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| CaixaForum Madrid Presents The Worlds of Islam in the Aga Khan Museum Collection |
The Kings of Spain attend the opening of The Worlds of Islam in the Aga Khan Museum Collection exhibition at CaixaForum Madrid.
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MADRID.- “la Caixa” Social and Cultural Outreach Projects at CaixaForum Madrid shows some of the greatest treasures of Islamic art, from ancient al-Andalus to India. The art, the history, the traditions and the geographies of the Islamic world from the Far East to the Iberian Peninsula are the subjects of the exhibition The Worlds of Islam in the Aga Khan Museum Collection. Organised by ”la Caixa” Social and Cultural Outreach Projects in association with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, it contains some of the finest productions, not only of the Islamic sphere, but of universal art, with the common denominator of the Arabic language and the Muslim religion. The Aga Khan Museum Collection includes valuable and important pieces from the historical dynasties of the Muslim world. They describe the magnificence of the courts of the Abassids, Fatimids, Safavids or Moguls and s...More
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| Exhibition of Works From 1959 Inaugural Guggenheim Show Celebrates 50th Anniversary |
NEW YORK, NY.- As part of its 50th Anniversary celebrations, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents The Sweeney Decade: Acquisitions at the 1959 Inaugural, an exhibition featuring a selection of works that were first shown at the museum’s 1959 inaugural show. On view...More
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| Old Masters and 19th Century Art Sale Realizes $6.4 Million at Christie's N.Y. |
NEW YORK.- The Old Masters and 19th Century Art sale realized $6,486,150/ £4,053,843/ €4,632,964 at Christie’s and was 86% sold by value and 72% sold by lot. The top price of $722,500/£451,562/ €516,071 was achieved for two works: The Japanese Scroll by James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902) and La Leçon Difficile...More
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| Fiona Tan's Disorient to Represent the Dutch Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia |
VENICE.- New York-based Dutch curator Saskia Bos selected Fiona Tan to represent the Netherlands at the 53rd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Tan is working on a new audio-visual installation conceived especially for the presentation in Venice....More
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| Sydney's Premier Photography Competition, Sydney Life, Opens for Artists |
SYDNEY.- Sydney's premier photography competition, Sydney Life, is now open for submissions from emerging and established Australian photographers. Sydney Life is an exhibition of 25 photographic works blown up to bed sheet size and displayed along the central walkway of Hyde Park North from 1-25 October 2009. The $10,000 competition and exhibition, is part of the City of Sydney's eighth annual Art & About public art festival....More
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| R.A.D. Miller Featured in New Exhibition at the Michener |
DOYLESTOWN, PA.- Robert Alexander Darrah Miller was one of the most accomplished landscape painters in Bucks County, although he resisted being labeled as such; indeed, resisted any labels at all. Some of Miller’s finest work has been assembled in An Independent Spirit: The Art and Life of R.A.D. Miller, on exhibit at the Michener...More
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| Teatro Fernán Gómez Host the Great Collective Exhibition The 70's. Photography and Everyday Life |
MADRID.- The great collective exhibition of PHotoEspaña 2009, The 70's Photography and Everyday life was presented this week with the presence of the director of Teatro Fernán Gómez. Centro de Arte and PHotoEspaña, Mora Apreda and Claude Bussac....More
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| The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs Opens at the Milwaukee Art Museum |
MILWAUKEE, WI.- The first major exhibition of furniture and decorative art by the protean American craftsman and designer Charles Rohlfs begins its five-venue national tour at the Milwaukee Art Museum June 6–August 23, 2009. The product of...More
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| Nineteenth Edition of The Brussels Non European Art Fair Opens |
BRUSSELS.- The 19th edition of the Brussels Non European Art Fair takes place in Brussels through 7th June. This year, BRUNEAF will be a tri-dimensional celebration in the universe of Tribal Art. The renowned art dealers’ area, the Grand Sablon, will become a major 5-day international Tribal Art fair. BRUNEAF will gather 50 European and North-American art dealers again this year....More
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| International Contemporary Art Sale at Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art |
CAIRO.-In its second year running, the Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary art is hosting an International contemporary art sale on Saturday 6th of June 2009. More than thirty renowned artists, many from Egypt, have donated work to support townhouse, a non-profit foundation. Their generosity is testament to the gallery's ten-year history of promoting the arts in Egypt and its position...More
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| Tyler Museum of Art Welcomes Curator Annie Van Assche for Spring Lecture Program to Open Exhibition |
TYLER, TX.- The Tyler Museum of Art is celebrating the debut of its major summer exhibition, Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan, with the final program in its 2009 Spring Lecture Series on Sunday, June 7....More
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| Connecticut Arts Alliance Says It's Outrageous To Severly Reduce Funding for the Arts |
NEW HAVEN, CT.- The Connecticut Arts Alliance (CAA) Board members held an emergency meeting on Tuesday in response to the current budget crises at the State's capital and the potential impact on the Arts as a political sacrificial lamb. CAA is comprised of arts leaders across the state, many of which represent regional based organizations giving voice to hundreds of arts groups in their local communities. The group is particularly concerned that art, history, and film are being thrown in a cross fire between the Governor and legislative leaders during one of the most difficult economic tight-spots in recent history. ...More
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| Art Viewers Taken On A Journey - From Venice's Past to Asia's Contemporary Reality |
VENICE.- The Mondriaan Foundation, commissioner Saskia Bos as well as Fiona Tan, the artist representing the Netherlands at this year's Venice Biennale, celebrated the opening of the Dutch pavilion on Thursday June 4 with numerous international artists, gallery directors and curators from e.g. the Netherlands, Canada, the USA or Italy. From now on until November 22, 2009 the Dutch pavilion will show three video-installations by Fiona Tan. "Rise and Fall " and "Provenance", both from 2008, are shown in the front area of the Dutch pavilion and the exhibition culminates in the audio-visual installation that gave the Dutch entry its name: "Disorient". ...More
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| Norton Museum of Art Announces Search Firm for Next Director and CEO |
WEST PALM BEACH, FL.- Mr. Kemp C. Stickney, Secretary of the Norton Museum of Art Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Search Committee, announced today that the search firm of Heidrick & Struggles International has been retained to facilitate the search for the next Director and CEO of the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida. Stickney said, "After reviewing numerous proposals from eleven firms and interviewing the three firms chosen as finalists, it was clear that Heidrick & Struggles was best equipped to assist the Board with this very important search."...More
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| Launch of Sharjah Art Foundation Announced By HH Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi |
SHARJAH.- HH Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi, Director of the Sharjah Biennial, announced the launch of the Sharjah Art Foundation. The Foundation is a new and powerful initiative in the development of contemporary visual arts in the Gulf. Building on the pioneering role that Sharjah has played in the UAE, the Foundation will be dedicated to supporting the production and presentation of local art works. The mission of the Sharjah Art Foundation will be to nurture local artistic opportunity by developing regional and international exchange programmes. The Foundation will build on the success of the Sharjah Biennial, a beacon for the arts since 1993, which will now fall under its umbrella. It will also expand on programmes already initiated via a new production and residency programme....More
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| Unprecedented Exhibition of Photographs by Richard Misrach to Travel to Atlanta |
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art will host a nationally touring exhibition of 20 large-scale photographs by Richard Misrach, a recognized pioneer of large-format color photography. Best known for his images of the American desert, he recently began capturing monumental images of the ocean, sunbathers and swimmers. "On the Beach" marks the largest exhibition of works from this series ever to be on view together. The exhibition was organized by the artist in conjunction with the Art Institute of Chicago, where it debuted in September 2007. "On the Beach" will be on view at the High from June 6 through August 30, 2009. "Misrach is one of the most important photographers working with color materials, and a pioneer in large-scale printing. These monumental pictures are both playful and intensely contemplative," said Julian Cox, Curator of Photography at the High. "Misrach's photographs remind us of our place as humans in a large nat...More
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| Washington State History Museum Celebrates Native American Tradition and Innovation |
TACOMA, WA.- The Washington State History Museum and The Evergreen State College Longhouse Education and Cultural Center present the fourth annual In the Spirit: Contemporary Northwest Native Arts Exhibit, Market and Festival. The exhibit’s featured artwork has been selected by a three-member jury comprised of local experts in Native American art. The exhibit opens July 9 and will be on display through August 30. In the Spirit: Contemporary Northwest Native Arts Exhibit will showcase the work of 30 contemporary Native American artists, all living and working in the Pacific Northwest. A weekend festival August 8 and 9 will offer guests an opportunity to partake in Native American traditions, purchase fine art and support these local artists. In the Spirit is a celebration of how today’s Native art connects traditional artistic heritage and contemporary forms of expression. Exhibit opening reception FREE and open to the public....More
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| Demuth's Destinations On View at the Demuth Museum |
LANCASTER, PA.- The Demuth Museum's forthcoming exhibition, Demuth's Destinations will explore the artist's travels in the United States and abroad in relation to his ground breaking Modernist art. Following his study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Charles Demuth (1883-1935) made his permanent residence and studio in his family home in Lancaster, creating the vast majority of his art there. Yet the artist led a peripatetic lifestyle, traveling regularly to Philadelphia, New York and Provincetown. Demuth also made several trips to Europe throughout his life, including stays in Paris, London and Berlin....More
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| RSGBK Foundation Makes Major Gift of Art to the National Museum of Wildlife Art |
JACKSON HOLE, WY.- The Robert S. and Grayce B. Kerr Foundation recently advised the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of Wildlife Art that the Foundation was conveying to the Museum some 428 works of art and related items with a current market value of approximately $16 million. The Foundation has been a cornerstone supporter of the Museum for over two decades. The timing of the present gift serves as an appropriate recognition of the formal designation by the United States Congress and the President of the Museum's status as the "National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States."...More
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