Expansion of both building and collections places Gallery in ranks of nation’s leading public museums The Yale University Art Gallery, in New Haven, Connecticut, has completed major work on its renovation and expansion and commenced installation of the museum’s esteemed collections. The revitalized Gallery will open to the public on December 12, 2012. The expansion project, which has been accompanied by parallel growth in the museum’s holdings, will transform the visitor experience, ... Read More
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden presents Gerhard Richter. Atlas an exhibition from the Gerhard Richter Archive of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden in cooperation with the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau, München. On view February 4 – April 22, 2012.Gerhard Richter. Atlas Plate 442 copyright Gerhard Richter 2012 Gerhard Richter’s ATLAS merits a special place within his oeuvre as a whole. It not only forms the basis of his entire work as a painter but is also an autonomous artwork ... Read More
Secession presents Michael Snow Recent Works on view February 23–April 15, 2012. Michael Snow. Recent Works is the first solo show presenting the work of the influential Canadian artist Michael Snow in Austria. The exhibition features selected photographs and film installations from the past ten years that exemplify the spectrum of his art. An experimental filmmaker, painter, sculptor, photographer, and professional jazz musician, Snow has worked in a wide range of media for more than fifty ... Read More
Vicksburg National Military Park will celebrate the observance of National Black History Month with a series of special programs and exhibits during the month of February. African-American Monument sculpted by Kim Sessums, NPS PHOTO Beginning February 4th and running through March 3rd, the park will host an exhibition of the artwork of Kim Sessums at the park visitor center. Entitled “Civil War Tribute,” Sessums’ sculptures and paintings pay homage to the African-American ... Read More
The Lewis Glucksman Gallery presents Game On / Re-Newing Media Art. A touring initiative. Curated by Chris Clarke.Cao Fei, “Live in RMB City,” 2009, video. Courtesy of Vitamin Creative Space, Beijing Game On / Re-Newing Media Art is a touring screening programme of artist’s film and video works that utilise the imagery and media of desktop interfaces, video games and online software. Curated by Chris Clarke (Curator of Education and Collections, Lewis Glucksman Gallery). Game On ... Read More
Little Constellation presents The Land seen from the Sea an exhibition by the network Little Constellation Contemporary Art in the geo-cultural micro areas and small States of Europe. On view 4 February–4 May 2012. Little Constellation is a project and an international network for contemporary art, whose research is devoted to the symbolic sensibility of the geographical dimension. It grew out of a survey devoted to the small states and geo-cultural micro-areas of Europe, and is being ... Read More
The Lewis Glucksman Gallery presents From Highwood to Home. Highlights from a private collection an exhibition on view through 18 March 2012. Taking its title from a Nick Miller painting featured in the exhibition, From Highwood to Home presents the works of contemporary Irish artists in a significant private collection of Irish art. The selected works each address and interpret local territories, albeit in very different ways. From the thrilling seascape painting of Donald Teskey to the ... Read More
The National Gallery of Denmark presents Hammershoi and Europe an exhibition on view 4 February – 20 May 2012.Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864 – 1916), Interior from Strandgade with Sunlight on the Floor, 1901. Oil on canvas, 46,5 x 52 cm. National Gallery of Denmark. Loneliness, intimacy, and alienation. With his timeless and universal subject matter and his unmistakable, carefully restricted palette Vilhelm Hammershøi is one of the most important and distinctive figures in the history ... Read More
Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announce the appointment of Beth Comstock as president and Judy Francis Zankel as secretary of its board of trustees. The Smithsonian’s board of regents voted Jan. 23 to appoint Dr. Alberto Eiber to the board of Cooper-Hewitt.Carnegie Mansion Photo: Dennis Cowley “We are excited that Beth and Judy have assumed these leadership roles during this important time in the museum’s history,” said Bill Moggridge, ... Read More
The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MOCP) presents The Limits of Photography an exhibition on view through March 25, 2012.Randy Hayes, Kyoto Japan, 2011 “The Limits of Photography” explores the area where the viewer loses confidence in the veracity of a photographically based work. We have been confident since the beginning of widely published photographic images in the late 1920s that photographs are telling us something very truthful about the world. This notion can be ... Read More
The Mosaic Rooms presents Iraq-How, Where, For Whom? an exhibition on view 20.04.12 —08.06.12. Kennard PhillippsPhoto Op 2005 A collaborative exhibition between Iraqi artist Hanaa’ Malallah and the UK duo kennardphillipps. The work of Hanaa’ Malallah and kennardphillipp share a mutual skepticism of claims that the invasion/occupation of Iraq has brought freedom and a better future to its people. kennardphillipps’ work uses up-to-date archives of press photography and digital print ... Read More
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