The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum today announced First Lady Michelle Obama will celebrate the 2012 National Design Awards Friday, July 13, with a White House luncheon for the winners of the awards. In support of the First Lady’s emphasis on education […]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
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Modern Art Oxford presents John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012, an exhibition on view 7–29 July 2012. Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 is a new commission by John Gerrard, which is presented by Modern Art Oxford as a large-scale installation in a disused power station […]
Machine Project presents a lecture by Laura Steenberge, uly 12th 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, about how we perceive musical patterns and form using time-transcendening spatial metaphors. Helium balloons will be involved. This burgeoning science, while not based on any factual information […]
DePaul Art Museum presents Drawn from Photography, an exhibition on view through August 19, 2012. Frank Selby, Light Blue Riot, 2010. Watercolor on mylar. Courtesy of the artist and Museum 52. This group exhibition focuses on a growing trend within drawing: the […]
The International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2013, and affirms its position as one of the major Brazilian initiatives for the dissemination of art. It so happens because it has always been a trailblazer, at first by dedicating […]
The Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal presents Zoo, an exhibition on view through september 3, 2012, that that is bound to spark debate on the highly topical question of the place accorded animals and nature in today’s universe. David Altmejd, Le spectre […]
SH Contemporary is the most dynamic art fair in China. It contributes to the development of the local art market from within, capturing the spirit of Shanghai—a true cosmopolitan city with an active art scene, a creative hub bringing together business, culture, […]
M-Museum Leuven (Belgium) presents Sol LeWitt. Colors a unique exhibition, on view 21 06 12 – 14 10 12, gathering twenty-four wall drawings in color by the American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928-2007). LeWitt’s wall drawings marked, from the late 1960s on, […]
The Stadel Museum presents Painting in Photography. Strategies of Appropriation, an exhibition on view From 27 June to 23 September 2012. Richard Hamilton (1922–2011), Eight-Self-Portraits (Detail), 1994. Thermal dye sublimation prints, 40 x 35 cm. DZ BANK Kunstsammlung© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012. […]
The Museo Picasso Malaga presents The European Poster 1888-1938, an exhibition on view through16th September, 2012 featuring 175 works that have been gathered together for this event provide a look at the most creative and important period in the history of the […]
The International Slavery Museum in Liverpool presents an exhibition of photographs by Nigerian photographer George Osodi, on view 15 June 2012 to 2 June 2013. George Osodi has spent more than six years documenting the injustices occurring in the Niger Delta, a […]
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia presents Remixing History. Manolo Valdes on view through APRIL 30, 2013. Born in Spain and currently living and working in New York and Madrid, Manolo Valdés is known for his paintings, prints, […]
Le Grand Cafe Contemporary Art Centre, Saint-Nazaire presents Vincent Ganivet – Severine Hubard. The balance of opposites, on view through 2 September 2012. Collection, détournement, and recycling are central to the practice of a number of contemporary artists. By using natural objects […]
The Exhibition, open 29th August > 25th November 2012, will be complemented by 55 National Participations organized, as usual, in the Pavilions at the Giardini, at the Arsenale and in the city of Venice. Four nations will be participating for the first […]