The works of Farida Batool serve as metaphors for the political upheavals and tumultuous history of her country. They identify with the fear that is spread throughout Pakistan and the many citizens who have suffered at the hands of the regime; yet [Read More]
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The Civil Rights Struggle, African-American GIs, and Germany, a ground-breaking multimedia exhibition, acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic, that chronicles the little-known history and experience of African American GIs in Germany will be on view at the James W. Palmer III [Read More]
Through October 31, 2009, Camera Work Gallery is presenting works by French photographer Jean-Baptiste Huynh. Jean-Baptiste Huynh’s square photographs always reveal exceptional portraits and minimalist still lives. Specific details present to the viewer objects such as shiny knives but also, in addition, [Read More]
Exhibiting for the first time in the UK, Hamiltons presents Italian photographer Benno Graziani’s iconic black and white and colour images from the legendary, glamorous glory-days of the rich and famous, spent on the French-Italian Riviera in the fifties, sixties and early [Read More]
From 25‐27th September 2009, the cosmopolitan financial capital of India, Mumbai will be hosting the celebrated Indian contemporary Art Expo. Leading Indian and international art galleries will be taking part in this event. The Art Expo promises to be a significant cultural [Read More]
Christie’s will offer on 8 December 2009 in London one of the most important Baroque paintings to be presented at auction in a generation, and one of the most significant Old Masters to be offered in recent years. Saint John the Evangelist [Read More]
On December 17, 2009, Sotheby’s will offer property from the collection of noted event planner, Robert Isabell (1952-2009). For more than twenty years, Mr. Isabell was at the helm of nearly every major event hosted by the upper echelon of society; lending [Read More]
Renowned maritime artist John M. Barber, painter of the Chesapeake Bay, will join son Joshua R. Barber, painter of modern icons, for their first-ever joint art exhibition October 9. The show, “Barber vs. Barber,” is John Barber’s first major Richmond show in [Read More]
Five visual arts researchers have each been awarded a fellowship by the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) as part of its Research Fellowships Program. This program encourages and supports advanced research on the NGC’s collections, including those in the Library and Archives. [Read More]
Pacific Asia Museum presents a multi-cultural exhibition that explores the idea of art as a strategy for breaking down concepts of painting/writing, legibility/illegibility, insider/outsider and Asian art/Western art. Curated by Collette Chattopadhyay, Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art will be [Read More]
This exhibition transports the viewers deep into the shady glens and dramatic gorges, over the rugged terrain of giant boulders, and to the edges marshes that make up the varied topography of this former royal hunting domain which became the cradle and [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art presents Monet’s Water Lilies from September 13, 2009, to April 12, 2010, an installation that features the full group of late paintings by Claude Monet (1840-1926) in the collection for the first time since the Museum’s reopening [Read More]
Sotheby’s Frieze Week Contemporary Art Auction in London on Friday, October 16, 2009, will be highlighted by a group of nine works whose proceeds will benefit Harefield Hospital. The artworks in a range of media have been donated by leading Contemporary artists [Read More]
Ida Ekblad, Marius Engh, Anawana Haloba and Lars Laumann – have been nominated for the StatoilHydro art award 2009. The prize will be awarded in Oslo, Norway, in December. The StatoilHydro art award is a biennial award, the purpose of which is [Read More]