The Museum of Arts and Design will present the Abraaj Capital Art Prize and the first exhibition of its prize winners. The Abraaj Capital Art Prize is an award that seeks to raise international awareness of artists from the Middle East, North [Read More]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
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The Van Gogh Museum is hosting the first retrospective in thirty years of Belgian artist Alfred Stevens (1823-1906) from 18 September 2009 until 24 January 2010. Stevens was one of the most well-known artists in Paris in the second half of the [Read More]
The British Library has acquired the Macclesfield Alphabet Book, a rare medieval English ‘model’ or ‘pattern’ book dating from c.1500, with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), independent charity The Art Fund, Friends of the British Library and National Libraries [Read More]
A contingent of students and professional artists from Tennessee will leave for Cordova, Alaska, on Thursday, July 30, where they will learn about the Copper River Watershed Project and create art pieces for inclusion in the international project’s traveling exhibit. The Global [Read More]
Glass Reflections on 9-11 is an art project to teach our youth how to take a negative, learn from it, and create positives from it; because everyone does have a 9-11 in their life. However it is how one overcomes the obstacles [Read More]
Digital agency Zeta has recently transformed its office with three striking graffiti murals. The all important working environment now makes a bold statement. It reflects the company’s identity and attitude and critically the Zeta crew is very happy with the street art. [Read More]
Los Angeles’ first Beyond Eden Art Fair to be held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park. The Beyond Eden Art Fair is a multi-gallery event celebrating the new contemporary art scene in Los Angeles. The public is invited [Read More]
The STRATTON FOUNDATION and THE DALI UNIVERSE in partnership with Uwantart Gallery and The Art Fair Company, are honoured to present an exciting exhibition dedicated to the renowned artist and master of Surrealism, Salvador Dalí. The exhibition “Salvador Dalí in Shanghai” is [Read More]
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), presents Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio, on view through November 15, 2009, at MOCA Pacific Design Center. Installation view of Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio at MOCA Pacific [Read More]
The forthcoming photographic exhibition, Londoners Through a Lens, opens on Friday 14th August at the Getty Images Gallery and follows on from last year’s hugely popular show, London Through a Lens. Londoners Through a Lens takes another look at the capital, but [Read More]
An exhibition marking the start of a new relationship between Arts Council England and the National Trust will take place at Tattershall Castle from 8 – 23 of August 2009. The new initiative is aimed at promoting contemporary art in historic properties. [Read More]
Moore College of Art & Design announced the successful completion of its $30 million Capital Improvement Campaign. The end of the first-ever capital campaign coincides with the conclusion of a yearlong celebration of the College’s 160th anniversary as the first and only [Read More]
From October 1, 2009, to February 7, 2010, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will host the largest-ever retrospective of works by the celebrated British artist John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). J. W. Waterhouse: Garden of Enchantment is the first large-scale monographic exhibition [Read More]
For its third edition, “Strasbourg, Glass Capital” becomes the “International Glass Bienniale”. With more than 50 000 visitors in 2007, this event has become an unavoidable rendez-vous for amateurs of glass. While the use of the medium glass by the artists is [Read More]