Article Archive for February 2010
Van Gogh Museum Present Masterpieces from the Museum Mesdag
Masters from the Museum Mesdag, open through 4 July, focus’s on the collection of works on paper, will be on show on the second floor of the Rietveld building. The Mesdag Museum, gifted to the Dutch State in 1903 and now part of the Van Gogh Museum, is currently undergoing renovation. The run-up to the museum’s reopening in the winter of 2010/2011 presents an opportunity to tell the story behind this remarkable collection that belonged to Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915). The collection he built up ... Read More
Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood at The San Diego Museum of Art
First major U.S. exhibition in nearly 40 years to focus exclusively on artist San Diego, Calif. -The groundbreaking exhibition Joaquín Torres García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood on view at The San Diego Museum of Art through May 20, 2010 explores the work of one of the most influential artists to have emerged from Latin America. A charismatic figure in the international art world, Joaquín Torres-García is celebrated globally as a modernist painter, teacher and author. He has exhibited with the most ... Read More
HISTORIC QUILTS OF GEE’S BEND AT THE NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART
Distinctive and original works of art complete with compelling histories, A Survey of Gee’s Bend Quilts will be on display at the Nevada Museum of Art, located in downtown Reno, through April 11, 2010. Showcasing the creativity of a group of exceptional African-American women from a small, rural community in Alabama, A Survey of Gee’s Bend Quilts offers a fascinating look into the lives of the quilters and their art while exploring the inspiration and future of this unique quilting ... Read More
The Lens of Impressionism: Photography and Painting Along the Normandy Coast, 1850-1874 at Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art presents a landmark exhibition exploring the influential and profound relationship between photographers and painters who lived and worked along the Normandy coast in France during the mid-19th century. The Lens of Impressionism: Photography and Painting Along the Normandy Coast, 1850-1874 reveals how the convergence of social, technological and commercial forces within the region affected artistic production and dramatically transformed the course of photography, impressionism and ... Read More
Coastlines: Images of Land and Sea at The Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art will premiere an exhibition exploring how modern and contemporary artists—from Childe Hassam and Edward Hopper to Willem De Kooning, Gerhard Richter and Catherine Opie—have drawn upon coastal landscapes as a source of inspiration, metaphor and mystery in their work. Through selections from the Museum’s rich collections and important local holdings, Coastlines: Images of Land and Sea will juxtapose coastal landscapes from around the world and from a range of different artistic ... Read More
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Announces Three Inaugural Exhibitions for New Resnick Exhibition Pavilion
Los Angeles, – The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will present three major and diverse exhibitions to debut its new Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion. The Resnick Pavilion will open to the public in October 2010 with Eye for the Sensual: Selections from the Resnick Collection; Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700–1915; and Olmec: Masterworks of Ancient Mexico. The inaugural exhibitions will highlight the diversity of the museum’s encyclopedic collection and ... Read More
Objects as Color: Paintings by Malcolm Christhilf at the Erie Art Museum
Object as Color; Paintings by Malcolm Christhilf is on view at the Erie Art Museum Frame Shop, 423 State Street, on view through April 24, 2010. A public opening reception will be held during Gallery Night on Friday, March 12, 2010 from 7-10 p.m. About the Exhibition Malcolm Christhilf finds exceptional beauty in the commonplace. His still life paintings transform everyday objects into remarkable things. Viewers find themselves noticing qualities – color, transparency, sparkle, luster – that they regularly ... Read More
The Natural History Museums Darwin Centre Nominated for Art Fund Prize
The Darwin Centre building, including its spectacular 8-storey concrete cocoon, was opened on September 2009 at an event with HRH Prince William of Wales and Sir David Attenborough. Visitors can explore world-class science in the Darwin Centre through amazing specimens, exciting displays and interactions with real scientists at work. There are also 20 million insect and plant specimens that are looked after by curators in its state-of-the-art collections facility. The Art Fund The Art Fund is the UK’s ... Read More
Peabody Museum Names Stephen Dupont as the 2010 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography
“This body of work will counter stereotypical myths of Papua New Guinea with honest representations of the people, their culture and identity. It is an attempt to relate the experience of communities that would otherwise just disappear, people at the bottom of a half-ruined country.” – Stephen Dupont, 2010 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography (Cambridge) The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is pleased to announce the selection of the 2010 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography. Following an ... Read More
J. Paul Getty Museum and Sicilian Ministry of Culture and Sicilian Identity Announce Major Long-Term Cultural Collaboration
Agreement will Result in Exhibitions, Conservation Projects, Scholarly Research, and a Seismic Mitigation Conference LOS ANGELES/PALERMO – David Bomford, acting director of the J. Paul Getty Museum and Gaetano Armao, assessore regionale dei beni culturali e dell’identità siciliana, have announced a long-term collaboration between the Sicilian Ministry of Culture and Sicilian Identity and the J. Paul Getty Museum. The agreement, which was signed by both parties, will result in a number of collaborative ... Read More
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