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| David Cerny Laughs at Europe with Installation at the Council of the European Union |
General view of the installation "Entropa", which represents several European Community countries, on view at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: EFE/Olivier Hoslet.
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BRUSSELS.- The idea was simple but good. So effective that he convinced the presidency of the European Council, which this semester is headed by the Czech Republic, to give its blessing and the 500,000 Euros needed to finance it. Czech artist David Cerný promised the following: a collaboration
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| Getty Exhibition Showcases Japanese Lacquer Masterpiece, Restored through Getty Grant |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Sometime around 1640, Japanese craftsmen at a lacquer workshop in Kyoto finished what was to become one of their country’s most beautiful historical treasures: a masterpiece of black and gold lacquer known today as the Mazarin Chest. Lavishly decorated with scenes from Japanese literature including the Tale of Genji and the Tale of the Soga Brothers, the chest ...More
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| Royal Collection to Open The Conversation Piece: Scenes of Fashionable Life |
LONDON.- A fascinating insight into high-society style and manners, from the time of Charles I to the reign of Queen Victoria, is presented in the exhibition The Conversation Piece: Scenes of Fashionable Life. Typically a Conversation Piece shows a family group or a gathering of friends participating in informal activities – perhaps at a tea-party, on a fishing trip or at a dining club....More
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| Francis Bacon's "Man in Blue VI" Leads Christie's Auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art |
LONDON.- Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale will take place on 11 February 2009 and will offer a comprehensive selection of 31 works of art representing the last 60 years. The auction is led by Man in Blue VI, an exceptional portrait by Francis Bacon (1909-1992) which is offered at auction ...More
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| Mapplethorpe Polaroids at Northwestern University's Block Museum |
EVANSTON, IL.- Largely unknown work by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe are on view at the Chicago area this winter in a major exhibitions at Northwestern University’s Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art....More
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| Kunsthalle Fridericianum Opens Marc Bijl: The Simple Complexity of it All |
KASSEL.- Sculptures, installations and interventions, performative and like graffiti: these are the artistic media Marc Bijl is dealing with.
Intelligent, provocative and subversively he interacts social and political issues. His major focus lies on political events, the perception and association of social structures, social systems of rules and the public space and again and again their ...More
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| Recent Acquisitions by the Wurth Collection from Kirchner and Schlemmer to Kiefer Opens |
KUNZELSAU.- The Collector’s Eye« the latest Museum Würth exhibition, is devoted to multifarious developments in the Würth Collection. It features a selection of recent acquisitions made during the past three years as the result of discussions between the ...More
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| Bugatti: Carlo Rembrandt Ettore Jean to Open at National Gallery of Victoria |
MELBOURNE.- Opening on 6 February 2009, the National Gallery of Victoria will present Bugatti: Carlo Rembrandt Ettore Jean, the first Australian exhibition to focus on the extraordinary Bugatti family....More
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| Chillida: Comb of the Wind: Sculpture, Engineering and Architecture on View at Museum of Fine Arts |
BILBAO.- In 1977 three steel sculptures by Eduardo Chillida (San Sebastián, 1924—2002) were installed in San Sebastián’s La Concha bay. Together the trio of sculptures form Comb of the Wind, one of the Basque sculptor’s most significant works. Photographs, plans, works on paper and sculptures show how the project developed from the sculptor’s initial idea to the ...More
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| Christie's Announces Icons of Glamour and Style: The Contantiner Collection Part II |
NEW YORK, NY.- Following the success of their December auction, Christie’s announced the sale of Part II of The Constantiner Collection. This will be offered in a single session on 12 February 2009 in New York. Assembled by Leon and Michaela Constantiner, this spectacular collection focuses on photography as a key shaping...More
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| Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago Announces 2009 Stage Season |
CHICAGO, IL.- The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, announces the 2009 MCA Stage Season with two newly added programs this spring. As one of the most inventive and unpredictable bands in popular music, or perhaps one of the most accessible and “poppy” bands in experimental music, The Books bring ...More
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| Sotheby's to Offer Carpets from The Barbara Zidell Sedlin Family Collection |
NEW YORK, NY.- On March 3, 2009, Sotheby’s New York will offer Rugs and Carpets from theBarbara Zidell Sedlin Family Collection. The auction estimated to bring $2/3 million, will consist of nearly 130 lots from the personal collection of Ms. Sedlin as well as the remaining inventory of her gallery, The Ghiordian Knot. he Collection ...More
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| Beloved Characters of Children's Literature Create an Art Museum |
ROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) launches the new Ridder MiniArtMuseum for Children with one of the most delightful exhibitions ever designed to intrigue young museum visitors. Babar’s Museum of Art, featuring Laurent De Brunhoff’s illustrations, opens on January 18, 2009 and remains on ...More
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| Jeff Whetstone: Post-Pleistocene Exhibition Opens April 3 at the Gibbes Museum of Art |
CHARLESTON, SC.- The photographs of North Carolina artist Jeff Whetstone will be on view in the exhibition Jeff Whetstone: Post-Pleistocene in the Rotunda Galleries at the Gibbes Museum of Art from April 3 through July 19, 2009. ...More
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| Walker Evans's Eclectic Picture Postcard Collection Featured in Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Opening February 3 |
NEW YORK, NY.- Nine thousand picture postcards amassed by American photographer Walker Evans (1903–1975) are among the fascinating works in The Walker Evans Archive, acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1994. Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard, to be presented at the Museum from February 3 through May 25,...More
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| Smithsonian Institution to Offer Free Online Education Conferences Beginning February 4th |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian and LearningTimes LLC have joined together to launch the first in a series of free online education conferences. This conference, Feb. 4 and 5, will focus on the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Through live presentations, moderated forums, and demonstrations of resource materials, ...More
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| Baltimore Museum of Art Announces an Exhibition of High-flying Circus Images by Picasso and Others |
BALTIMORE, MD.- See daring feats, exotic acts, and colorful circus characters through the eyes of some of the greatest artists of the 20th century. A Circus Family: Picasso to Léger, on view at The Baltimore Museum of Art February 22–May 17, 2009, features more than 80 prints, drawings, paintings, and books by Pablo Picasso, ...More
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| Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Elected a Trustee at The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
NEW YORK, NY.- Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, the Museum's Chairman. Mr. Mossavar-Rahmani's election took place at the January 13 meeting of the board....More
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| Museum Guides Gear Up to Greet Cézanne and Beyond Visitors |
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- While a team of curators begins to finalize their installation plans and conservators prepare to examine works of art arriving from around the world, another group of individuals at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is also gearing up for Cézanne and Beyond, the major international loan ...More
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| "Wicked Paris" Lecture Opens Toulouse-Lautrec Exhibition at the Clark February 1 |
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- Wicked Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec Invents the Fin de Siècle," a provocative opening lecture for the exhibition Toulouse-Lautrec and Paris, will be held on Sunday, February 1, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. S. Hollis Clayson, professor of art history at Northwestern University, will present this free lecture at ...More
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