Program and Special Events Announced for FotoFest 2010 Biennial

HOUSTON, TX.- FotoFest announced the programs for the United States’ largest citywide celebration of photography, the FotoFest 2010 Biennial. Focusing for the first time on the theme of Contemporary U.S. Photography, the Biennial highlights four exhibitions on Contemporary U.S. Photography by invited curators from different regions of the country. These principal exhibitions feature the work of 45 U.S. artists, and are accompanied by a fifth, non-thematic exhibition, Discoveries of the Meeting Place, spotlighting ten artists who presented work in the [...]

Norton Simon Announces Exhibition of Lithographs by Ellsworth Kelly

PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum presents an exhibition of twenty lithographs of botanical subjects by American artist Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923). Though Kelly is best known for his large-scale, color field paintings, Plants, Flowers and Fruits showcases his equally compelling efforts in the print medium. Executed on paper like a drawing and then transferred to a lithography stone, these prints present simple black lines that delineate pears, cyclamen and magnolia petals, among other subjects. All of the specimens have [...]

The Joan Miró Foundation Acquisition of New Works on Paper Offer a New Approach to View Joan Miró

BARCELONA.- The Joan Miró Foundation is adding seventeen new original works on paper, loaned by the Miró family, to its permanent displays. With the assistance of the Catalan Government, it has also remodelled its Permanent Collection. The Miró Foundation opened its doors in 1975 as a centre for contemporary art where both experts and the general public could come into contact with Miró’s work through the pieces the artist, as well as his friends and relatives, donated to the institution. [...]

Refreshingly Experimental and Affordable Works of Art Shown at London Art Fair

LONDON.- London Art Fair is the premier UK art fair for Modern British and Contemporary art. Now in its 22nd year, it features over 100 galleries presenting the great names of 20th Century British art and exceptional contemporary work from leading figures and emerging talent. Art Projects Now in its 6th year, the Art Projects section expands into a new space with 25 projects featuring emerging artists and new work. Established as one of the most exciting sections of the [...]

Stolen Painting “Beach in Pourville” by Claude Monet Found After 10 Years

WARSAW.- A Monet painting that was cut from its frame 10 years ago at a museum in western Poland and replaced with a copy painted on cardboard has been recovered, police said Wednesday. Officers also have arrested a suspect who had the French Impressionist’s “Beach in Pourville” in his possession and confessed to stealing it, officials said. Poznan police spokesman Romuald Piecuch said that officers detained the 41-year-old man in the southern city of Olkusz Tuesday. The painting, which shows [...]

Sculptures by Polish Artist Gregor Gaida on View at Galerie Adler

FRANKFURT AM MAIN.- Quantum physics postulates that a particle can follow every possible path in space-time on its way from one place to another and thus live through every possible story. Each of these possibilities describes one story and the sum of all these stories results in the only ‘probable’ path while each possible story holds a probability of its own. Gregor Gaida (*1975 Chorzów, Poland) has taken on this scientific onset and transferred it to life and art. In [...]

Pastrana Collegiate Church Exhibits Restored Tapestries at Cinquantenaire Museum

BRUSSELS.- The Cinquantenaire Museum in Brussels as of yesterday began an exhibition of four restored Flemish tapestries from the Colegiatea de Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion de Pastrana as part of the cultural program planned by the Spanish Presidency of the EU which will continue through to early this spring and end on March 14. In 2009 the de Wit Royal manufacturers of Michelin in collaboraton with the Fundacion Carlos de Amberes restored the 11m x 4m Flemish pieces that [...]

Marlins Select Artists Daniel Arsham/Snarkitecture For Two Large Public Commissions at New Ballpark

MIAMI, FL.- Miami-raised artist Daniel Arsham and his collaborative practice Snarkitecture have been commissioned to create two large signature features for Miami’s new Florida Marlins ballpark. The new 37,000-seat stadium, situated on the site of the former Orange Bowl in Little Havana, is scheduled to open in 2012. The $5.3 million Art in Public Places budget, a requirement for all new Miami-Dade county buildings to set aside 1.5% of the capital costs for public art, will encompass four projects, two [...]

Solo Exhibition of Paintings by Maximilian Toth at Fredericks & Freiser

NEW YORK, NY.- Fredericks & Freiser presents a solo exhibition of paintings by Maximilian Toth. Toth makes large-scale canvases of sketchy figures on chalkboard-black grounds. His figures consciously suggest a process, a fast rendering of a moment by which the raw physicality of a line describes both the potential to uncover a narrative as well as the active presence of a narrator. Little Beasts will present five large canvases and two drawings. Toth addresses the personal mythologies of suburban boys [...]

First Ever Exhibition Devoted to Indian Portraits Announced

LONDON.- An important exhibition telling the story of the Indian portrait over three centuries will open at the National Portrait Gallery on 11 March 2010. Bringing together 60 works from international public and private collections, The Indian Portrait 1560-1860 will celebrate the beauty, power and humanity of these works of art. The exhibition sets out to show that Indian portraiture – an area of artistic achievement overlooked in Britain – should be seen alongside other outstanding portraits from around the [...]

Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Appoints New Chief Curator

BOSTON, MA.- After an extensive search, the Institute of Contemporary Art has appointed a new chief curator, Helen Molesworth, effective February 22. A distinguished scholar, writer, and curator, Molesworth comes to the ICA from the Harvard Art Museum where she served as head of the department of modern and contemporary art and the museum’s Houghton Curator of Contemporary Art. “When Harvard announced the appointment of Helen Molesworth, I was struck by the brilliance of the hire,” says Jill Medvedow, director [...]

Matisse Poetry Illustrations Come to Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA.- Simple line drawings aren’t what most art lovers think of when people mention Henri Matisse, who’s better known for his vivid, colorful paintings. The artist produced dozens of drawings and etchings as illutrations for the work of French poets Stephane Mallarme and Pierre Ronsard. Matisse’s drawings appeared alongside the poems in his “Florilege des Amours de Ronsard” and “Poesies” collections, published in the 1930s and ’40s. Sixty-three of the illustrations will be on display at the Museum of [...]

Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson to Represent Iceland at the Venice Biennale in 2011

REYKJAVIK.- The Spanish-Icelandic artist duo Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson have been chosen to exhibit on Iceland’s behalf at the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2011. Their work is characterized by their at once attentive and critical, analytical and emotional gaze and their interest in identifying the many questions that the present raises. The trans-cultural tendency in today’s world and the complex relationships that spring from it is one of the artist’s main concerns. Castro, born [...]

Concurrent Solo Exhibitions by Three Gallery Artists at Conner Contemporary

WASHINGTON, DC.- Conner Contemporary Art presents concurrent solo exhibitions by three gallery artists: Jeremy Kost, Taylor Baldwin and Matthew Sutton. Jeremy Kost’s latest body of work, “Anyone Other Than Me…,” reveals the intensely personal nature of his art. The growing notoriety of the artist’s captivating photographs – of club kids, celebrities, transsexuals, and beautiful young men – issues from his prowess in the New York social scene, a deliberately cultivated capacity, which lies at the core of his creative process. [...]

Art Dubai Announces Strong Selection Participating Galleries for 2010

DUBAI.- Art Dubai announced a strong selection of more than 60 of the worlds’ most exciting emerging and established contemporary galleries for the fourth edition of Art Dubai. Whilst the selection of galleries confirms Art Dubai’s diverse geographical connections, the fair has capitalised on the successful introduction of solo projects in 2009 with nearly a third of all participants now presenting exhibitions by individual artists. The international reach of galleries originating from 30 countries demonstrates a continued confidence in the [...]