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| Turner's Watercolours from the McNeill Bequest Opens at The National Gallery in Ireland |
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), ‘A Shipwreck off Hastings ’, c.1825. Watercolour, 19 x 28cm. Photo © National Gallery of Ireland.
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DUBLIN.- In keeping with annual tradition, the Vaughan bequest of watercolours by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) will go on display in the National Gallery of Ireland from 1-31 January 2009. ...More
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| Last Days to See Seeing the City: Sloan's New York at Reynolda House |
WINSTON SALEM, NC.- The Reynolda House Museum of American Art presents Seeing the City: Sloan’s New York, a traveling exhibition focusing on John Sloan’s images of New York City in paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs to present an in-depth view of the artist’s years in the city and the city’s effect on his art. Far from ...More
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| Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix to Open in January at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf |
DUSSELDORF.- The exhibition is devoted to the activities of the experimental guitar band Sonic Youth, which profoundly influenced style in the music and art scene from its founding in 1981. This is shown by the numerous joint projects of the band with artists, filmmakers, designers, and musicians, as well as by works of art that Sonic Youth has selected for the exhibition. The ...More
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| Jeu de Paume to Open Robert Frank, a Foreign Look in January |
PARIS.- In his work Robert Frank (American, born in Switzerland in 1924) has developed a dialogue between photography and poetry, literature and painting, and created a language that both conveys subjective experience and continues the heritage of documentary photography....More
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| The Photographs of Homer Page: The Guggenheim Year, New York, 1949-50 |
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Homer Page, a brilliant but nearly forgotten photographic talent, will be reintroduced to the public when The Photographs of Homer Page: The Guggenheim Year, New York, 1949-50 opens Feb. 14 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art....More
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| Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Announces Two Exhibitions for 2009 |
DUSSELDORF.- Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (K21) has announced that it will show two exhibitions in 2009. K21 will be showing the first European, solo exhibition in a museum by the Cuban-American artist Jorge Pardo (born in 1963 in Havanna, Cuba, living and working in Los Angeles). Pardo, the designer of ...More
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| Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews? Opens January 10th at the Contemporary Jewish Museum |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- For his new one-man show, Bay Area performance icon Josh Kornbluth turns his attention to the subject of the Contemporary Jewish Museum's current exhibition, Warhol's Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered and attempts to answer the question "Was Warhol good for the Jews?". In his ...More
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| TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945 to Open at George Eastman House |
ROCHESTER, NY.- Pictorialism was simultaneously a movement, a philosophy, an aesthetic,and a style, resulting in some of the most spectacular photoraphs in the history of the medium. This exhibition shows the rise of Pictorialismin the late 19th century from a desire to elevate photography to an art form equal to painting, drawing,and watercolor, and extends the historical period ...More
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| Sotheby's to Sell Icon of American Craftsmanship: Captain Edward Allen Bombé Chest-on-Chest |
NEW YORK, NY.- On January 24, 2009 Sotheby’s will offer for sale The Important Captain Edward Allen Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Bombé Chest-on-Chest, Probably Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1780 – one of only seven known American bombé chest-on-chests to survive. Newly discovered, never before published, and...More
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| Emerging Artists and Photographers Present their Portfolios at Fotomuseum Winterthur |
ZURICH.- On the weekend of 23 to 25 January 2009 the third curated international portfolio viewing featuring young emerging European photographers will be held. As in the previous year, we have invited 42 photographers to present their work for two hours to the public and a selected team of experts. The participants have been chosen from among some 130 nominated photographers. ...More
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| Death Counter Installed at Hiscox UK Headquarters, London |
LONDON.- DEATH COUNTER, a major new artwork by international artist Santiago Sierra will be unveiled on the façade of Hiscox insurers' UK Headquarters in the City of London. The giant LED sign documents the annual number of human deaths worldwide, from any cause, over the course of one year starting from zero on New Year's Eve....More
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| Louis Cameron: Heineken Opens January 9 Saint Louis Art Museum |
SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the January 9, 2009 opening of Louis Cameron: Heineken, the sixteenth installation in the Museum's New Media Series. ...More
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| Turner in January: The Vaughan Bequest on View in Scotland |
EDINBURGH.- In keeping with a century-old tradition, New Year's Day at the National Gallery Complex in Edinburgh will be marked by the opening of the annual display of watercolours by J M W Turner (1775–1851). The thirty-eight works in the display were bequeathed in 1900 by Henry Vaughan, a London art collector ...More
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| Stedelijk Museum is the Guest of the Nieuwe Kerk: Holy Inspiration - Religion and Spirituality in Modern Art |
AMSTERDAM.- World religions, particularly Christianity and Islam, are the subject of sometimes fierce debate at all levels of the global community. Religion is accordingly once more at the centre of public discussion. The exhibition Holy Inspiration. Religion and spirituality in modern art reflects this situation, with outstanding works from the collection of the ...More
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| Contemporary Art Exhibition at BYU Museum of Art Invites Viewers to Rethink Household Objects |
PROVO, UT.- For most people a hanger is simply an object that can assist in wardrobe organization and wrinkle prevention. For Washington, D.C. based artist Dan Steinhilber, however, the hanger inspires contemplation: What is the essence of a hanger? How do hangers interact with each other? How can man-made hangers be manipulated to reflect natural phenomena?...More
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| Artists Making Photographs to Open at the Whitney |
NEW YORK, NY.- Artists Making Photographs focuses on five major artists from the Whitney's collection – John Chamberlain, Robert Rauschenberg, Lucas Samaras, Ed Ruscha, and Andy Warhol – all of whom are best known for their work in sculpture and painting, although they have each made significant works with a camera as well....More
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| Bill Smith: Loop Web Closes January 4 at Saint Louis Art Museum |
SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the January 4, 2009 closing of Bill Smith: Loop Web, the fifteenth installation in the Museum's New Media Series....More
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| Free Preschool Program Uncovers Stories in the Galleries of the Clark |
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- Get preschoolers off to a good start...with art (and have a lot of fun, too). The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute's Start with Art program is an exciting, free series for preschoolers and their parents on the second Saturday of each month through March. Special gallery talks and art ...More
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