Long recognized by critics and peers as one of the most innovative and daring Philadelphia-based artists of the last forty years, Elizabeth Osborne has tirelessly explored the psychologically charged space between abstraction and realism. Celebrating the long and dynamic career of this […]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
In Contemporary Art, art does not serve as a simple viewing of beauty or reflecting of history, but rather becomes an IDEA. The idea is the medium of expressing the artist’s thoughts, feelings, or concerns. In this exhibition, artists deal with linguistics […]
When every 750 students in a Chicago Public School share one half-time art or music teacher, how do students get the opportunity to explore ways of learning that can mean the difference between academic success and failure? Convergence09, an exhibit organized by […]
The Old Vic with Artistic Director Kevin Spacey and renowned theatre group Punchdrunk have been joined by the Young Vic to create a unique and breathtaking art installation, Tunnel 228, within a truly unique space in the archways beneath Waterloo train station. […]
PhotoEspaña 2009 opens its doors this year with an anthological exhibition of a photographer who has been a privileged witness of the everyday life in Spanish villages. The exhibition, at Museu Colecção Berardo, includes about a hundred images of series like Village […]
Mind’s Eye Fine Art Storage and Transportation company has added a climatic van to its assortment of climate-controlled vehicles, bringing an additional element of versatility and ease to the transport needs of their clients. Mind’s Eye offers a wide range of fine […]
Following the success of last year’s Posters sales at Bloomsbury Auctions, a private French collector has consigned a glorious group of 25 posters from the 1920s and 30s designed by the legendary Roger Broder. Posters are the first part of Bloomsbury’s Maps […]
At a time of unprecedented interest in the role of colour in graphic design, fashion and interior design, Tate Liverpool will be presenting Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today. The exhibition looks at the moment in twentieth-century art, when a group […]
The Directors of Frieze Art Fair, Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, have announced the details of the 2009 fair. Frieze Art Fair is the UK’s most important art event and one of the world’s most influential contemporary art fairs. Sponsored by Deutsche […]
The Athens Print Fest ’09 / First Edition is being organized by the Greek Printmakers’ Association and the Cultural Organization of the Municipality of Athens, from June 3rd to 28th, 2009, in various locations in the city of Athens. The Festival opens […]
The first major New York exhibition in 20 years devoted to Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992)—one of the most important painters of the 20th century—will be presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 20 through August 16, 2009. Marking the 100th […]
Wanda Pipen’s international acclaim grows as students from South Chadderton School near Manchester, England have chosen to study her and her nature-based paintings. Wanda Pipen, an internationally collected artist, was recently chosen by the students of South Chadderton School near Manchester, England, […]
Savvy collectors, directors of leading fine art galleries, employers searching for superior creative talent, and passionate art enthusiasts all converge each May for the Academy of Art University’s display of fresh, award-winning art. Whether for scouting, purchasing, or pure admiring, the thousands […]
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the 2009 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to Cécile Whiting for her book “Pop L.A.: Art and the City in the 1960s” (University of California Press, 2006). It is recognized […]