Yearly Archives: 2010

Maki Umehara – Silver Sea – Maki Umehara deals in her works with the articulation of different forms through objects. The converging of artwork and circumfluent space as well as the change in perception of material under distinct outside conditions is locating [Read More]

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces the opening on May 5, 2010 of “Collection Highlights from Europe, Ancient Greece and Rome,” which continues indefinitely. The museum’s second-floor gallery devoted to European art is revitalized and now includes artworks from the ancient [Read More]

The Walker Art Gallery launches its 2010 exhibition programme with a fresh look at the powerful work of international artist Aubrey Williams (1926 – 1990). ‘Aubrey Williams: Atlantic Fire’ runs from 15 January to 11 April 2010 and seeks a new appraisal [Read More]

The Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is devoting a solo exhibition to the Dresden painter Eberhard Havekost. “Retina” will display nineteen previously unshown pieces that deal with the visual perception and abstraction of the world of objects. The pieces, with an almost complete absence [Read More]

The Portland Museum of Art finished 2009 with the second-highest attendance in Museum history and the highest attendance in a decade. With 161,000 visitors, the Museum had an increase of 11,000 visitors over the previous year. The highest attendance record was set [Read More]

The 20|21 International Art Fair will take place at the prestigious Royal College of Art, in Kensington Gore, London SW7, from 18 – 21 February 2010. The fair will be opened by the internationally acclaimed singer, Patti Boulaye FRSA, who has a [Read More]

The Portland Museum of Art has recently installed three major works of contemporary art by leading figures in today’s art world: Jenny Holzer, Richard Serra, and Ellsworth Kelly. This is the first time that these pieces have been exhibited in Maine. This [Read More]

This winter’s new acquisition exhibition is devoted to black-and-white photography, one of the strengths of the Museum’s growing collection. New Acquisitions 2009: In Black and White, on view January 9 through February 21, 2010 will feature 37 photographs, ranging from romanticized scenes [Read More]

Unveiling of Guercino’s Lot and His Daughters Causes Rare Relocation of Great Gallery Works It is a gap in its impressive collection of 17th-century masterworks that the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) has been trying to fill for more than 50 years. [Read More]

Christie’s New York announced details of Americana Week 2010, a series of public viewings and sales devoted to fine and rare examples of American artistry and craftsmanship. Included in the week are sales of Important American Silver (January 21), Important American Folk [Read More]

James N. Wood, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, announced today that Dr. Michael Brand has elected to step down as director of the J. Paul Getty Museum at the end of January. He will be available to serve [Read More]

Bill Moggridge, designer of the first laptop computer in 1980 and co-founder of IDEO, the renowned innovation and design firm, has been named director of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York, effective March 2010. Moggridge has a global reputation [Read More]

Katsura: Picturing Modernism in Japanese Architecture, Photographs by Ishimoto Yasuhiro marks 50th Anniversary of the 1960 book Katsura, Ishimoto´s collaboration with architects Kenzo Tange and Walter Gropius The exhibition and its publication explore the impact of Japanese tradition on Modernism in Japan [Read More]

“My paintings always begin with free improvisation. Then I become fascinated with how I can explore my first creative impulse and develop imagery, through the paint itself, associating shapes and experiences to enrich my work. I am not able to sketch out [Read More]