Articles in Fine Art
Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) acquires 21 works by Baltimore artist Morris Louis
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has acquired 21 works by Baltimore artist Morris Louis, including the landmark paintings Silver III, 1953, and Untitled 5-76, 1956, and 19 ink drawings. The works are a gift of the estate of the artist’s widow, Marcella Louis Brenner. The Louis works are among 2,185 gifts of art that have been added to the BMA’s collection as part of the ongoing In New Light Campaign, the largest philanthropic effort in the Museum’s history. The Museum will debut one of ... Read More
La Kunsthalle Mulhouse announces Simon Starling. Trois cent cinquante kilogrammes par metre carre
La Kunsthalle Mulhouse presents Simon Starling. Trois cent cinquante kilogrammes par metre carre, a solo exhibition on view 24 May–26 August 2012.Simon Starling, Trois cent cinquante kilogrammes par mètre carré (Sketch), 2012. Collage and graphite on paper, 75 x 56 cm. © Simon Starling. Simon Starling creates a body of new works inspired by the history and architecture of the building, a former industrial site, which now houses the Contemporary Art Centre, the University of Upper ... Read More
Ashmolean Museum opens The English Prize. The Capture Of The Westmorland, An Episode Of The Grand Tour exhibition
The Ashmolean Museum has opened The English Prize. The Capture Of The Westmorland, An Episode Of The Grand Tour, on view 17 May – 27 August 2012.Robert Dodd, The capture of the Amazone by HMS Santa Margarita, 29 July 1782. Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 120 cm© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich presented by Eric Miller through The Art Fund. The story of the Westmorland, an armed merchant ship sailing from Livorno to London in January 1779, is one of colourful 18th-century personalities and ... Read More
Museum of Contemporary Art Rome (MACRO) Artists in Residence. Open Studios
Site-specific works by Carola Bonfili, Graham Hudson, Luigi Presicce, and Ishmael Randall Weeks will be on show from 24 May to 22 July 2012. Along with new works, the studios will be open to the public to highlight the processes underlying the specific methods used by each artist. Open studios marks the end of the first cycle of the Artists in Residence program established in January 2012 Artists in Residence, at the core of MACRO’s new activities, focuses on national and international ... Read More
Staatsgalerie Moderne Kunst opens Jerry Zeniuk. Elementary Painting
The Staatsgalerie Moderne Kunst presents Jerry Zeniuk. Elementary Painting, on view 16.05.2012 – 01.05.2013.Jerry Zeniuk Untitled 2008, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in., Photo: Courtesy Gallery Rupert Walser, Munich © Jerry Zeniuka branch of the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, is organising a comprehensive exhibition of works by the German-American artist Jerry Zeniuk to be shown from May 2012 onwards. The exhibition, drawn up in close cooperation with the artist himself, examines all ... Read More
Tate St Ives announces Alex Katz. Give Me Tomorrow exhibition
Tate St Ives presents Alex Katz. Give Me Tomorrow, an exhibition on view 19 May–23 September 2012. Born in 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, Alex Katz is one of the most important and respected living American artists. In July 2012 Katz celebrates his 85th birthday, and a career that spans a remarkable six decades. Tate St Ives Summer Exhibition 2012 brings together over 30 canvases and collages from the 1950s to now. Alex Katz, Eleuthera (detail), 1984. Private Collection, Courtesy Galería ... Read More
Castello di Rivoli Museum announces Thomas Schutte. Frauen
The Castello di Rivoli Museum presents Thomas Schutte. Frauen, an exhibition on view 22 May–23 September 2012. The display, which is being installed in the Manica Lunga in close cooperation with the artist himself, is curated by Andrea Bellini, co-director of Castello di Rivoli and Dieter Schwarz, director of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur. Co-produced by the Museum and Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (NMNM), the Turin exhibition is the first of two events devoted to the historic German ... Read More
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden announces The Sistine Madonna. Raphael’s iconic painting turns 500
The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden announces The Sistine Madonna. Raphael’s iconic painting turns 500, an exhibition by the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, on view on 26 May to 26 August 2012. The Sistine Madonna Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden For the first time, the history of the Sistine Madonna will be presented chronologically in an exhibition: from its creation in Roman Renaissance to its life as a global myth of the present time. The ... Read More
FRAC Lorraine presents Doug Wheeler’s news luminous installations
49 Nord 6 Est FRAC Lorraine presents Doug Wheeler’s news luminous installations, on view May 24–November 11, 2012. Since the 1960s, the famous artist has been unhinging our senses and guiding us to inhabit moments of liminality, instants of suspension in pure light. His spaces appeal not only to the retina but also to the body as a whole, and thus invite us to an approach both initiatory and meditative.Doug Wheeler, 68 VEN MCASD 11, 1968/2011. Exhibition view Phenomenal: California ... Read More
Art Fund announces 2012 Prize shortlist
The Art Fund has announced the shortlist for the tenth year of the Art Fund Prize. The shortlisted museums and galleries are: The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh Watts Gallery, GuildfordThe Hepworth Wakefield, West YorkshireStephen Deuchar, Director of the Art Fund, said, “Taken together, these four terrific institutions offer the perfect snapshot of the best of our museums and ... Read More
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