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| First Retrospective for Cy Twombly in Austria at Museum Moderner Kunst in Vienna |
Cy Twombly, Sensations of the Moment. MUMOK Ausstellungsansicht / exhibition view. Foto: MUMOK, Lisa Rastl © MUMOK
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VIENNA.- For the first time in Austria, MUMOK presents a retrospective of Cy Twombly’s work. Twombly, one of the most important artists of his generation (b.1928), has been based in Italy since the late 1950s. His work diverged from the abstract expressionist tradition dominated by such figures as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko. Twombly first gained recognition with large format, monumental paintings with gestural and often textual inscriptions. His works have been influenced by poetry and classical mythology but also by Mediterranean landscapes and lighting. The exhibition “weaves together” approximately 200...More
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| Brooklyn Museum to Present First Major Museum Exhibition Devoted Exclusively to |
BROOKLYN, NY.- Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present, the first major museum exhibition to acknowledge photographers for their creative and collaborative role in the history of rock and roll, will be on view at the Brooklyn Museum from October 30, 2009, through January 31, 2010. The exhibition is curated by photographic historian and author Gail Buckland and features many rare and never-before-exhibited photographs....More
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| Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition 2009 Continues the Tradition of Displaying Wide Range of New Work |
LONDON.- Now in its 241st year, the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition 2009 continues the tradition of displaying a wide range of new work by both established and unknown artists in all media including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and architecture. This year’s coordinators, Royal Academicians Ann Christopher, Eileen Cooper and Will Alsop have selected works for the exhibition around the theme of ‘Making Space’. Since the founding of...More
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| Australia Opens its Doors at the 53rd Venice Biennale |
VENICE.- Shaun Gladwell will present his captivating MADDESTMAXIMVS at the Australian Pavilion. The work is a compelling suite of five thematically interrelated videos with sculptural and photographic elements, influenced by outback Australian landscapes and the iconic Mad Max movies.
Also representing Australia...More
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| Sorolla's Recently Re-discovered Painting Leads Sotheby's 19th Century European Paintings Sale |
LONDON.- Sotheby's sale of 19th Century European Paintings at Sotheby’s in London (featuring German, Austrian and Central European Paintings, The Orientalist Sale, Spanish Paintings and The Scandinavian Sale) realised a strong total of £8,382,550 / €9,688,559 against a pre-sale estimate of £6,480,000-9,572,000. The sale was 75% sold-by-lot and 89% sold-by-value....More
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| Metropolitan Museum of Art to Show Michelangelo's First Painting, The Torment of Saint Anthony |
NEW YORK, NY.- Michelangelo's First Painting, a special exhibition beginning June 16 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will present The Torment of Saint Anthony, the first known painting by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florence 1475- Rome 1564), believed to have been created when he was 12 or 13 years old. Recently acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum, the painting has undergone conservation and ...More
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| Thomas Schütte's Bitter Humour Themes on View at Haus der Kunst |
MUNICH.- Artist Thomas Schütte (b. 1954), who is based in Düsseldorf, will present a larger than life bronze sculpture in his native town of Oldenburg. Entitled "Man in Mud" (Mann im Matsch), the 1:1 Styrofoam and plaster model of this work is 5,80 meters high and forms the centre of the exhibition at the Haus der Kunst.
Since the early 1980s Thomas Schütte has been working on a series of related...More
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| Clark Art Institute Opens Dove/O'Keeffe: Circles of Influence Exhibition |
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- The life and work of Georgia O’Keeffe have fascinated critics, scholars, and art lovers alike since she burst onto the New York art scene in the early 1900s. On June 7, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute adds a chapter to this story with the first exhibition to explore the role of the influential American modernist painter Arthur Dove as the key figure in O’Keeffe’s development of abstraction as a means of ...More
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| MoMA Focuses on Award-winning African Director Abderrahmane Sissako for its Annual Flaherty Series |
NEW YORK, NY.- The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, named after the pioneer documentarian filmmaker, is a long-established lecture and screening symposium that focuses on the art of nonfiction film. In conjunction with the annual seminar, The Museum of Modern Art presents a more extensive focus of one of the filmmakers whose work is screened and discussed at the seminar. This year, MoMA has selected noted filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritanian, b.1961), and will present a seven-film, mid-career retrospective from June 26 through July 2, in The Roy and...More
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| Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid Shows Zhao Liang's Video City Scene as Part of PHotoEspaña |
MADRID.- Chinese artist Zhao Liang presents his City Scene video, a project that shows a poetical portrait of his country’s contemporary metropolises, at Sala Minerva in the Circulo de Bellas Artes.
In short scenes or vignettes, Liang shows the stoicism with which Bijing’s inhabitants respond to their country’s urban and social conditions.
Zhao Liang has worked equally on video art, documentary films and photography, and each of his works offers sharp observations on China’s social reality....More
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| Dr. Martin Mansergh, TD, Minister of State with Special Responsibility for the Arts, to Open Exhibition |
DUBLIN.- An exhibition of works from the Collection s of South Tipperary County Council, Mayo County Council and the Irish Museum of Modern Art opens to the public on Saturday 20 June 2009 at the South Tipperary County Museum, Clonmel, Co Tipperary . Altered Images includes work by artists Thomas Brezing, David Creedon, Alice Maher, Caroline McCarthy and Abigail O’Brien, with especially commissioned ...More
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| Photographs from the Estate of Frank Buchser on View at Kunstmuseum Basel |
BASEL.- The Swiss painter Frank Buchser achieved renown as a world traveller with a hankering for adventure. He celebrated his first successes in Spain, where he spent more than half a year after studying in Paris and Rome. From then on, he led an inconstant, wandering life under the sign of art. He often relocated to other countries for months or even years, but without ever completely severing ties to his Swiss homeland. He visited sites typically coveted by artists of the time, such as France and Italy, but also England, Morocco, and Greece. His longest journey, between 1866 and 1871, led him to the USA....More
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| PHotoEspaña 2009 Opens an Exhibition of Works by Patrick Faigenbaum |
MADRID.- Circulo de Bellas Artes presents an exhibition of works that Patrick Faigenbaum relates to the everyday via series performed in cities like Barcelona, Bremen or Prague.
Curated by Jean-François Chrevrier, the exhibition goes over the last 20 years of work of an author who has become a celebrity thanks to his sumptuous portraits of Italian aristocracy....More
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| Rufino Tamayo's Mural Painting at Mexico City Historical Center Restored |
MEXICO CITY.- After a year and a half of intervention conducted by National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) specialists, the 80 square meters area of the Rufino Tamayo mural “El canto y la musica” (Chant and Music), is totally consolidated, and cleaned in its 50 per cent.
This is one of 3 fresco technique murals by Tamayo; it was created in 1933 in the building that lodged the National School of Music, at 16 Moneda Street, Historical ...More
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| Plains Art Museum Elects New Board Members Sally McCravey Elected Chairperson |
FARGO, ND.- At the May 27 annual meeting, Sally McCravey of Oxbow, N.D. was elected chairperson of Plains Art Museum’s board of directors. McCravey is currently a realtor at Coldwell Banker First Realty. She has served as the Museum’s vice-chairperson and as the Annual Spring Gala chair. She has been active in leadership positions with Special Olympics of North Dakota, United Way of Cass Clay, Habitat for Humanity and Festival of Wreaths. She is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.
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| Eye of the Storm: An Interdisciplinary Art and Science Conference on Scientific Controversy at Tate Britain |
LONDON.- From esoteric arguments over the structure of the universe to highly charged public controversies around the use of stem cells, The Arts Catalyst is bringing together an international line up of artists and scientists to debate today's hot issues in science and society in the Eye of the Storm at Tate Britain on 19 and 20 June. ...More
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| The Museum of the Good Samaritan Opens to the Public |
JERUSALEM.- the Museum of the Good Samaritan opened to the public. This is the only mosaic museum in Israel, displaying mosaics and other finds discovered in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip.
The site, located on the main road between Jerusalem and Jericho, is identified with the biblical Ma'ale Adumim, which was located at the junction between the ...More
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| Paine Art Center Shows Masterpieces of American Photography from George Eastman House |
OSHKOSH, WI.- The largest exhibition of masterpieces of American photography ever presented in Wisconsin, Seeing Ourselves features over a hundred iconic images from the internationally acclaimed George Eastman House Collections of Rochester, New York. This extraordinary exhibition dramatically illustrates our country's landscape, people, culture, and historic events through works ranging from vast western scenes to fascinating documentary photographs to intimate celebrity portraits. Artists represented include such masters of the medium as Ansel Adams, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, and dozens of other accomplished photographers....More
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| Arkansas Arts Center to Host World of the Pharaohs Teacher Academy |
LITTLE ROCK, AR.- In conjunction with the monumental exhibition World of the Pharaohs: Treasures of Egypt Revealed, on view September 25, 2009 – July 5, 2010, the Arkansas Arts Center will offer Teacher Academies on July 25, August 1, August 9, September 26, October 3 and October 17, 2009....More
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