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Discover Latin American art at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art this September Discover Latin American art at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art this September

August 26, 2011 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) honors Latino Heritage Month this September by highlighting Latin American works of art and inviting visitors of all ages to discover them in the exhibition Selected Histories: 20th-Century Art from the SFMOMA Collection on the museum’s second floor. Iconic Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo are represented along with their contemporaries Jose Clemente Orozco and Rufino Tamayo, all of whose paintings tell a story. Other featured works include a geometric abstract by Uruguayan artist... [Full Article]

August Wilson Center celebrates Romare Bearden Centennial with world-class traveling exhibition August Wilson Center celebrates Romare Bearden Centennial with world-class traveling exhibition

August 26, 2011 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


PITTSBURGH, PA.- The August Wilson Center for African American Culture is hosting the exhibition From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden through September 12, 2011 in The Centerʼs Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Changing Exhibit Gallery. The Romare Bearden Foundation, a New York based, public foundation dedicated to the legacy of preeminent American artist, Romare Bearden (1911-1988) has organized the exhibition From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden for a three-year national tour. The exhibition presents a selected body of prints... [Full Article]

Jerusalem’s five-century-old walls restored at cost of $5 million, idiosyncracies and all Jerusalem’s five-century-old walls restored at cost of $5 million, idiosyncracies and all

August 26, 2011 by   - Filed under Antiques & Archaeology


JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli experts are nearing completion of an ambitious restoration of the five-century-old walls of Jerusalem, the holy city’s dominant architectural feature and a unique record of its eventful and troubled history. The $5 million undertaking, which began in 2007, is set to be complete by the end of this year. The first restoration of the walls in nearly a century, it has required decisions about which of the walls’ many idiosyncrasies — the falcon nests, for example, the hundreds of machine-gun bullets, the botched restorations of years... [Full Article]

Syrian gunmen break political cartoonist Ali Ferzat’s hands as ‘warning’ Syrian gunmen break political cartoonist Ali Ferzat’s hands as ‘warning’

August 26, 2011 by   - Filed under Arts Policy


BEIRUT (AP).- A renowned political cartoonist whose drawings expressed Syrians’ frustrated hopes for change was grabbed after he left his studio early Thursday and beaten by masked gunmen who broke his hands and dumped him on a road outside Damascus. One of Syria’s most famous artists, Ali Ferzat, 60, earned international recognition and the respect of many Arabs with stinging caricatures that infuriated dictators including Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi and, particularly in recent months, Syria’s autocratic Assad family. He... [Full Article]

Crowds at Bowdoin museum for Edward Hopper’s Maine Crowds at Bowdoin museum for Edward Hopper’s Maine

August 26, 2011 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


BRUNSWICK, ME (AP).- An exhibit of Edward Hopper’s paintings of Maine is breaking attendance records at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, but it’s just one of three top-notch shows at museums around Maine this summer and fall. Combine a trip to see all three — the others are an Andrew Wyeth show at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland and a 1930s photography exhibit at Colby College in Waterville — with shopping in Freeport, the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, leaf-peeping, dining and maybe a trip to a spa, and you’ve... [Full Article]

MF Husain masterpieces highlight Christie’s sale of South Asian modern + contemporary art MF Husain masterpieces highlight Christie’s sale of South Asian modern + contemporary art

August 26, 2011 by   - Filed under Art Market


NEW YORK, N.Y.- Christie’s is pleased to announce the Fall sale of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, taking place on September 13. The sale will present a magnificent array of works from the 20th and 21st centuries, featuring works by renowned modernists including Syed Haider Raza, Francis Newton Souza and Tyeb Mehta. Also featured in the sale are several works by the late Maqbool Fida Husain, who passed away in June 2011. As a tribute to the master, Christie’s has secured a selection of extremely important masterpieces, including works from the... [Full Article]

Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art debuts multi-media hub on its website Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art debuts multi-media hub on its website

August 26, 2011 by   - Filed under Museums & Galleries


KANSAS CITY, MO.- A multi-media hub of the Nelson-Atkins website has launched. Studio 33 features videos, audio entries, interactive content and social media portals that allow visitors to learn about a favorite work of art, respond to a Museum blog post, listen to artists discuss their creative process and discover more about exhibitions and special programs. But Studio 33 is not a static entity; it will continually grow and evolve to accommodate various platforms. A mobile-friendly device version is also in the works and will be made available in the future. “Museums... [Full Article]

New Works by Austrian artist Markus Schinwald on view at Kunstverein Hanover New Works by Austrian artist Markus Schinwald on view at Kunstverein Hanover

August 26, 2011 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


HANOVER.- Markus Schinwald (born 1973), whose complex on-site installations have most recently been on show at theMigros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Zurich (2008), the Kunsthaus Bregenz (2009) and the Kunsthalle Budapest (2009), is among the most distinguished Austrian artists of his generation. Since the late nineteen nineties, the human body as the projection screen of individual existence and as a cultural construct has been at the center of the works by Salzburg-born Schinwald who lives in Vienna and Los Angeles. Central features of Schinwald’s work are... [Full Article]

Monumental new sculpture project transforms Governors Island: Man in the City sculpture by John Sauve Monumental new sculpture project transforms Governors Island: Man in the City sculpture by John Sauve

August 26, 2011 by   - Filed under Sculpture


NEW YORK, N.Y.- Governors Island received a significant addition to their public art collection. Since August 22, the artist John Sauvé has been on site at the island to supervise the installation of “Man in the City”; one of his monumental new works. “Man in the City” is comprised of several dozen sculptures located throughout the island and will have an overwhelming impact on the Governors Island landscape. Sauvé is known for using steel to make monumental forms. Working with his team and engineer, the artist will closely supervise the installation of... [Full Article]

Art Taipei 2011 provides a platform to view the latest in international contemporary art Art Taipei 2011 provides a platform to view the latest in international contemporary art

August 26, 2011 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


TAIPEI.- Art Taipei, formerly known as Taipei Art Fair International, is the longest-standing art fair in Asia. It has been organized by Taiwan Art Gallery Association since 1992. The 18th annual event, Art Taipei 2011, will be held during 26th to 29th August, 2011, at Taipei World Trade Center. The most important link for trading Chinese and Asian arts Art Taipei is the most experienced and professional platform for trading Chinese and Asian arts. The art market in Taiwan has become more and more mature since the 80′s, and today’s Taiwanese collectors,... [Full Article]

Major exhibition on the genesis of the Italian portrait opens at the Bode Museum in Berlin Major exhibition on the genesis of the Italian portrait opens at the Bode Museum in Berlin

August 25, 2011 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured


BERLIN.- The Gemäldegalerie— National Museums in Berlin and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, have joined forces in organizing a major exhibition on the genesis of the Italian portrait. For Berlin, the Bode Museum presents itself as the ideal location to hold such an exhibition: on its opening in 1904, it was conceived by its founder, Wilhelm von Bode, as a ‘Renaissance Museum’ on the Museum Island. The Bode Museum will host the first stage of the exhibition, running from 25 August to 20 November 2011, before it subsequently goes on show at the Metropolitan... [Full Article]

Scholar and Curator Douglas Druick named new Art Institute of Chicago Director Scholar and Curator Douglas Druick named new Art Institute of Chicago Director

August 25, 2011 by   - Filed under Artists & People


CHICAGO, IL.- Tom Pritzker, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago, announced today that Douglas Druick has been selected as the new President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago . Druick, the chair of two of the museum’s eleven curatorial departments, is an internationally recognized scholar and curator who has been serving as the acting president and director of the museum since the departure of James Cuno in June 2011. Druick has been with the Art Institute for 26 years, and his appointment is effective... [Full Article]

International Center of Photography Director to transition to new executive role International Center of Photography Director to transition to new executive role

August 25, 2011 by   - Filed under Museums & Galleries


NEW YORK, N.Y.- The International Center of Photography (ICP) announced today that Willis E. Hartshorn, its Ehrenkranz Director, has informed ICP’s Board of Trustees of his desire, for health reasons, to transition to a different full-time executive role in the institution. Consequently, ICP’s Board has formed a Search Committee which has retained Russell Reynolds Associates to conduct an international search for a new Director to lead the institution. Mr. Hartshorn, who has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, will continue in his current... [Full Article]

Carlito Carvalhosa makes his North American museum debut with the monumental installation Sum of Days Carlito Carvalhosa makes his North American museum debut with the monumental installation Sum of Days

August 25, 2011 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Carlito Carvalhosa: Sum of Days, a large scale environmental and participatory sound installation that is on view in MoMA’s Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, from August 24 to November 14, 2011. Constructed from soft, white, translucent material that hangs 60 feet from the ceiling to the floor, this monumental, voluminous installation takes the shape of an elliptical labyrinth through which Museum visitors are invited to walk. Sum of Days marks the North American museum exhibition debut of Carlito Carvalhosa... [Full Article]

Museum of Latin American Art appoints Stuart A. Ashman as new President and CEO Museum of Latin American Art appoints Stuart A. Ashman as new President and CEO

August 25, 2011 by   - Filed under Artists & People


LONG BEACH, CA.- Mike Deovlet and Burke Gumbiner, Co-Chairmen of the Museum of Latin American Art’s Board of Directors, announced the appointment today of Stuart A. Ashman as MOLAA’s President and CEO. His appointment is the result of a six-month international search and his tenure will begin on September 6, 2011. Ashman joins MOLAA at an exciting time, as the museum’s 15th anniversary draws to a close. Driven primarily by an evolving and strengthened artistic direction over the last two years, MOLAA has seen growing admissions and increasing accolades from... [Full Article]