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| Sunday, February 28, 2010 | |
 | Mayor Newsom Announces Legendary Musician Carlos Santana As 2010 Mayor’s Art Award Winner Mayor Gavin Newsom to legendary musician Carlos Santana on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at a private event in the Green Room at the War Memorial Veterans Building hosted by the San Francisco Arts Commission.(view more...) |
| Saturday, February 27, 2010 | |
 | Santiago Calatrava Receives 2010 Travel + Leisure Design Award World-renowned architect, engineer and artist, Santiago Calatrava is among the recipients of the 2010 Travel + Leisure Design Awards. The innovative designer won for his Liège-Guillemins TGV Railway Station, which opened in Belgium this past September.(view more...) |
| Friday, February 26, 2010 | |
 | Pure Sixties. Pure Bailey. At Bonhams. A selling exhibition of David Bailey's iconic images of the 1960s - the 50th anniversary of a decade that changed our cultural history - will be hosted by Bonhams in New Bond Street.(view more...) |
| Thursday, February 25, 2010 | |
 | Bonhams Revs Up For Sale Of 100 Strong Pre- 1950'S Spanish Motorcycle Collection Bonhams is delighted to announce the sale of an important collection of 100 motorcycles, mainly pre-1950 machines, from Pamplona, Spain, at the RAF Museum, Hendon on 27th February 2010.(view more...) |
| Wednesday, February 24, 2010 | |
 | The Montgomery Museum Of Fine Arts Presents Art Auction 2010 Art Auction 2010, The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts’ biennial fundraiser is scheduled for February of 2010. The Silent Auction of more than 450 works of art will take place on the evening of Thursday, February 25, from 6:30 to 9, and will include an elaborate selection of hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Tickets for all the food, beverages and bidding that one can enjoy are only $50 per person. (view more...) |
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 | |
 | Mayor Unveils Public Art Plan For Louisville After a year of studies and public meetings, Mayor Jerry Abramson unveiled a plan that will fund and develop new artwork in public spaces across Louisville, from downtown to the suburbs.(view more...) |
| Monday, February 22, 2010 | |
 | Director Of Kresge Art Museum To Step Down May 01 Susan J. Bandes, director of Michigan State University’s Kresge Art Museum, will step down from that position to pursue research interests and teaching, effective May 1. Bandes will remain a full-time professor within the Department of Art and Art History.(view more...) |
| Sunday, February 21, 2010 | |
 | SAIC Announces New $30,000 Edes Foundation Prize The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is proud to announce the creation of the Edes Foundation Prize for Emerging Artists by the Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation. By establishing this prize at SAIC, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and DePaul University, the Edes Foundation's deep commitment to education and the arts in America will provide promising young artists and scholars with the financial means to focus exclusively on their work after graduation. (view more...) |
| Saturday, February 20, 2010 | |
 | Medal Hurled Into Crowds By José Mourinho Set To Spark A Scramble At Bonhams Bonhams is delighted to announce that it is offering the second medal thrown into the crowds by José Mourinho at the 2005-6 Premier League final as part of its sale of Sporting and Golf Memorabilia at Chester on 24th February 2010. (view more...) |
| Friday, February 19, 2010 | |
 | Life-Size Sculptures Of President Obama And Family To Debut At The Colorado History Museum History Colorado, the Colorado Historical Society, and nationally renowned artist Ed Dwight celebrate Black History Month with "The Inauguration of Hope," an exhibition which at its centerpiece features new life-sized bronze sculptures of President Barack Obama and his family created by Dwight. The exhibition will be from Feb. 20–28, 2010 at the Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway, Denver, before they embark on a national tour. (view more...) |
| Thursday, February 18, 2010 | |
 | Safeco Insurance Makes Historic Donation To Washington Art Consortium Safeco Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced it has donated more than 800 works from the Safeco Art Collection to the Washington Art Consortium (WAC), an action that represents Safeco’s continued commitment to the Northwest community. The Safeco Art Collection is the oldest and most renowned corporate collection of exclusively Northwest art.(view more...) |
| Wednesday, February 17, 2010 | |
 | Ashmolean Museum Launches Major Online Resource The Ashmolean Museum has launched Eastern Art Online: Yousef Jameel Centre of Islamic and Asian Art.(view more...) |
| Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | |
 | Doug And Mike Starn Create Monumental Sculpture For MET's 2010 Roof Garden Installation American artists Mike and Doug Starn (born 1961) have been invited by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to create a site-specific installation for The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, opening to the public on April 27. The identical twin brothers will present Big Bambú, a monumental bamboo structure ultimately measuring 100 feet long by 50 feet wide by 50 feet high in the form of a cresting wave that will bridge realms of sculpture, architecture, and performance. . (view more...) |
| Monday, February 15, 2010 | |
 | Architectural Competition For "The Circle" Ends A Japanese team of star architects – Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop – is the winner of the architectural competition launched by Flughafen Zürich AG for "The Circle". The project involves an upscale complex for innovative services within walking distance of the terminals.(view more...) |
| Sunday, February 14, 2010 | |
 | Porsche To Sponsor Upcoming Exhibition At Atlanta's High Museum Of Art When a nationally renowned fine art museum is showcasing cars as masterpieces of art in your home town you pay attention. When you are Porsche you become a patron and help welcome the cars that represent the industry's most incredible designs.(view more...) |
| Saturday, February 13, 2010 | |
 | Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Prepares To Set Sail From New York City RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., in association with Running Subway Productions, LLC, announced the final weeks of the New York City showing of "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" at the Discovery Times Square Exposition (www.DiscoveryTSX.com). After telling the most famous and beloved story of the 20th century to hundreds of thousands of visitors since opening in June 2009, the 12,000 square-foot blockbuster Exhibition will set sail on February 28, 2010.(view more...) |
| Friday, February 12, 2010 | |
 | AT&T Customers Get More Mobile Broadband Inside The Smithsonian Museums AT&T announced the activation of indoor third generation (3G) wireless broadband network systems in nine of the Smithsonian Institution's most heavily trafficked museums in the District. Located on the National Mall, the Smithsonian is the world's largest museum and research complex and received more than 30 million visitors last year.(view more...) |
| Thursday, February 11, 2010 | |
 | Unique Writing Instruments To Be Offered During Bonhams & Butterfields Auction International auctioneers, Bonhams & Butterfields, are pleased to announce the company's first auction exclusively dedicated to modern Montblanc writing instruments on February 15, 2010. The sale will contain more than 130 lots of exceptional pens with a focus on the Writer's Editions, Patron of the Arts and 333 series, as well as several of the more limited items including the highly sought after Black Widow and Diego Rivera editions mostly coming from the Ron Renaud Collection.(view more...) |
| Wednesday, February 10, 2010 | |
 | Tony Bennett Paints The 2010 New Orleans Jazz Festival Poster Legendary performer and 15-time Grammy Winner Tony Bennett graced the stage at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 2009 to the delight of fans that attended that exhilarating performance. This year, the singer who paints under his family name Benedetto, will participate as the official visual artist of the Festival by painting the image to be displayed on the Festival's annual poster.(view more...) |
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | |
 | New National Gallery Allocation The National Gallery, London, has been allocated "A Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase on a Ledge with further Flowers, Shells and a Butterfly", 1609–10, by Ambrosius Bosschaert The Elder (1573–1621), under the Acquisition in Lieu scheme.(view more...) |
| Monday, February 08, 2010 | |
 | Ron Mueck Comes To Manchester Art Gallery Thanks to the ongoing tour of ARTIST ROOMS, the hyper-real sculptures of celebrated artist Ron Mueck will be on show at Manchester Art Gallery until 11 April 2010.(view more...) |
| Monday, February 08, 2010 | |
 | Daniel And Geo Fuchs Solo Show The Magda Danysz Gallery welcomes for the first time Daniel and Geo Fuchs from March, 27th until May, 15th 2010. World-renowned German photographers, they present ToyGiant series in which they stage plastic figures of actors, artists and even world leaders, coming from the world largest toy collector Selim Varol.(view more...) |
| Sunday, February 07, 2010 | |
 | Accreditation From NASAD Bring Prestige To USC Upstate’s Programs The University of South Carolina Upstate recently received accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), which is sure to bring more notice to its ever-expanding arts programs. Currently USC Upstate offers art degree programs - a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in graphic design and a Bachelor of Arts in Art Education.(view more...) |
| Saturday, February 06, 2010 | |
 | Exceptional Frank Lloyd Wright Archive To Highlight Valentine's Day Auction Included within the 400-lot Bonhams & Butterfields Fine Books & Manuscripts auction on February 14, 2010 is a massive archive of photographs, correspondence and select building plans related to groundbreaking architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright. Assembled by Professor Henry Russell Hitchcock for the landmark 1942 treatise In the Nature of Materials, which he co-authored with Wright, the archive offers an exceptionally rich documentation of the architect's work including notes for images of many buildings that no longer survive (est. $20,000-30,000).(view more...) |
| Friday, February 05, 2010 | |
 | Future International Design Stars Shortlisted For Bentley Experience Some of the world’s best young designers from London’s Royal College of Art (RCA) have created a series of remarkable ‘Bentleys of the Future’ designs in a unique partnership with the famous British company.(view more...) |
| Thursday, February 04, 2010 | |
 | Collectors' Evening Secures Four New Acquisitions For The High The High Museum of Art hosted its first ever Collectors’ Evening on Saturday, January 30. The participants at the event voted to secure four new acquisitions for the museum, including a collection of twenty photographs from the "Robert F Kennedy Funeral Train Rediscovered" portfolio by Paul Fusco; the painting "Thiogo Oliveira do Rosario Rozendo" from the series The World Stage: Brazil by Kehinde Wiley; an African art sculpture titled "Ntadi;" and a round-back chair and table from the "Sketch Furniture" series by Front Design. (view more...) |
| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 | |
 | 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park At The IMA To Open On June 20, 2010 The Indianapolis Museum of Art will open 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park on June 20, 2010 with a public grand opening celebration including tours, live music, art-making workshops and a Summer Solstice program. Located on 100 acres of land that includes untamed woodlands, wetlands, a lake, and meadows adjacent to the Museum, it will be one of the largest museum art parks in the country and the only one to feature the ongoing commission of temporary, site-responsive artworks. (view more...) |
| Tuesday, February 02, 2010 | |
 | Renovation Of Kahn’s Yale Art Gallery Building Wins Prestigious Award The acclaimed restoration by Polshek Partnership Architects of Louis I. Kahn’s building of Yale University’s Art Gallery has earned the New York firm a 2010 Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects.(view more...) |
| Monday, February 01, 2010 | |
 | The Art Collection Of Heller Ehrman LLP To Be Offered At Auction By Bonhams & Butterfields Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to offer artwork from the Heller Ehrman LLP Collection in its San Francisco salesroom on Monday, February 8, 2010. More than 340 works of art from the 118-year-old international law firm, founded and headquartered in San Francisco, will be offered to bidders, including paintings, prints, photography and sculpture. Heller Ehrman LLP closed its doors in September of 2008.(view more...) |
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