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| First Major Exhibition of J.M.W. Turner Works Opens at The National Art Museum of China |
J.M.W. Turner: Oils and Watercolours from Tate Britain is the first comprehensive exhibition of Turner’s works to be shown in China. Photo: EFE/Adrian Bradshaw.
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BEIJING.- The first major exhibition of J.M.W. Turner works opened at The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) in Beijing. This exhibition is the result of a partnership between the British Council, Tate and NAMOC. J.M.W. Turner: Oils and Watercolours from Tate Britain is the first comprehensive exhibition of Turner’s works to be shown in China. The works come predominantly from the Turner Bequest. The project follows closely on the heels of the J. M. W. Turner: Oils and Watercolours from Tate Britain another Tate and British Council collaboration which was named ‘the exhibition of the ...More
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| Rare 17th Century Spanish Works to Premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art |
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The first exhibition to examine the religious visual culture of 17th-century Spain and Latin America will open at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on October 11, 2009. Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World brings to life the challenges faced by visual artists such as El Greco, Francisco Zurbarán, ...More
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| Exhibition of Legendary Photographer Diane Arbus's Work to be Displayed at National Museum Cardiff |
CARDIFF.- One of National Museum Cardiff's main art exhibitions in 2009 will reveal the work of legendary New York photographer Diane Arbus (1923 -1971), who transformed the art of photography.
Diane Arbus, which comprises 69 black and white photographs including the rare ...More
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| Works Newly Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci to be Unveiled at High Museum in October |
ATLANTA, GA.- The High will unveil two works newly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci with the opening of “Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius” in October 2009. The recent cleaning of Andrea del Verrocchio’s “Beheading of the Baptist” (1477–1483) relief for the Silver Altar of the Florentine Baptistery has enabled a detailed examination of its individual components, revealing that two of the figures were made very...More
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| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Announces Cost-Saving Measures |
BOSTON, MA.- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum today announced a series of cost-saving measures in response to the effects of the global financial crisis. None of the measures will affect the visitor experience, including no change to admission prices, programs, or hours of operation. In response to this challenge, and to manage prudently during this difficult period, ...More
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| The World's First Visual Arts Opera to be Presented at Art Basel |
BASEL.- One of the most spectacular events at this year’s Art Basel will be the presentation of “Il Tempo del Postino” at Theater Basel. The Independent called this unique show “The world's first visual arts opera” after its first and only
presentation at the Manchester International Festival in 2007. A group of the world’s leading visual artists created a major experimental presentation....More
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| artnet Launches April in Paris Photographs Sale Featuring Works by Brassai, Doisneau and Kertész |
NEW YORK, NY.- artnet Online Auctions is featuring April in Paris, a special sale of 100 photographs by 50 renowned artists including Brassaï, Robert Doisneau, André Kertész and Willy Ronis through April 30.
Modern Masters
Leading the sale is a collection of photographs by modern masters including Eugène Atget, Brassaï, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, and Man Ray. Among the...More
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| Season of Rare Buddhist Arts Presented in London for the Next Three Weeks |
LONDON.- The Many Faces of Buddhism, a series of arts and cultural events drawing on Buddhist cultural traditions, are being presented in London by the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, from Saturday 25 April to Sunday 17 May to coincide with the opening of The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Gallery at the V&A, the first gallery for Buddhist sculpture in the UK....More
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| Deichtorhallen in Hamburg Presents Cecily Brown's Large-format Canvases |
HAMBURG.- Painter Cecily Brown (born in 1969), London-based but living in New York, mostly chooses erotic motives for her large-format canvases, which she nearly abstracts to such an extent that they dissolve into pure chromaticity. Her energetic pictures, working on the borders between abstraction and figuration, have been one of the most distinctive positions in current painting since around 10 years. ...More
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| Laila's Birthday, a Film that Takes Place on an Average Day, has a Weeklong Run at MoMA |
NEW YORK, NY.- Laila’s Birthday (2008), the latest feature by director Rashid Masharawi (b.1962, Gaza Strip), will have a weeklong run in MoMA’s Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters from May 27 through June 1, 2009.
Laila’s Birthday is set in the filmmaker’s chaotic ...More
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| Artist Susan Hiller's Exploration of Germany's Unintentional Memorials to its Jewish Past |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Artist Susan Hiller's chance encounter with a Berlin street called Judenstrasse (Jews Street) in 2002 was the unexpected experience that set into motion an arduous three year journey to find and photograph every street in Germany with the prefix Juden (Jews) in its name - a surprising 303 sites in all. Hiller was initially shocked, but mostly confused by this ...More
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| Southern Methodist University to Host 10th International Conference on Arts & Cultural Management |
DALLAS, TX.- The Meadows School of the Arts and Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (SMU) will co-host the 10th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management (AIMAC 2009), the premiere gathering of its kind. The 2009 Conference will take place June 28-July...More
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| International Competition Offers World's Largest Art Prize |
GRAND RAPIDS, MI.- ArtPrize invites artists of all kinds from around the world to participate in an unprecedented competition that will award nearly one-half million dollars to prize winners, including $250,000 to the artist who receives the most public votes....More
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| Crystal Bridges Names Director of Museum Relations |
BENTONVILLE, AR.- Museum officials at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced today that Virginia Germann has joined the museum's senior staff as the Director of Museum Relations. She began her duties April 20 and will report directly to Sandy Edwards, Crystal Bridges' Associate Director....More
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| David Seidner: Paris Fashions, 1945 to Open at the International Center of Photography |
NEW YORK, NY.- David Seidner: Paris Fashions, 1945 will present photographs of a collection of couture-clad dolls made for the Théâtre de la Mode, a wildly creative effort by the French fashion industry to broadcast to the world that they were back in business after World War II. In 1990, contemporary fashion photographer David Seidner (1957–1999) was asked to photograph the dolls for a ...More
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| William Wegman: Fay Goes to the Akron Art Museum |
AKRON, OH.- The Akron Art Museum will present the wonderfully witty, entertaining and moving exhibition William Wegman: Fay, featuring the artistic collaboration between William Wegman (b. 1943) and his celebrated Weimaraner, Fay (1984-1995). ...More
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| Smithsonian Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May with a series of lectures, tours and performances at museums around the Institution. All programs are free unless otherwise indicated....More
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| Vancouver Artist Building Six Story Sculpture Through the Centre of the Vancouver Art Gallery |
VANCOUVER, BC.- Vancouver artist Reece Terris is building a 60-foot architectural installation straight up through the heart of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Focusing on the evolution of domestic space in Vancouver over the last six decades, Ought Apartment is an "apartment tower" with six full-sized residences stacked on top of each other, each dedicated to a decade of décor...More
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