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Home   LACMA Features First U.S. Exhibition to Examine Art Developed During the Cold War Wolf Vostell, Coca-Cola, 1961. De-collage, paper on Masonite 82 5/8 X 122 in. Museum Ludwig, Cologne. © 2008 Estate of Wolf Vostell / Artists Rights Society, New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Photo ©Museum Ludwig, Cologne. LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures (on view January 25 to April 19, 2009), the first major exhibition in the United States to examine the range of art created during the Cold War. Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures continues LACMA’s ...More Hannes Schüpbach: Stills and Movies on View at Kunsthalle Basel BASEL.- Swiss artist Hannes Schüpbach is having his first large solo exhibition in an institutional context at Kunsthalle Basel. Schüpbach is a filmmaker, painter, performance artist, and curator of film programs. In Stills and Movies, he is presenting for the first time a combination of his painted and cinematic oeuvres. ...More Promised Gift of American Ceramics Transforms Metropolitan Museum's Art Pottery Collection NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art has accepted the promised gift of 250 exceptional examples of American art pottery from the collector Robert A. Ellison Jr., it was announced at a meeting of the Museum's Board of Trustees today. The collection—which spans the years 1876 through 1956 and represents all...More Visual Encounters - Africa, Oceania and Modern Art at Fondation Beyeler BASEL.- For the first time, works of art from Africa and Oceania occupy the center of a Fondation Beyeler exhibition. The presentation is based on the small but exquisite group of sculptures brought together by Ernst Beyeler for ...More Musee du Quay Branly Announces The Jazz Century Exhibition PARIS.- Jazz, along with cinema and rock music, constitutes one of the major artistic developments of the 20th century. Born at the beginning of that century, this musical hybrid marked every aspect of world culture with its sounds and rhythms. More than a simple musical genre, jazz not only revolutionized music but also introduced a new way of life in 20th century society, which has deeply...More Meadows Museum Presents New Light on the Etruscans: Fifteen Years of Excavation DALLAS, TX.- The vast majority of Etruscan art has come from tombs and cemeteries, and until the 1960s and 1970s excavation of Etruscan settlements, where citizens conducted their daily activities, was virtually unheard of. In recent years, the picture of Etruscan society has been broadened by a new generation of archaeological projects that explore the full range of Etruscan life. ...More Snite Museum of Art in Notre Dame Opens Lola Alvarez Bravo Exhibition SOUTH BEND, IN.- The Snite Museum of Art opens the photography exhibition Lola Alvarez Bravo that will be on display in the O'Shaughnessy West Gallery from January 25 until March 15, 2009. Aperture, a not-for-profit organization devoted to photography and the visual arts, has organized this traveling exhibition and...More Patti Smith on Film and in Conversation at the Block Museum of Art EVANSTON, IL.- Legendary musician, poet, artist, and activist Patti Smith will attend a Block Cinema screening of the new documentary Patti Smith: Dream of Life at 8 pm on Friday, January 30. Smith and the film's director, photographer Steven Sebring, will participate in a post-film conversation with Jim ...More LandFall, New Work Exploring the Atlantic Ocean, at Museum of London Docklands LONDON.- LandFall, an exhibition of new work exploring the Atlantic Ocean as natural phenomenon, transporter of dreams and peoples, opens at Museum of London Docklands on 6 February 2009. The work includes painting, collage, sculpture, textiles, music and poetry and disentangles the complex relationships ...More Whitney Museum of American Art Presents Elad Lassry: Three Films NEW YORK, NY.- This winter, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the first solo New York museum exhibition of the work of Elad Lassry, a Los Angeles–based artist who works in photography and film. Curated by senior curatorial assistant Gary Carrion-Murayari, Elad Lassry: Three Films opens January 22, in the second-...More Saint Louis Art Museum Announces Action/Abstraction AICA Award ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum is pleased to announce that Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976, curator Norman L. Kleeblatt and consulting curators Charlotte Eyerman, Maurice Berger and Douglas Dreishpoon, have won the award for Best Thematic Museum Show in ...More Foam Presents Jury of the KLM Paul Huf Award 2009 AMSTERDAM.- Foam announced the members of the jury for the KLM Paul Huf Award 2009 organised by Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. Willis Hartshorn, Clive Kellner, Mariko Takeuchi, Julien Frydman and Julliette Jongma will meet on 12 and 13 March to select the winner of the KLM Paul Huf Award 2009 from a selection of about 100 ...More University of Iowa Museum of Art Collection will Return to Home State DAVENPORT, IA.- An intra-state alliance will soon bring the University of Iowa Museum of Art's (UIMA) collection back to Iowa. The Figge Art Museum, Iowa's oldest art museum, has offered the UIMA significant ...More Three Architects Selected to Receive the 2009 AIA Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture WASHINGTON, DC.- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected Philip Freelon, FAIA, LEED-AP, Roger Boothe, AIA, and Donald Stastny, FAIA, to receive the 2009 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. This year's award recipients will be honored and receive their awards at the 2009 AIA National ...More Glass Artist Therman Statom, 2009 Alain Locke Award Recipient, to Speak at Detroit Institute of Arts Feb. 8 DETROIT, MI.- Therman Statom's contributions to the field of contemporary art have earned him the Alain Locke International Art Award for 2009, awarded by the Friends of African and African American Art, a Detroit Institute of Arts auxiliary. Prior to the ceremony at the museum, the innovative glass artist will discuss his ...More Hyde Collection to Host Exclusive Trip to France GLENS FALLS, NY.- The Hyde Collection will host an exclusive tour of Paris and northern France in spring of 2009 as a precursor to Degas & Music, a one-time exhibition of the music-inspired works by French Impressionist Edgar Degas. ...More The Institute of Contemporary Art Announces Andrew Witkin as the Winner of the James and Audrey Foster Prize BOSTON, MA.- Boston artist Andrew Witkin is the winner of the 2008 James and Audrey Foster Prize, the Institute of Contemporary Art announced. This biennial award recognizing a Boston-area artist of exceptional promise includes a $25,000 prize an d an opportunity for the finalists to present their work in an exhibition at ...More Artists Invited to Participate in Face-off Competition COLUMBIA, SC.- About Face, artists' group and Columbia Museum of Art membership affiliate group, hosts their fifth annual Face-Off on Saturday, February 7 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The competition randomly pairs artists who capture each other's portraits through the medium of their choice. The public ...More Carnegie Museums Sets Admissions Record PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh set a new record for annual admissions at its four museums. More than 1.185 million people visited Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History in Oakland, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum in 2008, surpassing the previous 2001 ...More Cleveland Museum of Art Film Series Honors Centenary of British Director, David Lean CLEVELAND, OH.- In honor of the late British Director David Lean's centenary, the Cleveland Museum of Art will feature four of his early films this February. The films--two comedies and two dramas--were each recently restored by the British Film Institute....More Dallas Museum of Art Celebrates Art Scholarship with Vasari Award: Caroline Goeser for Picturing the New Negro DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art named Caroline Goeser, Associate Professor of Art History in the School of Art at the University of Houston, as the 2008 Vasari Award Winner for her book Picturing the New Negro: Harlem Renaissance Print Culture and Modern Black Identity (University Press of Kansas)....More Columbia Museum of Art Announces Black History Month Programs COLUMBIA, SC.- In conjunction with Black History Month, the Columbia Museum of Art offers related programming designed to celebrate the past and present accomplishments of African-Americans. As the Columbia Museum of Art seeks to inspire, educate and enrich the community, these programs focus on the ...More Museum's Evolution Series to Feature Cooking Demos ALBANY, NY.- The New York State Museum will celebrate Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday this February with an innovative evolution series -- “Cooking the Tree of Life” – that includes a recipe contest and cooking demonstrations....More