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
IZOLYATSIA Platform for Cultural Initiatives presents Partly Cloudy a photography exhibition on view 3 June–1 October 2012. Richard Ansett, “Partly Cloudy,” 2011. Design by Dima Sergeev, IZOLYATSIA The series on show—presented in the various warehouses of the IZOLYATSIA territory—are the final products of the research projects conducted by eight artists-in-residence: Richard Ansett, Nuno Barroso, Marina Black, Marco Citron, Homer (Sasha Kurmaz), Flavia Junqueira, Natalia ... Read More
Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents an exhibition of work by Christina Mackie on view 25 May–5 August 2012. This is the first exhibition in Scandinavia by the Canadian artist Christina Mackie, and consists of an extraordinary installation that features such diverse elements as watercolors, photographs, and ceramics, as well as found materials that range from mineral deposits to plastic beer crates. The exhibition follows Mackie’s ongoing fascination with both human technologies and natural ... Read More
Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen presents a major installation by the German artist Thomas Kilpper, entitled Pavilion for Revolutionary Free Speech, on view 25 May–5 August 2012.Thomas Kilpper workshop, dispari&dispari project, Reggio Emilia, 2012 Charlottenborg presents a major installation by the German artist Thomas Kilpper, entitled Pavilion for Revolutionary Free Speech. The work was originally created for the Danish Pavilion at the 2011 Venice Biennale, where it took the ... Read More
Public Art Fund announced its 2012 summer exhibition program. Opening on May 24, Common Ground, a group exhibition featuring sculpture, installation, and performance, looks at how different works of art approach the idea of public sculpture and civic engagement. Opening on June 20 is Paola Pivi’s How I Roll, a mesmerizing kinetic sculpture featuring a rotating plane conceived for Doris C. Freedman Plaza. And finally, on July 19, Public Art Fund presents the first site-specific exhibition ... Read More
Dallas Museum of Art announces a 60th Anniversary Presentation of Artist George Grosz’s Impressions of Dallas Series, in an exhibition on view May 20–August 19, 2012. George Grosz, Dallas Broadway, 1952, watercolor on paper, Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, anonymous gift in memory of Leon A. HarrisIn 1952 George Grosz, the expatriate German dadaist and satirist, was invited to Dallas by Leon Harris, Jr., the young vice president of the Harris and Company ... Read More
The University of Virginia Art Museum presents American Impressionism and After. Highlights from the Collection of W. Heywood Fralin Sr. and Cynthia Kerr Fralin, an exhibition on view through May 22, 2012. Robert Henri American, 1865-1929 Johnny Patton, n.d. Oil on canvas, 23.5 x 19.5 in, 59.7 x 49.5 cm Courtesy of W. Heywood Fralin, Sr. and Cynthia Kerr Fralin Heywood Fralin is a member of the University’s Board of Visitors and former rector. He and his wife, Cythia Kerr Fralin, are ... Read More
Kunsthalle Dusseldorf presents three solo exhibitions: Yüksel Arslan – Artures. Dado – Danse Macabre and Carol Rama – Böse Zungen, on view through 24 June 2012.Yuksel Arslan, Arture 186, 1976–77. Mixing technique, 73.5 x 108.5 cm Yüksel Arslan was born in Turkey in 1933 and has been living in Paris since 1962, where he produces art influenced by his readings on culture, sociology, philosophy, and art. He has created around 200 works on paper since 1959 will be shown ... Read More
The New Museum presents Ellen Altfest. Head and Plant a solo exhibition on view through 6/24/2012. Ellen Altfest, Head and Plant, 2010. Oil on canvas, 11 x 10 in (27.9 c 25.4 cm). Courtesy the artist and White Cube, London. Photo: Todd-White Art Photography Altfest is a figurative painter whose intimately scaled works convey a distinct approach to realism and a sustained commitment to looking. Her painstaking depictions result in paintings that expand perception while exposing overlooked or ... Read More
The University of Virginia Art Museum opens Emilie Charmy and the Feminine in Modern French Art, an exhibition on view May 18 – August 5, 2012. Emilie Charmy French, 1878-1974 Self-Portrait with an Album, (c. 1907 1912) Oil on canvas, 45 3/4 x 35 1/16 in Gift of Pamela K. and William A.Royall, Jr., 2011.TD.14 © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Émilie Charmy and the Feminine in Modern French Art brings together two paintings by Charmy—both ... Read More
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery announced that Christopher Baker has been appointed as the new Director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, following an international search led by the recruitment company Odgers Berndtson. He will take up his position at the Portrait Gallery on 1 August 2012. Mr Baker has been Deputy Director of the Scottish National Gallery since 2003 and was previously Curator at Christ Church Picture Gallery in Oxford. He enjoys an international ... Read More
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