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Home   Constantinople or The Sensual Concealed: The Imagery of Sean Scully on View in Germany Irish artist Sean Scully poses beside his work 'Araby' (1981) at the Kueppersmuehle Museum, in Duisburg (Germany), on February 18, 2009. The artist´s retrospective exhibition, which will remain open until May 3, gathers 60 works of art created throughout his 35 year-long career. Photo: EFE/Davis Ebner DULSBURG.- Sean Scully (b. 1945), the internationally acclaimed Irish painter, maintaining studios in New York, Barcelona and on the outskirts of Munich, is staging a comprehensive retrospective of his work from 19 February to 3 May 2009 in the MKM Museum Küppersmühle“Constantinople or The Sensual Concealed“ presents ...More Exhibition at Whitney Explores Way Artists Deal with Site or Place NEW YORk, NY.- From February 19, 2009 to May 3, 2009, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents Sites, an exhibition exploring the various ways that artists have expanded and dealt with the notion of site or place. Drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition comprises approximately 50 works made ...More Indianapolis Museum of Art Loans Four Outdoor Sculptures to IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced today that four pieces of outdoor sculpture in its collection will be provided on long-term loan to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The four works will be on view throughout the school’s campus in downtown Indianapolis. Three of the four ...More Major Museum Retrospective of Dan Christensen's Paintings Offers New Assessment KANSAS CITY, MO.- For more than forty years, American artist Dan Christensen—long associated with the Color Field movement—experimented with colors, shapes, and forms in his large-scale paintings. Featuring 35 of the artist’s works of art from 1966 to 2006, the exhibition Dan Christensen: Forty Years of Painting is the first comprehensive Museum retrospective of the artist’s work since ...More Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence: The Courtauld Wedding Chests LONDON.- In 1471 Lorenzo di Matteo Morelli, a Florentine patrician aged about 30, married Vaggia di Tanai Nerli, the daughter of another wealthy Florentine. The following year he commissioned a pair of splendid wedding chests to commemorate this event. Now part of The Courtauld Gallery, Lorenzo Morelli’s chests are amongst the...More Japanese Paintings and Korean Ceramics Highlight Christies Japanese and Korean Art Sale in March NEW YORK, NY.- Commencing Christie’s Asian Art Week, Japanese and Korean Art will be offered on March 17, which will include over 170 traditional and modern works of art. The Japanese section of the sale will feature a noteworthy group of paintings of beauty and the erotic, and the Korean section will offer an exquisite group of ...More Klaus Mosettig Presents a Selection of Recent Drawings at the Secession's Gallery VIENNA.- The Vienna-based artist Klaus Mosettig is presenting a selection of recent drawings in the Secession’s Gallery. Mosettig conceives his works in groups that, while differing in terms of subject matter and appearance, are based upon a consistent basic attitude. The Apollo 11 series goes back to a sequence of slides ...More Museum of London Uncovers Rare Medieval Waterwheel LONDON.- The London Eye has become an iconic part of London’s skyline, but an astonishing find by Museum of London archaeologists suggests that medieval Londoners had their own striking riverside wheel downriver at Greenwich. Excavations at Greenwich Wharf have uncovered the foundations of London’s ...More Art Gallery of New South Wales Opens Justene Williams Exhibition SYDNEY.- Papering herself in images, Sydney-based artist Justene Williams gets inside photography and shakes it up through dance. Her installation of six new video works at the Art Gallery of New South Wales explores avant-garde performance and the history of image-making. ...More Sorolla. A View of Spain. The Hispanic Society of America Collection BARCELONA.- After being seen in Valencia, Seville, Málaga and Bilbao, the MNAC is to host the exhibition Sorolla. A View of Spain. The Hispanic Society of America Collection, which brings together the series of 14 panels painted by Sorolla to decorate the library of this New York-based American institution....More The V&A's Stylish Exhibition Fashion V Sport Opens at the Walker Art Gallery LIVERPOOL.- The target="_blank">Walker Art Gallery is getting stylish with the opening of a new touring exhibition fresh from London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). Exploring the relationship between contemporary fashion and global sportswear brands over the last 20 years, Fashion V Sport runs until until 31 May 2009. ...More Norton Simon Museum Announces Exhibition Featuring Recent Donations to the Museum (2002-2008) COLUMBUS, OH.- The Norton Simon Museum presents a selection of artworks donated to the Museum since 2002. Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum (2002–2008) features approximately 160 works that vary in medium, date and country of origin. Among these are a substantive number of...More "The Tale of Shuten Doji" Opens at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery March 21 WASHINGTON, DC.- Vividly illustrated screens, scrolls, fans and printed books tell an ancient Japanese story of a monster, samurai and sake in the exhibition "The Tale of Shuten Dōji," at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler GalleryVividly illustrated screens, scrolls, fans and printed books tell an ancient Japanese story of a monster, samurai and sake in the exhibition "The Tale of ...More Local Dallas Artist to Participate in Exhibit in New York NEW YORK, NY.- Kris Swenson, a Dallas artist, was chosen to participate in the Art Raw Gallery Inaugural Exhibit in New York, New York. The exhibit will showcase the artwork of almost 300 emerging artists and runs from February 19 to March 21, 2009. Art Raw is a new contemporary gallery that features modern works by cutting edge, ...More FMR "Black" Magazine Goes Gold in a Special One-off Issue of the "Black Pearl", FMR “Black” Magazine Goes Gold in a Special One-off Issue of the “Black Pearl”, Focusing on Gold and its Symbols ...More Arkansas Arts Center Presents the 36th Annual Toys Designed by Artists Exhibition LITTLE ROCK, AR.- The Arkansas Arts Center presents the 36th Annual Toys Designed by Artists exhibition, on view March 13- May 10, 2009, in the Sam Strauss, Sr. Gallery....More Metropolitan Museum Announces The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984 Exhibition NEW YORK, NY.- The first major museum exhibition to focus on the highly influential group of New York artists known as the "Pictures Generation" will be presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 21 through August 2, 2009. The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984 will trace the development of one of ...More MoMA Announces Two Film Exhibitions Celebrating Influential Czech Filmmakers NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art will screen the works of two very different yet equally original filmmakers: Ivan Passer, a master of the Czech New Wave who then went on to create quintessentially American films, and Jan Sikl, one of the Czech Republic’s most promising new documentary filmmakers. The...More Portrait of Sam Wagstaff & Robert Mapplethorpe Presented by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art BOULDER, CO.-The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) in association with Bent Lens Cinema, Boulder's premier GLBTQ film society proudly presents BLACK, WHITE + GRAY, a documentary film about the relationship between obsessive collector Sam Wagstaff and controversial photographer Robert ...More