Prado Museum Loses Visitors in 2010 but More Students and Tourists Visit the Museum

MADRID.- The Museo del Prado, in 2010, concluded the third consecutive year surpassing the 2.7 million annual visitors, a figure that was reached for the first time since the opening of its expansion. The final number of visitors received by the Museum during this year, 2,732,000, has been almost equal to that recorded in 2009, 2,764,155, and in 2008, 2,759,029 the first full year period of the expansion in full operation. As for the reasons to visit, a 57.58% of [...]

Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Artist Jake Berthot at Betty Cuningham Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Betty Cuningham Gallery will present an exhibition of recent paintings by Jake Berthot, on view from January 6 – February 19, 2011. This will be the third solo exhibition for the artist at the gallery, located at 541 West 25th Street, New York, NY. The artist will be present for an opening reception on Thursday, January 6th from 6 – 8pm. Included in the exhibition will be approximately 10 paintings, ranging in size from 12 x 12 [...]

Artist Pat Steir Creates Wall Painting Commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art

NEW YORK, NY.- Visible through the Madison Avenue windows of the Whitney Museum of American Art is a vast new wall painting created by artist Pat Steir, commissioned by Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director. The painting, which went on view to the public in late December, is on a large west-facing wall in the Museum’s Lower Gallery level. The wall encloses the space where the Whitney’s restaurant is being renovated in preparation for the opening, in [...]

Dallas Museum of Art Presents First Overview of Its Modern and Contemporary Design Collections

DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art presents Form/Unformed: Design from 1960 to the Present, a new installation drawn largely from its growing collections of iconic furniture and related objects from the past 50 years. On view through January 29, 2012, in the Museum’s fourth floor Tower Gallery, Form/Unformed reflects the vibrant transformation of ideology and style that shaped international design over the last half-century. The installation features work by such renowned designers as Verner Panton, Frank Gehry, Aldo Rossi, [...]

The Museo del Prado extending the exhibition “A Passion for Renoir”

MADRID – Commissioned by Javier Baron, Chief of Department of Painting of the XIX century the Prado, and Richard Rand, Chief Curator of Clark Art Institute, the exhibition presents for the first time in Europe thirty-one artist works from private collections preserved in Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, Mass.). Since opening last October, Passion for Renoir, sponsored by Fundación BBVA, has become one of the most visited exhibitions of the art scene in Madrid. Therefore, and in view of the massive [...]

Maison de Balzac Shows Work by Louise Bourgeois Especially Created for the Museum

PARIS.- The preeminent contemporary artist, Louise Bourgeois wished to present an exhibit in the intimacy of the Musee Balzac. This original work especially created for the museum is not a confrontation with one of Balzac’s most famous novels but rather according to the artist an identification with Eugenie Grandet, a woman who was never given the chance to grow up. The exhibition is on view until February 6th 2011 at the Maison de Balzac. Based on memory and childhood longings, [...]

ArtParis at the Grand Palais: A Project-Based Fair in Paris to Be Held at the End of March

PARIS.- Exhibition projects designed by five galleries for ArtParis will lead us on a discovery of the contemporary creation coming out of China and Russia, and allow us to delve into the work of plastic artist Philippe Pasqua and photographer Albert Watson through two solo shows; lastly, imagine a Faraday Cage devoted to contemporary art…. Liu Bolin, The Laid-off Workers, Courtesy Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery Questioning Chinese contemporary art at the Eli Klein Fine Art stand (New York, Beijing) Established in [...]

LA Art Show Debuts Never-Before Seen Works by Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The 16th Annual Los Angeles Art Show, taking place January 19-23 at the Los Angeles Convention Center will debut a special exhibit of never before seen works by master photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. Titled “Rarely/Unseen” the exhibit is curated by Peter Fetterman, owner of Peter Fetterman Gallery and will feature more than 35 photographs that have never been printed before. Fetterman, a former colleague of Cartier-Bresson, encouraged the artist to print a selection of unreleased images including photographs [...]

Baltimore-Based DDG Awarded Planning and Design Architecture for China’s Largest Mall

BALTIMORE, MD.- Baltimore-based planning, architecture, graphics and design firm Development Design Group Inc. (DDG) has been awarded the position of planner and design architect for the retail centerpiece of the landmark Tianjin City Culture Center Development, soon to become the largest mall in China. Located just 20 minutes outside of Beijing’s central business district, the project represents the vision of developer Tianjin Lecheng Real Estate Co., Ltd. DDG’s contribution to the project, the 4-million-square-foot (372,000-square-meter) seven-level retail component, will be [...]

Fantasy Artworks by Ruoxing Zhang

Ruoxing Zhang is a talented artists. She lives in Shanghai, China and was born in 1985. Most of her artworks are done in Photoshop and she loves to create beautiful female artworks and angles. Recently she was featured in EXOTIQUE 6, the world’s most beautiful collection of character art published by Ballistic Publishing. You can find Ruoxing Zhang on Facebook and CGSociety.

Photography by Lina Tesch

Lina Tesch is a young photographer based in Wuppertal, near Cologne in Germany. Her works  are mainly portraits and also she poses for modeling in some of her photographies. Here we have a taste of her photos. Lina Tesch modeling

Seven Recent Pieces by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Featured at Manchester Art Gallery

MANCHESTER.- Recorders is a major exhibition by Mexican-Canadian electronic artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. The artworks in Recorders see, hear and feel the actions of people around them, using technology to create a playful yet ominous experience. This solo exhibition features seven recent pieces by the artist, including the world premieres of two specially commissioned new installations. Close-up shadow box, 2006, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. © Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Photo: Peter Mallet. Lozano-Hemmer’s artworks depend on the participation of visitors to exist and develop, as [...]

Valencia Celebrates the 600th Anniversary of Knight Joanot Martorell with Exhibition

VALENCIA.- The Joanot Martorell year, commemorating the 600 anniversary of the birth of the author and Valencian knight -ends with an outstanding show that evokes the atmosphere of chivalry in which he lived and which inspired his masterpiece and one of the most representative of the Golden Age of the Valencian language: “Tirant lo Blanch.” Through more than a hundred works of art and objects from the period loaned by twenty-three European institutions, the exhibition starts in the court of [...]

Photo Museum Antwerp Showing Exhibition by Ville Lenkkeri “The Place of No Roads”

ANTWERP.- The Place of No Roads is the visual report the Finnish photographer Ville Lenkkeri (°1972) made during his stay in the ghost town of Pyramiden. This abandoned Russian settlement, situated on the arctic Svalbard archipelago, was of seminal importance during the former Soviet regime because of its large coal mine. Miners and their families were sent to this remote, inhospitable site for a fixed period of two years. Pyramiden had an infrastructure like any other village, – schools, hospitals, [...]

Carnegie Museum of Art Director’s Choice Book Features Highlights of Entire Collection

PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art announced the publication of Director’s Choice: Carnegie Museum of Art, the latest in a new series of books by Scala Publishers introducing readers to the collections of the world’s great museums through the unique voices and perspectives of their directors. Lynn Zelevansky, The Henry J. Heinz II Director of Carnegie Museum of Art, has selected 37 objects that not only “resonate intellectually and emotionally” with her, but also represent the nature and scope of [...]