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Japanese Museums Dominates Art Newspaper Exhibition Ranking Japanese Museums Dominates Art Newspaper Exhibition Ranking

April 3, 2010 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


LONDON.- Japanese museums dominated a new table of the world’s top art exhibitions in 2009, according to a survey in The Art Newspaper. Ranked by daily entries as opposed to overall visitors, Tokyo National Museum’s “Ashura” exhibition, featuring one of the nation’s most famous Buddhist statues and other treasures from the Kohfukuji temple, topped the list. A visitor looks at the painting "Red Spot II" by Russian artist Vassily Kandinsky at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. According to the Art Newspaper this was the seventh... [Full Article]

New Works by New York Artist Jack Pierson at Regen Projects New Works by New York Artist Jack Pierson at Regen Projects

April 3, 2010 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects presents an exhibition of new works by New York artist Jack Pierson. Pierson’s oeuvre is extraordinary: photography, sculpture, installation, painting, bookmaking and drawing. His subject matter and iconography deals with themes of loss, longing, faded glamour and nostalgia. Working with narratives that are both familiar and removed, Pierson constructs fiction to explore memory. Desire drives the work in whatever shape it takes and that desire is inextricably linked to beauty, conventional or unexpected. Beauty in his ... [Full Article]

Paintings by Norbert Prangenberg at Betty Cuningham Gallery Paintings by Norbert Prangenberg at Betty Cuningham Gallery

April 3, 2010 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


NEW YORK, NY.- Betty Cuningham Gallery presents an exhibition of the paintings of Norbert Prangenberg. This will be the artist’s first exhibition at the gallery and is being presented in collaboration with Bernd Schellhorn of Berlin, Germany. The artist will be present for an opening reception on Thursday, April 1. Included in the exhibition will be a selection of approximately 30 of Prangenberg’s recent paintings. Although primarily known as a sculptor, Prangenberg has always worked in a variety of media; his sculptures, paintings, drawings, and prints... [Full Article]

Pinazo and Watercolour on View at the Valencian Institute of Modern Art Pinazo and Watercolour on View at the Valencian Institute of Modern Art

April 3, 2010 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


VALENCIA.- The director of the IVAM, Consuelo Ciscar, Ageval director general, Enrique Perez Boada, corporate sponsor of the exhibition and the curators of the show, Aida Pons Moreno and Francisco Javier Perez Rojas, have presented the exhibition “Pinazo and the Watercolor “, which opens to the public at 20.00 hours today and can be visited until the next May 23. Ignacio Pinazo, "Casalicio de Godella", s.f. Within the frame of the exhibitions being organized by the IVAM in order to show different approaches of Ignacio Pinazo’s work... [Full Article]

Chess Up Your Interior at Christie’s Interiors: Style & Spirit Sale Chess Up Your Interior at Christie’s Interiors: Style & Spirit Sale

April 3, 2010 by   - Filed under Art Market


SOUTH KENSINGTON.- Christie’s South Kensington’s second Interiors: Style & Spirit sale of the year, to be held on 18 May 2010, includes a special section dedicated to the ancient game of chess. Twenty-five chess sets are on offer, sure to excite and intrigue chess players and aficionados, as well as those captivated by their character and workmanship. The selection on offer is of the utmost quality and condition. Made from a variety of materials, including carved and turned ivory, amber, blood stone and agate pieces, the sets offered originate from... [Full Article]

Erin B. Coe Takes on New Role at The Hyde Collection as Deputy Director Erin B. Coe Takes on New Role at The Hyde Collection as Deputy Director

April 3, 2010 by   - Filed under Artists & People


GLENS FALLS, NY.- The Hyde Collection Executive Director David F. Setford has announced that Erin B. Coe has been promoted to deputy director, curatorial affairs and programming, which went into effect January 1, 2010. Coe, who has served The Hyde as chief curator since 1999, was also appointed deputy director in 2007. In her new capacity, she will continue to serve as the Museum’s chief curator and take on additional responsibilities including overseeing the education department. In her expanded role, she works closely with The Hyde’s director of education... [Full Article]

Museo Esteban Vicente Presents “Esteban Vicente: Drawings 1920-2000″ Museo Esteban Vicente Presents “Esteban Vicente: Drawings 1920-2000″

April 3, 2010 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


SEGOVIA.- The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, with this exhibition, takes a new approach to the study of Esteban Vicente, an artist who built one of the most interesting careers in twentieth-century Spanish painting. Until now there has never been a detailed study of his drawings. We are showing works from the 1920s till 2000 (Esteban Vicente died in 2001). There are thus nearly eighty years of his development, the evolution of a way of seeing and of the process of creating his own world. Esteban Vicente, Untitled (Port Scene, Barcelona) Sin... [Full Article]

National Gallery of Canada Foundation Outlines Future Direction National Gallery of Canada Foundation Outlines Future Direction

April 3, 2010 by   - Filed under Museums & Galleries


OTTAWA.- The National Gallery of Canada Foundation outlined yesterday its plans for its future direction and activities, following the broader organizational realignment announced by the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) on March 25. The Foundation expressed its strong support for the “institutional realignment” announced by Gallery Director and CEO Marc Mayer and approved by the Gallery’s Board of Trustees. “The steps taken by the National Gallery of Canada to achieve greater overall effectiveness in delivering its mandate as a leading national and... [Full Article]

International Slavery Museum Proves to Be Popular International Slavery Museum Proves to Be Popular

April 3, 2010 by   - Filed under Museums & Galleries


LIVERPOOL.- The International Slavery Museum at Albert Dock has welcomed its millionth visitor. The venue, situated on the third floor of the Merseyside Maritime Museum, opened in 2007 and looks at aspects of historical and contemporary slavery. It had been receiving more than 350,000 visitors a year and hit the millionth mark this week. The museum is an international hub for resources on human rights issues and actively campaigns against racism and discrimination Richard Benjamin, Head of the International Slavery Museum, said: “We’re delighted... [Full Article]

Teotihuacan Lineage at Tikal Studied Teotihuacan Lineage at Tikal Studied

April 3, 2010 by   - Filed under Antiques & Archaeology


MEXICO CITY.- Iconographic studies of Teotihuacan murals confirm the extension of the lineage of a ruler of the ancient city of Tikal, Guatemala, already revealed by epigraphists of the Maya area. The aforementioned investigation sums up to interpretations of Stele 31 of Tikal that relate to the dynastic line of Atlatl-Cauac (“Dart-thrower Owl”), possible ruler of Teotihuacan between 374 and 439 AD, and whose son, Yax Nuun Ayiin I, was seignior of Tikal. The emblem of this lineage would be represented by the image of a bird with a shield, observed in Teotihuacan... [Full Article]

MoMA Salutes Creative Capital, Supporter of Risk-Taking, Experimental Artists, with an Exhibition MoMA Salutes Creative Capital, Supporter of Risk-Taking, Experimental Artists, with an Exhibition

April 3, 2010 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


NEW YORK, NY.- Recognizing the extraordinary contribution that the New York-based nonprofit organization Creative Capital has made to sustaining art of the highest quality in the United States, The Museum of Modern Art will present an exhibition of 37 original, impassioned, and rebellious films and videos that Creative Capital has funded and nurtured over the past 11 years. Presented from April 30 through June 6, 2010, the exhibition will include the premieres of three new works and two live moving-image musical performances among its showcase of 17 shorts and... [Full Article]

Idea Generation Gallery Presents One of the Greatest Album Artists Idea Generation Gallery Presents One of the Greatest Album Artists

March 31, 2010 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


LONDON.- Idea Generation Gallery presents a unique exhibition uncovering some of the events, exstallations, sculptures, images, drawings, and ideas behind Storm Thorgerson’s 40 year career as one of the pioneers of original commercial design. The retrospective is not only an exhibition of his most celebrated covers but also offers a unique insight into the otherworldly and incongruous work Storm is carrying out today. Storm’s distinctive imagery is among the most recognisable in the modern world. Creating visually arresting and thought provoking visuals,... [Full Article]

Rare Work by Javanese Artist Raden Saleh to be Offered at Christie’s Rare Work by Javanese Artist Raden Saleh to be Offered at Christie’s

March 31, 2010 by   - Filed under Art Market, Featured


HONG KONG.- An extremely rare work by the celebrated 19th century Javanese artist Raden Sarief Bustaman Saleh will lead the sale of Christie’s Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary Art in Hong Kong on 30 May. Titled “Javanese Landscape, with Tigers Listening to the Sound of a Travelling Group” (estimate: HK$10,000,000 – 14,000,000 /US$1,282,000 – 1,795,000), this extraordinary work has an impeccable provenance dating back to 1849, when the artist gave this painting to his patron His Highness Ernest II, Duke and ruler of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,... [Full Article]

Abstract Expressionist Joan Mitchell Subject of Three-Part Exhibition Abstract Expressionist Joan Mitchell Subject of Three-Part Exhibition

March 31, 2010 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


NEW ORLEANS, LA.- The Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University presents Joan Mitchell in New Orleans, on view March 31 – June 30, 2010. Organized in collaboration with the Joan Mitchell Foundation and Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, the three-part exhibition brings together the major bodies of the artist’s work: works on paper at the Newcomb Art Gallery, paintings at the New Orleans Museum of Art, and prints at the Contemporary Arts Center. The Newcomb Art Gallery show is a comprehensive survey of Joan Mitchell’s works on paper created over a 30-year... [Full Article]

Philadelphia Museum of Art Announces Exhibition that Surveys Renoir’s Final Decades Philadelphia Museum of Art Announces Exhibition that Surveys Renoir’s Final Decades

March 31, 2010 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present the first exhibition to survey the achievement of the great Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) during the last three decades before his death. From June 17 through September 6, some 80 of the artist’s paintings, sculpture, and drawings will be on view, accompanied by a selection of works by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Bonnard, and others who were inspired by the master. A landmark exhibition, Late Renoir examines new directions that the artist explored several decades... [Full Article]