Monthly Archives: May 2008

Artists Applaud “Everyday Joe” Art Memoir Explores Impact of Contemporary Art on Real People AUTHORHOUSE – Many people view artists as eccentric individuals who are locked away from society and create their work without regard for life in the real world. However, artists are everyday people who create for everyday people, not […]

London – An exhibition of new paintings by acclaimed artist Dan Schlesinger will be held on June 15, 2008 at the artist’s studio in Richmond, Surrey. The show is an opportunity to see the artist’s latest work in oil paints and pastels. In his most recent series of paintings, Schlesinger builds on […]

Denver, CO – Ditto Gallery is proud to welcome 3 young, strong, urbanite painters in the ‘Urban Movement’ exhibit beginning May 30, 2008, Jim Beckner, Ken Valastro, and Tiffany Williams. All three artists have a unique and recognizable sense about them but collectively they reveal thick, buttery swells of brush strokes, impressionistic […]

Foreword An exhibition of selected photographic works representing the diversity of modern photography By Total Image NationExhibition dates: 3 – 7 June 2008Private View: 6 – 8.45pm. 2 June 2008. Menier Gallery, Southwark St, London, SE1 1 RU A new exhibition showing work of the photographers collective, Total Image Nation, entitled Foreword […]

A selection of European artists representing three countries is now on display at The Colomb Art Gallery, London European Painters Exhibition The Colomb Art Gallery, Marylebone Extended now on until July 1st 2008 Free admissionDue to an overwhelming response last month the exhibition has been extended until Tuesday 1st of July.The exhibition […]

CAMBRIDGE, UK – Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge is presenting the first major exhibition in the UK of Michelle Charles. A British artist, she lived and worked in America for more than twenty years, exhibiting with the John Weber Gallery, before returning to London in 2001. Michelle Charles’ paintings and drawings are concerned […]

MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM UNVEILS HISTORIC EXTERIOR RENOVATION, APPLAUDING ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC ART SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In conjunction with the San Francisco Arts Commission celebrating 40 years of Neighborhood Arts, Academy of Art University Graduate Fine Art Sculpture students participating in a Site Specific Public Art course created […]

‘Goodwill Tour’ to China as the wave of worldwide protests continue to haunt the upcoming Olympics. The Artist calls for a Boycott of the Olympics, Boycott of travel to China and other countries that suppress freedom and human rights. HI, United States – With the ever growing international discontent over China’s Human […]

Unique initiative to develop creative dialogue between UAE women artists and the world Wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs, Her Highness Sheikha Manal Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Women’s Establishment (DWE), today launched the unique ‘Art Exchange Programme’ to enhance […]

RENNES – On May 16, the world will see the opening of the first Ateliers de Rennes–Biennial of Contemporary Art. Instigated by Art Norac, the corporate sponsorship association of the Norac agribusiness group, the first biennial, titled Shared Values, has been designed and organised by the Art To Be Association. Symbolic of […]

MOSCOW – Following Sotheby’s 2007 and recent 2008 exhibition previews of Russian, International Contemporary and Impressionist & Modern Art in Moscow, Sotheby’s is delighted to announce that in May 2008 the company will stage its first-ever exhibition in Kiev, Ukraine. This initiative reinforces the significance of the Commonwealth of Independent States to […]

Eleven Paintings On Loan From Sir Elton John’s Collection Of Henry Scott Tuke’s Work Bonhams is sponsoring a major exhibition of Henry Scott Tuke’s work, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth. The retrospective exhibition entitled “Catching the Light” will take place at two separate venues in Cornwall – […]

LOS ANGELES- Medieval and Renaissance images of Christ provided visual accounts of the historical Christ described in the Gospels and powerful entry points to prayer. Imagining Christ at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, May 6 through July 27, 2008 will display manuscripts from the Getty’s permanent collection that […]

The first exhibition to explore “painting softly,” a previously unexamined approach to painting exemplified in works by James McNeill Whistler and George Inness, will be presented at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, from June 22 through October 19. “Like Breath on Glass: Whistler, Inness, and the Art […]

NEW YORK – Google launched a collection of new themes created by leading artists for iGoogle, Google’s personalized homepage. With iGoogle, users can access and arrange the content they want on their homepage to personalize their web experience. Google has collaborated with almost 70 artists from around the world, inviting them to […]