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Byzantine & Christian Museum exhibition at Athens Airport

Editor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:02 +0000

The Byzantine & Christian Museum presents an exhibition at Athens International Airpor, on view through April 30th, 2012. The Byzantine Museum completed one year ago its new Permanent Exhibition of the Museum’s Collections, which was set up on the basis of a new museological concept, compatible with the requirements of contemporary museology. The visitors of the exhibition at Athens International Airport will have the opportunity to become familiarized with aspects of the thematic sections of the ... Read More

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Worcester Art Museum names Susan L. Stoops as Interim Chief Curator

Editor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:56:48 +0000

Matthias Waschek, director of the Worcester Art Museum, has named Susan L. Stoops to serve as Interim Chief Curator, effective immediately. Stoops is the Curator of Contemporary Art and will retain those responsibilities in addition to those of Chief. As Chief, Stoops will represent the curatorial department in the overall restructuring of the museum and contribute to the creation of a new strategic plan. “Susan is my third appointment since my arrival as director in November of 2011,” said Waschek. “I ... Read More

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Taliesin West 75th Anniversary Celebration Featuring Award Winning Architect and Author Vern Swaback Benefiting the Preservation of Taliesin West and Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture

Editor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:37:15 +0000

As part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundations yearlong celebration of the 75th anniversary of Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright’s desert masterpiece in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Foundation is hosting a reception on February 16th at the Phoenix Art Museum. The reception will feature a keynote address by Vernon Swaback, award-winning architect, author of nine books and Frank Lloyd Wright’s youngest apprentice. Taliesin West Photo Judith Bromley Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Taliesin West, Wright’s personal ... Read More

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STORM KING ART CENTER PRESENTS EXHIBITION EXPLORING NATURAL LIGHT

Editor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:25:39 +0000

Storm King Art Center presents Light and Landscape, a major exhibition, on view May 12–November 11, 2012, devoted to work by artists who investigate and experiment with the creative possibilities of natural light. Organized by Storm King Associate Curator Nora Lawrence, the exhibition will include approximately twenty works—from sculpture to installations to video—created by artists who, through a variety of strategies, engage with light as a central component of their work. Some of the artists focus on ... Read More

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Cartoons By A Highly Successful Gag Artist That Focus on the Wit and Innocence of Children On View at Michener Art Museum

Editor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:22:02 +0000

DOYLESTOWN, PA–In the 1950s, Rosie the Riveter morphed into Betty Crocker, and Madison Avenue’s seductive images of happiness and contentment in the home governed women’s lives. Sylvia Getsler chose a different path. The Michener Art Museum will take a close look at that path in Have Gags Will Travel: The Life and Times of a New York Cartoonist, on view March 10 through July 1 in the Pfundt Gallery. This exhibit is sponsored by Mary Lou and Andrew Abruzzese, The Pineville Tavern. From The New Yorker to ... Read More

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Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) opens Artists on Artists exhibition

Editor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:02:12 +0000

The Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) at Oberlin College presents Artists on Artists exhibition, on view February 7, through July 29, 2012. For nearly as long as artists have been making art, they have also appeared as its subject. Featuring more than 150 works culled from the AMAM collection spanning the 16th to the 21st centuries, Artists on Artists considers the theme of the artist as portrayed by the artist. The exhibition includes prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, and sculpture by figures such as ... Read More

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Museum of Modern Art International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media

Editor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:36:18 +0000

The Museum of Modern Art New York announces Documentary Fortnight: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media, on February 16–28, 2012. Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis, 2011. USA. Directed by Roddy Bogawa. Photo courtesy of the filmmaker Festival includes a retrospective dedicated to Paper Tiger Television, Modern Mondays featuring a discussion with Phil Collins, a special “Field Guide” to the interactive documentary, and offsite events at Light Industry and ... Read More

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Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei to design Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012

Editor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:31:07 +0000

The Serpentine Gallery announce that Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei will create the 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. It will be the twelfth commission in the Gallery’s annual series, the world’s first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind. National Stadium, Bejing, China, The Main Stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei © Iwan Baan The design team responsible for the celebrated Beijing National Stadium, which was built for the 2008 Olympic ... Read More

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Kadist Art Foundation announces Enacting Populism in its mediaescape

Editor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:14:49 +0000

The Kadist Art Foundation presents Enacting Populism in its mediaescape an exhibition on view 18 February–22 April 2012, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, following his residency at the Foundation. Enacting Populism is an on-going project on the possible relationships between art practices and the populist mediascape that connotes the current political Zeitgeist of Europe. At Kadist Art Foundation this project will develop into an exhibition that will take place during the last two months of the presidential ... Read More

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V&A opens Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton. A Diamond Jubilee Celebration

Editor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:13 +0000

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London resents V&A presents Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton. A Diamond Jubilee Celebration an exhibition of portraits of Her Majesty by photographer Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), on view 8 February – 22 April 2012. Queen Elizabeth II in Coronation Robes, June 1953 by Cecil Beaton. ©V&A images. Presenting highlights of the V&A’s collection of Beaton’s royal photography, Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration will depict The Queen ... Read More

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