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Home   Hudson River School Paintings from the Grey Collection at the Nassau County Museum of Art George Inness, Sunset, ca. 1878-1879. Oil on canvas 10 x 15 inches. The Grey Collection, Brookville, New York. ROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- On the anniversary of the 400th year since Henry Hudson’s exploration of what came to be called the Hudson River, Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) presents Poetic Journey: Hudson River School Paintings from the Grey Collection, an exhibition based the extraordinary holdings of Long Island art ...More Rare Finds from Private Collections to Highlight Christie's Old Master Paintings Sale in New York NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced details of its upcoming Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture sale on January 28, 2009. The sale of over 200 items brings together a remarkable selection of artwork from the leading masters of European art, including a number of rare, privatelysourced, ...More National Portrait Gallery in UK Announces Constable Portraits: The Painter and his Circle LONDON.- John Constable (1776-1837) is recognised as a landscape painter of profound originality and popularity and yet his portraits are often overlooked. Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle, opening 5 March 2009 at the National Portrait Gallery, will be the first exhibition dedicated to Constable's portraits and the ...More 50th Anniversary Celebration of Iconic Book of Photographs Premieres at National Gallery WASHINGTON, DC.- The 50th anniversary of a groundbreaking publication will be celebrated in the nation’s capital with the exhibition Looking In: Robert Frank’s "The Americans", premiering January 18 through April 26, 2009, in the National Gallery of Art’s West Building ground floor galleries. In 1955 and 1956, the Swiss-born American ...More German Historical Museum Opens The German Language Exhibition BERLIN.- German is the mother tongue of approx. 110 million people and belongs to the Indo-Germanic language group. It is a relatively young language and is described in sources from the Early Middle Ages as the „language of the people”. The German vernacular gained greater importance through the Reformation and the invention of printing, which promoted the development of ...More Klara Lidén's Multi-media Based Installations on View at Kunsthalle Fridericianum KASSEL.- The artistic work of Klara Lidén can be described as a strong and cheeky conglomerate of energy, activism, liveliness, instinct, but also of acrimony, disappointment and worry – constantly in search of breaking with the social conventions. No matter if she is performing or working actionistically with room structures, installations or video, she always knows how ...More Cantor Arts Center at Stanford Opens Exhibition Pop to Present: Art of the 1960s STANFORD, CA.- The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces “Pop to Present,” March 18-August 16, 2009, the third in a yearlong series of exhibitions highlighting the museum's acquisitions from the past decade. This lively selection of modern and contemporary works - in particular American art made since the...More Jasper Johns: Light Bulb Opens at Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego SAN DIEGO, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents Jasper Johns: Light Bulb, on view January 18 through May 10, 2009. A traveling exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Jasper Johns: Light Bulb focuses on Johns’s first sculpture, Light Bulb I (1958), a recent gift to MCASD. ...More LACMA Presents First U.S. Exhibition of Contemporary Korean Art in Nearly Two Decades LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents the first major museum exhibition in the continental United States in almost two decades to focus on contemporary art from South Korea. Organized by LACMA and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Your Bright Future: 12 ...More Nasher Museum of Art at Duke Presents Contemporary Art from Mexico City DURHAM, NC.- An exhibition of recent work by artists living and working in Mexico City opened at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. The young generation of artists in “Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from ...More Hudson River Museum Organizes Sceening of Brick by Brick, A Civil Rights Story YONKERS, NY.- Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story, a one-hour documentary about an American community, Yonkers, and its citizens in pursuit of civil rights will be screened January 24 at 2 pm at Yonkers’ Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin Plaza. The program, co-sponsored by the Hudson River Museum and the Yonkers Public Library, will ...More Body Image: American Art and the Human Forms at the Birmingham Museum of Art BIRMINGHAM, AL.- The Birmingham Museum of Art will present Body Image: American Art and the Human Form, through May 9, 2009. This exhibition explores the ways American artists have represented the human body in a variety of mediums, and features 28 drawings, prints, photographs, and bronzes dating from ...More Wexner Center Now Accepting Entries for the 14th Annual Ohio Short Film & Video Showcase COLUMBUS, OH.- The Wexner Center is now accepting entries for the 14th annual Ohio Short Film & Video Showcase. The popular showcase provides Ohio’s independent media artists a chance to show their work in a theatrical setting before an audience. Last year’s crowd witnessed 18 short works by artists from ...More Saint Louis Art Museum Announces Sounds From the Collection Series SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum continues its Sounds from the Collection series with a free performance January 25 at 2:00 pm in Grigg Gallery. This popular chamber music program features members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, performing works inspired by the Museum's collections. ...More George Eastman House Fills Conservatory with Flowers Feb. 6-21 ROCHESTER, NY.- George Eastman House presents virtual springtime, with the 15th annual exhibition The Dutch Connection: George Eastman's Conservatory in Winter Bloom, on view Friday, Feb. 6 through Saturday, Feb. 21. This colorful, interpretive exhibition will feature thousands of flowering bulbs, re-creating ...More Anacostia Community Museum's 24th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Program Focuses on Latinos and Civil Rights WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum presents Baldemar Velásquez, founder and director of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, as the featured speaker for the museum's 24th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Program being held Thursday, Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. Velásquez will speak on the ...More Arts and Culture Industries Can Play Role in State Economic Development WASHINGTON, DC.- Fostering the arts and culture sector has played a vital role in state economic development, according to a new report from the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center)....More Former Buddhist Temple Constructed in 1925 Will Undergo Major Refurbishment LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Japanese American National Museum announced that the windows in its Historic Building, the former Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, will be refurbished, thanks to a grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation....More The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum in Association with the Gibbes Museum of Art Announces 2009 Program CHARLESTON, SC.- The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum will be held Wednesday, March 18 through Sunday, March 22, 2009. A major component of Charleston's celebrated "Antiques Week," the 2009 Forum will examine urban and rural America before 1860 through its material culture in a program entitled Town and Country: Life in Early America. Leading scholars will illuminate architecture...More Art After 5 Heats Up Friday Night with Live Jazz and World Music Performances PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The New Year brings a new reason to celebrate every Friday night at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where Art After 5 brings the top names in jazz and international music to the Museum’s elegant Great Stair Hall. Each Friday evening the space becomes a lively concert hall, with table service, ...More The Garden of Eden: 20th Anniversary of Art Blooms at the Walters, March 5-8 BALTIMORE, MD.- The Women's Committee of the Walters Art Museum will host The Garden of Eden: The 20th Anniversary of Art Blooms, Thursday, March 5–Sunday, March 8, 2009. During this annual event, more than 30 area garden clubs will present their floral arrangements, which interpret artworks in the Medieval and...More Field Museum Presents Photos by Florian Schulz in Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam CHICAGO, IL.- Trek through the Rockies with award-winning nature photographer Florian Schulz, and discover the ambitious efforts to preserve one of the last, largely intact mountain ecosystems left in the world– the vast area from Yellowstone National Park to Canada's Yukon Territory. ...More