Unique initiative to develop creative dialogue between UAE women artists and the world Wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs, Her Highness Sheikha Manal Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Women’s Establishment [Read More]
RENNES – On May 16, the world will see the opening of the first Ateliers de Rennes–Biennial of Contemporary Art. Instigated by Art Norac, the corporate sponsorship association of the Norac agribusiness group, the first biennial, titled Shared Values, has been designed [Read More]
MOSCOW – Following Sotheby’s 2007 and recent 2008 exhibition previews of Russian, International Contemporary and Impressionist & Modern Art in Moscow, Sotheby’s is delighted to announce that in May 2008 the company will stage its first-ever exhibition in Kiev, Ukraine. This initiative [Read More]
Eleven Paintings On Loan From Sir Elton John’s Collection Of Henry Scott Tuke’s Work Bonhams is sponsoring a major exhibition of Henry Scott Tuke’s work, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth. The retrospective exhibition entitled “Catching the Light” [Read More]
LOS ANGELES- Medieval and Renaissance images of Christ provided visual accounts of the historical Christ described in the Gospels and powerful entry points to prayer. Imagining Christ at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, May 6 through July 27, [Read More]
The first exhibition to explore “painting softly,” a previously unexamined approach to painting exemplified in works by James McNeill Whistler and George Inness, will be presented at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, from June 22 through October [Read More]
NEW YORK – Google launched a collection of new themes created by leading artists for iGoogle, Google’s personalized homepage. With iGoogle, users can access and arrange the content they want on their homepage to personalize their web experience. Google has collaborated with [Read More]
Houston, Texas – EnergyImages.Com will present ten works of art by its newly developed subsidiary EvolutionaryImages. Works from local artists Mieko Mahi, Marcus Mann, and David Nunez will be presented. Open to the public, visitors may come at their leisure to the [Read More]
New York, NY – Barebrush.com, announces the opening of the May Nudes-of-the-Month art calendar exhibition. Five art works on the May calendar vie for recognition as of Nude-of-the-Month and prizes. Guest curator, artist Robert W. Pillsbury selected thirty one artists from among [Read More]
Artist Paula Scher’s map paintings present revealing portraits of the world. Using real maps as a source of reference, she charts out the place in question and in the process, blurs the lines between subjective and objective, and fact and fiction. Reflected [Read More]
The Catto Gallery is hosting a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Alain Bertrand, from 18th May until 5th June, 2008, to coincide with the UK launch of his new book ‘American Classic’ (price £25). This latest book is an illustrated overview [Read More]
During his first visit to Tahiti (June 9, 1891 – June 14, 1893) Gauguin fell under the spell of the legendary beauty of Tahitian women. Upon his arrival, he drew a set of impressive portraits charged with nobility. These drawings on paper [Read More]
Chicago, IL – The Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, presents Seeing The City: Sloan’s New York, on view May 22 – September 14, 2008. John Sloan’s images of New York helped define the city in the popular imagination. In gritty [Read More]
Artfest International, Inc. (OTCBB: ARTI – News) announced the addition of 5 new exclusive world-renowned Russian artists to its growing list of artists. Artfest acquired exclusive licensing rights to these new Russian art pieces as part of their goal of bringing top [Read More]