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| Selection from the Thousand Portraits Andy Warhol Painted Opens at the Grand Palais |
Andy Warhol, The Last Supper (Detail) © 2009 Andy Warhol Foundation for the visuals arts inc. / Adagp, Paris, 2009.Foundation for the visuals arts inc. / Adagp, Paris, 2009.
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PARIS.- In 1962, Andy Warhol painted the portraits of Marilyn Monroe and her rival Liz Taylor, reinterpreted the Mona Lisa and Elvis Presley. From 1967 until his death in 1987, he produced commissioned portraits of dozens of personalities, famous or obscure, creating a world fascinated by appearances, a vertiginous flattering mirror. He revived a neglected genre, applying new codes which deeply marked the history of portraiture. Alongside film and rock stars (Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Mick Jagger, Sylvester Stallone), we find portraits of artists (Man Ray, David Hockney, Joseph Beuys, Keith Haring), collectors and art dealers (Dominique de Menil, Bruno Bischofberger, Ileana Sonnabend, Leo Castelli), politicians (Willy Brandt, Edward Kennedy), fashion designers (Yves Saint-Laurent, Sonia Rykiel, Hélène Rochas), businessmen and jet-setters (Gianni Agnelli, Lee Radziwell, Princess Grace of Monaco, Gunther Sachs). Famous or less famous, they all glow with the aura of Warhol’...More
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| Over Sixty of the Leading Art World Personalities Gather 3rd Edition of the Global Art Forum |
DUBAI.- Over sixty of the leading art world personalities gather in Doha and in Dubai for the 3rd Edition of the Global Art Forum. It was launched in March 2007 as an initiative of Art Dubai and brings together artists, curators, museum directors, and art professionals to discuss issues that affect art today and will define its future. A ...More
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| Tent London and The Lightbox Announce Shortlist for The Art Fund Pavilion Architecture Competition |
LONDON.- Tent London and The Lightbox announced the shortlist for The Art Fund Pavilion architecture competition.
The competition received an overwhelming level of interest with over 600 entries from 52 countries, including Columbia, Georgia and Iran....More
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| Museum of Modern Art Announces Modern Mondays: Weekly Program Featuring Innovative Films |
NEW YORK, NY.- Modern Mondays, is a weekly program that brings contemporary, innovative film and movingimage works to the public and provides a forum for viewers to engage in dialogue and debate with contemporary filmmakers and artists. Modern Mondays presents new-and newly rediscovered film and media works with the director in attendance, stimulating discourse, ...More
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| Richard P. Townsend Named President and CEO of the Museum of Latin American Art |
LONG BEACH, CA.- The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) announced today that Richard P. Townsend, an accomplished museum curator and director, who was most recently Deputy Director for External Affairs at the Miami Art Museum, has been named its next President and CEO. He will assume his position on May 1. ...More
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| Sony World Photography Awards 2009 Winners Announced |
CANNES.- The professional finalists and amateur winners of the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards were announced today, Tuesday 17 March.
The 44 photographers, from 22 separate countries, beat off stiff competition from ...More
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| The Gabarrón Foundation Presents the Exhibition "Ramón de Soto: Reflections on Memory" |
NEW YORK, NY.- The show at the Gabarrón Foundation in New York features many key pieces from the career of this "man of culture" as Ramón de Soto has been called, all of the works included in this exhibition are from the IVAM Collection. The volumes of the sculptures advance and retreat in their measure depending on the artist's...More
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| Georges de La Tour Departmental Museum Announces Emile Gallé Exhibition |
VIC-SUR-SEILLE.- The Georges de La Tour Museum in Vic-sur-Seille, a site owned by the Moselle Conseil Général, is paying homage to Emile Gallé (1846-1904), who founded the École de Nancy in 1901. He was committed to regenerating the arts of decoration, and became one of the pioneers of Art Nouveau. Emile Gallé, who was always strongly interested in nature, became ...More
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| Architect Mario Botta Designs Poster for Cersaie 2009 |
BOLOGNA.- The concept expressed by Botta is taken from the architect’s first work using ceramic tiles and exhibited at the Triennale in Milan during the Furniture Show: “Il Guscio”, or the “Shell”.
The basic idea is that ceramic is a natural material made of earth and fire that ...More
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| Photographer Ron Kimball of Kimball Stock Wins Prestigious Award |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA.- Acclaimed professional automobile and animal photographer, Ron Kimball, has won the prestigious award of “Most Beautiful Book of the Year” at the Festival Automobile International held February 11 – 15, 2009, in Paris, France. Now in its 24th year, the Festival was established to recognize innovative and artistic auto design. The annual event presents awards ...More
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| Stark Foundation Programs to Participate in Art in the Park |
ORANGE, TX.- In celebration of art and nature, the Stark Museum of Art, Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, and The W.H. Stark House will participate in the seventh annual Art in the Park festival on Saturday, March 28 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Stark Park, 711 Green Avenue, Orange, Texas. Each ...More
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| Boston-born Artist Eileen Quinlan Featured in Photography Exhibition at the ICA/Boston |
BOSTON, MA.- The 13th exhibition in the Institute of Contemporary Art's Momentum series features Boston-born artist Eileen Quinlan in her first solo museum presentation. Momentum examines new developments in contemporary art, inviting emerging artists from the U.S. and around the world to...More
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| NMWA and Washington Shakespeare Company Present Sort-of-Jane Austen Reading Series |
WASHINGTON, DC.- During Shakespeare’s time, women were not permitted to act or produce works for the public stage. As a result, dramatic works authored by women during the Renaissance were published under a man’s name or never performed during the writers’ lifetimes. Through the joint efforts of the National Museum of Women in ...More
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| Acclaimed Architects Enrique Norten and Thom Mayne to Speak at Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego |
SAN DIEGO, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies continue to present their lecture series celebrating the great achievements of Louis Kahn. Enrique Norten will speak about his work and how...More
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| Creating a Goddess - Indian Craftsmen Create a Life-size Image of the Hindu Goddess Durga in Cardiff |
CARDIFF.- From 18 March to 4 April 2009, two artists from India will be at St Fagans: National History Museum, Cardiff creating colourful full-size images of a Hindu goddess for the Wales Puja Committee.
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| Jack Rosenthal Family Donates Travers Papers to the National Postal Museum |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's National Postal Museum has announced the donation of the Travers Papers from the Jack Rosenthal family. The Travers Papers consist of hundreds of typed and handwritten pages, an unpublished manuscript and related post office documents from the Third Assistant Postmaster ...More
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| Smithsonian Latino Center Inaugurates the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum in Second Life |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Latino Center, in partnership with the Virtual Immersive Technologies and Arts for Learning Lab at Ohio University and Linden Labs, is launching its ...More
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| Arkansas Arts Center Museum School Offers Classes at New Locations |
LITTLE ROCK, AR.- The Arkansas Arts Center Museum School is offering a variety of classes and workshops held at Wildwood Park for the Arts and Maumelle Arts Council. These programs are created to increase the art educational opportunities for children and adults who live inconveniently far from the Arkansas Arts Center. ...More
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| The New Light Foundation Awarded International Grant to Represent the U.S.A. as Art Ambassadors |
LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA, FL.- The New Light Foundation, Inc. announced that they are international grant recipients; selected to be the United States representative by the 1-2-3 Kinderlachen e.V. foundation of Rottenburg, Germany to host the international “Global Gallery” children’s festival ...More
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| April Lectures by Clark Fellows |
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- Since its inception in 2000, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program has earned an international reputation as a foremost center for advancing the study of visual arts and for educating the next generation of art historians, professors, and museum directors...More
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