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Walter Anderson Museum of Art Announce Upcoming Exhibitions for 2012
Rolland Golden: River and Reverie May 1 – August 15, 2012 Mr. Golden was awarded the Ms. Arts and letters award in 2011 for his beautiful portrayal in oil paintings of the waterways of the South. The Wooten-Rosenberg Collection September 1- December 31, 2012 This amazing collection of more than 200 artworks including Shearwater Pottery, paintings and watercolors by all three Anderson brothers started as a whim when the owner first worked at Shearwater Pottery in the 1970′s while still in high ... Read More
Walter Anderson Museum of Art Seek Director of Development
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art are seeking a Director of Development. This position contributes to annual and long-term fundraising and donor relations strategies to further the mission of the Walter Anderson Museum of Art. With the Executive Director, Board of Trustees and volunteer leadership, will develop, direct, and maintain the Museum’s fundraising goals and policies. The current operating budget of the museum is approximately $650,000 annually with an endowment of $1,000,000. The ambitious goals of ... Read More
MoMA Presents Print Studio Interactive Space
MoMA presents Print Studio on view through March 9, 2012. Organized in conjunction with The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Print/Out (February 19–May 14, 2012), the Museum hosts Print Studio, an interactive space that explores the evolution of artistic practices relating to the medium of print, in the Mezzanine Level of The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building. The Studio offers a series of drop-in workshops, lectures, and events that emphasize accessible and sustainable models for ... Read More
Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal opens Ghada Amer, Valérie Blass and Wangechi Mutu Exhibitions
The Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal presents Ghada Amer, Valérie Blass and Wangechi Mutu, three solo exhibitions, on view through April 22, 2012, by women artists of the same generation: Ghada Amer, Valérie Blass and Wangechi Mutu. All three share an interest in the body, sexualized and hybrid depictions of human and animal figures, materiality and references to art history and pop culture. The particular layouts of these exhibitions invite visitors to discover the unique approach of each artist. Musee ... Read More
Phillips Collection opens Snapshot. Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard
The Phillips Collection presents Snapshot. Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard an exhibition on view from Feb. 4 through May 6, 2012. George Hendrik Breitner, Girl in Red Kimono, Geesje Kwak, 1893–95. Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 ½ in. Noortman Master Paintings, Amsterdam, on behalf of private collection, Netherlands The invention of the Kodak handheld camera in 1888 gave post- impressionist artists a new source of inspiration. Seven artists—well known for their paintings and prints—who used the ... Read More
Farnsworth Art Museum presents The Art of the Book
The Farnsworth Art Museum presents The Art of the Book, an exhibition on view April 01, 2012, in the Craig Gallery. The Odyssey, N.C. Wyeth The Art of the Book, organized by Farnsworth Registrar Angela Waldron, is an exploration of the museum’s eclectic collection of primarily nineteenth- and twentieth- century rare, first edition, and out- of -print books ranging from the earliest purchases by Robert Bellows in the 1940s to important donations made throughout the museum’s history. Included will be ... Read More
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) opens Atsuko Tanaka. Art of Connecting
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) presents Atsuko Tanaka. Art of Connecting, an exhibition on view February 4–Sunday, May 6, 2012, in collaboration with The Japan Foundation, the IKON gallery, UK, and Espai D’Art Contemporani de Castelló, Spain. Atsuko Tanaka, “Electric Dress (Reconstructed in 1986),” 1956. Courtesy and the Collection of Takamatsu City Museum of Art. © Ryoji Ito. In 2012 the world’s eye turns its eye towards Japan’s avant-garde art of the fifties and sixties, such as ... Read More
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Makes Acquires Iconic Works by VALIE EXPORT, Sigmar Polke, and Martha Rosler
The Museum of Modern Art has acquired key series of works in a variety of mediums by Martha Rosler and VALIE EXPORT, two of the post-war generation’s most influential artists, including all existing original photomontages and a complete set of 20 color prints of Rosler’s landmark series Bringing the War Home (1967-72), and a group of EXPORT’s media installations and iconic photographs from the 1960s and 1970s. Also recently acquired is an exceptional collection of 42 unique photographs from the 1960s and ... Read More
MIT List Visual Arts Center announces Cheyney Thompson and Akram Zaatari. Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright
MIT List Visual Arts Center presents Cheyney Thompson and Akram Zaatari. Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright on February 10–April 8, 2012. Cheyney Thompson (b. 1975, Baton Rouge, LA) has made the technology, production, and distribution of painting the subject of his work for over a decade. Thompson employs rational structures, technological processes, and generative devices as part of “thinking through problems that organize themselves around the terms of painting.” With such a rigorous approach to the ... Read More
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum presents Kathryn Spence. Dirty and Clean
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in ridgfield presents Kathryn Spence. Dirty and Clean an exhibition on view through June 10, 2012. Kathryn Spence, Short sharp notes, a long whistled trill on one pitch, clear phrases, 2010 Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco San Francisco-based artist Kathryn Spence is inspired by nature in the production of her sculptures and installations. Using found, dirty, and discarded materials in order to point to the invasion of the natural environment by ... Read More
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