Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby at the Walker Art Gallery

January 14, 2012 by  
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LIVERPOOL.- From 13 January until 15 April 2012 the Walker Art Gallery hosts the first retrospective of work by the Liverpool born artist John Kirby. The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby explores the themes of gender, religion, sexuality and race and Kirby’s complex relationship with each of them. Comprising over 50 paintings and 10 sculptures The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby brings together a group of work spanning over three decades, from early [...]

Butler Institute of American Art acquires monumental Audrey Flack painting

December 30, 2011 by  
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YOUNGSTOWN, OH.- The Butler Institute of American Art, located at 524 Wick Avenue in Youngstown, has acquired a master painting by renowned American realist painter Audrey Flack (b. 1941). The painting, titled Baba, is a seven by thirteen foot acrylic on canvas painting that was begun by Flack in 1980, and completed in 1983. The large-scale work, among the largest paintings in the Butler’s holdings, was a gift to the museum’s permanent collection by art enthusiast A. Barry Hirschfeld of Colorado. Baba [...]

National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts to Renovate Galleries

June 23, 2010 by  
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NEW YORK, NY.- The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts today announced plans to renovate its exhibition galleries and create a new visitor center and a School studio gallery. The renovations will modernize the existing galleries, provide visitors with more meaningful and educational experiences, and institute a new, dynamic environment for student and faculty review, discussion and exhibition. The renovated galleries will for the first time in over 100 years provide space dedicated to the semi-permanent exhibition of [...]

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery Exhibits Works by Realist Painter Fairfield Porter

NEW YORK, NY.- Known for his expressive compositions and a color palette influenced by his coastal surroundings in Southampton, New York and Penobscot Bay, Maine, Fairfield Porter had an illustrious career as a leading American realist painter. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presents its second solo exhibition featuring the work of Fairfield Porter (American, 1907-1975). On view through August 13, this exhibition consists of twelve paintings, dating from 1959 to 1975. Included are still life, landscape and portrait paintings. Over the years, [...]