 |
|
|---|
- Art News Home » Published » General
-
Sort by:
Recently Popular |
Top Today |
Yesterday |
Week |
Month |
Year |
CANBERRA.- To coincide with the centenary of the birth of Sir Donald Bradman AC (27 August 1908), the National Portrait Gallery will receive a superb portrait of the Australian cricket legend painted by Bill Leak, as a gift to its collection. Painted from life in 1990, the portrait will be donated by Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG, the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patron, and has been on
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
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
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
NEW YORK.- Museum of the Moving Image and Mezco Toyz, a leading manufacturer of licensed merchandise, today announced the establishment of an annual donation of film- and television-related toys and materials to the Museums collection. Among the artifacts in the inaugural gift are conceptual sketches and
action-figure prototypes for Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, a film directed by read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
action-figure prototypes for Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, a film directed by read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
BOSTON.- As citizens across the country prepare to elect the next President, the Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library has unveiled The Making of a President, a special display of archival material and Museum objects from the Librarys collection that explores those elements of John F. Kennedys life that prepared him for a career in public service and motivated him
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
"I would say that this has probably been the greatest planning fiasco in the history of the world. Daniel Libeskind's prize-winning design, a flexible, schematic concept that established a framework of achievable, creative possibilities, has been progressively purged by political pandering and economic pragmatism. The Port Authority's own brutally detailed report earlier this year gave some cogent reasons why a strong, unified vision of civic and urban renewal on a plane worthy of a great city could not survive."...
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
LONDON.- View Basket: Art Bought Online is an exhibition of artwork selected and purchased online that is on show at The Hayward Project Space from Thursday 28 August to Sunday 28 September 2008.
A range of images and objects have been selected by Hayward Curatorial read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
A range of images and objects have been selected by Hayward Curatorial read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
WELLESLEY.- As many of you will recall, last November I informed the community that in the course of searching the collections of the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, museum staff discovered that the painting, Woman and Child, by Fernand Leger (French, 1881-1955), painted in 1921, was missing. The painting was reported as missing to law enforcement authorities and an investigation began
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
FORT WORTH.- Visitors to the Amon Carter Museum can embark on a captivating visual adventure this fall in a special exhibition of paintings and drawings by Alfred Jacob Miller (1810–1874), the first American artist to journey into the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller, on view September 20, 2008–January 11, 2009, features more than
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
BATH.- 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
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
DENVER.- Art plays a pivotal role in creating cultural momentum. The Manifest Hope Gallery celebrates that role and shines a spotlight on artists across the nation who use their voices to amplify and motivate the grass roots movement surrounding the Obama Campaign. The Manifest Hope Gallery highlights the central themes of the progressive grass-roots movement- Hope Change, Progress,
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
"Realising his British clientele can no longer soak up the quantity of art that he produces, Hirst is tapping the wider international market. He is putting 223 other works up for sale at Sotheby's next month in his first sale of newly produced art at a major auction house. Hirst has opted for the auction house route partly because the commission is lower than the 40% often levied by galleries. He has also said that galleries can be "snobby" towards possible customers and "look down" on them."...
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
COVENTRY.- An old friend – which prevented a British revolution in the 18th century – has returned to the refurbished Herbert art gallery and museum in Coventry.
The stunning painting of George III has held prize of place in the venue – which is read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
The stunning painting of George III has held prize of place in the venue – which is read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
DENVER.- The artist duo Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese (Ligorano/Reese), in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, present The State of Things, an ice sculpture of the word “Democracy.” The work will be installed at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, August 27th and disappear within 24 hours. Located outside the front entrance of the MCA DENVER, this “temporary
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Russia's Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow's largest collection of Russian art, said it has begun talks with the city government to build a new space for its modern and contemporary art collection....
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
LONDON.- This winter the British Museum will open a new Ancient Egyptian gallery centered round the spectacular painted tomb-chapel of Nebamun. The paintings are some of the most famous images of Egyptian art, and come from the now lost tomb-chapel of Nebamun, an accountant in the Temple of Amun at Karnak who died c. 1350 BC, a generation or so before Tutankhamun. They
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
SAN DIEGO.- Organized by SDMA, this solo exhibition features the work of celebrated conceptual artist Eleanor Antin. The exhibition is the first to focus on Antins recent series of large-scale tableaux photographs based on Greek and Roman history and mythology, which are presented together for the first time.
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
AGLASUN.- Towards the end of July 2007, archaeologists of the KULeuven (Belgium) directed by Prof. Marc Waelkens discovered in the largest room of the Roman Baths under excavation since twelve years the remains of a colossal, ca 5m tall statue of the emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD) composed of a 0.70 m tall head, the lower part of the right leg and the joining 0.80 m long foot.
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
LOS ANGELES.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), presents Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective, the first major retrospective exhibition to be mounted in the United States of the work of Martin Kippenberger (195397). One of the most significant, relevant, and influential artists of our time, Kippenberger produced a complex and richly prolific body of
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury