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| MFA Boston Exhibition Features Masterpieces from the World's Greatest Collections |
Virgin and Child with Saints, about 1505–1508. Giovanni Bellini and Workshop. Oil and tempera on wood. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Jules Bache Collection, 1949. Courtesy: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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BOSTON, MA.- Amidst high drama and intense rivalry, the great triumvirate—Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese—dominated the landscape of Venetian painting in the 16th century for almost four decades, propelling the Venetian School to new creative heights. This dynamic relationship has been recreated in Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, the first ...More
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| Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker Opens at the Jewish Museum |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum presents an exhibition of rarely-seen Old Master paintings entitled Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker from March 15 through August 2, 2009. Reclaimed reveals the extraordinary legacy of Jacques Goudstikker, a preeminent art dealer in ...More
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| First Edition of Superman Achieves $317,200 at Auction |
NEW YORK, NY.- John Dolmayan, drummer for System of a Down and owner of Torpedo Comics , has paid $317,200 for a copy of the first edition of Action Comics, the comic book from June of 1938 which is famous for having in its pages the debut of the “Man of Steel”. The price paid for the comic book is a record, but it is not close to the $500,000 that Comic Connect estimated it to be ...More
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| Sigmar Polke: We, the Petty Bourgeois - Contemporaries Opens at Hamburger Kunsthalle |
HAMBURG.- At the centre of this exhibition is a long-neglected and only recently reassembled body of work by Sigmar Polke from the period 1974–1976: Wir Kleinbürger – Zeitgenossen und Zeitgenossinnen (We, the Petty Bourgeois – Contemporaries). The ten-part series of ...More
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| MoMA Announces an Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Prints by Belgian Artist James Ensor |
NEW YORk, NY.- James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949) was a major figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late nineteenth century and an important precursor to the development of Expressionism in the early twentieth. In both respects, he has influenced generations of later artists. This exhibition of approximately 95 of Ensor’s paintings, drawings, and prints will produce a ...More
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| Splendors of the Empire: Napoleon and the Imperial Court on View at Chateau de Malbrouck |
MANDEREN.- From the 15th of March to the 31st of August 2009, the Château de Malbrouck in Manderen is holding the exhibition “Splendours of the Empire: Napoléon and the Imperial Court”, presented by the Moselle Departmental Council in partnership with the Napoléon Foundation and with the support of eighteen museums, cultural institutions and several private collections.
At the crossroads of three countries - France, Germany and Luxembourg - the Château de Malbrouck brings together close to three hundred works of art, ...More
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| National Gallery of Australia Announces Arrival of the Degas Pastel, Recently Purchased at YSL Sale |
CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australia announced today the arrival of the recently acquired pastel by Edgar Degas, Woman bathing (Femme à sa toilette) 1880–85. The remarkable pastel was purchased in late February at the Yves Saint Laurent sale in Paris. It has arrived in time to appear in the final week of the National Gallery of Australia’s current exhibition Degas: master of French ...More
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| Art and Love in Renaissance Italy on View at the Kimbell Art Museum |
FORT WORTH, TX.- The Kimbell Art Museum presents Art and Love in Renaissance Italy, a fascinating exploration of art objects made to celebrate milestones in the lives of men and women in Renaissance Italy—betrothal, marriage, and the birth of a child. It will be on view from March 15 to June 14, 2009. Jointly organized by ...More
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| artnet Launches Prints Sale Featuring Works by Bacon, Chagall, Lichtenstein, and Other Artists |
NEW YORK, NY.- From March 12-26 artnet Online Auctions is featuring a special sale of original limited edition prints by 40 artists including Francis Bacon, Marc Chagall, Roy Lichtenstein, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.
Pop Art
Leading the sale is an exceptional group of Pop Art prints by Andy Warhol and Roy...More
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| Seattle Art Museum Announces 2009 SAM Next Series Featuring Corin Hewitt and Heide Hinrichs |
SEATTLE, WA.- SAM Next, the Seattle Art Museum’s contemporary art exhibition program, continues in 2009 with works by New York-based artist Corin Hewitt, on view April 4–October 18, 2009, and German-born, Seattle-based artist Heide Hinrichs, on view November 7, 2009–...More
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| LACMA Presents West Coast Premiere of First Comprehensive Franz West Survey in U.S. |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents the west coast premiere of Franz West, To Build a House You Start with the Roof: Work, 1972–2008. The exhibition is the first comprehensive survey in the United States of the internationally acclaimed Austrian artist Franz West and includes ...More
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| Portland Museum of Art Announces Call of the Coast: Art Colonies of New England |
PORTLAND, ME.- The art colonies of New England played a key role in the creation of an American national identity in the early 20th century. Art colonies in Old Lyme and Cos Cobb, Connecticut and Ogunquit and Monhegan, Maine were inspiration for nationally recognized artists including Edward Hopper, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, and George Bellows, among others. Call of the ...More
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| Six Shooters and Mistology Highlight Upcoming Mid-Week in Mid-City Events |
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Six Shooters, a panel discussion on photography presented by the New Orleans Photo Alliance, and Mistology, an interactive program for lovers of fine spirits, highlight the upcoming public programs scheduled for Wednesday nights at the New Orleans Museum of Art through May....More
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| Toledo Museum of Art Announces Strategic Restructuring |
TOLEDO, OH.- The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) announced today a strategic restructuring plan that includes a 15 percent reduction in personnel and operational cost savings. The plan will trim a combined $1 million from the organization's fiscal year 2009-2010 budget. Admission to the TMA will continue to ...More
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| Brandywine River Museum Hosts 38th Annual Antques Show, May 23-25 |
CHADDS FORD, PA.- Thirty-one of the nation's most outstanding antique dealers will showcase a variety of American and English furniture, glass, metalware, ceramics folk art, quilts, Oriental and European porcelain, rugs, and other fine collectibles at the 38th Annual Brandywine River ...More
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| Jay A. Clarke Appointed Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Clark |
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- Michael Conforti, director of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, announced that Jay A. Clarke has been appointed Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs of the museum located in Williamstown, MA. She will begin her duties on May 4....More
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| In Full Bloom: The Pysanky of Folk Artist Iryna Bilianska on View at the Ukranian Museum |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum's traditional springtime exhibition of Ukrainian Easter eggs – pysanky – this year features the unique, exquisite creations of little-known folk artist Iryna Bilianska (1899-1960s?).
Using as her prototype the traditional pysanky of her native Sokal region in ...More
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| Wexner Center Heralds the Start of Baseball Season with &th Year of Rare Baseball Films |
COLUMBUS, OH.- For the sixth year, the Wexner Center presents Rare Films from the Baseball Hall of Fame to commemorate the beginning of a new baseball season. This year's edition, put together by Wexner film curator Dave Filipi, screens Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11 at 7 PM. Included in this year's...More
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| Corporate, Private Art Collecting Symposium at Sheldon March 28 |
LINCOLN, NE.- Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present "For Business and Pleasure: A Symposium on Corporate and Private Collecting," 10 a.m.-1 p.m. March 28. ...More
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| Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program to Present Program about Operation Babylift |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program will present "Operation Babylift: Saving Children from the Vietnam War," a panel discussion and book signing commemorating the extraordinary humanitarian effort that evacuated more than 2,500 Vietnamese orphans during the final weeks ...More
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| Saint Louis Art Museum Announces Free Art After 5 Performance |
SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum welcomes Xiaoyu Yan to Grigg Gallery March 27 at 7 pm. The free performance is part of the Museum's Art After 5 series and complements the Museum's featured exhibition, Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty....More
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