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Archibald Prize 2008 ~ Vincent Fantauzzo Wins the People's Choice for his Portrait of Heath Ledger

Fri, 09 May 2008 02:21:31 -0400

SYDNEY.- This year more than 32,000 people voted in the People’s Choice for the Archibald Prize and their favourite portrait by far was Vincent Fantauzzo for his portrait of Heath Ledger called " Heath ". To date 130,000 people have visited the 2008 Archibald Prize, which is a record attendance for the gallery since Archibald began in 1921. Vincent Fantauzzo painted his portrait of Australian actor Heath Ledger in December just weeks before Ledger died in New York in January.

Leopold Museum displays Modern Art from the Faroe Islands

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:56:15 -0400

Vienna, Austria - Modern art of the Faroese islands is widely unknown outside of Scandinavia, but certainly mostly because of the remote location of its origin and definitely not because it is lacking quality. This exhibition wants to give the Austrian public a chance to discover Europe’s smallest country through its art and to get to know artists who absolutely deserve a broader audience. On exhibition16 May until 7 September 2008 at the Leopold Museum.

Woodward Gallery opens “Street Language” with Matt Siren and Darkcloud

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:53:11 -0400

New York City - Woodward Gallery is proud to open the Spring season by introducing Artists Matt Siren and Darkcloud. “Street Language” will transpose two respected street artists with a select group of their peers to a gallery setting for the first time. Representing a true renaissance in urban art, these emerging artists surface from a subculture ruled by self-directed codes and complicated by its delight in youthful mayhem. Opening reception 10 May,2008.

Painter Leo van den Ende Spends 6,000 Hours Painting A Panorama of Tulips

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:52:16 -0400

Voorhout, Netherlands - Panorama Tulipland in Voorhout is a relatively new tourist attraction in the heart of the Dutch bulb fields. One of the attractions is the Panorama of the bulb fields (Bollenstreek), an impressive work of art (63 meter long and 4 meters high) that forms part of a circle to give the visitors the idea that they are standing in the flowering bulb fields. The painter started his work in 1997 and has finally finished in 2008. It is the worlds largest and most colourful flower-panorama. Since he made the first pencil sketch 1997 landscape painter Leo van den Ende has spent 6000 hours working on the panorama.

The Artistry and Craftsmanship of Tiffany Studios on Exhibition

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:22:37 -0400

NASHVILLE.- Tiffany by Design celebrates the artistry and craftsmanship of the colorful leaded glass lamps produced by Tiffany Studios between 1900 and 1918. The exhibition examines the beautiful design and complex fabrication of 40 lamps, including chandeliers and desk, library, and hanging lamps, created by craftsmen in Tiffany Studios in New York under the direction of Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Russian Photographer Yevgeny Khaldei Retrospective at The Martin Gropius Bau

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:04:00 -0400

BERLIN - The first major retrospective devoted to the Russian photographer, Yevgeny Khaldei, opens in the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin on 9 May 2008. Khaldei, the Russian Robert Capa, provided extensive photographic coverage of the Second World War, the war between Germany and the Soviet Union. Some of his images are world-famous and have become icons in the history of photography. Khaldei is known primarily for his spectacular documentary photos of the Second World War and the staged hoisting of the red flag of the Soviet Union on the top of the Reichstag building in Berlin in 1945, but also for the photos he took at the Potsdam Conference and during the Nuremberg Trials.

The Albertina presents A Comprehensive Paul Klee Retrospective

Thu, 08 May 2008 03:44:04 -0400

Vienna, Austria - Starting on May 9 and running through August 10, the Albertina will present a comprehensive Paul Klee retrospective. The starting point of the exhibition will be Carl Djerassi’s important gift to the Albertina of works by Paul Klee. Additional exhibits from the holdings of the Albertina, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and other international collections and museums will show this important collection in the context of the exceptional creativity of Paul Klee.

Pablo Picasso ~ The Vollard Suite ~ Exhibited at UMAG in Hong Kong

Thu, 08 May 2008 03:13:19 -0400

Hong Kong - The Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau and The University Museum and Art Gallery are delighted to present "Pablo Picasso: The Vollard Suite", an exhibition of a hundred intaglio prints by the great artist, Pablo Picasso (1881–1973). On exhibition 17 May to 20 July 2008.

"Three Sails" by Joaquin Sorolla Expected to Sell for 3 to 4 Million USD at Sotheby's

Thu, 08 May 2008 02:14:46 -0400

NEW YORK CITY - Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida painted Las Tres Velas (Three Sails) on the beach of El Cabañal during the summer of 1903. One of the most luminously eloquent of his many images of the fisherwomen of his native Valencia, Las Tres Velas marks Sorolla's artistic passage to a new level of creativity. Sorolla was already one of the world's most honored painters when he launched his 1903 campaign of open-air painting among the fishing communities on Spain's Mediterranean coast, but in the course of that summer Sorolla pushed his art to a new monumentality and laid claim to a broad new palette of color effects. Lost from public view for a century, Las Tres Velas consolidates a decade of Sorolla's painting experience into an unforgettable image of the womenfolk of his beloved homeland.

Miami Art Museum Presents ~ Disappearances, Shadows & Illusions

Thu, 08 May 2008 01:15:26 -0400

Miami, FL - Special installations by Miami artists, including Leyden Rodriquez-Casanova, Matt Schreiber and Tom Scicluna along with selections from local collectors and Miami Art Museum’s growing permanent collection, will make up Disappearances, Shadows, and Illusions in MAM’s Upper Level Gallery, on view June 6-September 21, 2008 at the Miami Art Museum.

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art hosts 'RubberMade : Sculpture by Chakaia Booker'

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:12:45 -0400

Kansas City, MO - Since the early 1990s, Chakaia Booker has worked almost exclusively with recycled tires. Through a physically demanding process of twisting, slicing, and weaving found rubber tires, she forms dynamic, whimsical sculptures that fuse ecological concerns with questions about racial and economic differences, globalization, and sociopolitical power structures. The exhibition RubberMade: Sculpture by Chakaia Booker surveys the past seven years of production by one of today’s leading African American artists.

Design Museum in London to exhibit Richard Rogers + Architects

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:38:42 -0400

LONDON -One of the most influential British architects of our time, Richard Rogers has established himself and his practice at the forefront of today’s architectural culture through such high-profile projects as the Pompidou Centre, the headquarters for Lloyd’s of London, the Millennium Dome, the National Assembly for Wales and Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. On exhibition through 25 August, 2008.

Six New World Auction Records Set at Christie’s NY sale of Impressionist & Modern Art

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:26:46 -0400

NEW YORK CITY - The evening’s sale of Impressionist and Modern Art at Christie’s New York totaled $277,276,000/£140,749,239/€178,887,742, Christie’s third highest result ever for the category. The auction featured particularly strong results for both 19th and 20th century paintings and sculpture created by some of the leading masters of art history. The sale was 82% sold by value, 76% sold by lot.

El Centro Cultural Cajasol in Seville hosts “Botero, a Different View”

Wed, 07 May 2008 01:50:28 -0400

Seville, Spain - The most controversial paintings made by Fernando Botero opened today in an exhibit at El Centro Cultural Cajasol in Seville. The exhibit, “Botero, a Different View” gathers 67 works of art made by the artist from 1999 through 2004 as an answer to the violence that has rocked his native Colombia. There are 25 oils and 42 drawings that the artist donated to the Museo Nacional in Colombia which reflect according to fellow artist, Juan F. Lacomba, “the influence of the great masters such as Rafael, Velazquez, Ingres, Goya and Picasso”.

Art Museum of Southeast Texas shows Sharon Kopriva " Climates "

Wed, 07 May 2008 01:50:27 -0400

Beaumont, Texas - >From May 17 through July 13, 2008, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas is excited to present Climates, two separate and impressive, large-scale installations by internationally-renowned artist Sharon Kopriva. Southeast Texans are invited to come and meet the artist and learn about the exhibit and its political undertones at the opening reception from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, May 16.