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]
MoMA presents In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960-1976, an exhibition of 75 works by ten American and European artists relating to travel and the city of Amsterdam, on view from July 19 to October 5, 2009, in the [Read More]
John Baldessari (b1931) is widely regarded as one of contemporary art’s foremost conceptual artists. Tate Modern presents the first major retrospective of his work in the UK opening on 13 October 2009. John Baldessari: Pure Beauty will bring together more than 130 [Read More]
Pablo Picasso’s lifelong relationship with writers and the ways language affected his work is the focus of an exhibition coming to the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. “Picasso and the Allure of Language” includes 60 works created by Picasso between [Read More]
In 2008, the American designer George Nelson (1908-1986) would have celebrated his 100th birthday. To commemorate this occasion, the Vitra Design Museum is planning the first comprehensive retrospective of his work. Ball Clock, 1948. Photo: Vitra Design Museum Nelson was one of [Read More]
Christie’s New York presents the mid-season Prints & Multiples sale on July 22. Comprised of a cross section of movements and styles, this well selected offering includes work by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Paul Gauguin, Joan Miró, Sam [Read More]
The innovations and artistry of Louis Comfort Tiffany will be explored in an exhibition of his blown glass works opening at The Corning Museum of Glass on November 1, 2009, and running through October 31, 2010. Tiffany Treasures: Favrile Glass from Special [Read More]
Digitally growing plants and a mechanical eye that mirrors the blink of a visitor’s gaze will be among the digital works that will feature in Decode: Digital Design Sensations. The exhibition will show the latest developments in digital and interactive design, from [Read More]
An exhibition of new and recent work by Australian contemporary artist Louisa Bufardeci and Japanese artist Zon Ito will be presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) this winter. The exhibition, which runs from 28 July until 25 October 2009, represents [Read More]
Monograph on Marie Šechtlová, one of most influential Czech photographers of 1960s, with texts by the author, Antonín Dufek and Jan Kříž. Book contains 100 full page photographs from her most famous series including Nudes, New York, Russia, Romani People, Circus, Music, portraits of Josef Šíma, František Hrubín, Jean Effel etc. Book contains also additional […]
Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art is pleased to announce their recent addition of three oil painters. Nathan Distefano, a Doylestown PA resident, has benn painting large scale city scapes for several years. His paintings are brightly colored oils on a black [Read More]
The RISD Museum of Art presents The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, featuring 85 objects from the RISD Museum’s outstanding collection of Renaissance and Baroque prints—until now unpublished and rarely viewed—as well as objects from major public institutions such [Read More]
In honor of the 101st birthday of the great chronicler of African American life in Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art will pair classic photographs by Charles “Teenie” Harris with 50 prize-winning snapshots by children living in Pittsburgh neighborhoods today. Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris, [Read More]
The Roundhouse will be converted into a giant musical instrument which members of the public will be invited to play. An old pump organ will be set at the heart of the Main Space with a series of cables and wires attached [Read More]