Yearly Archives: 2009

Renowned maritime artist John M. Barber, painter of the Chesapeake Bay, will join son Joshua R. Barber, painter of modern icons, for their first-ever joint art exhibition October 9. The show, “Barber vs. Barber,” is John Barber’s first major Richmond show in [Read More]

Five visual arts researchers have each been awarded a fellowship by the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) as part of its Research Fellowships Program. This program encourages and supports advanced research on the NGC’s collections, including those in the Library and Archives. [Read More]

Pacific Asia Museum presents a multi-cultural exhibition that explores the idea of art as a strategy for breaking down concepts of painting/writing, legibility/illegibility, insider/outsider and Asian art/Western art. Curated by Collette Chattopadhyay, Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art will be [Read More]

This exhibition transports the viewers deep into the shady glens and dramatic gorges, over the rugged terrain of giant boulders, and to the edges marshes that make up the varied topography of this former royal hunting domain which became the cradle and [Read More]

The Museum of Modern Art presents Monet’s Water Lilies from September 13, 2009, to April 12, 2010, an installation that features the full group of late paintings by Claude Monet (1840-1926) in the collection for the first time since the Museum’s reopening [Read More]

Sotheby’s Frieze Week Contemporary Art Auction in London on Friday, October 16, 2009, will be highlighted by a group of nine works whose proceeds will benefit Harefield Hospital. The artworks in a range of media have been donated by leading Contemporary artists [Read More]

Ida Ekblad, Marius Engh, Anawana Haloba and Lars Laumann – have been nominated for the StatoilHydro art award 2009. The prize will be awarded in Oslo, Norway, in December. The StatoilHydro art award is a biennial award, the purpose of which is [Read More]

Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), who came to the fore in the 1950s, was one of the great artists of our age. He was also a prominent chronicler of American culture in the second half of the twentieth century, as evidenced in a new [Read More]

Bruce Ratner, the Chairman and CEO of Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), the developer of Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, announced today that the award-winning architectural firms Ellerbe Becket and SHoP Architects will collaborate on the design of the Barclays Center, the new [Read More]

Master fine-art photographer Nicholas A. Price spent 18 months, from 2005 to 2007, capturing images of the men and women of the U.S. Air Force to tell the story of their pride and dedication, stamina and service. Price took more than 8,000 [Read More]

The first-ever, large-scale outdoor exhibition in the U.S. of famed French artists, Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne’s sculptures. On September 12th beginning at 10:30 AM, Park Avenue between 52nd and 57th Streets will be transformed into a public exhibition space for the fanciful [Read More]

The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA)’s Board of Directors unanimously approved five artists to create significant public artwork for the new Transbay Transit Center. The five artists selected by the Board to develop the conceptual proposals of installations for the new Transit [Read More]

For the first time since it was acquired by the National Gallery, London, and the National Galleries of Scotland, Titian’s Diana and Actaeon is going on display at Trafalgar Square. ‘Diana and Actaeon’ will hang in Room 10 of the National Gallery [Read More]

Christie’s have announced the auction of Galerie Popoff – An Enduring Passion for Russian Art which will take place on 12 and 13 October 2009 in London, and which will present exceptional Russian works of art from one of the most renowned [Read More]