In 1908 the London Underground (officially the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, later the London Passenger Transport Board, or LPTB), under the leadership of Frank Pick, began an aggressive promotional campaign that became one of the most successful, adventurous, and best [Read More]
San Diego Fine Art Society (SDFAS), a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening the pulse of the art community, presents ArtPulse:mobile, a new iPhone App that will give San Diegans and visitors unparalleled access to San Diego’s art and culture scene. This Gallery [Read More]
Very few of us have had the opportunity to experience the rich culture of Cuba by visiting the island nation. The Katonah Museum of Art will bring some of that culture to us when it opens Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from [Read More]
Illustrating its unconventional approach to displaying art, The Phillips Collection will present loosely themed groupings of some of its own masterworks with 25 masterpieces from Oberlin College’s Allen Memorial Art Museum. Half of the 24 paintings and one sculpture on loan from [Read More]
The Nasher Sculpture Center presents the first museum retrospective of drawings by contemporary British artist Rachel Whiteread. Featuring over 125 drawings and collages selected from the artist’s studio, as well as from leading public and private collections in Europe and the United [Read More]
Peter Blumhosts the exhibition John Zurier, Jason Fox, Richard Allen Morris, open through July 30, 2010 at 526 West 29 Street New York, NY 10001. The exhibition John Zurier, Jason Fox, Richard Allen Morris brings together 3 different painting positions. John Zurier: [Read More]
The National Museum of XXI Century Arts designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, will open to the public on Sunday 30 May, crowning the long-standing commitment by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage & Activities and the Ministry of Infrastructure. MAXXI is the [Read More]
The Toledo Museum of Art’s Interim Director Rod Bigelow announced that the Museum has received a $2 million lead gift to renovate its former glass gallery into a signature gallery for the Museum’s growing modern and contemporary collections. Perrysburg residents and long-time [Read More]
Art Alive Arts Trust is proud to present an exhibition of art works created by young offenders, ex-offenders and those at risk of re-offending as well as pieces by tutors of the trust. Art Alive Arts Trust is a registered charity that [Read More]
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Irish artist, Patrick Pappi Pearse, in United in Art. The exhibition is scheduled to run from June 04, 2010 through June 25, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, June 10, 2010). A native of Ireland, Patrick Pappi Pearse combines [Read More]
The June 4th evening sale is divided into two sections — in part because of the remarkably successful acquisition within the contemporary segment — with two corresponding catalogs: „Selected Works” and „Contemporary Art.” Works presented in the section of modern art span [Read More]
Nature became landscape long ago. Since the Romantic period landscape has furthermore been an aesthetic position. But what is landscape for the modern human being? The thematic exhibition “Open Landscape” at the Galerie Wagner + Partner provides a juxtaposition of multigenerational photographic [Read More]
Christie’s London will auction works from the Nicolette Wernick Collection. It will be offered for sale on the morning of Wednesday 16 June, followed by the strong various owner sale of Victorian and British Impressionist Pictures including Drawings and Watercolours. Comprising 91 [Read More]
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco welcomes the United States debut of Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay on view at the de Young Museum May 22 to September 6, 2010. The exhibition includes approximately 100 paintings from the [Read More]