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Prado Opens New Guest Work Program and Exhibition Hall with a Visit by Nicolas Sarkozy
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The King and Queen of Spain together with French President, Nicolas Sarkozy (2r), and his wife, Carla Bruni (2l), pose in front of the work of art “The Family of Phillip V” by Louis Michel van Loo in the brand new The First Borbons Hall, a thematic hall that shows portraits of the Borbons made by French painters from the 18th Century. Photo: EFE/Ballesteros.

MADRID:- The state visit that French President Nicolas Sarkozy made to Spain and to the Museo del Prado this afternoon, together with the King and Queen of Spain, coincides with the inauguration by the Prado of the “Guest Work of Art” program, precisely with a work of art that comes from the Louvre, The Penitent Magdalene by Georges de La Tour, as well as the inauguration of the new exhibition hall dedicated to portraits of the Borbon family by French painters. The first guest work of art will be on view until June 28, in hall 5, together with paintings made by the artist which are housed in the museum....More

Museo del Prado Welcomes Georges de la Tour's Penitent Magdalene, on Loan from the Louvre
MADRID.- Through the program “Guest Work of Art”, the Museo del Prado inaugurates a new exhibition model that pretends to allow visitors to get closer to great Works of art from other museums with the double objective of enriching the visitor´s experience and to estbalish a comparative term that allows reflection on the museum´s own works of art....More

National Children's Museum Unveils Building Design by Cesar Pelli
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Children’s Museum (NCM) unveiled plans for its new Pelli Clarke Pelli-designed building, slated to open in 2013 at National Harbor, as a physical demonstration of the Museum’s mission to inspire children to care about and improve the world. NCM’s new 150,000 square-foot, LEED-certified building will serve as an active teaching tool, highlighting the accomplishments of ...More

Tate Group Exhibition Explores the Themes of Disruption and Discontinuity within Processes
LONDON.- Stutter, the latest exhibition in Tate Modern’s Level 2 programme, explores the themes of disruption and discontinuity within processes of thought and language. The group show features works by international contemporary artists Sven Augustijnen, Anna Barham, Dominique Petitgand, Michael Riedel, Will Stuart and Michelangelo Pistoletto and includes a wide range of...More

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Opens Sargent Rotunda Featuring Rarely Seen Works
BOSTON, MA.- Considered one of the greatest portraitists of his generation, John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) set aside portraiture in 1907 to pursue what he deemed a more challenging artistic endeavor—mural design. His ambitious achievements in this genre grace the Dome and Colonnade at the heart of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and are ...More

Art Basel Announces Eight Works by Internationally Renowned Artists for its Public Art Projects
BASEL.- This summer the Messeplatz, sited directly in front of the buildings hosting the 40th edition of Art Basel, will once again become a stage for art projects in the public space. Eight works by internationally renowned artists Valentin Carron, General Idea, Mark Handforth, Jeppe Hein, Gabriel Kuri, Mathieu Mercier, John McCracken and Ken Price will be installed.

The Public Art Projects platform offers ...More

The Morgan to Present Finest Individual Illuminated Pages from its Renowned Collections
NEW YORK, NY.- Famous for its medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, The Morgan Library & Museum also holds a notable collection of single illuminated pages. Extracted from full texts, these works were acquired because they include some of the most spectacular examples of medieval painting, often with intricate designs brightened by burnished gold. From June 19 through September 13, 2009, in an exhibition ...More

Influential Artist George Condo Exhibition Opens at Musée Maillol
PARIS.- This George Condo exhibition at the Musée Maillol completes a trilogy of shows which began with an exhibition of paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat and continued with the Parisian work of Keith Haring. These three artists who shared the same galleries all came onto the New York art scene in the early 1980s and their personal styles all made a mark on American painting and, more broadly speaking, on contemporary art in general....More

Paul Strand Retrospective Organized by Aperture Foundation Travels to South America
NEW YORK, NY.- Aperture Foundation, a world-renowned non-profit publisher dedicated to promoting photography in all its forms, has partnered with Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS), a Brazilian non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and disseminating Brazilian culture through photography, literature, cinema, music and the visuals arts, to present the first retrospective to be held in Brazil featuring...More

Roxy Paine Creates Monumental Sculpture for 2009 Installation of Metropolitan Museum's Roof Garden
NEW YORK, NY.- Conceptual artist Roxy Paine (American, b. 1966) has created a site-specific installation for the 2009 season of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, the most dramatic outdoor space for sculpture in New York City. Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom features a 130-foot-long by 45-foot-wide stainless-steel ...More

Artropolis, a City-wide Celebration of the Arts, Culture & Antiques Opens in Chicago in May
CHICAGO, IL.- Three shows running concurrently at The Merchandise Mart will anchor a city-wide celebration of arts, antiques and culture called Artropolis, May 1 – 4, 2009.

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The centerpiece of the weekend will be ...More

Tabakalera Opens Look Again: Five Visions in Contemporary Video
SAN SEBASTIAN.- Tabakalera is hosting a new exhibition: Look Again. Five international artists, five visions in contemporary video. An exhibition curated by Carolina Grau....More

Nassau County Museum of Art Announces 2009 Museum Ball
ROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- Nassau County Museum of Art’s (NCMA) annual Museum Ball is a super event that is one of the most glittering dates of the North Shore social season. The elegant Ball is the museum's major annual fundraiser, providing an important component of the museum’s operating budget and helping to fund NCMA's ambitious schedule of original exhibitions and stimulating...More

The Barefoot Lone Pilgrim, a Video by David Blandy, on View at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
GATESHEAD.- Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art presents The Barefoot Lone Pilgrim, a video by David Blandy from Monday 27 April.

David Blandy’s work deals with his problematic relationship with popular culture,...More

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art Opens Arthur Q. Davis: Legacy of a Modern Architect
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- In 1947, a time in which few New Orleans-based architects were advancing modern architecture, Arthur Q. Davis and his partner, Nathanial C. Curtis, established their practice in the city. The Curtis and Davis firm was best known for designing the Louisiana Superdome and modernist landmarks in New Orleans, including the New Orleans Rivergate Exhibition Center; the New Orleans Public Library; Royal Orleans Hotel; St. Francis Cabrini Church; the Caribe...More

Wesleyan University's Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery Presents Global Warning: Artists and Climate Change
MIDDLETOWN, CT- Global Warning: Artists and Climate Change explores pressing environmental issues through the lens of visual artists. Although a number of the artists have collaborated or consulted with scientists and other experts, the aim of Global Warning is to increase awareness of climate change through challenging, often evocative, content that is laced with poetry and ...More

Walker Art Center Presents Regis Dialogue and Retrospective Highlighting the Career of Legendary Director William Klein
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Walker Art Center’s ongoing Regis Dialogue and Film Retrospective program, which brings together some of the most innovative and influential filmmakers of our time with leading critics, writers, and historians, welcomes back legendary filmmaker William Klein with In & Out of Fashion: The Films of William Klein, a showcase of his work presented May 15–June 6. A Regis ...More

Plains Art Museum Exhibition Reveals Secrets Through Architectural Photographs
FARGO, ND.- ArtView: Secrets of the City: Photographs of Fargo by Meghan Duda opens May 28 and runs through August 16, 2009 in the Serkland Law Firm and Xcel Energy Galleries at Plains Art Museum. In this ArtView exhibition, Duda’s photographs reveal and highlight secrets that are in plain sight but that people rarely really see or notice....More

Russian Pavilion to Present Victory over the Future at 53rd International Venice Biennale
VENICE.- The Russian Pavilion will present the exhibition Victory Over the Future in the 53rd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. Located in the Giardini Pubblici, the Russian Pavilion will be open to the public from June 7 to November 22, 2009. The Pavilion will present new work by artists exploring the tension between Russian avant-garde traditions and their personal narratives. The seven featured artists are: Alexey Kallima, Irina Korina, Andrei Molodkin, Gosha Ostretsov, Pavel Pepperstein, Sergei Shekhovtsov, and Anatoly Shuravlev. ...More

Collaborative Exhibit Explores the Connections of Science and Art
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.- Is it possible that inside every artist there is a scientific mind? Or that every scientist uses creativity in their deductive processes? The connection between creativity, exploration and invention was accepted during the Renaissance; why not today?...More

Six Keynote Debates on the Future of Scotland's Built Environment
GLASGOW.- The Lighthouse, Scotland's national Architecture and Design Centre, today launched a series of keynote debates aimed at stimulating broad discussion and driving real improvements to the nation's built environment. The six debates, organised in association with A+DS and sponsored by the Urban ...More

The Place2Be, Credit Suisse and the National Gallery Work Together To Promote Emotional Wellbeing Among Children
LONDON.- The Place2Be, a national children's charity that provides counselling in schools, is partnering the National Gallery in a special project titled 'Line of Vision' in October and November 2008 thanks to the support of Credit Suisse....More

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