the American Indian Hosts Multicultural Festival as Part of Inaugural Events |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian will host "Out of Many: A Multicultural Festival of Music, Dance and Story" from Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, through Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. The three-day program to commemorate the inauguration of Barack Obama will feature daily ...More
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| Color & Light: Embroidery from India and Pakistan at Rubin Museum of Art |
NEW YORK, NY.- This winter, the Rubin Museum of Art presents stunning examples of embroidery from India and Pakistan, areas long known for their beautiful and diverse textiles. Color & Light: Embroidery from India and Pakistan is organized by the Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto (TMC) and is drawn entirely from ...More
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| Muskegon Museum of Art Presents Robert Sabuda: Travels in Time and Space |
MUSKEGON, MI.- Michigan native Robert Sabuda is highly regarded as the wizard of pop-up engineering, and his mastery of the technique fascinates children and adults alike. Travels in Time and Space highlights Sabuda's original pop-up artwork, mock-ups, and illustrations from many of his multifaceted books, including The12 Days of Christmas (1995), Arthur and the Sword (1996) and The ...More
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| Barbican Art Gallery New Curve Art Series by Peter Coffin in February |
LONDON.- The latest installation to be commissioned as part of the Curve Art series is by New York- based artist Peter Coffin. In his installations, sculptures, photography and videos, Coffin examines our knowledge and interpretation of the world with curiosity and wit. Coffin is particularly intrigued by things he does not understand and borrows from art history, science, mysticism ...More
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| Faith and Love: Picturing the Bible From Raphael To El Greco at the Bowes Museum |
COUNTY DURHAM.- A prestigious exhibition exploring many of the most popular Bible stories visualized by Western artists and craftsmen opened at The Bowes Museum....More
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| Dulwich Picture Gallery Wants to Rescue Two Paintings |
LONDON.- This is a plea from the gallery to rescue two significant paintings which are in desperate need of conservation. An astonishing story: Saint Cecilia (formerly attributed to Annibale Carracci) and Venus and Adonis (once thought to be by Titian) have recently been uncovered from storage having disappeared from public view when the gallery re-opened after World War II. It ...More
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