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Hamburger Kunsthalle Presents New Exhibition MAN SON 1969. The Horror of the Situation
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A visitor contemplates the graphic work of art titled 'Les Nus' (The Nudes), made by Martin Eder in 2008, which will be on view at Hamburger Kunsthalle. The work of art forms part of the exhibition “MAN SON: The Horror of the Situation”. Photo: EFE/Maurizio Gambarini.

HAMBURG.- Galerie der Gegenwart in the Hamburger Kunsthalle presents today Man Son 1969 - The Horror of the Situation, on view through April 26, 2009. The exhibition MAN SON 1969. The Horror of the Situation explores the lure and danger of extremes. It takes as its starting point a ...More

MoMA and P.S.1 Select MOS as the Winner of the Tenth Annual Young Architects Program
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center announce the winner of the 2009 MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program: the architectural firm MOS. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the program, which affords emerging architectural...More

Museum für Film und Fernsehen Opens Casting a Shadow. Creating the Alfred Hitchcock Film
BERLIN.- Alfred Hitchcock presented himself as the sole author of his films – as if they were the direct expression of his creative genius. In reality, however, Hitchcock was a deeply collaborative artist, working intensely with actors, producers, cinematographers, screenwriters, editors, and production and sound designers to create what the public knew as "an Alfred Hitchcock film."...More

Works from the Kramersky Collection on View at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente
SEGOVIA.- The term “minimalisms” defines the New York private collection from which the exhibition at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente is drawn. ...More

U.S. Architect Steven Holl Wins the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Arts Category
MADRID.- The Arts award in this inaugural edition of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards has gone to the U.S. architect Steven Holl. Born in Bremerton, Washington (WA) in 1947, he is known as “the most ...More

Irish Museum of Modern Art Announces Exhibition by Leading British Artist Hughie O'Donoghue
DUBLIN.- A major exhibition of 27 works by the leading British artist Hughie O’Donoghue opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday 3 March 2009. Hughie O’Donoghue: Recent Paintings and Selected Works from the American Ireland Fund Donation marks a significant ...More

Works by Marlene Dumas, Jim Hodges and Yayoi Kusama Enter Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art today announced the acquisition of three major works of contemporary art, each significant additions to the Museum’s collection. The works are:...More

Mayor Bloomberg Announces Yearlong Celebration for 400th Anniversary of the Dutch Arrival
NEW YORK, NY.- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen, Dutch Cabinet Minister Frans Timmermans and NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta today announced a year of special events, exhibits, outdoor activities and performances to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Henry Hudson aboard the Dutch vessel 'Halve Maen' to New York City. City...More

Christie's Presents Enticing Art Deco and French Midcentury Design at Auction this March
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s New York will hold its mid-season sale of 20th Century Decorative Art and Design on March 26, 2009. The 105 lot sale offers a wide range of high quality and affordable objects and furniture by well-known makers from the 20th century, featuring works by Tiffany Studios, Koloman Moser,...More

Exhibition Presents Newly Discovered 17th- and 18th-Century Paintings from India
SEATTLE, WA.- The pioneering exhibition Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur presents little known, large-scale images from the 17th-19th centuries that convey an unsurpassed intensity of artistic vision in Rajasthan art. During an international tour, Garden and Cosmos will be on view in the Seattle Asian Art ...More

The Splendour of the House of Habsburg: Medals Belonging to the Holy Roman Emperors
BERLIN.- The Coin Cabinet of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna will be putting a selection of its magnificent medals on display in Berlin's Bode-Museum . The exhibition will outline the development of the wide spectrum of themes and artistic styles in Habsburg medals, from the start of the 16th century up to the end ...More

Shahryar Nashat's Plaque (Slab) 2007 to be Shown at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
GATESHEAD.- Plaque (Slab) 2007, a video by Shahryar Nashat, will be presented at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art from Monday 2 February to Sunday 19 April. The work will be the third film to be shown in the intimate cinema temporarily located on the Ground Floor. ...More

Sony World Photography Awards to be Held April 14-19 in Cannes
CANNES.- Festival @ Sony World Photography Awards is a week-long celebration of photography that will take place throughout the city of Cannes from 14th – 19th April 2009. No longer the sole preserve of the film industry, the City of Cannes will now host the culmination of one of the world’s largest photographic awards ...More

Art Museum to Open New Parking Facility Noted for Green Design and Landscape Features
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced today that construction of its new parking garage will be completed in just a few weeks. Nestled into the hillside on the Museum's west side, it will increase parking capacity for the Museum by 442 spaces and provide exceptional overlooks to the ...More

Exhibition of Legendary Photographer Diane Arbus's Work to be Displayed at National Museum Cardiff
CARDIFF.- One of National Museum Cardiff's main art exhibitions in 2009 will reveal the work of legendary New York photographer Diane Arbus (1923 -1971), who transformed the art of photography. ...More

Saint Louis Art Museum Promotes Robb to Assistant Curator
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announces that Matthew Robb was promoted to full-time assistant curator of the arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. He joined the Museum in the summer of 2007 as the Mellon Fellow for Pre-Columbian Art....More

HP Hood and ICA/Boston to Open the Doors for Young Families in 2009
LYNNFIELD, MA.- HP Hood and The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) announced today that they will be going on a "Play Date" together – 11 of them, actually.

Hood, New England's leading dairy products manufacturer, will be the exclusive ...More

'Remembering Michi & Walter Weglyn' Program to Screen New Documentary on Jan 31
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The program, "Remembering Michi Weglyn and Walter Weglyn", will feature the screening of a new documentary on the life of the Weglyns, and a panel discussion featuring the filmmakers and personal friends of the couple at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First Street, in Little Tokyo, on Saturday,...More

Julia Reed, Bryan Batt to Appear at Art In Bloom at New Orleans Museum of Art
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Author and television commentator Julia Reed, actor Bryan Batt (Mad Men), Chef Sue Zemanick (Gautreau's), and artist Tim Trapolin are among the luminaries scheduled to participate in Art In Bloom 2009, the annual springtime celebration of floral arrangements, educational programs and social events set for March 11-15 at the New Orleans Museum of Art ...More

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