A Group Exhibition featuring Three Strong Women: Bethany Marchman, Edith Lebeau and Jennybird Alcantara. Opens August 7th from 7 pm until 11 pm Somewhere between traditional techniques and the influence of contemporary pop culture, three women artists from the USA and Canada [Read More]
Photography evoking the complex dimensions of people and places is on display at Northwestern University’s Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art this summer. “Place and Presence: Photography from the Collection,” the Block Museum’s summer 2009 exhibition, is opened to the public [Read More]
As a historical and path-breaking presentation of video art, Gallery Espace announces the grand finale of its one-year-long Video Wednesday programme with video art from more than 60 artists at Gallery Espace. Says Renu Modi, Director, Gallery Espace: “Video art has become [Read More]
Two inspiring exhibitions are opening at the International Slavery Museum this summer: Trafficked from 31 July 2009 to February 2010 and Black Britannia from 7 August 2009 to 28 February 2010. C Stop the Traffik.©Stop the TraffikC Stop the Traffik.©Stop the Traffik [Read More]
Singapore Art Museum will present the President’s Young Talents (PYT), a contemporary art exhibition series profiling the work of talented young artists from Singapore. PYT is jointly organised by the Istana and the Singapore Art Museum. Credit Suisse is the presenting sponsor [Read More]
A rare display of one of America’s foremost abstract painters will be unveiled this summer as part of the programme of ARTIST ROOMS exhibitions at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. The presentation of late works by Agnes Martin (1912-2004) will [Read More]
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will present Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, opening Sept. 10, 2009, in the Upper-Level Galleries. The show, which offers a unique perspective on Surrealism by examining the intersection of documentary photography, manipulated photography and [Read More]
It’s hard enough being one person let alone twelve. After thirty-five years of creating and personifying twelve very distinctive personalities, Mississippi expatriate artist Ed McGowin has produced a remarkable body of work that is rich in history and remarkable in complexity. Given [Read More]
Palm Springs Modern: Photographs by Julius Shulman offers a tour of the mid-century architecture and elegant lifestyles of Palm Springs , California . The exhibition features almost 100 original photographs by renowned photographer Julius Shulman of iconic designs by Modernist architects. Also [Read More]
Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, announces the availability of a new mobile application that extends the company’s online experience to a global audience of Apple mobile device users. Beginning July 15, Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users can enjoy optimized mobile [Read More]
Marlene Dumas, William Kentridge, David Goldblatt, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Antony Gormley and Yinka Shonibare are among the artists who have donated works to Art For Africa, a unique auction presenting for the first time such a major offering of works by [Read More]
This fall the Frye Art Museum will present an exhibition exploring the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and mythic history in recent art from the United States. The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art will be presented October 3, 2009 [Read More]
In an unprecedented collaboration between the two institutions, the Prado Museum will be launching the most ambitious educational programme of its history, aimed at schools and families. This new programme will officially last for four years (2009-2013) and will annually benefit more [Read More]
In Sargent and the Sea, the Corcoran Gallery of Art brings together for the first time more than 80 paintings, watercolors, and drawings depicting seascapes and coastal scenes from the early career of John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), the pre-eminent American expatriate painter [Read More]