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King Juan Carlos Welcomes Philippe de Montebello as Director of Art Courses for the Prado
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King Juan Carlos of Spain shakes Philippe de Montebello´s hand. Photo: EFE/Manuel H. de León.

MADRID.- The King of Spain today welcomed Philippe de Montebello, director of the Museo Nacional del Prado’s Course for 2009, at the Palacio de la Zarzuela, which aims to be one of the most important activities that the new study center will undertake this year. ...More

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA to Design Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009
LONDON.- The Serpentine Gallery announced that the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 will be designed by architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, of the leading Japanese practice SANAA. Sejima and Nishizawa’s Pavilion will be the architects’ first built structure in the UK and the ninth commission in the ...More

Yoko Ono and John Baldessari to Receive Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement at Venice Biennale
VENICE.- The 53rd International Art Exhibition’s (Venice, from 7th June to 22nd November 2009) Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement will be awarded to Yoko Ono and John Baldessari – two of the most important artists of our time.

As decided by the Board of the ...More

The Intimate Portrait: Drawings, Miniatures and Pastels Opens at the British Museum
LONDON.- The first ever major UK exhibition to examine a fascinating but relatively unknown aspect of British portraiture will open at the British Museum this spring. The Intimate Portrait will explore the period between the 1730s and the 1830s – the heyday of British portraiture – when some of the country’s greatest artists produced beautifully worked portraits in pencil, chalks, ...More

Penrith Art Project Transforms Recyclable Material into Large-scale Installations
SYDNEY.- Penrith is hosting a new contemporary art project which raises questions about society’s relationship to the production and consumption of waste. Taking its name from Penrith’s postcode, Activate 2750 presents eight days of sculptures, processions and performances created out of commercial and industrial waste....More

Sotheby's Inaugural Dedicated Sale of Contemporary Turkish Art Achieves $1,838,597
LONDON.- Today, Sotheby’s first-ever sale of Turkish Contemporary Art realised the strong total of £1,307,400 ($1,838,597) against a pre-sale estimate of £1.1-1.5 million and saw several works more than double their pre-sale high estimates. Over 60 clients registered to bid in the auction, which was 78.5% sold ...More

Detective Work of Curators Reveals New Portraits of Constable's Parents
LONDON.- Co-curators of the forthcoming exhibition Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle at the National Portrait Gallery have made important discoveries concerning two portraits belonging to Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service. ...More

Fotomuseum Winterthur Presents Joakim Eskildsen's The Rome Journeys
ZURICH.- Roma, Sinti, Calé, and other groups, often collectively referred to as Gypsies, form Europe‘s largest ethnic minority. They are scattered far and wide—each group in its particular situation, with its own language and culture. During the course of history, Roma in Europe have been persecuted, expelled, and even enslaved. Many Roma today still have to contend with...More

First Exhibition of Traditional Korean Painting at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
SYDNEY.- This is the gallery’s first exhibition of traditional Korean painting. Korean Dreams includes a lively selection of some 40 decorative paintings and screens dating from the 17th to 19th centuries (Joseon dynasty).

The collection, passionately assembled by the distinguished contemporary Korean...More

Art Karlsruhe 2009 Bets on "Serious Growth" for This Year's Edition of Art Fair
KARLSRUHE.- Even after the most successful Art KARLSRUHE in 2008 with 38,000 visitors, the sixth fair promises yet another increase in its appeal. Under the motto Great art guaranteed! it will be laying on surprises from 5 to 8 March 2009 without deviating from the proven concept of a well-balanced presence of contemporary ...More

Artist Kehinde Wiley Discusses his Art and its Influences at the Getty Center
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Artist Kehinde Wiley-who transforms the conventions of historic portraiture in an exploration of power, status and contemporary urban life-will speak on April 2 at the Getty Center about his art work and his current project "The World Stage: Brazil." ...More

Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Largest Exhibition of Dutch Masterpieces Ever Shown in Canada
VANCOUVER.- Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art: Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum at the Vancouver Art Gallery will be the largest and most significant collection of 17th century Dutch art ever presented in Canada. On view from May 10 to September 13, 2009, the exhibition...More

The Museum of Modern Art to Present Exhibition Exploring 20 Years of the Work of Gabriel Orozco
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Gabriel Orozco, an exhibition focusing on 20 years of the work of Gabriel Orozco (Mexican, b. 1962), December 13, 2008 through March 1, 2010. Orozco emerged at the beginning of the 1990s as one of the most intriguing and original artists of his generation. ...More

Portland Museum of Art Breaks February Attendance Record
PORTLAND, ME.- February 2009 was the most attended and most successful February in the Portland Museum of Art’s history, thanks to the popularity of the exhibition Backstage Pass: Rock & Roll Photography. The 17,839 visitors for the month broke the record that was set by the Ansel Adams exhibition in 2000. ...More

Wine Writer Max Allen Connects Green Fairies and Liquid Stones with Degas at the National Gallery of Australia
CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australia will kick off this Canberra Day long weekend with a Degas focus talk Green fairies and liquid stones. Renowned wine writer and raconteur Max Allen will discuss artists, poets and musicians, who have drawn inspiration through intoxication....More

Eastman House and RPO Collaborate to Present "Cinematic Symphony" May 3
ROCHESTER, NY.- There's no place like Rochester … a city that boasts the collections of George Eastman House and the music of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO). On Sunday, May 3, these two world-class cultural icons are teaming up for a special collaboration to...More

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Research on Artist Unemployment Rates
WASHINGTON, DC.- Unemployment rates are up among working artists and the artist workforce has contracted, according to new research from the National Endowment for the Arts. Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact on Jobs in 2008 examines how the economic slowdown has affected the nation's working artists. The study looks...More

All Things Ming: Saint Louis Art Museum Presents Asian-Inspired Programs
SAINT LOUIS, MO.- To complement the Saint Louis Art Museum's featured exhibition Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty, the institution announces a variety of classes, weekend workshops, a seminar and other programming related to the exhibition....More

MoMA's International Program Presents Initiatives Involving Latin American Art and Artists in 2009
NEW YORK, NY.- In the coming year, the International Program will launch a series of projects focusing on Latin America that will expand the Museum’s engagement with the visual arts of Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela.

MoMA’s International ...More

The ICA/AIGA Speaker Series Presents Design as Social Agent, a Full Day of Conversation
BOSTON, MA.- The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) and Boston Chapter of the AIGA, the professional association for design, present "Design as Social Agent," a daylong event on Saturday, April 4 from 10 am to 5 pm. Bringing together speakers from the fields of design, street art, music and politics, the ...More

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