The distinguished jury panel of the Chinese Art Prize today announced the Gold and Silver Prize awardees of the 2008 Chinese Art Prize, a gala event at Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai. The winners: Min Xiaofang (Gold) and Kang Yongfeng (Silver). The Viewers’ [Read More]
The largest exhibition of Western art by black artists ever assembled opens December 20 at the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. “The Black West: Buffalo Soldiers, Black Cowboys and Untold Stories” features 65 works of art by 16 contemporary African [Read More]
ACM SIGGRAPH announces the call for Art Papers for SIGGRAPH 2009, taking place 3-7 August in New Orleans, Louisiana. SIGGRAPH encourages paper submissions on topics that explore the creation of art and its place in society, helping people understand the changing roles [Read More]
Each year during the holiday season, artists across the country hope to receive a very special commission: the official White House holiday card. Once commissioned, the artist gains immediate notoriety since his or her work is mailed to more than one million [Read More]
The Executive Committee of the Board of Museum Associates, the non-profit that operates the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has presented a plan to the Board of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) outlining the terms of a proposed merger. [Read More]
The popular online art gallery, OverstockArt.com, has officially released the annual Top 10 Oil Paintings rankings for 2008. After a complete domination of the top spot by renowned Dutch master, Vincent Van Gogh, a relative new comer, Gustav Klimt, has taken over [Read More]
A groundbreaking exhibition devoted to one of the greatest living painters opens at the National Portrait Gallery on 26 February 2009. Gerhard Richter Portraits is the first major exhibition to show a selection of Richter’s portraits across the entire span of his [Read More]
In the last few years, photographer Annie Bertram has made a name for herself with her unique style, and the Gothic art scene can hardly do without her: among others, she did artwork for albums by such popular bands as Blutengel, Scream [Read More]
Opening Reception Saturday, December 13, 2008 from 7 to 10pm On View December 13 until December 31, 2008 Corey Helford Gallery is proud to present “These Predicaments”, a solo exhibition of new works by pop surrealist David Stoupakis. For his second solo [Read More]
From December 10-18 artnet Online Auctions will feature a special sale of prints and works on paper by Alexander Calder from the 1960s and 1970s. Leading the sale is a group of 28 prints with estimates from $500-$3,000. Three works from 1969, [Read More]
Fat Brain Toy Co. announced today that they have launched their brand new toy, Twig (R), exclusively in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s catalog and store, the Met Kids. Known for their unique, high-quality and high-style products, the Met Kids will be [Read More]
MAK Exhibition Hall presents Recollecting: Looted Art and Restitution, on view through February 15, 2009. The show entitled “Recollecting” presents art and everyday objects from Jewish possession and their history between robbery and restitution. Especially for the exhibition, new artworks were created [Read More]
The Agora Gallery (530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York, NY, 10001) is proud to present Rania Mesiskli in The Odyssey Within: Fine Art by Artists Living in Italy and Greece and of Italian and Greek Origin. Scheduled to run from December [Read More]
Hanns Bolz was one of the most influential precursors of Modernism in the early 20th century. A contemporary of his, the writer Karl Otten, pronounced that Bolz’s “pictures went further than even Delaunay and Picasso dared to go”. Many of Hanns Bolz’s [Read More]