The architect Richard Rogers, the general manager of “la Caixa” Foundation, Jaime Lanaspa, and the director of ”la Caixa” Foundation Culture Area, Ignasi Miró, presented the Richard Rogers + Architects. From the house to the city exhibition. The British architect has often […]
Daily Archives: July 28, 2009
The National Museum Wales is pleased to announce that it has recently acquired two eighteenth century pastel portraits of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th Baronet and his wife Charlotte Willams Wynn by the Irish artist Hugh Douglas Hamilton. The acquisition was made […]
Gabriel Orozco (Mexican, b. 1962) emerged at the beginning of the 1990s as one of the most intriguing and original artists of his generation and one of the last to come of age in the twentieth century, with a body of work […]
On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, July 28 through November 1, 2009, Capturing Nature’s Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscape draws from the Getty’s drawings collection including some works from the Getty Research Institute, to highlight […]
In conjunction with China’s appearance as Guest of Honour at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair, the Schirn will be showing, for the first time ever in the West, the spectacular Chinese sculptural group Rent Collection Courtyard (Chin.: Shouzuyuan). This ensemble of more […]
The New Jersey State Museum is currently presenting an exhibition of photographs by New Jersey artist Maria Lau. “71. Fragments of a Dream” will remain on view in the Museum’s galleries through November 24, 2009. “We are always especially proud to present […]
In his most ambitious project yet, Rankin is creating a portrait of contemporary Britain, photographing 1,000 people from across the UK. Selected either for their distinct sense of style, vibrant personalities or individual life stories, from the thousands who have applied to […]
Art Couture Gallery collaborated with Pappas Bros. Steakhouse with a silent auction on July 19, 2009 – benefiting Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant Rich Behm, who was paralyzed from the waist down during a severe storm in May. Three hundred fine art canvases, […]
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Nordstrom is partnering for a second year with Latino Art Beat, a Chicago-based not-for-profit arts organization, to feature art from their “What Hispanic Heritage & Culture Means to Me” contest at Nordstrom stores and online at […]
Paper mosaics, natural history specimens, embroidered textiles, drawings, garden designs, and live fl oral displays At the age of seventy-two, Mary Delany, née Mary Granville (1700–1788), a botanical artist, woman of fashion, and commentator on life and society in eighteenth-century England and […]