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| Kunsthalle Bielefeld Examines 1968 in Exhibition: Year of Crucial Turning Point in History |
A woman visiting the Kunsthalle in Bielefeld observes the work of art “Self-portrait” by Erik Bulatov which is part of the exhibition “1968: The Great Innocence”. Photo: EFE/Oliver Krato.
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BIELEFELD.- After the success of 1937. Perfection and Destruction, the Kunsthalle Bielefeld is once again examining a year that was a crucial turning point in history. Besides the student rebellions and the political uproar around the world, 1968 was about an anti-dictatorial impulse in art. ...More
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| The Morgan to Exhibit Superb Selection of Recent Acquisitions Beginning in April |
NEW YORK, NY.- Spurred by its highly successful 2006 expansion and renovation, The Morgan Library & Museum simultaneously continued to build its renowned collections. The results of this effort are unveiled in the ...More
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| Mattress Factory Commissions Artist Hans Peter Kuhn to Install Sculpture on Roof |
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The skyline of Pittsburgh has many visual icons. PPG Place, the Gulf Tower and the Duquesne Incline, to name a few, give the city an instantaneous identity, making it recognizable by visitors and native Pittsburghers alike. But soon, there will be an artistic and innovative addition to Pittsburgh’s cityscape....More
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| Hirshhorn Museum Announces "Directions: Walead Beshty, Legibility on Color Backgrounds" |
WASHINGTON, DC.- This spring, the Hirshhorn Museum presents its next installation of "Directions," featuring two recent bodies of work by Los Angeles-based artist Walead Beshty. "Directions: Walead Beshty, Legibility on Color Backgrounds" opens April 30 and is on view through Sept. 13. Beshty makes...More
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| Singapore Art Museum's New Contemporary Art Wing Presents Second Major Installation |
SINGAPORE.- Singapore Art Museum’s new contemporary art wing, 8Q sam presents At Home Abroad, the second major installation of Singapore contemporary art after its inauguration last year. At Home Abroad focuses on the mobile nature of contemporary art practices today and features homegrown artists...More
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| Crop of Core 2009 Artists and Scholars Unveil Years Worth of Original New Work |
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston´s Core program awards residencies to highly motivated, emerging visual artists and art scholars. Overseen by the Core Program´s associate director, Mary Leclère, the Core fellows annually present an exhibition that showcases...More
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| Art HK 09: Hong Kong International Art Fair Announces This Year's Exhibitor List |
HONG KONG.- ART HK 09: Hong Kong International Art Fair announced that 110 of the world’s leading galleries from 24 countries will exhibit at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) from 14-17 May (Preview and Vernissage 13 May)....More
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| An Exhibition of Works by Noted North Carolina Artist Pushes the Limits of American Craft |
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- For the past 20 years, North Carolina artist Randy Shull has steadily transformed the craft of furniture making in American art. With his evolving work—which also includes landscape design, painting and architecture—Shull continues to push the limits of function and design. ...More
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| Monumental Works Examine The Dynamics Between Man And Nature |
BOCA RATON, FL.- The Boca Raton Museum of Art delves into the realm of man and nature with the opening of the comprehensive exhibition Cleve Gray: Man and Nature, opening March 17, 2009. The exhibition will run through May 31, 2009....More
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| The Danube Exodus: The Rippling Currents of the River and the Labyrinth Project Opens |
NEW YORK, NY.- In 1939, Captain Nándor Andrásovits ferried a group of Eastern European Jews fleeing Nazi persecution down the Danube River to a ship on the Black Sea that would carry them to Palestine. The following year, Captain Andrásovits evacuated émigré German farmers from their adopted ...More
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| Exhibition and Book Release Party for Heads and Tales by Heide Hatry at Elga Wimmer PCC |
NEW YORK, NY.- The portraits in Heads and Tales are photographic documentations of sculptures created by German artist Heide Hatry out of animal skin and body parts. The book is a collaborative anthology consisting of Hatry's images and stories by twenty-seven prominent and emerging authors who...More
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| The Maryland Women's Heritage Center Highlights Maryland Women Artists During Women's History Month |
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center highlights Maryland women artists with an art exhibition in conjunction with Women’s History Month. “Women’s Art: Women’s Vision” is on display at the World Trade Center in Baltimore (401 East Pratt Street) and runs through Sunday, April 5. The exhibition and is free and open to the...More
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| Klaus Kinold: An Architect Photographing Architecture on View at the Architecture Museum in Munich |
MUNICH.- Klaus Kinold is one of the most famous, contemporary architecture photographers. He has documented the buildings of many major architects from Frank Lloyd Wright to Herzog & de Meuron and from Alvar Aalto to Frank O. Gehry. Several protagonists in the field of architecture chose him as their favourite photographer as they felt that he could best convey their work....More
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| MYhistoricLA: Public Asked to Share Stories about Local Buildings or Neighborhoods at Survey Kickoff Event April 4 |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- SurveyLA, the City's first-ever comprehensive program to identify significant historic resources throughout Los Angeles, will have a special citywide kickoff celebration on April 4, 2009, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles. The day's activities will include the opportunity ...More
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| Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Augustus Saint-Gaudens Exhibition |
NEW YORK, NY.- Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) was a French-Irish immigrant who became the greatest American sculptor of his day. From humble roots, through his prodigious talent, he rose in society, eventually counting some of America's most influential people in art and literature, diplomacy and economics, technology and social policy among his friends and clients. The ...More
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| Exhibition Follows Ernest L. Blumenschein's Life, Tracking the Artistic, Social and Political Dimensions of his Art |
PHOENIX, AZ.- Phoenix Art Museum celebrates the career of one of the most successful American artists of the early 20th century with the opening of In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein. A founder of the famed Taos Society of Artists, Blumenschein rocketed into the spotlight with his modernist approach to capturing...More
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| Award-winning Filmmaker Premieres Debut Film at Wex |
COLUMBUS, OH.- British artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen will visit the Wexner Center on Wednesday, March 18 at 7 pm to introduce his directorial debut, Hunger. The film has received raving reviews on the festival circuit and from the New York Times. McQueen's visit comes just before Hunger opens commercially in New York (on ...More
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| Taco Anema: Dutch Households Open at Huis Marseille in Amsterdam |
AMSTERDAM.- Two new exhibitions dealing with the theme of family in photography will open at Huis Marseille this spring. Along with the unusual and extensive collection of daguerreotypes from the Enschedé family, which includes the oldest known photograph in the Netherlands, contemporary family portraits ...More
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