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| Es Baluard Museum of Art Opens Anselm Kiefer; Works from the Grothe Collection |
Anselm Kiefer, Am Anfang (In the Beginning), 2008. Oil, emulsion and lead on canvas and photopaper 380 x 560 cm.
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By MICHAEL DAMIANO
PALMA DE MAJORCA.- .- On Saturday, the Es Baluard Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Palma de Majorca, Spain concluded the inauguration ceremonies of Anselm Kiefer. Works from the Grothe Colleciton. The visually striking exhibition comprises thirteen very large format ...More
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| Free General Admission to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Entire Month of February |
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago is welcoming all visitors to enjoy free general admission all day, every day, for the entire month of February. Special events during this month include a full schedule of performances, family events, poetry readings, and gallery talks. Visitors can also enjoy half price tickets ...More
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| First Exhibition Devoted to the Portraits of Henri Matisse Opens at Bucerius Kunst Forum |
HAMBURG.- Matisse. People, Masks, Models is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on Henri Matisse’s portraits. Matisse (1869 – 1954) not only created colorful interior scenes and still life paintings but also very expressive portraits. He regarded portraits as his most important artistic challenge. For Matisse, a “true” likeness was not achieved merely by capturing a sitter’s features, but was ...More
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| Exhibition Combines Environmentally Themed Pieces with Student Artists' Reactions to that Work |
SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- Ready, set, REACT! The Utah Museum of Fine Arts presents Re-Act, an exciting and unpredictable exhibition involving five creative community groups from Salt Lake City. On view from February 3 to May 17, 2009, the collaborative exhibition combines environmentally themed pieces from...More
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| Tyler Museum of Art's Scenes from the American West: The Phelan Collection Opens Feb. 22 |
TYLER, TX.- The Tyler Museum of Art offers a panoramic view of the American experience west of the Mississippi – as seen through the eyes of the people who witnessed it take shape – in its next major exhibition, Scenes from the American West: The Phelan Collection....More
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| SFMOMA to Open Rooftop Sculpture Garden on May 10, 2009 |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will open a new rooftop sculpture garden on May 10, 2009, one year before the museum's 75th anniversary. The Rooftop Garden will not only serve as a dynamic space for showcasing SFMOMA's ever-expanding collection of modern and contemporary...More
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| Shark's Ink: The Legend of Bud Shark and His Indelible Ink |
DENVER, CO.- MCA Denver is pleased to announce the opening of Shark’s Ink: The Legend of Bud Shark and his Indelible Ink in the Joseph Crescenti Family Paper Works Gallery. The exhibition opens February 3, 2009 and runs through June 28, 2009. A public reception will be held on Friday, February 6 ...More
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| Brill's Innovative Colour Factory for Art Collective Opens |
WINCHESTER.- Dan Brill Architects has completed their first building, the innovative 'Colour Factory' based in Winchester, UK. The Colour Factory houses small workshops run by the Colour Factory arts collective. ...More
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| Michel Comte Retrospective Opens at NRW-Forum in Dusseldorf |
DUSSELDORF.- Michel Comte was born in Zurich in 1954. He trained as an art restorer and then taught himself photography. In 1979, he received his first advertising commission from Karl Lagerfeld for the fashion label Chloé and moved to Paris.
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| Margrét H. Blondal & Lars Laumann to Open Exhibition at the Art Galleries at TCU |
FORT WORTH, TX.- This two-person exhibition features the work of Icelandic sculptor Margrét H. Blöndal and Norwegian video artist Lars Laumann.
Blöndal’s work most often utilizes found domestic elements to create installations that suggest quixotic reference or function. In their materiality they are most often...More
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| Jendela: A Play of the Ordinary to Open at NUS Museum |
SINGAPORE.- NUS Museum and Gajah Gallery presents the works of art collective Jendela in the first part of two major exhibitions on Indonesian contemporary art from February to April 2009
Consisting of graduates of Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) in Yogyakarta, Kelompok...More
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| Series of Photographs of Hawaiian Nisei to be Displayed at National Museum |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Japanese American National Museum will open the traveling exhibition, Gokur?sama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai'i, a collection of recent images of Japanese Americans who were born before World War II, on Saturday, February 14, 2009, in its Pavilion in Little Tokyo, and running ...More
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| Walker Art Center Presents Multiples Mall: A Bookish Affair |
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- In conjunction with the exhibition Text/Messages: Books by Artists, Minnesota artists who make book-related multiples set up shop for Multiples Mall: A Bookish Fair—a day of merriment complete with a tour of the exhibition and a short presentation on the history of chapbooks and radical reasons for making multiples. Artists' books, chapbooks, zines, and other booklike ...More
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| Blues, Roots and HG Nelson Take Centre Stage at the National Gallery of Australia |
CANBERRA.- In association with the major international exhibition Degas: master of French art, in an unlikely coming together of ideas, art and sport, legendary raconteur HG Nelson will deliver a ‘spray’, Degas: an Australian great at the National Gallery of Australia....More
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| Galerie Rudolfinum Presents Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures Exhibition |
PRAGUE.- The film work of Andy Warhol is sometimes unfairly seen as a mere accessory to his paintings. The most frequently shown of his films such as Dracula or Flesh originate from the period at the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s, and the lion's share of these films belonged to his co workers at the Factory. Meanwhile Andy Warhol had been experimenting with film since 1963, and...More
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| Philip Guston Focus Exhibition Inaugurates Series of Modern and Contemporary Shows "In The Tower," at National Gallery |
WASHINGTON, DC.- A focus exhibition of works by American artist Philip Guston (1913–1980) at the National Gallery of Art inaugurates a new series of shows in the Tower Gallery of the East Building that center around developments in art since the 1970s. A dramatic and meditative space, the Tower is among the most elegant in the I.M. Pei ...More
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| Information Regarding the Arts and Economic Stimulus from the National Endowment for the Arts |
WASHINGTON, DC.- There has been much public conversation recently regarding the role of the arts and culture industry in economic stimulus. Following is information that seeks to clarify this issue through two key points: that the arts and culture industry is a sector of the economy just like any other with workers who pay taxes, mortgages, rent and contribute in other ways to the economy; and ...More
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| New Words 2009: Akron Art Museum's 15th Annual Adult Poetry Contest |
AKRON, OH.- The Akron Art Museum invites all Ohio residents aged 18 years and older to participate in its 15th annual poetry contest, New Words 2009. Winners will receive cash prizes and the opportunity to read their poems at the museum's poetry reading on Sunday, April 19, 2009. ...More
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| Eight Architects Selected to Receive the 2009 American Institute of Architects' Young Architects Award |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the eight recipients of the 2009 AIA Young Architects Award. Young Architects are defined as professionals who have been licensed 10 years or fewer regardless of their age. This award honors individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and ...More
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| The Reels to Perform at Final "Australia Up Late" at the Gallery of Modern Art |
QUEENSLAND.- Australian three-piece band The Reels will perform the final 'Australia Up Late' on Friday, February 20 at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA)....More
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