When every 750 students in a Chicago Public School share one half-time art or music teacher, how do students get the opportunity to explore ways of learning that can mean the difference between academic success and failure? Convergence09, an exhibit organized by [Read More]
The Old Vic with Artistic Director Kevin Spacey and renowned theatre group Punchdrunk have been joined by the Young Vic to create a unique and breathtaking art installation, Tunnel 228, within a truly unique space in the archways beneath Waterloo train station. [Read More]
PhotoEspaña 2009 opens its doors this year with an anthological exhibition of a photographer who has been a privileged witness of the everyday life in Spanish villages. The exhibition, at Museu Colecção Berardo, includes about a hundred images of series like Village [Read More]
Mind’s Eye Fine Art Storage and Transportation company has added a climatic van to its assortment of climate-controlled vehicles, bringing an additional element of versatility and ease to the transport needs of their clients. Mind’s Eye offers a wide range of fine [Read More]
Following the success of last year’s Posters sales at Bloomsbury Auctions, a private French collector has consigned a glorious group of 25 posters from the 1920s and 30s designed by the legendary Roger Broder. Posters are the first part of Bloomsbury’s Maps [Read More]
At a time of unprecedented interest in the role of colour in graphic design, fashion and interior design, Tate Liverpool will be presenting Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today. The exhibition looks at the moment in twentieth-century art, when a group [Read More]
The Directors of Frieze Art Fair, Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, have announced the details of the 2009 fair. Frieze Art Fair is the UK’s most important art event and one of the world’s most influential contemporary art fairs. Sponsored by Deutsche [Read More]
The Athens Print Fest ’09 / First Edition is being organized by the Greek Printmakers’ Association and the Cultural Organization of the Municipality of Athens, from June 3rd to 28th, 2009, in various locations in the city of Athens. The Festival opens [Read More]
The first major New York exhibition in 20 years devoted to Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992)—one of the most important painters of the 20th century—will be presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 20 through August 16, 2009. Marking the 100th [Read More]
Wanda Pipen’s international acclaim grows as students from South Chadderton School near Manchester, England have chosen to study her and her nature-based paintings. Wanda Pipen, an internationally collected artist, was recently chosen by the students of South Chadderton School near Manchester, England, [Read More]
Savvy collectors, directors of leading fine art galleries, employers searching for superior creative talent, and passionate art enthusiasts all converge each May for the Academy of Art University’s display of fresh, award-winning art. Whether for scouting, purchasing, or pure admiring, the thousands [Read More]
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the 2009 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to Cécile Whiting for her book “Pop L.A.: Art and the City in the 1960s” (University of California Press, 2006). It is recognized [Read More]
It’s the summer of change at the Art Gallery of Ontario as two new exhibitions complement the current Surreal Things in an exploration of art as a catalyst for social and political change. Opening this weekend and continuing through August 30, Angelika [Read More]
As an institution, the art museum accumulates a large amount of powerful energy from various dynamic and creative spirits, which it then shares with the audience. Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexander Vinogradov reveal the secret life of an imaginary museum hidden from the [Read More]