Yearly Archives: 2009

Palm Springs Modern: Photographs by Julius Shulman offers a tour of the mid-century architecture and elegant lifestyles of Palm Springs , California . The exhibition features almost 100 original photographs by renowned photographer Julius Shulman of iconic designs by Modernist architects. Also [Read More]

Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, announces the availability of a new mobile application that extends the company’s online experience to a global audience of Apple mobile device users. Beginning July 15, Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users can enjoy optimized mobile [Read More]

Marlene Dumas, William Kentridge, David Goldblatt, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Antony Gormley and Yinka Shonibare are among the artists who have donated works to Art For Africa, a unique auction presenting for the first time such a major offering of works by [Read More]

This fall the Frye Art Museum will present an exhibition exploring the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and mythic history in recent art from the United States. The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art will be presented October 3, 2009 [Read More]

In an unprecedented collaboration between the two institutions, the Prado Museum will be launching the most ambitious educational programme of its history, aimed at schools and families. This new programme will officially last for four years (2009-2013) and will annually benefit more [Read More]

In Sargent and the Sea, the Corcoran Gallery of Art brings together for the first time more than 80 paintings, watercolors, and drawings depicting seascapes and coastal scenes from the early career of John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), the pre-eminent American expatriate painter [Read More]

MoMA presents In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960-1976, an exhibition of 75 works by ten American and European artists relating to travel and the city of Amsterdam, on view from July 19 to October 5, 2009, in the [Read More]

John Baldessari (b1931) is widely regarded as one of contemporary art’s foremost conceptual artists. Tate Modern presents the first major retrospective of his work in the UK opening on 13 October 2009. John Baldessari: Pure Beauty will bring together more than 130 [Read More]

Pablo Picasso’s lifelong relationship with writers and the ways language affected his work is the focus of an exhibition coming to the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. “Picasso and the Allure of Language” includes 60 works created by Picasso between [Read More]

In 2008, the American designer George Nelson (1908-1986) would have celebrated his 100th birthday. To commemorate this occasion, the Vitra Design Museum is planning the first comprehensive retrospective of his work. Ball Clock, 1948. Photo: Vitra Design Museum Nelson was one of [Read More]

Christie’s New York presents the mid-season Prints & Multiples sale on July 22. Comprised of a cross section of movements and styles, this well selected offering includes work by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Paul Gauguin, Joan Miró, Sam [Read More]

The innovations and artistry of Louis Comfort Tiffany will be explored in an exhibition of his blown glass works opening at The Corning Museum of Glass on November 1, 2009, and running through October 31, 2010. Tiffany Treasures: Favrile Glass from Special [Read More]

Digitally growing plants and a mechanical eye that mirrors the blink of a visitor’s gaze will be among the digital works that will feature in Decode: Digital Design Sensations. The exhibition will show the latest developments in digital and interactive design, from [Read More]

An exhibition of new and recent work by Australian contemporary artist Louisa Bufardeci and Japanese artist Zon Ito will be presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) this winter. The exhibition, which runs from 28 July until 25 October 2009, represents [Read More]