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 [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2008
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EDINBURGH – Richard Wilson has been described as Britain’s most famous installation artist. He is perhaps best known as the man who sold Charles Saatchi a thousand gallons of used sump oil, and, having represented Britain at the Sydney, Sao Paulo and [Read More]
SAN ANTONIO – More than 1,300 people descended on the Museo Alameda, the nation’s largest Latino museum and first formal affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, for the opening of “Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art From Mexico City” – the second [Read More]
DUBLIN – The first showing in Ireland of the slide installation Background, 1991-94, by the internationally-acclaimed Irish artist, James Coleman, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Friday 1 August 2008. Background is one of a trilogy [Read More]
The Colomb Art Gallery, London is pleased to offer exceptional portrait commissions from Peter Wardle, a professional National Portrait Gallery exhibited artist. Situated in Marylebone, Central London, the well-established Colomb Art Gallery specialises in original British and International art with a range [Read More]
NEW YORK, N -The Museum of Modern Art showcases the genre-bending films of brothers Joel and Ethan Coen from August 2 through 28, 2008, as part of Collaborations in the Collection, an initiative begun in 2007 to highlight collaborative relationships in cinema [Read More]
ANDOVER, Mass. – On July 31 at 10:00 a.m., the Addison Gallery of American Art, the academic art museum of Phillips Academy, will turn its keys over to Shawmut Design and Construction, thus beginning the first major building project in the museum’s [Read More]
BERWYN, Ill., – Through support by the Berwyn Development Corporation (BDC), Berwyn’s City Council Alderman Michele Skryd announced an Artspace pre-feasibility workshop, scheduled to take place on Monday, August 4th at the Berwyn Police Station Community Room (6401 31st Street, Berwyn IL [Read More]
MIAMI – Costa, Europe’s Number One Cruise Line, has commissioned a monumental bronze sculpture by world-renowned artist Fernando Botero for its newest ship, the Costa Luminosa. The bronze sculpture is currently taking shape at the Mariani foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy, where Botero [Read More]
ROCHESTER, NY – “The Photograph Collection: An Introduction” feature some of the star objects and photographers from the George Eastman House photography collection. This newly mounted and changing exhibition will greet visitors to the world’s oldest museum of photography. The new installation [Read More]
Through September 14 of this year, the Museum of the American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is presenting the exhibition “Magyar Grafika: Hungarian Posters, Advertising and Ephemera.” The colorful exhibit features seventy-five posters from the 1910’s through the 1980’s, a [Read More]
LONDON – “Cerdlun” is a phrase coined to blend the Welsh words for “postcard” and “picture”. Cerdlun will be a large trumpeted exhibition/sale of original work donated by artists, celebrities and well wishers from all over the world, to raise money for [Read More]
WASHINGTON – VSA arts is bringing New York sculptor Mark C. Parsons to Arlington Arts Center on August 9-10 to hold a free sculpture workshop. Parsons will spend two days with participating children, discussing science as inspiration for art and teaching the [Read More]
New York / Berlin – From July 14-31, artnet Online Auctions will offer over 100 contemporary color photographs by 50 renowned artists including William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Eliot Porter, Thomas Ruff and William Wegman. Leading the sale is an outstanding group of [Read More]