Beautiful art created by Haitian children participating in the Art Creation Foundation for Children program is on display and for sale at Fairhaven Originals Gallery (FOG) in Bellingham, Washington. Bright multi-colored paper-mâché figures and bowls make up the collection on display. FOG […]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
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The Gross Clinic of 1875 is the most renowned work created by the great Philadelphia painter Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) and a landmark in the history of 19th-century American art. In late 2008, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of […]
Jeff Rathermel, interim executive director, announced that Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) will present the second Book Art Biennial in summer 2011. Set to take place the last weekend of July, the Biennial will focus on the theme of extended engagement. […]
Catherine Whitney joined Philbrook as Chief Curator and Curator of American Art on July 12. Whitney will oversee the curatorial department’s ambitious and expanding special exhibition programs, and research, interpret, install and further develop Philbrook’s collection of American Art. Whitney’s comes to […]
On July 17, 2010, more than 420 enthusiastic art aficionados, political officials, business leaders and community members gathered in celebration of Bellevue Arts Museum’s annual fundraiser, Artful Evening. A much anticipated Eastside signature event, Artful Evening raised an astounding $575,000* in support […]
Chautauqua Institution is partnering with Eastman Kodak Company and George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film for a week unlike any other offered in the Institution’s history — exploring the world of photography with world-renowned speakers, interactive exhibits and activities, […]
Steven Holl Architects has received International Architecture Awards for the Knut Hamsun Center in Hamarøy, Norway and the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning, Denmark The awards, administered annually by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European […]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has selected the architecture firm Snøhetta to be its partner in developing an expansion that enhances the museum’s services to the community and its educational, social, and economic role in the city. The decision […]
The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the selection of Lisa Ayla Çakmak as the 2010–2013 Mellon Fellow for European art to 1800. Selected from a field of 11 national post-doctoral applicants, Çakmak joins the Museum from the Museum of Fine Arts in […]
Phil McColeman, Member of Parliament for Brant, celebrated the national historic significance of Walter Seymour Allward. The commemoration ceremony was held today at the Bell Memorial, which is one of Allward’s most moving early works. “Using his artistic gift, Allward created some […]
For Gary Hume’s first solo exhibition in Berlin for over 15 years, he presents a selection of new work including Big Bird (2010), a major large-scale six-panel painting, a group of six paintings, four sculptures and, for the first time, five works […]
The new Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC, will open its doors on Friday, September 10 with the Light Up the Arts Gala with Tony Bennett presented by Hanesbrands Inc., followed by Community Weekend presented by Reynolds American and […]
CCA Galleries and Christie’s London have announced a selling exhibition of works by the iconic British artist Sir Peter Blake; celebrating his six-decade printmaking career. Over 150 prints signed and numbered by the artist, will be on view and available to purchase […]
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, inaugurates its renewed 20-acre campus, featuring new galleries, orientation facilities, and public spaces, on July 26, 2010. The three-year expansion and renewal project was designed to enhance visitor experience of the Museum’s art, architecture, and surrounding landscape, in […]