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| Prado Opens Most Important Retrospective Ever Devoted to the Work of Joaquín Sorolla |
Queen Sofia, together with the president of the Valencian Generalitat, Francisco Camps (2l), observe one of the works of art during the Joaquín Sorolla exhibition which was officialy inaugurated today at the Museo del Prado. Photo: EFE/Zipi.
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MADRID.- This May, the Museo del Prado is presenting the largest and most important retrospective ever to be devoted to the work of Joaquín Sorolla, the most internationally celebrated Spanish painter of the XIX century. The exhibition includes more than 100 paintings by the artist and will offer a comprehensive overview of his finest works, among them all of his great masterpieces. They include the group of panels entitled Visions of Spain, painted for the Hispanic Society of America and brought to Spain by Bancaja in 2007. This exceptional exhibition has benefited from the sponsorship of Bancaja, who in addition to their significant undertaking as organising body of the exhibition “Sorolla. Vision of Spain” that was shown to great acclaim in various Spanish cities, has now made a further contribution in the form of their collaboration with this major exhibition project at the Prado....More
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| Maya Pyramids at Uxmal Glow in the Mexican Night with New Light and Sound System |
MERIDA.-EFE The Mayan archaeological area at Uxmal premiered over the weekend the latest generation of sound-and-light shows to highlight the aesthetics of the monuments while preserving their structure and guaranteeing their conservation.
The installation of the new equipment was funded by the Tourism Development Bureau of the southeastern state of Yucatan....More
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| IMMA Director Curates Spanish Pavilion by Miquel Barceló for the 53rd Venice Biennale |
DUBLIN.- Winner of Spanish National Visual Arts Prize in 1986 and Prince of Asturias Arts Prize in 2003, the artist from Mallorca Miquel Barceló will represent Spain at the 53rd Venice Biennale opening this coming month of June.
Curated by Enrique Juncosa, director of IMMA ( Irish Museum of Modern Art) in Dublin , the exhibition features recent large format paintings alongside other older ones to ...More
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| A Bone Seal Engraved with the Name Shaul, from the Time of the First Temple, was Found in Jerusalem |
JERUSALEM.- The Knesset presidium, headed by Speaker Reuben Rivlin, visited the City of David in Jerusalem. A Hebrew seal that dates to the time of the First Temple was displayed for the first time during the visit. The seal was found in an excavation that is being conducted in the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park, on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and in cooperation with the Nature and Parks Authority, under the direction of Professor Ronny Reich of the ...More
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| First Individual Exhibition in Spain on the Work of Artist Paul Sietsema |
MADRID.- The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía presents the first individual exhibition in Spain on the work of artist Paul Sietsema (Los Angeles 1968). The exhibition forms part of Fisuras, a program produced by the Museo Reina Sofía that aims to encourage artists to propose alternative viewpoints on the museum. ...More
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| Athens Print Fest to Open with Several Exhibitions Around the City |
ATHENS.- The Athens Print Fest ’09 / First Edition is being organized by the Greek Printmakers’ Association and the Cultural Organization of the Municipality of Athens, from June 3rd to 28th, 2009, in various locations in the city of Athens.
The Festival opens officially on Wednesday, June 10th, at 20:00 at the “Melina” Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens. ...More
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| New Galleries for the Gilbert Collection to Open at the V&A |
LONDON.- The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Galleries will open at the V&A on 30 June with highlights from the Gilbert Collection, one of the most important collections ever given to Britain. The new galleries reflect Sir Arthur Gilbert’s passion for craftsmanship of the highest quality and a fascination with collecting works related to important historical figures including Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great and Napoleon....More
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| IVAM Celebrates the Centenary of the Birth of Rafael Pérez-Contel with Exhibition |
VALENCIA.- To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Rafael Pérez-Contel (Villar del Arzobispo, 1909 – Valencia, 1990), the IVAM is exhibiting a selection of over 150 items from the extraordinary collection of more than a thousand works donated to the museum by the artist’s heirs. Rafael Pérez Contel is considered one of the few sculptors who sought to bring about a sincere transformation of our art scene, starting in the late 1920s....More
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| Seventeen Artists from Around the World to Show their Works at Arsenale Novissimo |
MOSCOW.- The romantic gesture sags with the weight of convention; it is framed as an exchange of gifts and stock phrases. Social conditions reduce love to a marriage of convenience allowing aging bodies to temporarily forget about the imminence of death. Physical and emotional intimacy are tools for dispelling the loneliness that would otherwise open a space for the contemplation of nonexistence. ...More
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| Frieze Art Fair 2009 will Present Outstanding Work by More 1,000 Artists |
LONDON.- The Directors of Frieze Art Fair, Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, have announced the details of the 2009 fair. Frieze Art Fair is the UK’s most important art event and one of the world’s most influential contemporary art fairs. Sponsored by Deutsche Bank for the sixth consecutive year, Frieze Art Fair 2009 is a tightly selected presentation of the most forward-thinking galleries from around the globe. The selected ...More
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| 'Spirit Red' Captures Adventure of Collecting Native Art |
NORMAN, OK.- Art appreciation takes many forms, but for Rennard Strickland, collecting art has become a lifelong legacy. Over five decades, he has acquired more than 100 paintings, baskets, pottery, textiles and sculpture, representing some of the most acclaimed artists of the 20th century.
Highlights from his collection, which he recently gave to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma, will go on display in a new exhibition June 4....More
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| Bellevue Arts Museum to Present a Fresh Perspective on Contemporary Portraiture |
BELLEVUE, WA.- Bellevue Arts Museum offers a fresh perspective on contemporary portraiture with its new exhibition ÜberPortrait, on view June 16 through October 18, 2009. Comprised of over 30 works by locally, nationally and internationally celebrated artists, this unique exhibit examines the ‘portrait’ in all its facets – from individual likeness to overarching cultural identity. Working in a broad range of media such as sculpture, ceramics, photography, fiber, ...More
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| Artists Creating a Sculpture and Related Jewelry for Display at 40 Venues County Wide |
SAN DIEGO, CA.- The San Diego Visual Arts Network in a joint collaboration of 40 venues from Fallbrook to Coronado has challenged almost 100 local artists, both sculptors and jewelers, to work in both mediums in homage to Alexander Calder. Calder is famous for his mobile sculptures but he also created 1800 pieces of jewelry. One hundred of these will be on display at the SDMA starting July 25. Our local artists
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| Fourteen Places to Eat: a Narrative: Photographing Rural Culture in the Midwest to Open at the Snite Museum |
SOUTH BEND, IN.- The Snite Museum of Art announces the opening of the exhibition: Fourteen Places to Eat: a Narrative: Photographing Rural Culture in the Midwest, opening on Sunday, May 31,2009.
Kay Westhues is a photographer who is interested in documenting the ways in which rural tradition and history are interpreted and transformed in the present day. Kay shares her intention for this series of work:...More
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| Museum of London Appeals to Public to Help Find Historic Agreement |
LONDON.- Museum of London needs the public’s help to find the current owner of the original agreement commissioning the ‘grand State Coach’ of the Lord Mayor of London. Archive records show that a copy of the agreement was made in 1958, the whereabouts of the original agreement and its owner since then remains a mystery. Museum of London is appealing to the public for help in finding...More
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| Paul Strand Exhibition Featuring Vintage Work and Ephemera Opens at Aperture Gallery |
NEW YORK, NY.- Aperture Gallery presents an intimate exhibition featuring the work of one of the most important photographers and artists of the twentieth century, Paul Strand. The exhibition is comprised of thirty-six prints—twenty-two of which are vintage—spanning 1922 through 1967, as well as ephemera including letters, first edition books (some of which were Strand’s personal copies), Strand’s cameras, a vintage poster of his 1945 solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in ...More
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| Retrospective of Works by Sophie Calle to Open at Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels |
BRUSSELS.- The exhibition is a retrospective of works tracing the story of her life. Calle Sophie is arranged chronologically and comprises twenty autobiographical projects.
Sophie Calle is at once a writer, a narrative artist, a photographer, a filmmaker and sometimes even a detective. She inhabits these roles interchangeably and ...More
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| Armenian Transnation: Krossing Colateral Event for the 53rd International Art Exhibition in Venice |
VENICE.- In the sphere of national and transnational belonging, the positioning of VOULU / OBLIGÉ (desire/obligation) as distant points on the same spectrum opens avenues of approach to the wide field of political and cultural heritage in a very fertile way. To renounce an idea, only because it contradicts another would mean to deny whole worlds....More
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| Accident Prone Artist Admitted to 8 Different Hospital Accident & Emergency Wards |
LONDON.- Internationally renowned but accident prone artist Simon Faithfull has created a book cataloguing his mishaps. The book about accidents will be 'discovered' by accident but only by people who've had accidents; it's called 'Accident Book'.
UCLH Arts, has commissioned the artist Simon Faithfull to create an innovative and ...More
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