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| Italian Earthquake in the Abruzzo Region Damages Art Treasures, Churches and Monuments |
A fireman kisses a statue of a Virgin after recuperating it from the tower of a Barroque church that was destroyed during the earthquake that hit the Italian region of Abruzzo. Photo: EFE / Ettore Ferrari.
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ROME.- Roman churches, funerary monuments and museums where artistic treasures are housed have been damaged in the Italian region affected by the earthquake. Even though the extent of the damage has not been calculated, David Rijser, an expert in Classic and Renaissance antiquities has tried to calculate the losses....More
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| Smithsonian Photography Initiative Announces Its New Blog "The Bigger Picture" |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Photography Initiative announces its blog, “The Bigger Picture,” which presents an inside look at the Smithsonian’s photography collections and invites audiences to engage in an online discussion about photography’s powerful impact on our world.
Launched in January 2009 at ...More
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| Sotheby's Sales of Impressionist and Modern Art to be Held on May 5 & 6 in New York |
NEW YORK, NY.- Two great icons of Modern Art will be featured in Sotheby’s May 5, 2009 Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York – Pablo Picasso’s La Fille de l’artiste à deux ans et demi avec un bateau from 1938 and Alberto Giacometti’s legendary sculpture, Le Chat from 1951. A rare group of paintings by ...More
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| Musee Rodin Presents Gillian Wearing, Confessions / Portraits, Vidéos |
PARIS.- At the same time as the temporary exhibition La fabrique du portrait, Rodin face à ses modèles, the museum invites you to discover a contemporary vision of the portrait through the work of the British artist Gillian Wearing.
For this event, the artist created Secrets and Lies, a new version of the 1994 work...More
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| The Film Society of Lincoln Center to Present On the Edge: New Independent Cinema from China 2009 |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Film Society of Lincoln Center will feature the best in Chinese contemporary cinema with “On the Edge: New Independent Cinema from China 2009”, at the Walter Reade Theater from Friday, April 24 through Sunday, April 26, (Three Days). A weekend series of seven films, with directors in person at many ...More
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| Live Music Returns to MoMA's Sculpture Garden in July and August |
NEW YORk, NY.- Musical performances return to The Museum of Modern Art’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden this summer, offering a diverse selection of live music in July and August.
The Museum’s free Summergarden series returns to the Sculpture Garden for ...More
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| Pulitzer Prize Photographs to Opens at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics |
UNIVERSITY, MS.- "Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs," the largest and most comprehensive display of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs ever shown in the United States, formally opens at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi on April 22. The exhibition will be on display through July 3, 2009....More
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| Modern Works' Titles Reveal Links to Classical Roots |
STANFORD, CA.- The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents “Appellations from Antiquity,” on view from April 15 through July 26, 2009. This exhibition, a collaboration between the Cantor Arts Center and Stanford's Department of Art and Art History, features a selection of 19th- and 20th-century works from the museum's collection....More
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| Depleted Uranium OK for Iraqis and US Troops, but Not for North Carolina |
DURHAM, NC.- Terrorism or Art? A well-received art exhibit at Duke University is being censored by the North Carolina state government.
Duke University has been happy with Robert Mihaly’s art exhibit at Duke’s Louise Jones Brown Gallery. The University even pre-approved the artist’s use of controversial elements such as human bones and depleted uranium, but a few ...More
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| Moscow Museum of Modern Art Presents Tatiana Selvinskaya "Playing Classics" |
MOSCOW.- The personal exhibition of Tatiana Selvinskaya at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art marks a significant date in the author’s biography – her 81st birthday. The display presents works created during the last ten years of the artist’s career, such as pieces from “Dedication” (1997), “Playing Classics” (2005) and “Artist and Sitter” (2007) series united by the theme of creative dialogue with the great masters of the past. ...More
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| Argentinean Artist Alberto Montoreano to Show Paintings at Schody Gallery in Warsaw |
WARSAW.- The paintings of the Argentinean artist Alberto Montoreano are arriving in Europe. Specially invited to exhibit his works, Montoreano is going to participate in an exhibition at the prestigious Schody Gallery in Warsaw, Poland, from July, 8th to 31st. ...More
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| Rock Prophecies: Feature-length Chronicle of Conflicted Photographer Robert M. Knight |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Imagine seeing bands like Led Zeppelin or the Rolling Stones long before they became famous. Legendary Rock photographer Robert Knight did just that, and has the photos to prove it. ROCK PROPHECIES explores Robert's amazing career and follows him on his quest to help the bands ...More
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| Performance, Video, Music, and Audio Features by Contemporary New York Artists Included in Metropolitan Exhibition |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 21 through August 2, 2009, will include performances, videos, and music by several contemporary New York artists, as well as related film screenings and audio features. This is the first major museum exhibition to focus...More
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| The American Institute of Architects Announces the 2009 COTE Top Ten Green Projects |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and enhance the environment. The projects will be honored at the AIA 2009 National Convention and Design Exposition in San ...More
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| Artists Vie for Honors in Arts & Crafts Guild Competition |
MYRTLE BEACH, SC.- Seventy-seven artists from around the region will vie for top honors and over $2000 in cash prizes in the Twelfth Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition, opening Thursday, April 30, at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum....More
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| "America's Funniest Home Videos" Brings Laughter to the Smithsonian |
WASHINGTON, DC.- “America’s Funniest Home Videos” creator Vin Di Bona donated objects from his hit television show to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in a special ceremony. The “America’s Funniest Home Videos” donation joins the museum’s permanent entertainment collections and represents one of the first reality-genre shows on television....More
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| Announcing the Establishment of The Július Koller Society |
BRATISLAVA.- The founding committee of The Július Koller Society (SJK) is pleased to announce its public registration as a civic association based in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. The SJK is founded in memory of the artist Július Koller (1938–2007), whose oeuvre, in its stringency, obsession and peculiarity, is one of the most idiosyncratic and consistent in European visual arts since the 1960s....More
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