David Hockney presents Paintings Drawn on his Computer Using Photoshop & Graphics

Written by rubin Sunday, 03 May 2009 14:14

LONDON.- David Hockney is once again exploiting the possibilities of new technology in art and this exhibition at Annely Juda Fine Art will show the striking results of his latest exploration. This show – on two floors of the gallery - includes 10 landscapes from Hockney’s Yorkshire homeland and 18 portraits in editions between 7 and 25. The sitters include David Hockney’s brother, sister, friends and colleagues. On exhibition 1 May through 11 July, 2009.

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Musée de l'Elysée presents Italian Photographer Carlo Valsecchi - Lumen

Written by rubin Sunday, 03 May 2009 14:10

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - Musée de l'Elysée presents Carlo Valsecchi - Lumen, on view through June 14, 2009. Monumental industrial architecture: cranes, pipes, cables and machines of every description; high-tech laboratories with gleaming surfaces ; and vast tracts of South American agribusiness... Italian photographer Carlo Valsecchi alternates between the very near at hand, and the very far away.

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The Brighton Museum shows "The American Scene ~ Prints from Hopper to Pollock"

Written by rubin Sunday, 03 May 2009 14:07

BRIGHTON, UK.- Brighton Museum & Art Gallery presents today The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock - A British Museum Tour, on view through August 31, 2009. The American Scene features around 80 outstanding prints by 56 leading modern American artists, including George Bellows, Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Josef Albers, Alexander Calder, Louise Bourgeois and Jackson Pollock. Entry to the Brighton Museum is free; admission charges apply for The American Scene.

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China: Journey to the East - A British Museum Exhibition - Opens at The Herbert

Written by rubin Sunday, 03 May 2009 13:28

COVENTRY, UK.- 250 years ago, the British Museum opened its doors to the public for the first time. From the very beginning the Museum has always sought to make its collection as accessible as possible to a world public. Continuing this tradition, China: Journey to the East, supported by BP a China now legacy project, is a unique touring exhibition of over 100 objects from the British Museum’s collection, which offers visitors the chance to experience one of the world's most important and influential civilisations. The exhibition will tour to six venues across the country and is the largest UK loan of Chinese material the British Museum has yet undertaken.

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SCOPE Announces Details For BASEL 2009 / 8th through 14th June 2009

Written by rubin Saturday, 02 May 2009 15:02

BASEL - SCOPE, the acclaimed art show that established its name by providing a much needed international platform for cutting edge contemporary art, returns to Basel for the third year, hosting more galleries than ever before, from all over the world. Moreover, this year will see SCOPE in a brand new specially built venue on the Sportplatz Landhof, just 200 m from Art Basel, in the heart of the city. The new pavilion offering over 8,000 m², will provide an excellent opportunity for gallerists, collectors, curators, artists, critics and art enthusiasts alike to experience a view of the contemporary art market unavailable anywhere else.

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Delaware Art Museum presents 'Ancestry & Innovation ~ African American Folk Art'

Written by rubin Saturday, 02 May 2009 13:51

Wilmington, DE - The Delaware Art Museum presents Ancestry & Innovation: African American Folk Art from the American Folk Art Museum, featuring a dazzling array of quilts, paintings, and sculptures, on view May 9, 2009 – July 12, 2009. This wide-ranging exhibition explores the artistic expressions of self-taught African American artists from the rural South and the urban North. Ancestry and Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum was organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York, and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The exhibition was made possible by MetLife Foundation.

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Hallie Ford Museum of Art to feature Mixed Media by Heidi Schwegler

Written by rubin Saturday, 02 May 2009 11:58

SALEM , Ore. - A new installation by Portland mixed media artist Heidi Schwegler will be on display May 23rd through July 19th in the Study Gallery at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University. The installation will include a range of sculptural objects, prints and film that focus on “a moment of anguish.”

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Statens Museum for Kunst features "Across ~ Acquisitions 2007-09"

Written by rubin Saturday, 02 May 2009 11:42

COPENHAGEN - Statens Museum for Kunst presents today "Across - Acquisitions 2007-09", on view through August 9, 2009. What is tax money spent on? What do private foundations etc. support? And what are the criteria behind the choice of works of art which will form part of the rich collections at Denmark’s national gallery? This summer’s exhibition at Statens Museum for Kunst presents a special selection of the many acquisitions made over the last couple of years: from unique purchases of older 15th century art to important newer works and the latest contemporary art.

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International Fine Art Fair in NYC ~ 700 Years of Painting, Drawing & Sculpture

Written by rubin Saturday, 02 May 2009 10:39

NEW YORK - The 16th annual International Fine Art Fair takes place at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City from the May 1st-5th, 2009. This well-known showcase features over 700 years of fine art. It has always attracted institutional and private buyers and remains the only “high end” fair in the world devoted solely to paintings, drawings and sculpture. Exhibitors from the USA and Europe take part in the fair annually, enriching it with their own particular specialty, and in recent years there has been an increase in the participation of American dealers offering American art of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Stuart Semple ~ 'Everlasting Nothing Less' ~ First New York Solo Exhibition

Written by rubin Saturday, 02 May 2009 10:12

NEW YORK, NY - Marking a ground breaking development in Post Pop Art, Young British Artist Stuart Semple launches his much awaited first New York solo show exploring the disintegration of mass culture at Anna Kustera gallery. Trailblazer of a new generation of British Artists, Stuart Semple has earned raving reviews and top sale prices at recent exhibits and biennales in Europe, Asia, South America and the United States, a great distinction for an artist not yet 30.

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The High Museum of Art to Premiere "The Allure of the Automobile"

Written by rubin Saturday, 02 May 2009 09:49

ATLANTA, GA - “The Allure of the Automobile,” the first exhibition to consider the stylistic development of automobiles in the context of prominent design movements such as Art Moderne and Postwar Modernity, will premiere at the High Museum of Art. The exhibition will present 18 of the world’s rarest and most brilliantly conceived cars ranging from the 1930s to the mid-1960s, including masterpieces by Bugatti, Duesenberg, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Ferrari. These cars combine state-of-the-art engineering, meticulous craftsmanship and groundbreaking design to create works of “rolling sculpture.” The exhibition, made possible by lead sponsor Porsche Cars North America, Inc. will be on view from March 20 through June 20, 2010.

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Centre de la Photographie presents Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige ~ Wonder Beirut

Written by rubin Saturday, 02 May 2009 09:25

Geneva, Switzerland - After their two collaborations with the International Festival of Cinema VISIONS DU RÉEL, the Centre de la photographie Geneve (CPG) took the initiative to organize a presentation of Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige works at CPG, as their works have video-cinematographic qualities as rich as they excel in the photographic realm. The CPG will not only show photographs by these two artists, born in Beirut in 1969, but also show two videos that cannot be shown other than as an installation.

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Chicago Cultural Center displays The Cartoons of John T. McCutcheon ~ Chronicles of a Changing World

Written by rubin Friday, 01 May 2009 17:10

CHICAGO., IL - Cartoonist John T. McCutcheon was such a sharp observer of basic human nature that people still find aspects of themselves in his work, some of which was created over one hundred years ago. As an editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Record and Chicago Tribune newspapers between 1889 and 1946, his drawings chronicled a rapidly changing world. Some of the cartoons in this exhibition show a slice of Chicago life that is no more, while others have a strikingly current relevance, covering topics such as bank failures, anti-war sentiment, and even crooked governors.

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Madrid Opens The "Magic Box" ~ Most Advanced Tennis Facility Designed by Dominique Perrault

Written by rubin Friday, 01 May 2009 16:53

MADRID, SPAIN - Madrid’s Olympic Tennis Centre, designed by leading French architect Dominique Perrault, was inaugurated today. Described as one of the world’s most advanced sports facilities, the venue will host some 200 players during the Madrid Open tennis (May 9-17, 2009) and aims to reinforce the Spanish Capital’s candidature for the 2016 Olympics. The architecture of the "magic box" changes the configuration of the city, standing as a powerful signal, a permanent new landmark, and a new entrance.

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The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States at The Speed Art Museum

Written by rubin Friday, 01 May 2009 16:34

LOUISVILLE, KY- The Speed Art Museum is honored to be a recipient of fifty works of art from one of the most impressive contemporary collections ever assembled. In celebration of this gift, the museum is proud to present The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States on view through May 17, 2009. Having built one of the largest collections of contemporary art in America, New Yorkers Dorothy and Herbert Vogel gave more than 1,000 artworks to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. 

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