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| 435 Works of Art Comprise "Teotihuacan: City of Gods" Exhibition Opening This Week |
Aspect of “Disc of Death”, one of the pieces included in the exhibition “Teotihuacan: City of Gods” which opens this week at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. There will be more than 430 works of art presented in what will be the biggest exhibition ever dedicated to the ancient city of Teotihuacan, located 37 kilometers to the northeast of the Mexican capital. Photo: EFE/ Mario Guzmán
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MEXICO CITY.- From May 29th 2009 to the end of August 2009, the National Museum of Anthropology (MNA) will show the great exhibition “Teotihuacan, City of Gods”, integrated by 435 items from the Prehispanic city, the largest in the world during its age (150 BC – 650 AD). After its success in Nave Lewis precinct at Parque Fundidora, Monterrey, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) show will be displayed in an exhibition space measuring 3,500 square meters at the MNA. ...More
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| The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of John and Yoko's Bed-in |
MONTREAL.- Forty years ago, on May 26, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, surrounded by a crowd of journalists and supporters, kicked off their famous Bed-in for peace. From May 26 to 30, as part of its exhibition IMAGINE: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will celebrate the Bed-in’s anniversary week....More
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| MOCA Announces Balanced Budget for FY09 and Additional Restructuring to Achieve Balanced Budget |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), announced today that it will finish its 2009 fiscal year with a balanced budget, and that the institution is taking additional restructuring steps to ensure a balanced budget for its 2010 fiscal year. These cost-saving measures, combined with cuts made in January, will reduce MOCA’s annual expenditures from approximately $20 million to $15.5 ...More
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| Columbia Museum of Art to Unveil Freshly Designed Galleries and Newly Published Catalogue |
COLUMBIA, SC.- The Columbia Museum of Art unveils its art collection in newly re-installed galleries on Saturday, July 18, 2009. This is the first re-installation since the Museum opened on Main Street on July 18, 1998. In celebration, free admission, lectures, gallery talks, and hands-on arts activities for children are offered that day. ...More
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| 31st Annual Betty Bowen Award Call for Artist Entries |
SEATTLE, WA.- Visual artists working in Washington, Oregon or Idaho are invited to apply for the Seattle Art Museum’s annual Betty Bowen Award. Applications are available beginning June 1 at www.callforentry.org, and the deadline for submissions is Saturday, August 1, 2009. ...More
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| 17th Annual High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction Nets $1.3 Million |
ATLANTA, GA.- In its 17th year, the 2009 High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction reached a live auction total of more than $900,000. Silent auctions on Friday and Saturday and a Paddle Raise during the live auction, coupled with event ticket sales, brought the net profit for the 2009 Wine Auction to $1.3 million. Proceeds from the auction are a vital ...More
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| California African American Museum Erases Distinction Between Fine Arts and Crafts |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- “Inside My Head: Intuitive Artists of African Descent,” an exhibition at the California African American Museum, showcases the work of 32 artists, many of them local, who have developed a mature style mostly on their own. Opened Thursday, May 7, this colorful and engaging exhibition will run through Monday, September 27, 2009. While a number of artists in the show are...More
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| Museum to Present a Major Collection of American and European Modernism |
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art this summer will present Adventures in Modern Art: The Charles K. Williams II Collection, an exhibition of approximately 100 paintings, sculptures, watercolors, and drawings from the early decades of the 20th century. It is drawn from the collection of Charles K. Williams II, a distinguished archeologist and Director Emeritus of the Corinth Excavations of ...More
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| Exhibition of Influential Irish Artist Willie Doherty To Debut at The Dallas Museum of Art |
DALLAS, TX.- On May 24, the Dallas Museum of Art will premiere Willie Doherty: Requisite Distance, an exhibition of works by one of the most important artists to emerge from Northern Ireland in the past three decades, and a two-time nominee for the Tate’s Turner Prize. The exhibition brings together for the first time Doherty’s Ghost Story—a tensely beautiful 15-minute media work based on landscape and memory, recently...More
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| Do You Want to Go to the Museum? - Come in Right Now! |
KIEV, UKRAINE.- Art and computer technologies are hardly compounded, at first glance. But it is only at first glance. Every museum that takes care of its development and image, tries to create a web-site, with bright content and detailed information about exposition.
Today museums as guardians of cultural heritage and artistic masterpieces need support, advertising, infusion of fresh and modern ideas. One of the most effective...More
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| Public Sculpture, "Aspiration", by Artist Bob Dombrowski, Installed in Trenton, Georgia |
TRENTON, GA.- The artist, Bob Dombrowski, worked within a cooperative endeavor that involved the state of Georgia, the city of Trenton, the industrial-based National Boiler Service, and the Trenton Arts Council.
The completed sculpture is an illustration of cooperation and partnership....More
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| MASS MoCA Opens Long Time Gone by Brooklyn-based Painter George Cochrane |
NORTH ADAMS, MA.- Brooklyn-based painter George Cochrane will present the original drawings of the first two chapters of Long Time Gone, a 24 chapter graphic novel he is creating with his six-year-old daughter, Fiamma. The core narrative of this autobiographical work is one 24 hour period, with each 24 page chapter depicting one hour in the day. ...More
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| 12th Annual "Community Creations" Exhibition Features Work by Young People |
BOSTON, MA.- Spring is in the air at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum as the museum looks forward to celebrating the fresh perspectives of young local artists in its 12th annual Community Creations exhibition, on view from June 13-21, 2009. Continuing the legacy of support for emerging young artists and the tradition of community involvement begun by Isabella Gardner ...More
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| John Jones Project Space Brings Together Works on Paper from Three Renowned London Based Art Collections |
LONDON.- Paperview brings together works on paper from three renowned London based art collections, alongside a selection of emerging and established London based artists.
The featured pieces reflect curator Danny Rolph's ongoing fascination with work created on paper. His selection offers us a multitude of visual and conceptual ...More
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| A Bold New Vision of Design to be Unveiled at the Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show |
EDINBURGH.- As part of its annual Degree Show – a showcase of work by over 400 graduating students – Edinburgh College of Art is delighted to present the work of students graduating from the new School of Design. Formed in August 2008 under the newly appointed Head of Design Alan Murray, the School provides a comprehensive design school structure across Fashion, Visual Communications, Design and Applied Arts, now forming the broadest portfolio of design courses ...More
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| Cantor Arts Center Announces Exhibition that Presents Art of Stanford Studio Faculty |
STANFORD, CA.- Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces “From Their Studios,” September 16, 2009 - January 3, 2010, highlighting the creative work of 13 artists who teach studio art at Stanford University. This exhibition features a wide variety of visual art, including film, printmaking, photography, painting, sculpture, and imaginative new media. Admission is free to both the ...More
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| UBS Art Gallery Celebrates 120th Anniversary of the National Association of Women Artists with Exhibition |
NEW YORK, NY.- This spring, The UBS Art Gallery celebrates the 120th anniversary of the National Association of Women Artists (N.A.W.A.), the oldest active American women’s art organization, by presenting A Parallel Presence: National Association of Women Artists, 1889-2009. On view through July 31, 2009, the exhibition illustrate the ongoing influence and engagement of N.A.W.A. members with the ...More
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| Katonah Art Center to Hold 12th Annual Student Exhibit |
KATONAH, NY.- "Watercolor does not give up its secrets on the first date," says Cindy Sacks, watercolor instructor at the Katonah Art Center. "The most difficult thing I teach my students is patience."
That patience has paid off. Ms. Sacks's students, along with other KAC students, will show their work at the Katonah Art Center's 12th Annual Student Exhibit, from June 6 through June 27 at the Katonah Village Library. The kick-off reception will...More
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| Unsurpassed Creativity & Stunning Artistry Anticipated at Academy of Art University 2009 Annual Spring Show |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Savvy collectors, directors of leading fine art galleries, employers searching for superior creative talent, and passionate art enthusiasts all converge each May for the Academy of Art University's display of fresh, award-winning art. Whether for scouting, purchasing, or pure admiring, the thousands of visitors to the Annual Spring Show all come to be inspired. ...More
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| Phillips de Pury & Company New York Design Sale to Offer Highly Select Works |
NEW YORK, NY.- Building on the success of the recent April London Design sale, Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce the highlights from its New York Design sale to be held on June 3, 2009. 128 lots will be offered with a total pre-sale estimate of $2,729,300 – 3,677,000....More
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