Geert Mul and Maurer United Architects Transform Bus Stop into a Beacon for the Media Era

EINDHOVEN.- On a yearly basis since 1990, the ‘Rietveld Bus Stop’ Foundation invites someone from the art world to develop a project for the Rietveld Bus Stop at the Stadhuisplein in Eindhoven. This year they invited Christiane Berndes, curator at the Van Abbemuseum. She worked with Baltan Laboratories, and together with Angela Plohman, director of Baltan, they invited artists Geert Mul and Maurer United Architects to present their vision on the significance of Rietveld and De Stijl today. They transformed the [...]

Mark Moore Gallery Announced Its Permanent Relocation from Bergamot Station to Culver City

CULVER CITY, CA.- After twelve successful years in Bergamot Station (Santa Monica, CA), Mark Moore Gallery announced its permanent relocation to Culver City, CA. In conjunction with the grand opening of the new space, the gallery will also debut the much-anticipated solo exhibition for renowned local artist, Mario Ybarra Jr. Originally built in 1925, the building that will soon house Mark Moore Gallery has been deemed a Historic Building by Culver City’s preservation program. Featuring a brick façade, vaulted wood ceilings [...]

A Selection of Drawings and Paintings by Stephen Farthing at the Royal Academy of Arts

LONDON.- The Royal Academy of Arts presents Artists’ Laboratory 02, featuring the recent work of Stephen Farthing RA. The exhibition displays a selection of drawings and large scale paintings, made since 2005, all of which examine the artist’s preoccupation with looking beyond the surface of the visual image by exploring the story behind the work. Farthing has mixed writing, painting and drawing in varying proportions to produce a sequence of works that take aspects of the history of painting as [...]

The Valencian Institute of Modern Art Presents Sculptures by Xavier Mascaro

VALENCIA.- The IVAM presents an exhibition of the artist Xavier Mascaró covering the last few years of his work. The exhibition comprises a large-format sculptural installation, a series of drawings and a selection of sculptures combined in two different montages, establishing a suggestive dialogue between the inside and outside of the museum. Sponsored by Caja Madrid, the exhibition offers the opportunity to see the most representative works of an artist whom Carlos Saura defined as “the iron sculptor”. The exhibition displays [...]

Delaware Art Museum Presents Ultra-Realistic Sculptures by Milwaukee-Based Artist Marc Sijan

WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents Ultra-Realistic Sculpture by Marc Sijan, featuring 17 startlingly lifelike sculptures, on view from November 13, 2010 through January 16, 2011. Based on individuals Sijan knows well, his faces and figures capture movement and human emotion, as well as the minute details of individual appearance. Although the artist draws inspiration from the idealized anatomy of classical sculptures, such as Michelangelo’s David, his contemporary interpretation of the human form illustrates the gritty imperfections of average [...]

Gemäldegalerie Celebrates 400th Anniversary of Caravaggio’s Death with Exhibition

BERLIN.- Two paintings by Caravaggio can be found in German collections: the Gemäldegalerie‘s ‘Amor Vincit Omnia’ (or ‘Amor Victorious’) and ‘Doubting Thomas’ in the Picture Gallery at Schloss Sanssouci. Both paintings were created for the marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani and were brought to Berlin when the Giustiniani collection was acquired in 1815. The 400th anniversary of Caravaggio’s death is good cause to place these two works on show together. Thanks to the loan of ‘Doubting Thomas’ by the Prussian Palaces and [...]

Major Alberto Vargas Retrospective Opens at the San Francisco Art Exchange

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A major retrospective of Alberto Vargas’ original artwork opens November 13 at the San Francisco Art Exchange. The exhibition is celebrating two important anniversaries: Twenty-five years since SFAE brought Vargas artwork to the art market for the first time with a world retrospective in 1985, and the 50-year anniversary of the first monthly appearance of Vargas’ artwork in Playboy magazine. Vargas’ watercolors were published as a full page in each issue of Playboy magazine, virtually every month [...]

Explore The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- Considered by many to be the greatest German artist of all time, Albrecht Dürer was celebrated during his lifetime as a painter, printmaker, and writer. His innovative techniques revolutionized printmaking, and his theoretical writings transformed the study of human proportion. Deeply embedded in a tumultuous era of religious reformation and scientific inquiry, Dürer used his art to reflect the spiritual and social preoccupations of his time. The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer, on view at the Sterling and [...]

Bortolami Presents Its Second Solo Exhibition of Work by Israel-Born Artist Avner Ben-Gal

NEW YORK, NY.- Bortolami presents its second solo exhibition of Avner Ben-Gal. Smackville draws from abstract and visual representations of the effects of opiate drugs: withdrawal, craving and usage. The show seeks to describe the moment of the chemical reaction when the toxic substance intrudes the body and is infused into the bloodstream. The works convey a will for redemption, rather than a need to be rehabilitated. Avner Ben-Gal, Give Him What You Gave Me, 2010. Acrylic on canvas, 78.74 [...]

Gratz Family Portraits Reunited at Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Museum & Library

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia announces the acquisition of two artistically and culturally significant portraits originally belonging to the Gratz Family, a prominent early American Jewish family who lived in Philadelphia. The paintings include a visually stunning portrait of philanthropist, social activist, and Jewish leader Rebecca Gratz painted in 1831 by Thomas Sully, and a portrait of her brother, Joseph Gratz by George Peter Alexander Healy (not dated). Both portraits were originally painted in Philadelphia, and [...]

Most Comprehensive Exhibition of the Work of Thornton Dial to Premiere at the IMA in 2011

INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The most extensive exhibition ever mounted of Thornton Dial’s painting and sculpture will premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, on view from February 25, 2011, to May 15, 2011. Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial will highlight the artist’s significant contribution to the field of American art and show how Dial’s work speaks to the most pressing issues of our time—including the War in Iraq, 9/11, and social issues like racism and homelessness. The exhibition will [...]

Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Unveils New $504 Million Art of the Americas Wing

BOSTON (REUTERS).- When redecorating his home some years ago, financier Henry Kravis sold a painting by John Singer Sargent to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The painting — “Charles Stewart Sixth Marquess of Londonderry, Carrying the Great Sword of State at the Coronation of King Edward V11 August 1902, and Mr. W.C. Beaumont, his Page on That Occasion” — is one of thousands of works that will now be displayed at the museum’s new Art of the Americas [...]

Sotheby’s Announced It will to Offer Important Works on Behalf of the Beaverbrook Foundation

LONDON.- Sotheby’s will offer important old master paintings, modern British art and other works from the collection of 20th-century press baron and business tycoon Lord Beaverbrook in a series of auctions in both London and New York through January 2011. The highlight of the collection is Claude-Joseph Vernet’s A Grand View of the Sea Shore Enriched with Buildings, Shipping and Figures, a monumental canvas depicting a peaceful seascape at sunset (est. $1.5/2 million). The work will be offered in the [...]

Masters of Photography Featured in Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand at Metropolitan Museum

NEW YORK, NY.- Three giants of 20th-century American photography—Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Paul Strand—are featured at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, through April 10, 2011, in the exhibition Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand. The diverse and groundbreaking work of these artists will be revealed through a presentation of 115 photographs, drawn entirely from the Museum’s collection. On view will be many of the Metropolitan’s greatest photographic treasures from the 1900s to 1920s, including Stieglitz’s famous portraits of Georgia O’Keeffe, Steichen’s [...]

Nottingham Contemporary’s First Year a Complete Success with Record Visitor Figures

NOTTINGHAM.- Nottingham Contemporary will celebrate its first anniversary on Sunday 14 November 2010. Nottingham Contemporary is widely regarded as one of the most exciting galleries in the country, in or out of London – with a large local audience and a strong involvement with the concerns of its home city. Nearly 300,000 people – 290,000 – have visited the gallery in its first year, a 45% increase on the projected figure of 200,000. There have been over 36,000 participants in [...]