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| First Time Museum in Bremen Shows Five Cranach Paintings Housed in the City's Museums |
Restorer Angelika Hoffmeister places the portrait of Martin Luther’s wife, Katharina von Bora (r) beside her husband's, made by German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach at Kunstsammlung Boettcherstrasse in Bremen, Germany. The exhibition titled Lucas Cranach in Bremen, opened its doors today and will run through August 23, Photo: EPA/Ingo Wagner.
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BREMEN, GERMANY.- The Paula Modersohn Becker Museum in Bremen opened the exhibition "Lucas Cranach in Bremen" which runs through August 23. As the leading member of a German family of artists, Lucas Cranach was a painter, printmaker and book illustrator with a most individual manner and a highly successful business. He was one of the most distinctive artists of the German Renaissance, court artist to the Saxon electors, a staunch supporter of the Reformation, and a close friend of Martin Luther. During the course of his long career, Cranach created striking portraits and expressive devotional works, ...More
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| Exhibition of Works by One of Modernism's Most Important Architects on View in Los Angeles |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- An outstanding selection of travel sketches, figure drawings and building renderings by one of modernism’s most important architects, Richard Neutra (1892-1970), is on display in the exhibit Richard Neutra, Architect: Sketches and Drawings at Central Library’s Getty Gallery in downtown Los Angeles. The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular library hours....More
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| Tate Opens Galleries Dedicated to the Arte Povera Movement for the First Time |
LONDON.- On 18 May 2009 a new wing of UBS Openings: Tate Modern Collection Displays will open exploring the radical art of the 1960s associated with Arte Povera and its legacy. The Energy and Process wing will feature 11 galleries showing the precedents to the movement and echoes of Arte Povera on recent contemporary practice. As part of the ...More
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| Pinacotheque de Paris Announces The Dutch Golden Age: From Rembrandt to Vermeer |
PARIS.- For its third season, the Pinacothèque de Paris, in association with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, will present one of the most interesting periods in art history: the Dutch 17th century.
That period produced ...More
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| 'James McNeill Whistler: 40 Years of Printmaking' Opens May 26 at Sheldon |
LINCOLN, NE.- Forty etchings and lithographs from the Sheldon Museum of Art's permanent collection will be shown together for the first time in "James McNeill Whistler: 40 Years of Printmaking." The exhibition opens May 26 at the museum, 12th and R streets on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus, and continues on view through Sept. 20....More
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| Kunstmuseum Basel Opens Exhibition that Examines How we Display Changes to Ourselves |
BASEL.- Acting is somewhat like posing and posing is somewhat like an act of performance. Most people perform daily either through their persona, the things they do or wear, in their work or leisure time. We transform ourselves through small gestures and by changing small details around ourselves. The exhibition Little Theatre of Gestures is about changes. Small changes. Changes ...More
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| Completely New Works in Bronze by Christian Lemmerz on View at Statens Museum for Kunst |
COPENHAGEN.- Don’t forget that you will die! Christian Lemmerz’ new exhibition at Statens Museum for Kunst goes against the tide of the contemporary blinkered worship of all that is up-beat and youthful. The sculptor has produced a number of completely new works in bronze, creating a monumental installation reminiscent of a chapel, paying homage to slowness and focuses on death as both the ...More
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| MFAH to Present First U.S. Exhibition of Contemporary Korean Art in Nearly Two Decades |
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the second and final venue for the first major museum exhibition in the continental United States in almost two decades to focus on contemporary art from South Korea. Organized by the MFAH and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea features a generation of artists who have emerged since the...More
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| Moscow Museum of Modern Art Hosts a Solo Exhibition by Kostantin Batynkov |
MOSCOW.- Moscow Museum of Modern Art hosts a solo exhibition by Kostantin Batynkov aiming to show the versatile art of this famous contemporary artist in all its diversity. The exhibition will feature works from 1989 – 2009 executed in various media. The viewers will have chance to see works from “The Other Life”, “About War”, “Running on ...More
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| Bruce Museum will Show Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce this Summer |
GREENWICH, CT.- The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, presents Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce, opening on Saturday, June 13, 2009, and on view through Sunday, September 6, 2009. This exhibition, which is the Bruce Museum’s major summer show, features ...More
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| Imagination + Ingenuity, Sculpture + Assemblage= Reinventions Opens at the National Gallery of Australia |
CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australia is the place to be for sculpture during the winter months. Reinventions, an exhibition of contemporary sculpture and assemblage by Australian artists, continues until 13 September.
Reinventions features a diverse range of contemporary treasures from the ...More
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| Solo Exhibition for Philippe Perreno at Kunsthalle Zurich |
ZURICH.- Philippe Parreno (born in Oran/Algeria in 1964, lives and works in Paris), realized in 2002 together with Pierre Huyghe the project «No Ghost just a Shell», a first comprehensive exhibition on all works involving the Manga character “Anlee” for Kunsthalle Zürich. Now he introduces himself with the solo exhibition «May»: At Kunsthalle the first episode or perciptable image from a planned series of “retrospective” exhibitions will take place. The other episodes,...More
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| Vienna Gallery Owner, Jackie Mauersberger, Speaks out About Racism in Europe |
VIENNA.- I first arrived in Vienna in 1982. I have a degree in Fine Arts and so the thought of living in Austria was a dream come true for me. I had already heard a lot of wonderful things about Austria, especially Vienna, because it is famous for its arts and culture.
Back then I did not know about discrimination....More
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| Annual Non-Members Photograpy and Graphics Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Salmagundi Club announced the opening of its Annual Non-Member Photography and Graphics Exhibition on Monday, June 15, 2009. This highly competitive fine art exhibition includes works by photographers and graphics artists from all over the country. The exhibit will run through Friday, June 26, in the Main Gallery, and will be open to the public daily, 1:00 to 6:00 PM. ...More
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| The Serpentine Gallery to Present Six Decades of Work by Gustav Metzger |
LONDON.- The Serpentine Gallery presents a major survey of six decades of work by the influential artist and activist Gustav Metzger.
Metzger’s practice represents a life-long involvement of left-wing politics, ecology...More
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| Lefebvre & Fils Gallery Sets its Eyes on Korea with Exhibit of Sculptures by Shin Meekyoung |
PARIS.- Shin Meekyoung lives between Seoul and London . A graduate in sculpture from the University of Seoul and the Slade School of Fine Art in London , Shin Meekyoung has participated in numerous solo and group exhibits in Korea and throughout the world. In particular, she was invited to exhibit at the British Museum in 2007 and 2004 as part of exhibits exploring the shapes of Greco-Roman sculpture in their relationship with modernity....More
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| Deveron Arts Marks Mid-summer with Three Days of Performances and Events Looking at Bikes, Cars and the Environment |
ABERDEEN.- Artist Jacqueline Donachie is to create a new temporary public artwork in Huntly town centre, and harpist Catriona McKay and composer Alistair MacDonald are to give a very special performance in the local woods on Mid-summer's weekend. Both projects are the culmination of artist residencies with Deveron Arts and will be among the highlights of SLOW DOWN, three days of events focusing on cars, bikes and the environment. (19-21 June 2009). ...More
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| "Four Seasons in Japan: A Cycle of Film Classics" Free Film Series at the Clark |
WILLIAMSTWON, MA.- The “Four Seasons in Japan: A Cycle of Film Classics” film series at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute takes a turn through the years with a sampling of classic work from four Japanese masters of cinema who made the postwar era a golden age of film in Japan. Films, held on Fridays at 4 pm, are in Japanese with English subtitles. Admission to the films is free....More
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| Columbia Museum of Art Membership Reaches All Time Record of Over 4,000 Members |
COLUMBIA, SC.- For the first time in the Museum’s long history, the Columbia Museum of Art’s membership rolls have surpassed the 4,000 member mark, nearly double the number from just one year ago. Executive director Karen Brosius attributes the success to an increase in visitors for the exhibition, Turner to Cézanne. Entry to the exhibition, Turner to Cézanne, on view for the first time in ...More
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| Benefit, Auction, and Awards Ceremony Celebrating A Year of Peace and Global Women |
NEW YORK, NY.- CITYarts will mark its 41st Anniversary of "Making a Difference Through the Arts" by celebrating A Year of Peace and honoring three extraordinary global women leaders: Louise Bourgeois, internationally acclaimed artist; Lisa Dennison, Chairman of Sotheby's North and South America and former Director of ...More
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