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Victoria Art Gallery in Bath Acquires Painting by Sir Howard Hodgkin
Thursday, 28 August 2008 17:57
BATH, UK - The Art Fund, the UK’s leading independent art charity, has helped Victoria Art Gallery in Bath acquire a painting by one of the UK’s most important artists working in Britain today. " Silence " by Sir Howard Hodgkin is the first painting by the artist to enter the permanent collection at the Victoria Art Gallery – the very gallery where Hodgkin publically exhibited his work for the first time, as part of a group show whilst he was a student in Bath in 1952.
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Zhang Xianyong solos at Limn Gallery in San Francisco
Wednesday, 27 August 2008 22:50
San Francisco, CA - Limn Gallery is pleased to present Zhang Xianyong’s first solo exhibition outside of China. His works was first introduced last year during the tenth anniversary of LIMN gallery’s presentation of contemporary Chinese art. On exhibition 6th September through 25th October, 2008.
Read more: [Zhang Xianyong solos at Limn Gallery in San Francisco]
" Memory is Your Image of Perfection " at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Wednesday, 27 August 2008 20:42
SAN DIEGO, CA - The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego opened Memory Is Your Image of Perfection at MCASD’s Downtown 1001 Kettner location. The exhibition, curated by MCASD Assistant Curator Lucía Sanromán, presents photography and video works from the Museum’s collection that were created by women artists of Southern and Baja California. The exhibition will be on view through November 30, 2008.
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Museum of Latin American Art hosts MOLAA Awards 08 for Latin American Artists
Tuesday, 26 August 2008 23:13
Long Beach, CA - In its third consecutive year, MOLAA Awards 08: An Invitational Juried Art Competition & Exhibition is one of the museum’s most exciting programs. It invites mid-career and emerging Latin American artists from Mexico, Central and South America and the Spanish speaking Caribbean, to participate in a competition with prize money totaling $40,000. The competition was created to raise the profile of Latin American art in the United States, to encourage the recognition of Latin American artists by North American audiences and to introduce new trends in contemporary Latin American art.
Read more: [Museum of Latin American Art hosts MOLAA Awards 08 for Latin American Artists]
Tarble Arts Center exhibits 'Forced Photography' by Brian Poulter
Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:39
CHARLESTON, IL - Brian Poulter has titled his exhibition that just opened at EIU’s Tarble Arts Center “Forced Photography.” The one hundred thirty-five photographs are on view through September 28th in the Tarble’s eGallery on the campus of Eastern Illinois University. Why “Forced Photography?” Says Poulter, “In October and November of 2007 I challenged myself to shoot only with a point-and-shoot camera, the kind your grandma might buy at Wal-Mart.
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Center Presents a major Retrospective of Photographer Frank Gohlke
Monday, 25 August 2008 09:36
Tucson, AZ – A major mid-career retrospective, Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke, will be on view at the Center for Creative Photography August 16–November 2, 2008. A leading figure in American landscape photography, Gohlke creates pictures that explore how we live and build our lives surrounded by a natural world that rarely meets our ideals and expectations.Read more: [Center Presents a major Retrospective of Photographer Frank Gohlke]
Smithsonian American Art Museum Acquires of Seminal Work by Christo
Monday, 25 August 2008 09:36
Washington, DC - The Smithsonian American Art Museum has acquired “Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972-76, A Documentation Exhibition,” the definitive record of the major early work by world-renowned artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The most lyrical and spectacular of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s epic projects was the installation of the “Running Fence” (1972-1976), a white fabric and steel-pole fence, 24 1/2 miles long and 18 feet high, across the properties of 59 ranchers in Sonoma and Marin Counties north of San Francisco. The “Running Fence” existed for only two weeks; it survives today as a memory and through the artwork and documentation by the artists.
Read more: [Smithsonian American Art Museum Acquires of Seminal Work by Christo]
World Watches as Beijing Olympics Closes With Carnival-themed Extravaganza
Monday, 25 August 2008 00:35
BEIJING - The competition came to an end Sunday at the Beijing Olympics. The Olympic flame, which had burned for 16 days was extinguished during a lavish closing ceremony at the National Stadium. With an awesome carnival-themed extravaganza, China concluded its debut as Olympic host on Sunday after 16 days of near-flawless logistics and superlative athletic achievement - coexisting awkwardly with the government's wariness of dissent and free speech.Read more: [World Watches as Beijing Olympics Closes With Carnival-themed Extravaganza]
Exhibition displays 'The Ability to Freeze Time and To See This Frozen by Others'
Monday, 25 August 2008 00:30
VITORIA-GASTEIZ, SPAIN - This show contains two exhibitions with the same time. One is linked to the other; there is a dialogue between them and, at the same time, with the spectator, immersed in a permanent reflection about himself/herself and about the times in which we are living. At first sight, it is clear that this is a photography exhibition, a discipline which is of great relevance today and which plays an essential role in almost every aspect of our lives: from biographical and autobiographical works to an in-depth knowledge of social, cultural and political events. But the aim of this exhibition is also to reflect upon concepts such as the author and his/her rights, the original, the copy and replica or the large number of considerations raised by advances in technologies.Read more: [Exhibition displays 'The Ability to Freeze Time and To See This Frozen by Others']
Delavan Art Gallery Re-opens with the Exhibition ~ "Five Years at Delavan"
Monday, 25 August 2008 00:26
SYRACUSE, NY - Delavan Art Gallery is proud to reopen after a six month break to celebrate its five year anniversary and launch a new year of exhibitions. The first, appropriately titled, "Five Years at Delavan," opens September 11, 2008 and runs through October 25 featuring prints by the Atelier Four (Amy Georgia Buchholz, Bruce Muirhead, Jake Muirhead and Bill Salzillo) as well as sculptures by Dexter Benedict and Donald S. Sottile. In addition, as part of the new changes at Delavan Art Gallery, an exciting flex-space called "Wild Card" is being launched this fall. The first two exhibits in this area are paintings by C.J. Hodge from September 11 through October 4 and political cartoons by Joe Glisson from October 9 through November 1, 2008.Read more: [Delavan Art Gallery Re-opens with the Exhibition ~ "Five Years at Delavan"]
Sotheby's New York to Hold Sale of Indian & Southeast Asian Works of Art
Sunday, 24 August 2008 23:48
NEW YORK CITY - Sotheby’s New York will present its sale of Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art on September 19, 2008, featuring an extraordinary selection of fine Indian Miniatures, and a broad offering of precious objects from the region, some extremely rare and all with impeccable provenance, many rarely available at auction. The sale includes 118 lots, estimated to sell for $2.3/3.2 million. The works from the sale will be on exhibit beginning September 12th.Read more: [Sotheby's New York to Hold Sale of Indian & Southeast Asian Works of Art]
National Museum of Australia shows ~ Utopia:The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:29
Canberra, AU - After its successful tour in Japan, the National Museum of Australia is pleased to present this selection of powerful works to a national audience. The Museum deals innovatively with the telling of Australian history through the stories of extraordinary Australians. This exhibition not only tells the story of Emily Kame Kngwarreye as one of Australia's greatest contemporary artists, but it also gives some insight into her life as a senior Anmatyerre woman and a lifelong custodian of the desert country that inspired her work.
Read more: [National Museum of Australia shows ~ Utopia:The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye]
Palo Alto Art Center to host " The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf "
Written by Administrator Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:23
PALO ALTO, CA - The engaging and spirited work of leading art jeweler, Bruce Metcalf, will debut in the compelling exhibition, "The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf," at The Palo Alto Art Center (PAAC) from September 28 through December 21, 2008. Curated by Signe Mayfield of PAAC, this first major exhibition of his work examines social, moral and political issues, many of which Metcalf has also raised in his essays. In this exhibition, diminutive size matters. Cast in silver or carved in wood, Metcalf's vulnerable protagonists act out issues on the stage of miniature worlds.
Read more: [Palo Alto Art Center to host " The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf "]
Canadian Museum of Civilization presents 'The Post Goes Pop'
Written by Administrator Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:16
Gatineau,Quebec - From movies, music, books and more, postal themes show up everywhere in popular culture. Walk through this world of postal imagery in an exhibition that will leave you humming "Please, Mr. Postman!" The Post Goes Pop highlights the wealth of postal imagery found in popular music, books, movies, TV programs, and advertising. Ironically, most of this imagery is drawn from the past . . . from the days before e-mail, text messaging, and community mailboxes. The exhibition explores the source of the imagery, how it is used, and how it compares to the current reality.
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