New Works by Sarah Morris on View at Gallery Meyer Kainer

VIENNA.- Gallery Meyer Kainer presents “It’s All True” an exhibition of new works by Sarah Morris, labeled after an unfinished documentary film by Orson Welles. Sarah Morris is an internationally recognized painter and filmmaker, known for her complex abstractions, which play with architecture and the psychology of urban environments. Morris views her paintings as parallel to her films – both trace urban, social and bureaucratic topologies. In both these media, she explores the psychology of the contemporary city and its [...]

New Films from Germany at MoMA’s Survey of German Cinema

NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art marks its 31st annual survey of recent German cinema with Kino! 2010: New Films from Germany, from April 21 through 30, 2010. Included in this year’s exhibition is a selection of 10 features and 14 short films. Features by three leading directors—Andreas Dresen (Whisky with Vodka, 2009), Hans-Christian Schmid (Wondrous World of Laundry, 2009), and Margarethe von Trotta (Vision, 2009)—are highlights of the exhibition. Making their debuts at Kino! 2010 are filmmakers [...]

Never Before Seen Work by Photographer Catherine Opie at Gladstone Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Gladstone Gallery presents an exhibition of never before seen work by photographer Catherine Opie. Since garnering attention in the early 1990s for arresting portraiture of her friends and partners in the gay, lesbian, and trans leather community, Opie’s work has moved across genres to capture unique visions of the varied individuals and communities that comprise the diversity of American culture. Each time she approaches a new subject, be it California surfers or her recent body of work [...]

Kimbell Art Museum Mourns the Death of Foermer Director Edmund Pillsbury

FORT WORTH, TX.- The Board of Directors and staff of the Kimbell Art Museum are mourning the tragic loss of former museum director and dear friend, Dr. Edmund (Ted) P. Pillsbury. Kay Fortson, Board president, Kimbell Art Foundation commented, “Ted was a brilliant director and a good friend. He will be greatly missed. “ “I was deeply saddened by the death of Ted Pillsbury,” said Eric Lee, current director of the Kimbell Art Museum. “Ted was one of the greatest [...]

Marty Lederhandler, Associated Press Photographer for 66 Years, Dies

NEW YORK.- Marty Lederhandler, an Associated Press photographer who captured on film every U.S. president from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton, covered the D-Day landing in 1944 and climaxed a 66-year career with an iconic shot of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, has died. He was 92. Lederhandler died Thursday at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J., said his companion, Sheila Barkow. He had suffered a stroke Feb. 17. He retired from AP in 2001, saying he wanted [...]

American Academy of Arts and Letters Announces 2010 Award Winners

NEW YORK, NY.- The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the eight artists who will receive its 2010 awards in art. The awards will be presented in New York City in May at the Academy’s annual Ceremonial. The art prizes, totaling $62,500, honor both established and emerging artists. The award winners were chosen from a group of 37 artists who had been invited to participate in the Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, which opened on March 11, 2010. [...]

Denmark’s Famed Little Mermaid Begins Trip to the World Expo

COPENHAGEN.- Denmark’s famed Little Mermaid statue left her perch in the Copenhagen harbor Thursday and started a journey to the World Expo in Shanghai — the first trip abroad in her 96-year history. The 5-foot (1.5-meter) landmark, which honors the memory of Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen, was lifted by a crane and lowered onto the back of a truck at a ceremony in the Danish capital. The exact travel itinerary is being kept secret for security reasons, [...]

New York’s Fenimore Museum Unveils Sargent’s Women

NEW YORK.- The Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York, will exhibit portraits of women by American artist John Singer Sargent starting in May in what curators say is the first major exhibition of its kind. “Portraits in Praise of Women” will be the first large-scale exhibition that draws together a substantial selection of Sargent’s (1856-1925) portraits of women, a central body of his work that is often overlooked, according to Paul S. D’Ambrosio, chief curator at the Fenimore. “He [...]

Technicolor Donates Archive to George Eastman House

ROCHESTER, NY.- George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film announced a major gift to the museum — the historic archive of Technicolor dating from 1915 to 1974. The donation includes rare cameras, documents and drawings, photographs, printers and processing machines, corporate records, and other important materials that represent the history of Technicolor’s groundbreaking contributions to motion pictures. This collection joins the Eastman House’s current Technicolor holdings of early research papers, technology, and the world’s largest collection of Technicolor [...]

Aztec and Roman Empires Confronted at the Getty Villa

MALIBU, CA.- The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire, integrated by some of the most emblematic pieces of this Prehispanic culture was opened in The Getty Villa in Malibu, California, United States. The exhibition is sponsored by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and J. Paul Getty Museum and will be open from March 24th to July 5th, 2010. Objects exhibited come from the collections of the National Museum of Anthropology, Templo Mayor Museum and J. Paul [...]

High Museum Explores Salvador Dalí’s Late Work in August 2010

ATLANTA, GA.- The first major exhibition to reevaluate the last half of Salvador Dalí’s career will be presented exclusively at the High Museum of Art this August. Beginning in the late 1930s, Dalí went through a radical change in which he embraced Catholicism, developed the concept of nuclear mysticism and, in effect, reinvented himself as an artist. Comprising more than 40 paintings and a related group of drawings, prints and other Dalí ephemera, “Salvador Dalí: The Late Work” will also [...]

Discursive Painting from Albers to Zobernig at MUMOK

VIENNA.- “Pictures about Pictures. Discursive Painting” is the title of the exhibition of the Daimler Art Collection in the MUMOK. Around 130 works will be presented ranging from classical modernity and post-war avantgarde through European Zero and minimalism to international contemporary art. In addition to paintings and drawings the presentation in the MUMOK also includes installations and video art. Together, the selection of works represents the main focus of the Daimler Art Collection in the area of abstract avantgarde and [...]

United Kingdom Arts Institutions to Government: Don’t Ax Funds

LONDON.- Britain’s arts and culture sector has been a shining success amid the country’s recession — and artists are pressing the government to make sure it stays that way. With the economic recovery still fragile and an election looming, museums, theaters and galleries fear the next government will slash their funding to help battle the country’s 167 billion pound ($249 billion) deficit. Dozens of groups, including the National Theatre, the Tate galleries and the British Museum, launched a campaign for [...]

Major Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Rupert Bunny Opens in Melbourne

MELBOURNE.- The National Gallery of Victoria today opens a major retrospective exhibition of the work of Rupert Bunny (1864–1947). Melbourne-born Bunny was one of the most successful artists of his generation. Living most of his life in France, no other Australian artist achieved the accolades Bunny received in Paris in the 1890s and early 1900s. This is the first major exhibition of Bunny’s work since 1991. Organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales and curated by Deborah Edwards, [...]

Discover America’s Roots In First-Ever Charles Deas Retrospective

DENVER, CO.- The Denver Art Museum (DAM) presents Charles Deas and 1840s America, the first retrospective of the decade-long career of Western American painter Charles Deas. Organized by the DAM and guest curator Carol Clark, Professor of Art History and American Studies at Amherst College, this landmark exhibition and accompanying catalogue will reconstruct the artist’s life and career, and reflect years of original scholarship. Bringing together for the first time twelve of his most important pieces and featuring 30 paintings [...]