Rosamund Felsen Gallery is pleased to present Ann Preston’s large-scale exhibition, Four Forms. Preston’s exhibition comprises an ambitious undertaking of mesmerizing scope, bringing together her unfathomable energy and imagination. Open through March 13, 2010. After a number of years concentrating on large-scale, high profile public art projects, Ann Preston returns to the […]
Monthly Archives: February 2010
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In April 2010 Tate Liverpool is proud to unveil new commissions by acclaimed Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra. Rineke Dijkstra: I See a Woman Crying features two Liverpool-based video works never seen before in the UK. Open Monday 26 April – Monday 30 August 2010. The works were borne out of the artist’s […]
The Darwin Centre building, including its spectacular 8-storey concrete cocoon, was opened on September 2009 at an event with HRH Prince William of Wales and Sir David Attenborough. Visitors can explore world-class science in the Darwin Centre through amazing specimens, exciting displays and interactions with real scientists at work. There are also […]
Opening Reception Saturday, Februrary 20, 2010 From 5 – 8 PM Dallas, TX: PDNB Gallery will select special photographs from its archive by various artists that PDNB has not exhibited in recent years. These photographs highlight the breadth of innovation and style from documentary to conceptual. Open February 20 – May 1, […]
There’s so much we know nothing about. Here we are in our natural environment and the mysteries of the universe are all around us. I want to paint these mysteries – James Rosenquist New York, NY – As prime subjects, Time and Space have preoccupied James Rosenquist since he turned contemporary culture […]
Derek Eller Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Jessica Jackson Hutchins entitled Kitchen Table Allegory, on view through March 27, 2010. Using materials such as papier-mâché, glitter, paper pulp, hand-made ceramics, photographs both found and taken, fragments of her family’s clothing, and furniture from her home, Hutchins imparts a mythic yet highly […]
A collection of iconic prints, by some of the finest European artists of the past 500 years, will be on show at the National Gallery of Scotland this spring. The Printmaker’s Art will highlight the enormous skill of artists such as Rembrandt, Piranesi, Hogarth, Manet and Whistler, and will include some of […]
The University Art Museum is to present the first U.S. museum survey of the British artistic team John Wood and Paul Harrison. Combining aesthetic restraint and slapstick performance, Wood and Harrison are ingenious inventors, stuntmen, and occasional masochists who often employ their own bodies as “raw material.” Their low-tech films contain no […]
Susan J. Bandes, director of Michigan State University’s Kresge Art Museum, will step down from that position to pursue research interests and teaching, effective May 1. Bandes will remain a full-time professor within the Department of Art and Art History. “In Susan Bandes’ nearly a quarter of a century as director of […]
NEW YORK – Some of the world’s most celebrated African-American artists and the prominent galleries that specialize in Afro-centric works will exhibit their work at the 1st Annual Harlem Fine Arts Show, Feb. 20 and 21, 2010. Bringing a major fine art show to Harlem and destined to become a highlight of […]
On Thursday 25 February, the Rubens & van Dyck exhibition opens at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. From then until 23 May, visitors will be able to see works by two of the 17th century’s leading painters and some of their disciples. The exhibition brings together works by Peter Paul Rubens and Anthonis van […]
Twins to appear in a performance work by Damien Hirst this summer The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) is doubling up with Damien Hirst in its search for identical twins who are willing to take part in a recreation of the artist’s 1992 performance Ingo, Torsten. Successful candidates will perform in conjunction […]
This exhibition is open through April 4, 2010. The the Weisman Museum is open Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and one hour prior to most Center for the Arts performances through intermission. There is no admission charge. Mercedes Matter (1913-2001) played an important role in the mid-century modern movement. Daughter of […]
Discover how Cézanne transformed American art at the beginning of the 20th century. Cézanne and American Modernism, on view through May 23, 2010, brings together 16 of the French master’s paintings and watercolors with more than 80 works by 33 American artists, including Marsden Hartley, Maurice Prendergast, Alfred Stieglitz, and Man Ray. […]
The Holst Birthplace Museum in Cheltenham has acquired a unique and intriguing drawing of the Cheltenham-born composer Gustav Holst by the artist Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945), with help from the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, independent charity The Art Fund, The Trafford Memorial Fund and a private donation. The pencil drawing, which is […]