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| Urbino's Most Illustrious Son, Raphael, Honored with Exhibition in his Hometown in Italy |
The painting "Knight's Dream" is an example of what can be seen in the exhibition "Raphael and Urbino" which opened at Ducal Palace in Urbino, Italy. Photo: EFE
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URBINO.- The city of Urbino (north of Italy) is remembering its most illustrious son, Renaissance painter Raphael, through a great exhibition that has gathered 40 of his works of art and another 40 by different artists of the time.
The exhibition "Raphael and Urbino", organized by the Superintendency of Superintendency of Historical, Artistical and Ethno-Anthropological heritage for the Marche, was inaugurated on Saturday at the Ducal Palace in this small city, and pretends to put a value on the connection between Raphael and his place of origin....More
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| Smithsonian Exhibits Six Architectural Models in Design Competition for New Museum |
WASHINGTON, DC.- Six visions of the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture are on display from 2 p.m. Friday, March 27, through Thursday, April 16, in the Smithsonian Institution Building (the Castle). The exhibition is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and it features design concepts, photographs and architectural models submitted by the six firms
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| The Middelheim Museum to Play Host to Pioneering Artist Chris Burden |
ANTWERP.- American artist Chris Burden will display a number of sculptures and installations at the Middelheim Museum summer exhibition this year. He will furthermore perform the spectacular live installation of Beam Drop Antwerp – in which steel beams will be dropped into concrete from a height of 35 metres – for the general public in the sculpture park on 30 May. ...More
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| A Woman with a Camera: Liselotte Grschebina Opens at Martin-Gropius Bau |
BERLIN.- The Martin-Gropius-Bau presents the first retrospective of the photographer Liselotte Grschebina (1908-1994), showing 100 photos taken by the artist in Germany and Palestine between 1929 and the 1940s. Liselotte Grschebina was represented with selected photographs in the 2005 ...More
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| Magnetic Landscape: An Exhibition of Contemporary Video Art on View at the Columbus Museum |
COLUMBUS, GA.- Magnetic Landscape examines the ways several contemporary video artists use landscape as a way to create new visual metaphors. For decades, video art has been a force in the visual art world. Many artists create works that combine art, technology and science as a reflection of today’s society. Presentday video art exists within a range of technology‐driven disciplines such as ...More
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| Opportunity Resources Inc. Announces Search for Executive Director of The C.M. Russell Museum |
NEW YORK, NY.- Opportunity Resources Inc. has been retained by The C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana to conduct the search for a new Executive Director. Opened in 1953, the C.M. Russell Museum collects, preserves, researches, interprets and educates on the art and life of Charles M. Russell, the internationally famous Western artist who lived from 1864-1926, as well as the art and life of his contemporaries and the work...More
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| La Casa Encendida Presents the Exhibition Portraits of New York: Photographs from the MoMA |
NEW YORK, NY.- La Casa Encendida of Obra Social Caja Madrid and the Museum of Modern Art of New York – with the support of the International Council of the MoMA – have organised the exhibition Portraits of New York: Photographs from the MoMA, which will provide an in-depth look at an essential component of the MoMA’s assets: its ...More
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| Water Spirit is Focus of National Museum of African Art Exhibition |
WASHINGTON, DC.- Beautiful and seductive, protective yet dangerous, the water deity Mami Wata (pidgin English for “Mother Water”) is the focus of a traveling exhibition that opened Wednesday, April 1, at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art. “Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas” explores 500 years of the visual culture and history of the water spirit that is celebrated throughout much of Africa and the African Atlantic world. The exhibition continues through July 26....More
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| Palazzo dei Diamanti Opens Morandi: the Art of the Etching |
FERRARA.- The spring exhibition at the Palazzo dei Diamanti presents the engravings of Giorgio Morandi with a collection of over 130 works made by the artist over the course of his career.
From Dürer to Parmigianino, from Rembrandt to Piranesi, from Goya to Picasso; the history of etching is an important chapter in the history of art. For Morandi, this was true. He regarded etching as an medium of artistic expression on par with painting at a time, which was only a ...More
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| The Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art Presents Marcel Breuer: Design and Architecture |
PROVIDENCE, RI.- As a designer and architect, Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) can be regarded as one of the most influential and important designers of the 20th century. As a young student at the Bauhaus Weimar, Breuer, who was Hungarian by birth, was noticed for various furniture designs inspired by the Dutch De Stijl group. In 1925, at the age of only 23, he “invented” tubular steel furniture,...More
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| Western Art Expert Spotlights American Masterpieces for Tyler Museum of Art's Spring Lecture Series |
TYLER, TX.- An internationally recognized authority on American Western art is the next guest for the Tyler Museum of Art’s 2009 Spring Lecture Series, as the TMA welcomes Dr. J.G. Sweeney of Arizona State University on Sunday, April 19. ...More
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| Sotheby's to Sell Giorgio Soavi's Collection - Friend of Giacometti, Balthus, Sutherland and Alechinsky |
MILAN.- Giorgio Soavi - a poet, a novelist and above all a man who loved art; he had a life rich of experiences and interesting encounters none of which describe him univocally, he defined himself a storyteller of the XX Century, and that can be considered the best definition of his character....More
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| Exhibition Gives a Fascinating Insight into the Family Life of Emily Tinne |
LIVERPOOL.- A new exhibition gives a fascinating insight into the family life of Emily Tinne – the lady whose amazing wardrobe of clothes reflects a vanished world between 1910 and 1940.
A Sweet Life: Fashion in a Liverpool sugar merchant’s family 9 April 2009 – spring ...More
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| Walker Art Gallery Announces Compelling Exhibition by Celebrated Women Artists |
LIVERPOOL.- Works by some of history’s most celebrated women artists are featured in a compelling new exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery.
The Rise of Women Artists charts the progress made by female artists from the 16th century up to the present day....More
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| Gwen John and Auguste Rodin's Relationship Uncovered through New Art Display at National Museum Cardiff |
CARDIFF.- In 1904 Welsh artist Gwen John (1876-1939) left Britain for Paris - the centre of the art world at the time - and became not only Auguste Rodin’s (1840-1917) model but also his lover. Master and Model: Rodin and Gwen John, which opened at National Museum Cardiff on Saturday, 4 April 2009, ...More
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| In Advance of the Upcoming Sale Villa Grisebach Shows Mies van der Rohe and Photography |
BERLIN.- Icons of the history of architecture on view at Villa Grisebach: A convolute of more than two dozen photographs illustrating the work of the architect Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) will be put on sale during the upcoming photography auction in early June. In advance of the upcoming sales, these...More
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| Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Opens First European Museum Solo Exhibition for Jorge Pardo |
DUSSELDORF.- K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen is the first European museum to dedicate a solo exhibition to Jorge Pardo. The American artist was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1963 and lives and works in Los Angeles. About 80 objects, pictures and sculptures offer an overview of Pardo’s work ...More
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| A Pier from the Hellenistic Period was Discovered in Akko |
JERUSALEM.- Remains of a unique and impressive floor were discovered at a depth of one meter underwater in Akko harbor. The remains constitute the first evidence of a low sea level during the Hellenistic period in Akko. The floor remains were discovered during archaeological excavations and inspections that the Israel Antiquities Authority Marine Archaeology Unit is carrying out within the ...More
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| Brooklyn Museum Announces Exhibition of a New Generation of Feminist Video Artists |
BROOKLYN, NY.- Reflections on the Electric Mirror: New Feminist Video presents recent videos by a new generation of feminist video artists. This exhibition will be on view in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, May 1, 2009 through January 10, 2010. ...More
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| High Presents Tenth Annual French Film Yesterday and Today |
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art will present the tenth annual "French Film Yesterday and Today" film series from April 10 through April 18, 2009. The series will feature five French films including the critically acclaimed "The Grocer's Son," "A Secret" and the children's film "The Red Balloon." This annual program is made possible with ...More
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