From the decade before the Revolutionary War to the eve of World War I, many of America’s most revered artists captured the temperament of their respective eras on canvas. They recorded and defined in their finest paintings the emerging character of Americans [Read More]
Daily Archives: July 11, 2009
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Jewel-like paintings highlight the Italian countryside at The Frick Art Museum The Frick Art & Historical Center presents The Dutch Italianates: Seventeenth-Century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London featuring 39 paintings by 17 masters of the Dutch Italianate style from the collection [Read More]
Program Introduces New Art Works Installed at Unexpected Locations throughout the Museum Continuing to introduce innovative art commissions at its recently opened facility, the Museum of Arts and Design announced today the launch of a new partnership with Benjamin Moore & Co., [Read More]
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) has received planning approval from the NSW Government for its $50 million redevelopment on George Street in Sydney’s Circular Quay. Planning Minister, Kristina Keneally, said the redevelopment of the MCA will breathe new life into Australia’s [Read More]
Out of The Blue is an international symposium organized by The Blue House (Het Blauwe Huis) focusing on three main navigational strands in understanding experimental communities: Instant Urbanism, Hospitality and Accelerated History. Out of The Blue is as a discursive forum where [Read More]
Photographs by Joyce Tenneson, one of the country’s leading contemporary portrait photographers and Maine artist, will be on view at the Portland Museum of Art July 11 through October 4, 2009. Joyce Tenneson: Polaroid Portraits will feature 22 color and four black-and-white [Read More]
In the anniversary year when interest in the life and work of Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) is as high as ever, Sotheby’s announced that it will offer for sale three exceptionally rare portraits of members of his family in its sale of [Read More]