Woodson Art Museum’s 33rd Annual Birds in Art Exhibition

Saturday, 06 September 2008 21:32

WAUSAU, WISCONSIN.- The Woodson Art Museum’s 33rd annual Birds in Art exhibition, opening Saturday, September 6, offers a creative and surefire remedy to cure avian envy. With the exhibition closing on November 9th, visitors have nine weeks to take the cure. Birds in Art comprises 126 original contemporary works by 113 painters and sculptors hailing from Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.

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Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens " Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos & Toys in the Attic "

Saturday, 06 September 2008 01:01

New London, CT - Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic, opening September 6, 2008 and on view through January 26, 2009. The playful, inventive, and interactive world of best-selling author and photographer Walter Wick is the subject of this exciting exhibition.  Walter Wick is the co-creator (with Jean Marzollo) of I Spy and the creator of the Can You See What I See? books for children, published by Scholastic, both of which are long-time national best-sellers. 

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HangART-7 in Salzburg hosts " LA Potential "

Friday, 05 September 2008 22:01

Salzburg, Austria - With the LA Potential exhibition this autumn the HangART-7 art programme is presenting contemporary art from Los Angeles. From 20 September to 9 November 2008 more than 60 works by nine young male and female artists will be on show in Hangar-7. Programme director Lioba Reddeker worked on the selection together with the Los-Angeles-based artists Hubert Schmalix and Roger Herman.

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" Unspeakable " Artists as Witnesses to the Holocaust at Imperial War Museum

Friday, 05 September 2008 18:49

LONDON - Prompted by a number of remarkable recent acquisitions, "Unspeakable" is the first opportunity to see together the different artistic responses to the Nazi persecution of the Jews of Europe, from the Imperial War Museum’s Art collection.

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The Harry Ransom Center presents " A Cabinet of Drawings "

Thursday, 04 September 2008 19:20

Austin, Texas - The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center's exhibition "A Cabinet of Drawings" explores the art of drawing, the fundamental, versatile and expressive art form for visual communication. The exhibition is on view through Jan. 4, 2009,  in the Ransom Center Galleries at The University of Texas at Austin. "A Cabinet of Drawings" offers a framework to explore and investigate the numerous types of drawings found in the Ransom Center's literary and visual collections.

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Franklin 54 Gallery hosts Edward Evans new "Painted Illusions"

Thursday, 04 September 2008 18:40

New York City - Franklin 54 Gallery is privileged to host the new paintings of Edward Evans.  These works continue with the Contemporary Chinese theme this artist has been using for a number of years. The simple Chinese characters that Evans incorporates into his paintings heighten the sensibility of the pieces, as he concentrates on the shapes of the characters.  These new works are even stronger and sharper in contrast, the finished paintings are vivid beauties. On exhibition September 12th through October 31st, 2008. Reception: September 20^th , 4-7 PM.

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Monya Rowe Gallery opens Larissa Bates ~ 'Just Hustle and Muscle'

Thursday, 04 September 2008 18:08

New York City - Monya Rowe Gallery announces a solo exhibition by Larissa Bates featuring painting, installation and video. Taking the title, Just Hustle and Muscle, from a wrestling t-shirt bearing the slogan "No Fat on the Mat, Just Hustle and Muscle, Wrestle”, Bates continues her investigation with gender identity and social politics by using the iconic image of a young wrestler to represent both the masculine and feminine characteristics of a male. On view 4 September through 18 October, 2008.

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Mao Tongqiang ~ Tools ~ 30,000 Axes, Hammers & Sickles

Thursday, 04 September 2008 18:00

SINGAPORE - Mao Tongqiang’s Tools, which comprises of some 30,000 used sickles and hammers, were gathered by Mao and his associates over the course of three years from 2006 to 2008 from various parts of China.  The choice of sickle and hammer was a deliberate one. For a Chinese audience, these are, first and foremost, common tools. Yet, they are amongst the most potent symbols in China for they form the emblem of the Chinese Communist Party. First used in the early 20th century and later incorporated into the flag of the Soviet Union, the hammer was regarded as the symbol of the industrial proletariat whilst the sickle represented the agricultural peasantry.

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The Art Museum of Southeast Texas presents "Things with Wings"

Wednesday, 03 September 2008 20:09

Beaumont, TX - " Things with Wings: Selections from the Permanent Collection " is curated by AMSET Executive Director Lynn Castle. It explores how artists use things with wings in their works of art. Although this gallery has the most concentrated collection, things with wings are on view throughout the museum. On exhibition through 5th October, 2008 at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas.

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Francis Bacon Prints featured at James Hyman Gallery

Tuesday, 02 September 2008 19:53

London - To coincide with Tate Britain’s major Francis Bacon retrospective, James Hyman Gallery presents an exhibition of Francis Bacon and some of the most powerful figurative artists of our time to explore the impact of the greatest British painter of the twentieth century. James Hyman Gallery will also be presenting a series of rarely seen prints by Francis Bacon, from the 1970s and 1980s. On exhibition 5 September - 4 October 2008.

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Venice Cancels Inauguration of Grand Canal Bridge Made by Santiago Calatrava

Tuesday, 02 September 2008 19:45

VENICE - Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava defended his bridge today from the critics. The bridge in Venice is a work that breaks with the architecture of the city being the first bridge constructed in 125 years. The bridge has been baptized as the Constitution Bridge. This is the fourth bridge that goes over the Grand Canal and while some approve of it others criticize it for its high cost. Those critics, headed by small political parties have made the local government make the decision not to officially inaugurate it on September 18.

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Pavel Schmidt Exhibition at Jean Tinguely Museum in Switzerland

Monday, 01 September 2008 14:56

Basel, Switzerland - At once painter, draughtsman and an installation artist, Pavel Schmidt documents in this exhibition his interest in the manner in which our society appropriates for itself masterpieces of western art in order to transform them into misleading copies and objects of consumption. The exhibition presents the artist’s sculptures, paintings, drawings and installation. Some of his monumental works refer directly to the architecture of and to the art within the Museum Tinguely – Niki de Saint Phalle in- as well as outdoors. On view through 14 September, 2008.

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ShContemporary ~ The Asian Art Fair Returns to the Shanghai Exhibition Center

Monday, 01 September 2008 14:54

SHANGHAI - A few weeks following the Beijing Olympics where the world focuses on sports, Shanghai becomes the focus of the international art world. After a successful debut in 2007, ShContemporary returns to the spectacular Shanghai Exhibition Center from September 10th - 13th. This year the fair coincides with Shanghai Biennale offering art lovers an unparalleled art extravaganza in Shanghai during September. Over 130 international galleries representing 26 countries will meet for the second edition of ShContemporary The fair promises to create an intriguing dialogue between the Orient and Occident.

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Sunday, 12 February 2012 13:32

Sunday, 12 February 2012 13:32

Sunday, 12 February 2012 13:32

Sunday, 12 February 2012 13:32

Sunday, 12 February 2012 13:32

Sunday, 12 February 2012 13:32