Minister of State Martin Mansergh Launches Irish Museums 2010 Program

DUBLIN.- The most extensive showing to date of the Museum’s own Collection; an exhibition based on the work of American composer Morton Feldman and the many celebrated artists in his circle; a series of displays marking important new donations to IMMA, and a special exhibition promoting engagement with the visual arts by those with disabilities are all part of a busy and wide-ranging programme for 2010 at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, announced today (Wednesday 27 January) by the [...]

First Ever Solo Exhibition in a Spanish Museum by Eric Fischl

MALAGA.- CAC Málaga – the city of Malaga’s Centre for Contemporary Art – is presenting the first ever solo exhibition in a Spanish museum by Eric Fischl who, along with Alex Katz, is one of the most eminent American figurative painters of the second half of the 20th century. On show there will be large-format paintings and watercolours forming part of this New York artist’s first art of bullfighting, created after he attended Ronda’s Goyesque bullfight in 2007. “Corrida in [...]

Definitive Retrospective of German Photographer F.C. Gundlach’s Extensive Work in Berlin

BERLIN.- From November 2009 the Martin-Gropius-Bau presents the definitive retrospective of F.C. Gundlach’s extensive photographic work with the exhibition “F.C. Gundlach – Photographic Work”. F.C Gundlach is one of the most famous fashion photographers worked for the most important magazines and publications from the middle of the 1950’s to 1990. Among other many famous pictures the most comprehensive presentation of F.C. Gundlach’s work shows many fameless facets of F.C. Gundlach’s work to date. After years of research, the curators Klaus [...]

Exhibition Uses Work of George Nama to Illuminate Poetry of Charles Simic

BOSTON, MA.- The Boston Athenæum presents “PAINTER + POET: George Nama and Charles Simic” Feb. 10 through April 10, 2010, in the Athenæum’s Norma Jean Calderwood Gallery, located at 10 ½ Beacon Street on Beacon Hill near the State House. This new exhibition, the result of a collaboration that began several years ago between the two artists, features a selection of Nama’s recent etchings, sculptures, gouaches, and artist’s books that have been inspired by and give visual illumination to Simic’s [...]

Christian Schwarzwald and Ethan Breckenridge at Derek Eller Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Derek Eller Gallery presents a site-specific drawing installation by Christian Schwarzwald entitled Boxed. Consisting of a series of large works on paper which are mounted on partially painted gallery walls, Boxed challenges the viewer’s experience of pictorial space. As two-dimensional drawings interact with the three-dimensional room, the installation becomes sculptural. This quality is further enhanced by Schwarzwald’s repeated use of the box form which functions both as a space-defining device and as a kind of presentation vitrine [...]

Phoenix Art Museum is the Exclusive Venue for Ansel Adams: Discoveries

NEW YORK, NY.- Beginning January 31, 2010, Phoenix Art Museum exclusively presents Ansel Adams: Discoveries an unmatched exploration of the beloved photographer’s personal archives. Drawn from the Center for Creative Photography, this never-before-seen exhibition features 130 of Adams ’s most popular images and lesser known works, along with dozens of rare archival documents and materials that offer new insights into the master photographer’s celebrated career and iconic photos. “What separates Ansel Adams: Discoveries from other Adams exhibitions is the richness [...]

Major Exhibition of 1940s and ’50s’ Street Photography Opens in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, WI.- A unique and pivotal moment in American history will be explored in “Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography 1940-1959″, on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum January 30 through April 25, 2010. The exhibition, which showcases urban street photography from the 1940s and ‘50s, provides new insight into a time when the photographic medium and American society were both at a cultural crossroads. “The essence of the images captured in Street Seen suggest some compelling parallels [...]

First Museum Survey of Street Artist Shepard Fairey to Open in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI, OH.- Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand, the first solo show of renowned street artist and political provocateur Shepard Fairey, opens February 20th at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in the Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art. An extensive exploration of the artist’s 20-year career, the exhibition is mounted in two parts: the works displayed inside the CAC and external projects. The CAC’s galleries will house approximately 250 pieces ranging from his early Andre the Giant work to [...]

Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse Present Major Project in Connecticut

RIDGEFIELD, CT.- The collaborative team of Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse have based their first major project in the northeast on the sweep of over 200 years of Ridgefield, Connecticut’s, history. The exhibition will debut on Sunday, January 31, 2010. The exhibition, entitled Sleeping Under Stars, Living Under Satellites, explores different ways of keeping time and moving through space by presenting the wanderings of legendary historical figures from Ridgefield, Sarah Bishop and the Leatherman. The paths of these figures [...]

New Deal Exhibition at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Explores 1930s Art

NORMAN, OK.- In light of the current U.S. economy and its historic correlation to the 1930s, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art premieres a new exhibition of New Deal-era artwork this spring. Revisiting the New Deal: Government Patronage and the Fine Arts, 1933-1943 opens Friday, Feb. 5, with a special public opening reception at 7 p.m. Revisiting the New Deal surveys the large collection of painting, sculpture and prints that the museum acquired from the federal government between 1935 [...]

Third Edition of India Art Summit Announced

NEW DELHI.- India Art Summit announced its 3rd edition, from 20 – 23 January 2011 in New Delhi. Launched in 2008, India Art Summit hosts the country’s Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, alongside a vibrant four day programme which includes a reputed International Speakers’ Forum, Curated Projects, an Education Series and a variety of collateral events. An interesting installation from Pallette Art Gallery at India Art Summit In 2009, the 2nd edition of India Art Summit™ drew 40,000 visitors; participants [...]

Hammer Presents Rachel Whiteread in First Drawings Retrospective

LOS ANGELES, CA.- This winter the Hammer Museum presents a retrospective of drawings by Rachel Whiteread, the first large-scale museum survey of work on paper by the British artist. Organized by Allegra Pesenti, curator of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, this exhibition includes key examples of the artist’s sculpture displayed alongside her drawings. The exhibition features 155 drawings, 8 sculptures, and a vitrine filled with roughly 200 objects selected by Whiteread. Although her sculpture is well-known and widely [...]

Archival and Vintage Architectural Photography at Max Protetch Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Max Protetch Gallery presents Building by Shutter: Archival and Vintage Architectural Photography. The exhibition includes photographs by renowned architectural photographers Lucien Hervé and Balthazar Korab; their subjects include buildings by Le Corbusier (Hervé), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Eero Saarinen (Korab). It highlights the special relationships that architectural photographers form with the buildings they document, as well as with those buildings’ creators. As modern architecture became a global phenomen on, those who were passionate about it [...]

Exhibition of Full Size Photographs of Abraham Lincoln to Open at the Bruce Museum

GREENWICH, CT.- The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, presents its newest exhibition Lincoln, Life-Size from February 13, 2010, through June 6, 2010. The exhibition features photographs of Abraham Lincoln reproduced full size, hanging alongside original 19th-century images and artifacts that tell the story of Lincoln’s tumultuous presidency. The exhibition is drawn from the Meserve-Kunhardt Collection which it has on loan from the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation. Lincoln, Life-Size is organized by guest curator Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., Director of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation, [...]

Spanish Royal Society Awards Robert Descharnes Gold Medal as World’s Leading Dali Expert

BARCELONA.- On December 17, 2009 the Real Círculo Artístico of Barcelona (Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona – RCAB), Spain, issued a proclamation awarding French photographer Robert Descharnes, long term friend and associate of Salvador Dalí and expert in his work, its coveted Gold Medal “For the merit which he displays, the greatest authority in the world in the knowledge and defense of the work of the artist Salvador Dalí i Domench.” The award was accepted on Robert Descharnes’ behalf by [...]