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]
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), who came to the fore in the 1950s, was one of the great artists of our age. He was also a prominent chronicler of American culture in the second half of the twentieth century, as evidenced in a new [Read More]
Bruce Ratner, the Chairman and CEO of Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), the developer of Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, announced today that the award-winning architectural firms Ellerbe Becket and SHoP Architects will collaborate on the design of the Barclays Center, the new [Read More]
Master fine-art photographer Nicholas A. Price spent 18 months, from 2005 to 2007, capturing images of the men and women of the U.S. Air Force to tell the story of their pride and dedication, stamina and service. Price took more than 8,000 [Read More]
The first-ever, large-scale outdoor exhibition in the U.S. of famed French artists, Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne’s sculptures. On September 12th beginning at 10:30 AM, Park Avenue between 52nd and 57th Streets will be transformed into a public exhibition space for the fanciful [Read More]
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA)’s Board of Directors unanimously approved five artists to create significant public artwork for the new Transbay Transit Center. The five artists selected by the Board to develop the conceptual proposals of installations for the new Transit [Read More]
For the first time since it was acquired by the National Gallery, London, and the National Galleries of Scotland, Titian’s Diana and Actaeon is going on display at Trafalgar Square. ‘Diana and Actaeon’ will hang in Room 10 of the National Gallery [Read More]
Christie’s have announced the auction of Galerie Popoff – An Enduring Passion for Russian Art which will take place on 12 and 13 October 2009 in London, and which will present exceptional Russian works of art from one of the most renowned [Read More]
Tate Modern opens its latest Level 2 exhibition Authority to Remove on 10 September 2009. The exhibition of works by Jill Magid is based on the artist’s commission by the Dutch Secret Service in 2005. Level 2 is Tate Modern’s space for [Read More]
Target has transformed its iconic Times Square billboards into an artistic homage to New York City with the unveiling of largerthan life commissioned works from emerging artists. The billboards, which will remain on display through the end of October, will take on [Read More]
Galleries comprise largest permanent space dedicated to Korean art outside of South Korea; reopen with a hundred objects on view As part of its ongoing Transformation, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) unveils its newly reinstalled Korean galleries, which comprise [Read More]
Comprising 170 works, the exhibition Impressionism – Painting Light unfolds the mesmerizing world of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting. On view 11 September 2009 – 10 January 2010. In addition to 75 paintings from the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud in Cologne, the show [Read More]
The Racine Art Museum presents a career survey of the works of internationally recognized ceramic sculptor Michael Lucero. “Collection Focus – Michael Lucero at RAM”, open September 20, 2009 through January 17, 2010, is the third in an ongoing series of exhibitions [Read More]
Library and Archives Canada today corrected inaccurate and misleading information reported by members of the media concerning the status of the Portrait Gallery of Canada. The status of the Portrait Gallery of Canada has not been changed. It continues to be an [Read More]