Yearly Archives: 2009

The persistent interplay between the past and present in African-American photography is illuminated in the exhibition “Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera,” which opened April 16 at the DePaul University Art Museum in Chicago. The exhibition, which runs through [Read More]

German artist Paul Heimbach (born, Euskirchen 1946) makes fragile artistbooks and introspective works on paper in which he examines the nature of series. A new exhibition with work by Paul Heimbach opened at the library of the VanAbbemuseum on Sunday 22 March [Read More]

The photographs of artist and musician James Spitznagel, will be on view at Agora Gallery, in Altered States of Reality: an Exhibition of Analog and Digital Fine Art Photography. (Opening Reception Thursday April 16, from 6 to 8m PM.) Once described by [Read More]

George Condo is most widely known for his “existential portraits” and has exhibited extensively in the United States and Europe. His work is in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. [Read More]

CIGE is China’s first and most established international art fair, presenting around 84 contemporary art galleries from over 20 countries. In 2009 CIGE strengthens its relations in China, presenting 23 outstanding art galleries from Mainland China and 9 from Taiwan. Solid ties [Read More]

A colored pencil on paper rendering, done in 1917 by Swiss self-taught artist Adolf Wolfli (1864-1930), titled Blatt Aus Heft #15, sold for $40,480 at a folk art auction held March 28 by Slotin Auction. The framed piece, inscribed throughout, measured 11.25 [Read More]

James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, Ray Boughen, Member of Parliament (Palliser), has announced funding for the Cathedral Area Community Association. This funding will help support the 18th annual Cathedral Village Arts Festival, a celebration of the arts, life, [Read More]

In the main gallery a fantastical universe of abstract mark-making, route-lines and surreal sculptures allude to the fluid territory between the knowable and the unknown. Val Britton melds a cartographer’s precision with a dreamer’s sense of abandon to create map-like constructions that [Read More]

Museum of Nonconformist Art: “New Way of Life” by German artist Kurt Fleckenstein May, 23 – June, 21, 2009 / opening May 23 at 4pm The exhibition project by a prominent German artist Kurt Fleckenstein represents a conceptual exploration of the modern [Read More]

Superlative contemporary and modern decorative arts, design and jewelry by internationally recognized museum class artists will be showcased by 55 international dealers from 12 countries at SOFA NEW YORK 2009, which runs through April 19 at the Park Avenue Armory. An overwhelming [Read More]

A staple of the craft community for over 60 years, the Bellevue Arts Museum artsfair sponsored by Microsoft Corporation is the largest and most prestigious juried arts festival in the Pacific Northwest. Spanning three days, from July 24 – 26, 2009, the [Read More]

Following India’s independence in 1947, Indian artists creating modern works of art sought to maintain a local idiom, an “Indianness” representative of their newly independent nation, while connecting to modernism, an aesthetic then understood as both universal and presumptively Western. These artists [Read More]

Gallery KH is pleased to present AMY CANNADY: CONTEMPLATIONS, opening April 24 through May 30, 2009. An opening night cocktail reception with the artist is scheduled for Friday, April 24, 2009, 5-8PM. The artist will host a gallery talk the following day, [Read More]

To celebrate the expansion and reinstallation of the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens presents an exhibition of works from American photographer Karen Halverson’s Colorado River series, on view May 30 through Sept. [Read More]