MFA Presents New Works: Prints, Drawings and Collages

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will share important works of art by America’s most beloved artist-illustrators with the Toledo Museum of Art. Maxfield Parrish’s lyrical nocturne The Lantern Bearers (1908), originally created as a frontispiece for the December 10, 1910 issue of Collier’s magazine, and Norman Rockwell’s Rosie the Riveter (1943), an iconic representation of the American work ethic that provided the May 29, 1943 cover of the Saturday Evening Post, will go on display in Toledo ... Read More

Pierre Soulages (born 1919), an internationally renowned artist of French origin, has a worldwide following. Recently, the Pompidou Centre in Paris hosted a retrospective of work by Frances famed “painter of black,” drawing from collections around the globe to honor Soulages, a French cultural icon. In 1968, Pierre Soulages created a site-specific tile mural commissioned by the owners of One Oliver Plaza, a building in Pittsburgh. In the spring of 2009, the Oliver building was sold and the new owners planned ... Read More

This exhibition will simultaneously expose rare and unseen works by a wide range of international creators and provide insight into the working processes of Thomas Scheibitz, one of Germany’s most important contemporary artists. Open 16 September – 31 October 2010 Private view Wednesday 15 September, 18.30 – 20.30. The Drawing Room has invited Scheibitz to curate its third artist-curated exhibition. A Moving Plan B for Chapter 1 reveals the motivation and inspiration behind Scheibitz’s paintings, ... Read More

This event will feature 14 WPA artists each exhibiting one artwork. These works are available to the public for trade. Exchanged artworks will be immediately installed as part of the exhibition and subsequently available to the public for further exchange. This exchange cycle will begin with the opening reception and continue through the course of the show. There will be no title/artist/price list, only a continuously changing exhibition of works and participating artists. Anyone is invited to replace an ... Read More

Artists at the Eighth Annual Orchard Lake Fine Art Show will be selling paintings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, wood, photography, mixed media, jewelry and more. The event takes place on Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1 at a new location; West Bloomfield Plaza – 6668 Orchard Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, MI 48322 Show hours are 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Donation/Admission $5 12 & under free – Free Parking! There will also be live music, ... Read More

Sotheby’s London announced that four works by the acclaimed artist will highlight the forthcoming London sale of Modern and Contemporary Arab and Iranian Art on Wednesday, October 20, 2010. These paintings come from the collection of Dr. El- Kayem and appear on the market for the very first time since they were executed by the artist. Commenting on the sale, Lina Lazaar, International Specialist in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Department said: “Mahmoud Said is recognised as one of Egypt’s foremost and most ... Read More

Since its inception in September 2005, VernissageTV Art TV has produced more than 1250 segments about contemporary art, design and architecture. VernissageTV has been launched with the aim to expand the coverage of art, design and architecture and to make it available any time. Focus since the beginning are the series No Comment and Interviews. Over the years, VernissageTV was able to gain a loyal audience and key alliance and distribution partners, and increase the spread and popularity of the videos ... Read More

The redevelopment project will unite three currently separate buildings, the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford Museum and Bedford Gallery, in one building. For the first time, Bedford’s unique collections will be housed under one roof enabling the Art Gallery & Museum to provide excellent new services improved access and fantastic facilities. The Art Gallery & Museum will provide excellent community facilities at the heart of the cultural quarter and make a significant contribution to the ... Read More

Contemporary painter Jodi Fuchs announced today the opening of “Jodi Fuchs Art Studio and Gallery” at 2000 Main Street, Santa Monica, Ca. Fuchs will launch the storefront gallery and studio with a Grand Opening party open to the public on Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 6 – 9 p.m. The newly named Jodi Fuchs Art Studio and Gallery will feature her uplifting visionary abstract art pieces along with a wall dedicated bi-weekly to guest artists chosen by Fuchs. “My paintings could be described as spiritual ... Read More

Southampton is celebrating after being awarded £7.2million from the Arts Council England to build a new arts complex in the centre of the city. An additional allocation of £1.5million agreed last week, on top of the £5.7million originally offered to the scheme, will support a number of essential changes to the project, including the re-design and relocation of the gallery to the ground floor. Southampton City Council and Arts Council England will continue to work closely together and in the coming weeks will ... Read More

Themes such as the passage of time and the enduring nature of close family relationships are brought into focus in the exhibition Nicholas Nixon: Family Album at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). The show, on view from July 28, 2010, through May 1, 2011, in the MFA’s Herb Ritts Gallery, features more than 70 black and white portrait photographs by Nicholas Nixon, one of the most celebrated American photographers of this generation. Among them are pictures of Nixon’s wife, Beverly (Bebe) Brown Nixon, and ... Read More

This special exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum demonstrates how documentary photography transformed modern art in America through an examination of the work of photographers Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, and Walker Evans. Open October 2, 2010–January 2, 2011. In the 1930s, American photographers pushed the genre of documentary photography to the forefront of public culture in the United States and onto the walls of newly opened museums and art galleries. Together, the careers of Abbott, ... Read More

Christie’s London have announced Multiplied – an exciting new fair in the field of contemporary art. The fair will be held during the week of the Frieze Art Fair, 15-18th October, providing a platform to promote emerging talent in two and three-dimensional contemporary editions. Christie’s has invited over thirty of the most exciting galleries to showcase a selection of the most challenging, cutting-edge work being produced today. Exhibiting a wide range of publishers under one roof, Christie’s aim to ... Read More

Frank Lloyd Wright is generally regarded as one of the world’s great architects. His impact goes beyond the architectural world. By creating designs for furniture, textiles, flatware and more, he surrounded us with unique objects of beauty, making our lives richer and more meaningful. All of his designs served the bigger idea which was creating a new uniquely American architecture and ultimately a healthier democratic society. Throughout his 72-year career, Wright pushed the limits of contemporary technology ... Read More

The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) presents PIXAR: 25 Years of Animation, a major exhibition of over 500 works by the artists at Pixar Animation Studios, including drawings, paintings, and sculptures that illustrate the creative process and craftsmanship behind Pixar’s wildly successful computer-animated films. The exhibition opens this Saturday, July 31, and runs through January 9, 2011. www.museumca.org This is a significantly enhanced presentation of the exhibition, which is returning home to Oakland ... Read More