Articles in Fine Art
Van Gogh Museum Acquires Pollard Willow by Vincent van Gogh
The Van Gogh Museum has acquired ‘Pollard Willow’ a watercolour by Vincent van Gogh. A special presentation revolving around this purchase will be on view at the Van Gogh Museum until 10 July 2012. The watercolour Pollard willow is a major addition to the museum’s collection. Director Axel Rüger comments: ‘This specific work was on the museum’s wish list as a major potential purchase, because it is one of the most representative watercolours from Van Gogh’s period in The ... Read More
Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA) announces Jimmie Durham. A Matter of Life and Death and Singing
The Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA) presents Jimmie Durham. A Matter of Life and Death and Singing, a retrospective, on view 24 May–18 November 2012. Jimmie Durham: Jesus. Es geht um die Wurst, 1992. Collection of M HKA, Antwerp. Photo: Jochen Verghote.M HKA is proud to present this retrospective, the most comprehensive presentation of Jimmie Durham’s oeuvre to date. His many-faceted practice is an inspiration for many artists, curators, and theoreticians today, not least of ... Read More
Tate announces highlights of 2013 exhibition programme
Tate announced that among the highlights of the 2013 programme will be major exhibitions of the work of Roy Lichtenstein, L.S. Lowry, Marc Chagall, Mira Schendel, William Scott, Gary Hume and Paul Klee. Across the four Tate galleries, some of the most important and best-known painters of the twentieth-century will be presented: Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), a central figure of American Pop Art, at Tate Modern will be the most comprehensive exhibition ever mounted of the work of this artist; ... Read More
Today Art Museum Beijing announces 2012 Focus on Talents Project finalists exhibition
Today Art Museum, Beijing presents 2012 Focus on Talents Project finalists exhibition, jointly organized by Today Art Museum and Martell Art Fund on view 13–27 May 2012. Judging committee members Lv Peng, Karen Smith, Tan Ping, Wu Hongliang, and Xu Lei, as well as Zhang Zikang, Director of Today Art Museum, and Kathie Wang, Communications Director of Pernod Ricard (China), were amongst the attendees.As China’s first non-profit, non-governmental art museum in China, Today Art Museum has ... Read More
STORM KING ANNOUNCES SECOND SEASON OF ACCLAIMED DI SUVERO EXHIBITION ON GOVERNORS ISLAND; TWO WORKS, INCLUDING A NEW SCULPTURE, ADDED
Mark di Suvero at Governors Island: Presented by Storm King Art Center opens on May 26, 2012; expanded series of public programs begins in June Storm King Art Center today announced a second season of the critically acclaimed exhibition Mark di Suvero at Governors Island: Presented by Storm King Art Center. Opening on May 26, 2012, the exhibition features two works not included last summer: a new sculpture, titled Dreamcatcher, which has never been on public view, and Chonk On (2002), which ... Read More
Kunstverein Hamburg announces Alexandra Bircken exhibition
Kunstverein Hamburg presents an exhibition of work by Alexandra Bircken, on view May 12–September 2, 2012. Alexandra Bircken, Pferdchen, 2008. Rocking horse (wood), knots, bolts, wool. 13.75 x 88.5 x 36 cm Alexandra Bircken (b. 1967, lives in Cologne) combines everyday, well-known, and familiar materials into sculptural objects. She uses objets trouvés such as branches, stones, wire, and foil, as well as hair, pantyhose, scraps of newspaper, and foam, weaving them into pictures or ... Read More
Wexner Center for the Arts announces Alina Szapocznikow. Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972
The Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, OH announces Alina Szapocznikow. Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972, an exhibition on view May 19–August 5, 2012. Alina Szapocznikow, “Petit dessert I” (Small Dessert I), 1970–71. Kravis Collection. © The Estate of Alina Szapocznikow/Piotr Stanislawski.Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955‒1972, featuring roughly 100 works by the late Polish artist, is one of the first large-scale surveys of her work outside of Poland. From 1955 to just ... Read More
Wexner Center for the Arts announces Omer Fast: 2001/11
The Wexner Center for the Arts presents Omer Fast: 2001/11, on view May 19–August 5, 2012. Omer Fast, “5000 Feet Is the Best,” 2011. Digital film, 30-minute loop. Courtesy of gb agency, Paris, and Arratia Beer, Berlin. Still: Yonn Thomas. Omer Fast: 2001/11 brings together two video works made a decade apart by Berlin-based, Israeli-born video artist Omer Fast. CNN Concatenated was initiated in 2001 in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. 5000 Feet Is the Best was completed in ... Read More
Nationalmuseum acquires Vichy scene by Hjalmar Sandberg
Sweden’s Nationalmuseum has acquired Vichy scene by Hjalmar Sandberg.Hjalmar Sandberg (1847-1888), Vichy scene, Nationalmuseum Hjalmar Sandberg’s artistic journey started when he worked in a stationery shop in Stockholm, where he sold materials to students at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. He got to know some of the students and in 1877 he travelled to Paris with Carl Larsson to become an artist. He never had any formal artistic training. The works that Sandberg painted ... Read More
Walters Art Museum Donates More Than 19,000 Images to Wikimedia
The Walters Art Museum has donated more than 19,000 images of artworks, along with associated information to Wikimedia. Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely licensed educational content for unrestricted use. It acts as a common repository for various projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, including its collaboratively edited encyclopedia, www.wikipedia.org. The images are made available for use in Wikipedia articles in any language.Jean-Leon ... Read More
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