The Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris has opened a retrospective of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. On view 30 January 2011. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of his birth, this is the first Basquiat [Read More]
Daily Archives: October 17, 2010
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An underwater sculpture museum is being created at the National Park West Coast of Isla Mujeres in Cancun, by artist Jason de Caires Taylor. The sculpture’s being placed underwater are life-size castings of local residents. [Read More]
This year the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco celebrate two important anniversaries: the 5th anniversary of the new de Young Museum and the 40th anniversary of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. This [Read More]
The worldwide networking of the computer has led to an exchange of all kinds of messages, which, in sheer quantity, boggles the imagination. Social software services such as Facebook, Twitter, or virtual worlds such as [Read More]
The Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture presents the Avantgarde: Hygiene, open 24 october 2010 – 30 january 2011. Transparent organizations’, ‘clear wishes’; the key concepts transparency and clarity, which originated in the hygiene movement of [Read More]
95 years after a famous British First World War hero attempted to ram a German U-boat with his merchant ship – and was later killed for his lifesaving actions – he is to be remembered [Read More]
One of the seminal figures from art history receives full treatment at the National Gallery of Denmark with an extensive exhibition about Pablo Picasso held at the Royal Collection of Graphic Art. Open 16 October [Read More]
The Hillwood Museum presents A Photographic Journey of the Ambassador’s Daughter : Moscow, 1937-38, opening October 26, 2010. While life in 1930s Moscow was a mystery to the outside world, special diplomatic access granted Emlen [Read More]
The Walker Art Center and the University of Minnesota present Ousmane Sembene: African Stories, November 5-20, in the Walker Cinema. Black Girl, 1966 Directed by Ousmane Sembene Africa, a continent full of stories both old [Read More]