The City of Sydney was awarded Australia’s most prestigious urban design award for excellence for the restoration of Paddington Reservoir Gardens. The ‘Australian Award for Urban Design’ highlights design excellence and innovation in the built environment and acknowledges the critical role of [Read More]
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The fifth annual Art of Photography Show, an international competition and exhibition of photographic art, announced today that they will be donating 100% of their portion of art sales revenue during the 2009 exhibition to an international charity based here in San [Read More]
Twenty two outstanding photographs depicting all walks of Sydney life from a bulging body builder to burlesque dancers to a centenarian’s wedding have been chosen as finalists in this year’s Sydney Life photography exhibition. The images will be blown up to bed [Read More]
Featuring the artwork of some of the world’s premier contemporary artists such as Dave Burke, Brian Despain, Charlene Chua, Milen and Gianluca Mattia, these apps open the artists’ work to new audiences through a unique app design. “As fans of many contemporary [Read More]
In a 50,000 sq ft. gallery space, thirty artists and thirty out-of-work professionals will participate in Recession Art Sale, an art and commerce event in the center of Manhattan from September 17 – October 10, 2009. Amidst a glass-walled space at 679 [Read More]
An exciting juried fine art show will debut in downtown Baltimore on August 22-23, 2009. The festival will encompass two locations in downtown; one at the Power Plant along the Inner Harbor near the National Aquarium on Pratt Street and the other [Read More]
GUY HEPNER is proud to present an exhibition of new silkscreen images by RUSSELL YOUNG titled DIRTY, PRETTY THINGS, opening September 12 and running through September 25, with an opening party with the artist attending on Saturday, September 12 from 7 – [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to welcome Fredric Backlar as Consultant in African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art. An auction professional credited with several discoveries in the field, Backlar joins a firm with a longstanding reputation of handling high quality works and collections [Read More]
The Wadsworth Atheneum announced today the completion of a large-scale reinstallation of its famed Hudson River School collection, considered the finest of its kind held by any museum. The more than 30-piece installation will be housed in the museum’s newly renovated Huntington [Read More]
Forty-four of Santa Barbara’s leading artists Santa Barbara’s leading artists will open their studios to the public for Santa Barbara Studio Artists’ Annual Tour over Labor Day weekend, from 11 am to 5 pm, Saturday September 5th and Sunday September 6th, 2009. [Read More]
The de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University presents three collections from September 26 to December 4: Art of Richard Mayhew: Journey’s End, A Sense of Place: Location/Inspiration, and The Eclectic Eye: Works from a Private Collection. Richard Mayhew, who claims both [Read More]
Christie’s First Open sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art will offer an array of exciting paintings, sculptures, and works on paper on September 23. Presenting the opportunity to enhance an existing collection or start one anew, First Open kicks off the category’s [Read More]
A major gift from Edward Lenkin (C’71, PAR’12) has enabled the Penn Libraries to acquire an outstanding collection of historical photographs of the Holy Land. The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography at the Penn Libraries comprises 3,763 original photographs, primarily of Jerusalem [Read More]
1997 was an eventful year – the death of Mother Teresa and Princess Diana sent shockwaves all over the world; Tobacco companies were finally getting ready to file settlement for a plethora of lawsuits litigated against the industry for smoking-related health problems; [Read More]