Imperial War Museum in London Explores Achievements of Female War Artists

LONDON.- Women War Artists, a new exhibition at Imperial War Museum London will explore the remarkable experiences and achievements of female war artists from the First World War to the present day. The importance of women artists as eyewitnesses, participants, commentators and officially commissioned recorders of war will be examined, considering their experiences both in theatres of conflict and at home. Highlights from the Imperial War Museum’s outstanding art collection, including challenging contemporary works by Frauke Eigen, Jananne Al-Ani and Fiona [...]

Exhibition of New Work by Lebanese Artist Mona Hatoum at White Cube Mason’s Yard

LONDON.- White Cube Mason’s Yard presents an exhibition of new work by Mona Hatoum. For this exhibition, entitled ‘Bunker’, Hatoum has transformed the gallery spaces into sites of heightened tension, where global geographies are abstracted and condensed, and themes of mobility, belonging and displacement are explored through three new artworks. Mona Hatoum, ‘Bunker’, White Cube Mason’s Yard, London, 24 February – 2 April 2011 © the artist. Photo: Ben Westoby. Courtesy White Cube. On entering the ground floor gallery, visitors [...]

Palestinian-British Artist Mona Hatoum Announced Winner of the 2011 Joan Miró Prize

BARCELONA.- The jury of the 2011 Joan Miró Prize has granted the award to the Palestinian-British artist residing in London and Berlin, Mona Hatoum, for her great skill in connecting personal experience with universal values. Hatoum’s sculptures, installations, performances and videos set her among the most outstanding artists on the international art scene. The Joan Miró Prize is organised by Fundació Joan Miró of Barcelona in collaboration with Obra Social “la Caixa”, which assumes as its own the agreement existing [...]

Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection on View in Valencia

VALENCIA.- The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in 2005, is an extraordinary collection of over 2,500 contemporary works on paper. Through a selection of more than three hundred works, this first comprehensive presentation of the gift surveys the various methods and materials within the styles of gestural and geometric abstraction, representation and figuration, and systems-based and conceptual drawings. The exhibition at IVAM brings together historical works by Lee Bontecou and Joseph Beuys; Minimalist and Conceptual [...]

Academy of Arts, Berlin Presents the Käthe Kollwitz Prize to Mona Hatoum

BERLIN.- The Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts), Berlin, presents the Käthe Kollwitz Prize to Mona Hatoum. In awarding this prize to Mona Hatoum the Academy of Arts honours her for a multifaceted body of work, in which the human body, caught between violence, power and vulnerability, is a central preoccupation. The award carries 12,000 Euros in prize money. The jury included members of the Academy’s Fine Arts section – Lothar Böhme, Dieter Goltzsche and Robert Kudielka. A catalogue will [...]

Whitechapel Gallery Presents the D. Daskalopoulos Collection, Greece

LONDON.- As part of its programme to open up important art collections to the public the Whitechapel Gallery presents a series of four displays drawn from the D. Daskalopoulos Collection, Greece, one of the foremost European collections of contemporary art. Jointly titled, Keeping it Real, these displays go on view from 10 June 2010 – 22 May 2011 in the dedicated Collections Gallery. The D. Daskalopoulos Collection consists of over 400 major works with a particular focus on the last [...]

Inaugural Exhibition Showcases New Acquisitions in Israel Museum Collection

JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, will inaugurate the contemporary galleries of its new Edmond and Lily Safra Fine Arts Wing with Still / Moving, an exhibition exploring the use of slow and meditative movement in a range of mediums, including installation, video, and photography. Featuring 26 works from the Museum’s contemporary collection by Carlos Amorales, Olafur Eliasson, Mona Hatoum, Ori Gersht, Aernout Mik, and Bill Viola, among others, Still / Moving showcases the international breadth, depth, and growth of the [...]

Hammer Museum & LACMA Jointly Acquire Edition Jacob Samuel Archive

LOS ANGELES, CA.- UCLA’s Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) are pleased to announce the joint acquisition of the complete archive of prints by Los Angeles publisher Edition Jacob Samuel. The two museums have been collaborating for over two years to realize the acquisition, which was just recently finalized. Since 1988, Jacob Samuel has published 43 portfolios, and his archive comprises more than 800 prints made by [...]

Fiona Banner will Create the Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2010

LONDON.- Fiona Banner has been invited to create the next installation for the Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2010, supported by Sotheby’s. Her new work, created especially for the neoclassical Duveen galleries at the heart of Tate Britain, will be unveiled on 28 June 2010 and will be on display until 3 January 2011. Artists who have previously undertaken the Commission include Eva Rothschild (2009), Martin Creed (2008), Mark Wallinger (2007), Michael Landy (2004), Anya Gallaccio (2002) and Mona Hatoum (2000). [...]

MIA to Present Inaugural Show by Newly Appointed Contemporary Art Curator

MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) celebrates its new commitment to contemporary art with Until Now: Collecting the New (1960–2010). Opening April 16, 2010, the exhibition includes more than 75 works of art—including paintings, sculpture, prints, installation art, photography, and video—by artists who have altered the direction of art over the past five decades, and in some cases challenged our basic conceptions about art. Artists represented include modern masters as well as those emerging on the scene, such [...]

Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA) displays Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporay Collection

New York, NY – The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, acquired by the Museum in 2005, is an extraordinary collection of over 2,500 contemporary works on paper. Through a selection of more than three hundred works, this first comprehensive presentation of the gift surveys the various methods and materials within the styles of gestural and geometric abstraction, representation and figuration, and systems-based and conceptual drawings. On exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA) through 4 January, 2010. The [...]

Royal Academy Presents New Work from More than 30 Leading Contemporary Artists

LONDON.- The Royal Academy of Arts presents GSK Contemporary 2009, the second annual contemporary art season at 6 Burlington Gardens. Opening in December, Earth: Art of a changing world will present new and recent work from more than 30 leading international contemporary artists, including commissions and new works from the best emerging talent. Recent debates have centred less on the possibility and more on the certainty and speed with which climate change will take place. As the debate has developed, [...]