A major exhibition featuring intriguing treasures from the Gallery’s drawings and prints collection An intriguing exhibition of rarely-seen prints and drawings, including over 30 new acquisitions, taken largely from the National Gallery of Canada’s (NGC) own collections is on view fthrough September [Read More]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
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Stephen Deuchar was awarded the honour for his service to the public as former director of Tate Britain from 1998 until 2009. He joined the Art Fund as director in January 2010. On receiving the award, Stephen Deuchar said: “It’s a great [Read More]
Honoring Frye Art Museum Past Director Ida Kay Greathouse, the Frye presents Ida Kay Greathouse: A Tribute, an exhibition of major works of art selected by Mrs. Greathouse during her 25-year tenure as Director. Open June 19–September 19, 2010. Mrs. Greathouse became [Read More]
Of all the visual art produced in the late 1960s, the most influential may be San Francisco psychedelic concert posters. Many are instantly recognizable because of their innovative use of text, psychedelic colors and coded messages. Not only do the posters visually [Read More]
There is no Tibetan equivalent for the word “art” as it is known in the West. The closest approximation is lha dri pa, literally, “to draw a deity.” Traditionally, neither the Tibetan language nor the Tibetan cultural framework has recognized art for [Read More]
The Beverly Hills auction gallery is featuring fine collections of Chinese porcelains, carved jades and ivories, antique Japanese netsuke, inro and lacquer as well as fine scroll paintings. The final third of the auction features luxury Swiss wristwatches, European decorative arts and [Read More]
Dr. Hugh M. Davies, The David C. Copley Director and CEO of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), announced that Kathryn Kanjo has been appointed the new Chief Curator and Head of the Curatorial Department, concluding a comprehensive international search. [Read More]
An exhibition by one of Cuba’s leading contemporary artists Carlos Garaicoa, whose work explores the social fabric of our cities through the examination of its architecture, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Thursday 10 June 2010. [Read More]
An exhibition by Ferran Garcia Sevilla, a leading Spanish artist whose career has embraced many of the most influential art movements of the past 40 years, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art open through 5 September 2010. [Read More]
It is already going down in history: The Football World Cup 2010. Because for the first time, football’s biggest event is taking place in Africa and for the first time North and South Korea are taking part at the same time. Since [Read More]
New York City – Known for his expressive compositions and a color palette influenced by his coastal surroundings in Southampton, New York and Penobscot Bay, Maine, Fairfield Porter had an illustrious career as a leading American realist painter. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is [Read More]
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature French artist, Laurence Brisson, in The French Perspective. The exhibition is scheduled to run from June 29, 2010 through July 20, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, July 01, 2010). Using the most basic of materials, paper, Laurence Brisson [Read More]
Free Arts NYC will hold its annual Art from the Heart Gallery Exhibition at El Museo del Barrio on Tuesday evening, June 15, 2010. The event will feature a performance by Story Pirates at 5:30 followed by a brief awards ceremony and [Read More]
SALEM, MA – This summer, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) unveils a captivating exhibition exploring what we see and how we see it. Eye Spy, Playing with Perception, on view in PEM’s interactive Art & Nature Center from June 19, 2010 to [Read More]