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| Filmmaker Ángeles González-Sinde Appointed New Minister of Culture in Spain |
The new Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde (l), takes the oath in front of the King and Queen of Spain and the President, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2nd l), in an act celebrated this afternoon at the Palacio de la Zarzuela. Photo: EFE/Manuel H. de León.
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MADRID.- Filmmaker and until now president of the Academy of Arts and Cinema Science, Ángeles González-Sinde, has been named Minister of Culture, substituting César Antonio Molina, by the president of the government, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero....More
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| Grand Palais Opens Exhibition of Paintings by Artists Fascinated by Optical Illusions and Visual Puzzles |
PARIS.- Artists fascinated by optical illusions and keen to explore the limits of painting have long indulged in visual puzzles and changing perspectives. Playing on the ambiguity of double images, which change with the observer’s point of view, many painters have covered their tracks and introduced several meanings, often hidden, in images that can be read in multiple ways. They did so ...More
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| British Museum to Examine the Semi-mythical Status of Moctezuma and his Legacy Today in Exhibition |
LONDON.- Completing its series of exhibitions exploring power and empire, the British Museum focuses on the last elected Aztec Emperor, Moctezuma II. Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler is the first exhibition to examine the semi-mythical status of Moctezuma and his legacy today. Loans of iconic material from Mexico and Europe will be displayed, most for the first time in this country. The exhibition anticipates the ...More
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| Indianapolis Museum of Art Launches ArtBabble.org, A First-of-its-kind Website Dedicated to Art Video |
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art today announced the launch of ArtBabble.org, an online community created to showcase art-based video content. The groundbreaking new site allows visitors to explore works of art online as never before, through a collection of interviews with artists and curators, original documentaries and art installation videos. Incorporating cutting-edge technology, ...More
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| A Constable, a Broom Closet Find, and a Missing Heir at Bonhams 19th Century Picture Sale |
LONDON.- Bonhams next sale of 19th Century Paintings on April 22nd has a number of intriguing paintings that come with stories of their own. They include a painting discovered in a Sussex Working Men’s Club broom cupboard which is set to make £7,000; a watercolour that is clear evidence of John Constable’s admiration of female beauty, something which ...More
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| The J. Paul Getty Museum will Return a 1st Century Roman Fresco to Italy in May 2009 |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today it will return to Italy a Roman fresco fragment dating to the third quarter of the 1st century B.C. The wall fragment, which features a landscape scene, came into the Museum's collection in 1996. ...More
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| The Morgan Receives Important Gift of Forty Drawings from Artist Jim Dine |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum announced it has received a promised gift from artist Jim Dine of forty works on paper known as The Glyptotek Drawings.* The series was inspired by Greek and Roman sculpture, primarily from the Glyptothek Museum in Munich, and was created in 1987-88....More
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| 2009 Portland Museum of Art Biennial Opens in Maine |
PORTLAND, ME.- This April the Portland Museum of Art will feature 17 artists whose work has been selected for the 2009 Portland Museum of Art Biennial. Last September three jurors chose 29 works culled from a record 970 applicants. Of the 17 artists chosen, seven have participated in previous Biennial exhibitions. The 2009 Portland Museum of Art ...More
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| Agathe Snow "Views From the Top, Vertigo and Constellations" on View at Jeu de Paume |
PARIS.- For the Jeu de Paume Satellite programme, Agathe Snow is presenting Vues d’en haut, vertiges et constellations (Views From Above. Vertigo and Constellations). This project is one in a series of meditations on Leonardo da Vinci being presented through the year in a variety of exhibition venues....More
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| MoMA Presents a 22-Film Retrospective of the French Director and Screenwriter Julien Duvivier |
NEW YORK, NY.- The widely varied and influential career of French director and screenwriter Julien Duvivier (1896-1967) is rediscovered in Julien Duvivier, a month-long, 22-film retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, from May 1 through 28, 2009. Working consistently for four decades, both in Europe and Hollywood, in a darkly ...More
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| Francisco Sebastián Nicolau, One of the Most Remarkable Representatives of Realism, Exhibits at IVAM |
VALENCIA.- The exhibition that the IVAM is presenting features 74 works by Francisco Sebastián Nicolau, known basically as a painter and hailed as one of the most remarkable representatives of realism, with many exhibitions in Spain and beyond its borders to his credit. This show is a clear demonstration of his excellent qualities in painting – his natural medium – and sculpture. ...More
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| N.C. Museum of Art Expansion Project One Year from Grand Opening |
RALEIGH, NC.- The North Carolina Museum of Art announced today that it is in the final phases of its expansion initiative and on schedule to open a new 127,000 square foot home for the permanent collection in April 2010....More
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| Seamus Heaney's 70th Birthday to be Celebrated by Special Exhibition at Irish Museum of Modern Art |
DUBLIN.- An exhibition presenting an extensive display of books on which Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney collaborated with a wide cross section of leading artists opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday 14 April 2009. Artists/Heaney/Books: An Exhibition is being shown to coincide with the celebration of Seamus Heaney’s 70th birthday on 13 April, and is presented in ...More
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| Major Installations by Mark Dion and Micha Ullman at Israel Museum |
JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, has added two new large-scale, site-specific works by contemporary artists Mark Dion and Micha Ullman to the extensive display of outdoor sculpture on view in its renowned Billy Rose Art Garden. These new commissions include:...More
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| "Universal Dimensions: The Space Art of Wang Ming" on Display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum |
WASHINGTON, DC.- “Universal Dimensions: The Space Art of Wang Ming” showcases the art of Chinese painter Wang Ming through 35 works that are part of the artist’s personal collection. Since leaving China in 1951, Ming, a former air traffic controller and art framer, has strived to make art that builds a bridge of understanding between people of all nationalities and cultures. The exhibition will be on display at the National ...More
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| Whitney to Present Selection of Early Sculptures and Drawings by Oldenburg and van Bruggen |
NEW YORK, NY.- This spring, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents a selection of early sculpture and drawings by Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929), as well as films of the artist’s influential Happenings, together with The Music Room, a series of works that Oldenburg made with his wife and artistic collaborator Coosje van Bruggen ...More
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| New Photography Exhibitions at the New-York Historical Society Document the Architectural Landmarks of New York City |
NEW YORK, NY.- Two new exhibitions of photographs, Landmarks of New York, curated by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, and Harlem 1970-2009: Photographs by Camilo José Vergara, will be on view at the New-York Historical Society from April 30 through July 12, 2009, offering visitors contrasting yet ...More
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| 47 Galleries to Participate in Madridfoto, from May 7th to May 10th |
MADRID.- Last week was the presentation of MADRIDFOTO, the international fair showcasing galleries focusing on the new collecting of photography, which will be held for the first time from May 7th to May 10th....More
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| The Heckscher Museum of Art Presents Le Nuit des Musees...the Night of Museums on May 16 |
HUNTINGTON, NY.- Have you ever wondered if the paintings come alive after the Museum closes? You just may find out the answer to this and many other questions if you join The Heckscher for the first annual La Nuit des Musées…The Night of Museums! All across Europe, on the evening of May 16, museums offer ...More
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| Hyde Partners with Forty Organizations for Region-wide Season of Degas |
GLENS FALLS, NY.- To enhance the visitor and regional impact of Degas & Music, The Hyde Collection's major 2009 exhibition of the music-inspired paintings and other works by French Impressionist Edgar Degas, the Museum has partnered with more than forty regional arts and community organizations to present the Season of Degas....More
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