| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 | |
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Museum Of Fine Arts Receives Gift Of Cagnetti Pendant The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has received a gift from an anonymous donor, of a pendant by Italian jeweler Andrea Cagnetti. Well-known in Europe for his stunning execution of the ancient goldsmithing technique of granulation, Cagnetti’s work is just starting to be known in the United States. (view more...) |
| Monday, April 28, 2008 | |
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Treasures From The V&A Museum On View At The Met On May 20 The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds one of the world’s finest collections of European decorative arts. Thirty-five of its masterpieces will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning May 20, 2008, in the exhibition "Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum", while the V&A prepares a new suite of galleries for its collection. Dating from 300 to 1600, the exhibition will include superb examples of sculpture, metalwork, ceramics, and glass that are rarely lent. Most have never been on view in New York. (view more...) |
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 | |
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Mandela's Portrait, By Peter Engels, Put Up For 46664 Aids Charity Fund Nelson Mandela will be 90 soon. "Time for the most impressive painted tribute", says artist Peter Engels. The result is a breath-taking canvas of 78.7 x 39.4 inch (=200 x 100 cm), painted with the pallet knife, which is Peter Engels’ unique signature. Mandela’s birthday will be celebrated on Friday 27 June with a concert in London Hyde Park, hosted by Will Smith. Also present will be Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, Keane, U2, Eminem, the 2 remaining Queen members and many other celebrities. Artist Peter Engels hopes to be able to hand over a cheque on probably the most exciting and talked about concert of 2008. (view more...) |
| Friday, April 25, 2008 | |
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Phillips De Pury & Company Announces The Exhibition Sante D'Orazio Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce the provocative Sante D’Orazio "Double Cross" photography exhibition at the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf. Opening on April 19, 2008, "Double Cross" marks a new, creative direction for the celebrated — and notoriously wicked — photographer. Composed of two distinct series, Priests and Scratch Out, the "Double Cross" exhibition is an important artistic and critical look at the cult of celebrity and role of the artist in our contemporary culture. (view more...) |
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 | |
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Eurostar And The National Gallery Launch World’s First Interactive Gallery Eurostar and the National Gallery unveiled the world’s first interactive digital art gallery for international travellers, to be enjoyed by millions of people who pass through the high-speed rail gateway between the UK and mainland Europe. Located within Eurostar’s departure lounge at St Pancras International, the STATION MASTERS interactive gallery gives travellers unprecedented access to some of the nation’s best-loved works of art, within the unique setting of the magnificently restored, Grade 1 listed station which was opened by Her Majesty the Queen last November. (view more...) |
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 | |
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Theatre Of Living Painting Presents "Michael - A Love Story" On April 24th, 2008, Theatre of Living Painting will begin showcasing its new multi-media performance, "Michael -- A Love Story." Using film, photography, theatre, fine arts, original music, dance, and even aerial arts, this innovative show promises to offer something fresh and new to the Off-Broadway scene. The show, which is being held at The Flamboyant Theatre and Gallery in the Lower East Side, will run through May 4th, 2008. (view more...) |
| Sunday, April 20, 2008 | |
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Great Park Board Adopts Outdoor Performing Arts And Cultural Event Series The Orange County Great Park Corporation Board approved the themes and programs for the Great Park Summer 2008, an outdoor performing arts and cultural event series that will kick-off the opening of the 27.5-acre Great Park Preview Park. The first community event, "Festival of Flight," debuts the summer programs beginning July 12, 2008. The event will mark the Great Park's third anniversary with special exhibits, activities and performances. (view more...) |
| Friday, April 18, 2008 | |
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Philip Haas Commissioned By Kimbell Art Museum To Create Short Film The Kimbell Art Museum has commissioned distinguished director Philip Haas to make a short film inspired by Annibale Carracci’s "The Butcher’s Shop" (c. 1582), a remarkable early Baroque genre painting in the Museum’s collection. Through a series of sensuous and poetic moving images, combined with telling touches of narrative, Haas conjures up the world of the butchers, the world of the artist, and the encounter that led to the painting. The Sonnabend Gallery in New York will host a preview from April 17 to 26, 2008. (view more...) |
| Thursday, April 17, 2008 | |
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First Lady Announces 2008 Governor's Awards For the Arts Judge Marjorie O. Rendell, First Lady of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, today said that Williamsport and its historic Community Arts Center will be the venue for the 2008 Governor’s Awards for the Arts, Nov. 12. "On behalf of the Governor, we are excited to continue Pennsylvania’s long-standing tradition of celebrating artistic achievements," said the First Lady, who was joined in the announcement by Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Executive Director Philip Horn and Marilyn Santarelli, one of 15 gubernatorial appointees to the council. "When we return to host the Governor’s Awards for the Arts, Governor Rendell will proudly proclaim Williamsport the ‘Cultural Capital of the Commonwealth’ for the day." (view more...) |
| Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | |
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Clash Legend Paul Simonon Exhibition Clash legend Paul Simonon will present a much-anticipated exhibition of his paintings this spring, his first for six years. A lifelong artist, Simonon will be showing a bold selection of powerful new works at Thomas Williams Fine Art on Old Bond Street from April 17th 2008. (view more...) |
| Saturday, April 12, 2008 | |
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Zaha Hadid To Develop Design For Museum In Vilnius A jury of six members announced that Zaha Hadid, London, has won the architectural competition to develop a design for a proposed museum in Vilnius. The architectural competition is part of a feasibility study undertaken by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and The State Hermitage Museum. The directors of both institutions participated in the jury selection process. (view more...) |
| Thursday, April 10, 2008 | |
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Sotheby's Hong Kong Auction Brought US$17M Yesterday in an overflowing salesroom, on the second day of Sotheby’s Spring 2008 sales at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sotheby’s offering of the first part of the Estella Collection, the largest and most important collection of Chinese Contemporary Art ever to appear at auction, brought US$17,887,230, far exceeding its estimates. The first offering of the Collection, which was comprised of over 108 works and included seminal pieces by prominent artists such as Zhang Xiaogang, Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang and Xu Bing, as well works by emerging artists, was highlighted by the centerpiece of the Estella Collection, Zhang Xiaogang’s "Bloodline: The Big Family No. 3", which commanded US$6,061,619, far exceeding its high estimate, and set a record for the artist at auction. (view more...) |
| Wednesday, April 09, 2008 | |
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The Dagger of Shah Jahan Offered at Bonhams On April 10th Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, will sell this fascinating collection, its star lot being a dagger that once belonged to Shah Jahan, the Mughal Emperor (reigned 1627 –1657), who built the Taj Mahal, as a memorial to his beloved wife. The elegant and understated personal dagger carried by Shah Jahan with its fine gold inscriptions and decoration, dated to 1629-30, is expected to attract bids of around £300,000 – 500,000. (view more...) |
| Saturday, April 05, 2008 | |
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SFMOMA Announces US$10M Gift From AT&T The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has announced a $10 million gift from AT&T for ongoing support -- in perpetuity -- of the Free First Tuesdays program. As a result of this generosity, First Tuesdays are always free thanks to AT&T. This partnership represents SFMOMA's and AT&T's shared goal of providing free access to the museum to the diverse communities of San Francisco and the Bay Area at large. (view more...) |
| Friday, April 04, 2008 | |
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Bernarducci Meisel Gallery Presents David Dewey Exhibition Frank Bernarducci and Louis K. Meisel are pleased to announce the solo exhibition of new watercolors by David Dewey. 'Full Moon Rising' is a milestone in the artist's career as it will mark 30 years since his first solo exhibition in New York. Since then, Dewey's work has been nationally recognized. Last year, a solo exhibition of his paintings was organized at the Newport Museum of Art. (view more...) |
| Thursday, April 03, 2008 | |
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Art Gallery of NSW Gets US$32M Gift of the John Kaldor Collection Today the Art Gallery of NSW announced the most extraordinary single gift of works of art to an Australian public gallery. The gift is from John Kaldor and his family. Built up over the past 50 years, the John Kaldor Collection represents the history of international contemporary art, and is today valued at over $35 million AUS (US$32 million). (view more...) |
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