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SALEM.- At the limits of geography and physical endurance, artist-explorers found the ultimate inspiration in polar vistas they encountered in the 19th- and early 20th centuries. Featuring more than 50 works depicting the drama and magnificence of setting out to sea in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, To the Ends of the Earth, Painting the Polar Landscape opens November 8, 2008, at the
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NEW YORK.- On September 17, Christie’s New York will start its spectacular trilogy of Chinese Art sales with the single-owner sale Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J&J Collection, Part V followed by Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art and an evening session will be devoted to Masterworks of Ancient and Imperial China, offering extraordinary works of art from various
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HOUSTON, TX.- The Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston recently announced its exhibiion program for the rest of the year and 2009.
Perspectives 163: Every Sound You Can Imagine considers experimental musical scores as works of visual art. Organized around the manuscript collection of read more »
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SILKEBORG.- Visitors to the Art Centre Silkeborg Bad will be able to gain an insight into a highly interesting period in modern and contemporary art. The Art Centre Silkeborg Bad has succeeded in borrowing more that 60 works of art by internationally acclaimed artists from a large German private collection. The exhibition offers a great opportunity for getting some idea of pivotal aspects of
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WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art presents its 67th season of the longest-running free concert series in the nation's capital from October 3, 2008, through June 28, 2009. This season will introduce to the Washington public several compositions that have not been heard here before.
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MUNICH.- The exhibition unites a selection of works from the series ’Cardboards,’ ’Venetians,’ ’Early Egyptians,’ ’Hoarfrosts’ and ’Jammers.’ Rauschenberg’s preoccupation with other cultures, as well as experiences from the various journeys he took are reflected in these pieces, which were created between 1970 and 1976. For the first time, these work groups in Rauschenberg’s
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LONDON.- The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is supporting a campaign to erect a permanent slavery memorial statue in Hyde Park.
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"RCMP have found the remaining two of a dozen pieces of Haida artist Bill Reid's work that were stolen about three months ago from the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. A gold eagle brooch was recovered intact, but five centimetres of a carved argillite pipe were broken off and are still missing."...
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HOUSTON, TX. Offering a glimpse of the design collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, this August the MFAH presents Celebrating 10 Years
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DETROIT, MI.- Travel back in time to the exotic world of India’s Mughal empire in the exhibition The Private World of India’s Mughal Emperors: Albums of Painting and Calligraphy from the Chester Beatty Library, on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) Aug. 23–Nov. 16. The exhibition is free with museum admission. The Private World of India’s Mughal Emperors includes 87 outstanding miniature
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CHANTELOUP-EN-BRIE, FRANCE.- A hundred years ago, on August 22, 1908, was born one of the geniuses of photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson. He showed us an unusual ability to observe, so much so that to know his work is like knowing part of the graphic history of the 20th century. His photographs have become a study object for future photographers of the globalized society.
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WASHINGTON, DC.- The Hirshhorn Museum presents an exhibition featuring 39 important artworks from the late 1960s and early 1970s that were recently acquired from Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, one of the world's foremost collectors of American and European contemporary art. Composed of works by an international roster of 16 artists, this acquisition substantially
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"The Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt is a fascinating narrative that brings the sisters to life as individuals. Yet their motivation, beyond an obvious love of art (and where did that come from, one wonders), remains elusive. Perhaps this is the natural order with many collectors. Perhaps they don't intellectualize their passion in a way that translates readily to speech or writing."...
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LOS ANGELES, CA.-Works from California Studio Legends Otto Heino and Sam Maloof on the Auction Block at Bonhams & Butterfields Bonhams & Butterfields' fall 2008 auction of 20th Century Decorative Arts, to be held in Los Angeles on Monday, September 22, 2008, features a diverse group of master works spanning a century of design. Strong examples of Studio Works of Art, Arts
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PERTHSHIRE.- Port-an-Righ, Welcome to the Herring Boats was painted at Carradale, where McTagaggart spent the summers of 1883 and 1885. Much of his work at Carradale dealt with the lives of the herring fishermen. James Caw the artist biographer describes the present work ' In Port-an-Righ, the glamour of a sunny morning made brighter and gayer by the glad excitement of women and children who wait for the return of the fleet in the bay ringed round with rocks and
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PHILADELPHIA.- The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia will host the national debut of “America I AM: The African American Imprint,” a four-year touring museum exhibition that will celebrate 400 years of African American contributions to this country.
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NEW YORK, NY.- This fall, the artist Corin Hewitt takes up occupancy in the Whitney’s Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Lobby Gallery for Seed Stage, an installation merging performance art, live theater, and an investigation of ideas about still life. Redefining the notion of the artist-in-residence, Hewitt physically moves about the Whitney’s Lobby Gallery space for a period of three
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BOSTON.- The legacy of Yousuf Karsh—the man behind the lens of some of the 20th century’s most famous photographic portraits—is illuminated as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), presents Karsh 100: A Biography in Images. The exhibition of more than 100 works celebrating the 100th anniversary of Karsh’s birth (1908) presents his iconic portraits of the era’s most illustrious
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WASHINGTON.- “Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities,” on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Sept. 26 through Jan. 4, 2009, examines the friendship of two iconic artists who were attracted to the distinct landscapes of the American southwest and far west and committed to depicting its essence with modernist sensibilities. This exhibition, the first to pair these artists, celebrates their mutual appreciation of the natural world and reveals the visual
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