 | | Eduardo Arroyo Exhibits Works from His Own Collection to Inaugurate New Art Space | 
Eduardo Arroyo shows works of art from his collection, most of them made in the 1970s. Photo: EFE/J.Casares.
| LEON, SPAIN.- The Cerezales Antonino y Cinia Foundation opened an exhibition featuring 35 works of art made by Eduardo Arroyo. Most of the pieces on view have been shown before in other museums in Madrid, Paris and London with most of the works of art made in the 1970s. Arroyo states that “Many of these works have not left my studio in a long time. Even though one of the sculptures is recent, the rest are older works owned by the artist, which he has been saving up to show in exhibitions since, as he said, “It is very hard to get them on loan from a collector or museum....More
| | Christo and Jean-Claude Visit Spain to Open Exhibition at Museum Wurth in La Rioja | LA RIOJA, SPAIN.- Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Works in the Wurth Collection, curated by Josy Kraft, presents in chronological order, through 92 pieces, some of the most significant works in the artistic career of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The itinerary begins with wrapped objects produced by Christo in the fifties and sixties, continuing with some of the major interventions by Christo and Jean-Claude in public settings, such as Surrounded Islands, Miami, Florida, 1980-1983; The Gates, Central Park, New York, 1979-2005; or the work in progress, Over the River, Project for the River Arkansas, Colorado....More
| | Jessica Lange Awarded George Eastman House Honors; Museum Presents Exhibition | ROCHESTER, NY.- George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film celebrates Oscar®-winning actress Jessica Lange this summer, with a photography exhibition of her work, a film series, and the awarding of the George Eastman House Honors. Lange visited Eastman House Saturday, July 25, when she introduced her recent film Grey Gardens and also took part in a tribute evening, where she discussed her photography and film career. Lange’s filmography includes King Kong, Tootsie, Blue Sky, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and Grey Gardens....More
| | The Georgia Museum of Art at UGA Acquires Two Works Significant to Georgia | ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art acquired two important American paintings at the sale of the Florence and William Griffin Collection at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, N.C., Saturday, May 30. Between 1945 and the 1980s, the Griffins amassed an exceptional collection of southern furniture, silver, pottery, books, paintings, prints and decorative arts significant to Georgia history.
The purchase, with winning bids and buyer’s premiums totaling $133,400, was made possible by an anonymous donation in honor of ...More
| | Musee de l'Elysee Opens Photographic Exhibition from the Scene of the Crime | LAUSANNE.- Scientific police photographs are very rarely presented to the public, remaining stored for many years in confidential files because they transgress taboos when their subjects are violent death and crime. These pictures, taken almost a hundred years ago by Rodolphe Archibald Reiss, founder of the l’Institut de police scientifique of the Université de Lausanne, reveal their entire aesthetic dimension while retaining their intense emotional strength. As a forensic science pioneer, Reiss shows photographic skills which are unequalled in this field....More
| | National Gallery of Canada Publishes Superb Catalogue Rich in New and Historical Content | OTTAWA.- Immerse yourself in 16th-century Rome’s fascinating cultural and political history when you read the exhibition catalogue of From Raphael to Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada and presented by Sun Life Financial, the exhibition is on view until September 7, 2009.
Written by a team of international experts, this catalogue highlights considerable new research and discoveries in Italian Renaissance art history that are being ...More
| | Museum of Contemporary Art to Show Liam Gillick: Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario | CHICAGO.- This fall, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, presents Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario, the final installment of a multi-part exhibition project by four international art museums on the work of acclaimed British artist Liam Gillick, running from October 10, 2009, to January 10, 2010. Gillick emerged in the early 1990s as part of a re-energized British art scene, producing a sophisticated body of work ranging from his signature "platform"...More
| | PHotoEspaña 2009: Interview with Italian Photographer Simona Ghizzoni | MADRID.- Simona Ghizzoni (Reggio Emilia, 1977) graduated in 2002 from the Superior Institute of Visual Arts and Photography at Padua, Italy, and received a fellowship to study the History of Photography at the University of Bologna in 2007, where she defended her thesis on psychiatric photography.
Since 2005, she has dedicated her work to individual research projects. In 2006, she was selected to direct a photography seminar at Giorgia Fiorio. Her...More
| | DesignPhiladelphia: Fifth Year of Unprecedented Design Celebration | PHILADELPHIA, PA.- DesignPhiladelphia has become the largest national celebration of its kind! With over 90 events and 450 designers, this city-wide cultural event will take place Wednesday, October 7 thru Tuesday, October 13, 2009.
DesignPhiladelphia spotlights all things design - from architecture to interior design, fashion to product design, textile to graphic design. Boutiques, galleries, design studios, cultural institutions, universities, warehouses and city streets...More
| | Joan Miró Foundation Announces Frantisek Kupka Exhibition | BARCELONA.- The Joan Miró Foundation will be presenting František Kupka, an exhibition curated by Brigitte Léal, Assistant Director of the Musée National d'Art Moderne – Centre Georges Pompidou, and sponsored by BBVA. The exhibition will show for the first time in Spain a selection of around 80 paintings and drawings by the Czech artist, all from the Centre Georges Pompidou, and documents from the collection of Pierre Brullé, a leading expert on Kupka, who was considered the first painter to explore the concept of abstract act....More
| | M.C. Escher: From Drawing to Masterpiece to Open at the Herakleidon Museum | ATHENS.- The Herakleidon Museum, as of August 22nd 2009, will present the fourth and final phase of the exhibition “From Drawing to Masterpiece”, highlighting the way M.C. Escher used color in his work. This fourth phase, “Escher in Color”, will be on display until November 15th 2009.
Color was essential for Escher when exploring the various forms and the layout of his designs, as evidenced by his numerous archives, of which a majority are in...More
| | Boca Raton Museum of Art Announces Upcoming Exhibitions | BOCA RATON, FL.- The Boca Raton Museum of Art has announced three new exhibitions which will be shown in the next few months.
Gary T. Erbe: Forty Year Retrospective
A showcase of more than sixty trompe l'oeil paintings drawn from private and public collections, by this self-taught artist. Gary Erbe (born in Union City, NJ 1944- ) is internationally recognized for his realistic style of painting and has exhibited...More
| | The Art of Retail: Pavilions Birmingham to Host Unique Collaborations with City Arts Projects | BIRMINGHAM.- In a bid to enhance visiting shoppers’ retail experience and showcase the creative talent in the city, Pavilions Birmingham is entering into the first of a series of innovative collaborative projects with city arts organisations.
During August, the boutique shopping centre on the High Street, whose anchor tenants include Marks & Spencer and HMV, will be hosting Gallery 37 Birmingham, an acclaimed youth arts training programme....More
| | Plains Art Museum Holds Reception for Outgoing Curator | FARGO, ND.- A public open house breakfast reception will be held from 8 to 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 29 for outgoing staff member Rusty Freeman, director of exhibitions and chief curator of Plains Art Museum. Freeman has taken the position of director of visual services at the Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Mount Vernon, Ill.
Freeman joined the staff of Plains Art Museum in August, 2001, curating more than 112 exhibitions, including Duane Hanson: Portraits from the Heartland, which ...More
| | "My Life With Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Noel Coward & Picasso" | LONDON.- Veteran Australian actor Trader Faulkner, 81, has co-starred with many of the legendary actors of the 20th century - and for the next two weeks, he exclusively shares his extraordinary stories with listeners to the Litopia Daily podcast.
Son of a silent movie star, Trader was discovered by fellow Australian Peter Finch, and quickly whisked off to the London stage by renowned director Tyrone Guthrie....More
| | Benjamin Beker to Show his War and Liberation Monuments and Interiors of Power Series | HAMPSHIRE.- Benjamin Beker was the winner of ArtSway Open 08. For his exhibition at ArtSway, Beker will exhibit his War and Liberation Monuments and Interiors of Power series. These two bodies of work were attempts to 'de-historicise' various Serbian monuments and interiors, removing them from their usual context.
Beker will also exhibit a new series of work, based on research into the ...More
| | San Luis Potosi could be Inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010 | MEXICO CITY.- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee celebrated its 33rd session in Sevilla, Spain, and announced that the tri national candidature “The Mercury + Silver Binomial on the Intercontinental Camino Real. Almaden, Idrija and San Luis Potosi” has been postponed, after 4 hours of debate and without achieving 2/3 of the votes....More
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