Pebble Beach, Calif – Demand for automotive fine art was strong as the Automotive Fine Arts Society experienced solid sales and attendance during their 23rd annual art exhibit at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on August 17, 2008. Stanley Rose headlined the award winners by capturing the prestigious Peter Helck Award for his stunning painting, “Nuvolari.” Sponsored by the Lincoln Division of Ford Motor Company, the amazing art show on the 18th fairway of Pebble ... Read More

NEW YORK – Museum of the Moving Image and Mezco Toyz, a leading manufacturer of licensed merchandise, today announced the establishment of an annual donation of film- and television-related toys and materials to the Museum’s collection. Among the artifacts in the inaugural gift are conceptual sketches and action-figure prototypes for Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, a film directed by Guillermo del Toro currently showing in theaters. The Museum will continue to receive a donation of ... Read More

The Agora Gallery (530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York, NY, 10001) is proud to present EdNa in Masters of the Imagination: The Latin American Art Exhibition. Scheduled to run from September 9th through September 30th, the collection will feature a captivating selection of EdNa’s unique works. About EdNa: Puzzling together an array of different mediums from collage to paint, EdNa defies the sleek and seamless that some artists hide behind. Too often we’re unable to see the ... Read More

Avisca Fine Art gallery proudly announces the opening of “Stitches in Time,” an exhibit by Milton Bowens, on Friday, September 12, 2008 from 6-9 pm. The exhibition will feature Bowens’ current series of over 40 mixed media works, which draw on the visual tropes of African-American quilting, and offer a profound commentary on the universal striving for freedom, love, and hope. The exhibition will run at Avisca Fine Art gallery from September 12, 2008 through Friday, October ... Read More

SAN CARLOS, Calif., – Menlo Park Artist Tiffany Birch announces her opening reception, Lighting up with Art, scheduled Friday, September 12, 2008 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Niko Lighting in San Carlos, California. This reception honors the collaboration of Ms. Birch; Niko Lighting; and Linda Lenore, Feng Shui Grand Master, to showcase her work in the atmosphere of hand-crafted lighting fixtures which adorn the store. (Photo: ... Read More

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas artist, Bob Bacon, will be the Lone Star State’s only exhibitor at this year’s Burning Man art event to be held in the Black Rock Desert north of Reno, Nevada August 25-September 1. Approximately 300 artists from around the world will exhibit their artwork at the event which has an expected audience of 48,000. Burning Man is an annual experiment in temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and radical self-reliance. This year’s art ... Read More

LAWRENCE, KS – Schedules, appointments, deadlines, PDAs, day planners, calendars, wristwatches… Such timekeeping devices give structure to our lives, and we rely on them to chart the minutes of our days and the moments of our existence. As astronomer and anthropologist Anthony Aveni notes, “Time gets spent, wasted, killed, kept, and lost. We have leisure time, quality time, good times, bad times, hard times, and even hot times.” Our interest in keeping time is by no means ... Read More

DUBLIN – A major international symposium which investigates new perspectives on the role and function of public galleries and museums in the 21st-century will be held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art , Dublin , from 12 – 13 November 2008. Museum21 will bring together six leading international artists, curators and historians who together will present a vast range of perspectives on the role of galleries and museums informed by past and present contemporary art and practice. ... Read More

RICHMOND, VA – The University of Richmond Museums presents Building the Collection: Recent Acquisitions from the Harnett Print Study Center, on view through September 21, 2008. The exhibition features works on paper recently added to the permanent collection of the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center. Ranging from Renaissance engravings and Impressionist etchings to contemporary American screenprints and lithographs, selected works demonstrate a variety of printmaking ... Read More

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – On September 5, the Bay Downtown Vancouver will officially launch a new line of art, ‘MiMa at the Bay’. In addition to the opening of a gallery on the 5th floor, MiMa will also start supplying the Bay with art to complement the Bay’s furniture line. This initiative means support and increased exposure for a number of Canadian artists, most of whom are from British Columbia. The launch of “MiMa at the Bay” coincides with ... Read More

Florence, Italy, – Over 100 artists from 5 continents will participate in WORLD ART VISION, which will feature painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, prints, installation art, video and digital art. Arturo Garcia Bustos and Rina Lazo, who were, respectively, pupils of and assistants to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera will be present during the exhibition, therefore bringing an exceptional artistic testimony to WORLD ART VISION: CANCUN 2008. The idea of WORLD ART VISION comes from ... Read More

International Poster Gallery is pleased to announce Made in America: The Mather Work Incentive Posters, an exhibition of American posters from the Roaring Twenties on display September 15 through October 31, 2008. Printed in Chicago between 1923 and 1929, The Mather Work Incentive Posters were designed to increase productivity and reinforce the morals and the morale of the American workforce during a time of economic expansion. Armed with bold headlines and striking visual metaphors, the ... Read More

Cincinnati, OH, – ballet tech cincinnati, winner of the 2008 Scripps-Corbett Innovation Award, welcomes some of the best dancers from the best companies and the best choreography in the world for its Seventh Annual Gala of International Dance Stars at 8PM on Saturday, August 9, 2008 at Cincinnati’s premier venue, the Aronoff Center. Gala of International Dance Stars will once again astonish, astound and amaze the audience with the gravity defying athleticism, artistry and ... Read More

PALM SPRINGS, CA. – Approximately forty-six portraits of Frida Kahlo and three letters she wrote to Nikolas Muray comprise this exhibition. The photographs, dating from 1937 to 1941, were taken by Nickolas Muray, Kahlo’s friend, lover and confidant. Muray began photographing Kahlo in color in the winter of 1938-1939, while she was in New York attending an exhibition of her paintings at the Julien Levy Gallery. Muray photographed Frida more often than any other single person and ... Read More

Trips to Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County and Northern Mexico are the impetus for Marguerite Schaffron’s new photography and painting in an exhibit called “Outlook” at Asylum Gallery inside HQ: Headquarters for the Arts, 1719 25th St., Sacramento (behind the gray fence at 25th & R Sts.) until August 17th. There is one more Saturday evening reception from 6 to 9 pm for this show on August 9th. Regular gallery hours will be 1 to 5 pm on Saturdays and Sundays ... Read More