Monthly Archives: August 2009

Everyday life objects that are familiar to the viewer compose Jim Lee’s sculptures, paintings and installations. As they give off the aura of “the found”, they inspire connotations linked to Arte Povera. Their basic structure is preserved, but is getting recomposed in [Read More]

The National Gallery of Australia has opened its latest exhibition showcasing the late works of one of Australia’s most renowned artists and foremost impressionists, Frederick McCubbin. McCubbin: Last Impressions 1907–17 is a fresh look at McCubbin’s late work. It concentrates on the [Read More]

Competitive bidding at Bonhams & Butterfields on August 3, 2009 pushed the price for a 1912 oil on canvas painted by Franz Bischoff to a record high for the artist. The international auctioneers’ sale of California and American Paintings and Sculpture established [Read More]

Gallery Cantelmo is proud to present The Pearlette Age by Japanese photographer Kiyoshi Niiyama. This exhibition displays photos which were taken between 1934 – 1953. The exhibition runs from September 15 until October 9, 2009. There will be a special opening reception [Read More]

The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival is now accepting submissions for Feature Length Films, Short Films, as well as Documentaries and Music Videos. Filipino filmmakers, artists and performers must have their features submitted by September 1, 2009. Unlike other Film Festivals, the [Read More]

Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection explores various approaches to painting represented in the MCA Collection — from the 1940s to the present — that focus on how painting communicates ideas about life and art. On view from July 25 to October [Read More]

This “One Life” exhibition will be located in a single gallery devoted to Thomas Paine (1737–1809). Two hundred years ago, on June 8, 1809, Paine, scorned by his old associates and fallen from popularity, died in poverty. However, 33 years earlier, Paine’s [Read More]

A three-part collaborative exhibition featuring the work of Colorado artist Allen Tupper True, presented by the Denver Art Museum’s Petrie Institute of Western American Art (DAM), the Denver Public Library’s Western History and Genealogy Department (DPL) and the Colorado History Museum (CHM), [Read More]

Christie’s, in collaboration with Pierre Bergé and Associates, announced the second sale of the Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé Collection that will take place in Paris on 17th, 18th and 19th November 2009. Proceeds of the sale will benefit H.I.V research and [Read More]

Kari Huhtamo has, as the first Finnish artist, been invited to hold an exhibition in the national gallery highly respected by Russians. This exhibition, which is sponsored by Ruukki, features the sculptor’s works and graphic prints over a period of nearly 30 [Read More]

Swiss internet portal VernissageTV announced today the broadcasting of its art news video content via the Art Channel on cable, IPTV and satellite networks across Europe. A respective agreement has been signed between VernissageTV’s rights holder onmedia ag and the Art Channel [Read More]

American painter Jason Shawn Alexander is a self-taught artist: never having attended formal art school, art language and “isms” mean nothing to him. The things that matter in his work are honesty and emotion, and while it is his aim to make [Read More]

On Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, the Erie Art Museum will participate in the fifth annual Museum Day, presented by Smithsonian magazine. A celebration of culture, learning and the dissemination of knowledge, Smithsonian’s Museum Day reflects the spirit of the magazine, and emulates [Read More]

The Vancouver Art Gallery will present the first major exhibition to explore the interaction of painting and photography in Canada and the United States from the time of the U.S. Civil War through the end of World War I. Expanding Horizons: Painting [Read More]