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| Saatchi Gallery Launches Ad Campaign Offering Free Global Platform for Artists to Sell Art |
Buyers can view works and make contact with artists via their profile pages on Saatchi Online
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LONDON, ENGLAND.- The Saatchi Gallery and Clear Channel Outdoor are launching a national outdoor poster campaign across the UK to help artists and people interested in buying art during the financial recession. Saatchi Online provides a free global platform for artists to show their work to an international audience and to sell it to collectors without the usual 50% commission taken by galleries. It has always been very difficult for artists to have their work seen by potential collectors. Dealers are often too busy to look at new artists work and often rely on their own stable of artists to introduce new ones to their gallery. This has made it ...More
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| Nelson-Atkins Director/CEO Marc F. Wilson Announces Retirement as of June 2010 |
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Marc F. Wilson, who led The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art through a dramatic transformation and major expansion in recent years, has announced that he will retire as Menefee D. and Mary Louise Blackwell Director/CEO, effective June 1, 2010. Wilson has held the position since 1982....More
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| Damien Hirst Requiem at the Pinchuk Art Centre in Ukraine |
KYIV, UKRAINE.- The PinchukArtCentre will open Requiem, a major retrospective of over 100 works dating from 1990 to 2008, by Damien Hirst. Requiem opens on 25th April and continues through 20th September 2009. Since the start of his career, Hirst has pushed the boundaries of art and what it means to be an artist. Requiem bears witness to a bold new direction in his work by ...More
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| Landmark British Library Exhibition "Henry VIII: Man and Monarch" Guest-curated by David Starkey |
LONDON.- To mark the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s accession to the throne, historian and broadcaster Dr David Starkey will guest-curate a major exhibition at the British Library, London. Important and rarely displayed items from the British Library’s unrivalled Henry VIII collections, including correspondence, key official documents, maps and books from the King’s own library, will be exhibited alongside loans from other national museums and collections.
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| Dan Flavin Art Institute Opens for Season with Permanent and Special Exhibition by Imi Knoebel |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Dan Flavin Art Institute in Bridgehampton, New York, presents the 2009-2010 season opening April 23rd with the permanent installation of nine fluorescent light works by Dan Flavin, and the special exhibition, Imi Knoebel: Knife Cuts Part 2. The Dan Flavin Art Institute features works created ...More
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| Kunsthal KAdE, Designed by the Acclaimed Spanish Architect Juan Navarro Baldeweg, set to Open |
AMERSFOORT.- Kunsthal KAdE is up and ready to go. The keys of the brand new exhibition venue were handed over to Head curator Robbert Roos of the Municipality of Amersfoort. Located in central Amersfoort, KAdE will offer a programme of exhibitions and events in the field of contemporary art, ...More
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| Sotheby's Sale of American Indian Art to be Held May 20 |
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s annual sale of American Indian Art, including Property from the Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal in New York will take place on May 20, 2009. The sale will feature several distinguished private collections, among them: The Estate of Herbert Wellington; Property from the Collection of Morton and Estelle Sosland, sold to benefit the Greater Kansas City...More
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| Head-turning Sculpture Reshapes the Horizon in England |
ST. HELENS.- The final piece of Dream, a landmark new sculpture, was lowered into place on the site of a former coal mine in St.Helens, next to a busy motorway where it will be seen by millions of motorists each year.
The spectacular 20 metre-high sculpture, by internationally renowned artist Jaume Plensa, is situated on the site of the former Sutton Manor Colliery in St.Helens,...More
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| Miami Art Museum Responds to Economic Downturn by Cutting Budget While Maintaining Programming |
MIAMI, FL.- Miami Art Museum announced today that it has taken steps to address the challenges of the current economic crisis while maintaining a full range of exhibitions and educational programming. The museum is continuing to plan for the long term and remains on track with its plans for a new home designed by Herzog & de Meuron, scheduled for completion in 2012 in downtown...More
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| Utah Museum of Fine Arts Director Resigns, Interim Director Appointed |
SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- University of Utah College of Fine Arts Dean Raymond Tymas-Jones announced today that David Dee has resigned as director of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA). “We have had the pleasure of working with David for the past four years, which could be classified as the most significant growth period in the museum’s history. He should take pride in the work he has done to bring some outstanding exhibits to Utah,” Tymas-Jones said....More
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| Against the Day: Luc Tuymans Opens at Wiels, the International Laboratory for Creation and Diffusion of Contemporary Art |
BRUSSELS.- This is the first solo exhibition of Luc Tuymans in Brussels. The artist will present, in world premiere, twenty new paintings. The works are the third and last part of a triptych that began with the series Les Revenants about the power of the Jesuit Order and continued with Forever: The Management of Magic, about the Walt Disney phenomenon. In this new series, Tuymans continues his ...More
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| Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949 Opens at the Contemporary Jewish Museum |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- During the artistic ferment following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, major artists joined actors, choreographers, writers, and musicians in creating a daring new theater. This collaboration gave rise to extraordinary productions with highly original stage designs that redefined the concept of theater itself, attracting large, diverse audiences and garnering international critical praise. In Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish...More
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| "Red Geraniums" Print by Robert Kushner Commissioned by The Smithsonian Associates |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Associates Art Collectors Program announces the 2009 commission of Robert Kushner to create a limited-edition screen print. “Red Geraniums” is now on display at the Graphic Eloquence exhibition in the Smithsonian’s Ripley Center. Through the Art Collectors Program, this signed and numbered screen print is now available for purchase. Proceeds support the educational and cultural programs of The Smithsonian Associates....More
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| Windmill Museum at the American Wind Power Center has Released a Completion Date for its Windmill Mural |
LUBBOCK, TX.- The Windmill Museum at the American Wind Power Center has released a completion date of mid-October 2009 for its Windmill Mural art work (realism, American, acrylic on aluminum). Painting on the mural was started in November 2007 by the commissioned artist, LaGina Fairbetter. Miss. Fairbetter is a muralist...More
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| A Project from Milwaukee International in Cooperation with Kolnischer Kunstverein on View at Art Cologne 2009 |
COLOGNE.- During ART COLOGNE 2009, the organizers of the Milwaukee International Art Fair will bring a unique four day event to the Kölnischer Kunstverein in Cologne: Dark Fair. Milwaukee International art fairs are an artistic response to the dominant art-fair mania. Dark Fair Cologne is a "miniature art ...More
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| American Academy Announces 2009 Class of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members |
CAMBRIDGE, MA.- The American Academy of Arts & Sciences today announced the election of leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector. The 212 new Fellows and 19 Foreign Honorary Members join one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and a center for independent policy research. ...More
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| Nationally Respected Painter Mel Leipzig Participates in Two Exhibitions Now on View at the New Jersey State Museum |
TRENTON, NJ.- Artist As Curator and Mel Leipzig: Selected Works by Trenton-based painter Mel Leipzig, are now on display at the New Jersey State Museum through September 6, 2009....More
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| Friends of the Monterey Museum Presents: "Critical Recosntructions" a Talk with David Ligare |
MONTEREY, CA.- The Friends of the Monterey Museum of Art presents "Critical Reconstructions" a talk with artist David Ligare. The event begins at 10:30 am on Monday, May 4, 2009 at MMA at La Mirada, 720 Via Mirada, Monterey. Admission is free to MMA Members, Friends of the Museum and their guests and $5 for the general public. ...More
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| Internationally Renowned Art Historian to Speak at Phoenix Art Museum |
PHOENIX, AZ.- Internationally renowned art historian Marilyn Stokstad, Ph.D., and author of the widely used textbook Art History, presents On a Pilgrim's Trail: Adventures in Early Buildings, a grand tour of great European Medieval and Renaissance architecture on Saturday, May 2 at 2 p.m. Prior to this fascinating lecture, Stokstad will be honored at the annual Women in Art Awards Luncheon presented by the Phoenix Art ...More
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