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The Science Museum Shows Dr John Taylor's "Time Eating" Chronophage Clock

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 11:54 PM PDT

artwork: Sculpture (and escapement mechanism) from Dr John Taylor's "Corpus Chornophage" clock outside Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Dr Taylor's latest creation, the "Midsummer Chromophage" clock is on view at the Science Museum until October 3rd.

London.- The Science Museum in South Kensington is proud to present "A time-eating clock – a story of invention" on view until October 30th. The centrepiece of the exhibition is Dr John Taylor's 'Midsummer Chronophage Clock", one of only two clocks in the world to show the experience of relative time. Developed by British inventor Dr John C Taylor, the clock is inspired by the idea that everyone experiences time differently. Alongside the 'Midsummer Chronophage' clock are two important clocks from the history of timekeeping – one of the earliest examples of pioneering clockmakers, the Fromanteel family's work, and a workshop clock of British clockmaker John Harrison (1693-1776).


The 'Midsummer Chronophage' clock is just one invention in Dr John Taylor's life's work. His most successful invention, a kettle control, is used 1 billion times every day. The 'Midsummer Chronophage' clock is the second of Dr Taylor's chromophage clocks, following the Corpus Clock, a large sculptural clock outside of the Taylor Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The clock's face is a rippling 24-carat gold-plated stainless steel disc, about 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) in diameter. It has no hands or numbers, but displays the time by opening individual slits in the clock face backlit with blue LEDs; these slits are arranged in three concentric rings displaying hours, minutes, and seconds. The dominating visual feature of both clocks is a sculpture of a grim-looking, devouring, metal insect similar to a grasshopper or locust. The sculpture is actually the clock's escapement. Taylor calls this beast the Chronophage (literally "time eater", from the Greek 'chronos' (time), and 'phago' (I eat). It moves its mouth, appearing to "eat up" the seconds as they pass, and occasionally it "blinks" in seeming satisfaction.

The creature's constant motion produces an eerie grinding sound that suits its task. The hour is tolled by the sound of a chain clanking into a small wooden coffin hidden in the back of the clock. Conceived as a work of public art, the Chronophage reminds viewers in a dramatic way of the inevitable passing of time. Taylor deliberately designed it to be "terrifying": "Basically I view time as not on your side. He'll eat up every minute of your life, and as soon as one has gone he's salivating for the next." Others have described it as "hypnotically beautiful and deeply disturbing".

artwork: Dr John Taylor stands by his "Midsummer Chronophage" Clock at Masterpiece London. Courtesy New Scientist. On view at the Science Museum, South Kensington until Otober 3rd.

The Science Museum as an institution has been in existence for about a century and a half. It has its origins in the Great Exhibition of 1851, held in Hyde Park in the huge glass building known as the Crystal Palace. The popularity of the exhibition ensured a large financial surplus, which its patron Prince Albert suggested should be used to found a number of educational establishments on the land available nearby. The first of these was the South Kensington Museum, opened in 1857 on land which is now part of the Victoria and Albert Museum.The South Kensington Museum's first building was an iron-framed structure clad in sheets of corrugated iron. Its ugliness and factory-like character soon caused it to be known by its nickname, the 'Brompton Boilers'. It was opened to the public on Wednesday 24 June 1857 after a private view by HM Queen Victoria the previous Saturday evening. It was a principally a museum of the industrial and decorative arts, but also included a few miscellaneous science collections such as Animal Products, Food, Educational Apparatus, and Building Materials. Within the building was a separate exhibtion of machinery organised by Bennet Woodcroft, the Superintendent of the Patent Office. As well as contemporary apparatus, the Patent Office Museum also included historical items such as an early Boulton and Watt beam engine and Symington's marine steam engine of 1788. The locomotives 'Puffing Billy' of 1814 and Stephenson's 'Rocket' of 1829 were put on display in 1862.

A collection of ship models and marine engines was formed by the South Kensington Museum in 1864 and soon added to. The general expansion was such that during the 1860s the Science Collections were gradually moved across Exhibition Road into buildings originally constructed for the International Exhibition of 1862. These collections continued to grow, but by a sequence of sudden additions and changes rather than by any consistent planning. A major step forward came in 1876, when an exhibition, the 'Special Loan Collection of Scientific Instruments' was held. It was a great occasion. Instruments and equipment from many countries were displayed and public lectures given on the progress of science world-wide. At its end, many of the exhibits were retained to form the basis of what are now scientific collections of international importance. In 1883 another change of emphasis occurred when the contents of the Patent Office Museum were formally transferred to the South Kensington Museum. At about the same time a Science Library was established which ever since has served the needs of Museum staff, college students and the general public. From 1893 the Science Collections had their own Director but were still administered as part of the South Kensington Museum. The accommodation was by now quite inadequate and the scientific community argued strongly for new and appropriate buildings what was becoming a nationally-significant musum in its own right. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

Brandeis University and Plaintiffs Settle Rose Art Museum Lawsuit

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:35 PM PDT

artwork: Piero di Cosimo's "The Discovery of Honey by Bacchus" on exhibition at the Rose Art Museum - Collection of the Worcester Art Museum.

WALTHAM, MASS.- Brandeis University and four Rose Art Museum supporters who filed suit two years ago against the university over its handling of the museum during the financial crisis have settled the case and say they are now focused on the future of one of the region's greatest cultural treasures. As a result, the claims of plaintiffs Meryl Rose, Jonathan Lee, Lois Foster and Gerald Fineberg have been dismissed in Suffolk Probate and Family Court in Boston. On June 20, the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General terminated its review of Brandeis. Allen Alter '71, former head of the Brandeis Alumni Association and a current university trustee, added: "This is great news for our alumni, who treasure the Rose and take pride in it as part of the Brandeis experience, for them and for future students."

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Opens "One Life: Ronald Reagan"

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:18 PM PDT

artwork: President Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004) - "Only our deep moral values and our strong social institutions can holdback the jungle and restrain the darker impulses of human nature."

WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Portrait Gallery marks the centennial of the 40th President's birth with an exhibition chronicling Ronald Reagan's early years in Illinois, his acting and political career and presidency from 1981 to 1989. Reagan's warm manner and cheerful smile were hallmarks of a personality that fascinated Americans, but it was his steadfastness to the ideas of a limited government and a free-market economy that won him votes. "One Life: Ronald Reagan" is open July 1 through May 28, 2012.

Mexican Artists Confront Narco Violence With a Brush and Songs

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:17 PM PDT

artwork: Painter Ricardo Delgado Herbert, 36, shows an image of Jesús Malverde, sometimes known as the "generous bandit", or the "narco-saint", in his atelier in Mexico City. He titled it "Glorious Pistols from the A to the Zetas," a reference to a drug gang, after seeing the commotion that followed a 2004 shootout between soldiers and gunmen in the border city of Matamoros. - AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini.

MEXICO CITY (AP).- Dozens of plastic foam heads rain onto the stage. Four drug traffickers in fringed jackets and sparkly pink cowboy hats bat them into the audience with toy AK-47s. All the while, the cast croons, "Let them slit our throats, let them pack us up ... let them not ask any questions, let them not investigate." Like other aspects of Mexican society, violence now pervades the arts. From paintings to movies to opera, the killings and kidnappings that dominate headlines are now the topic du jour for artists trying to process what's happening to their country. Many artists say they also hope their work helps to spark change in a society that seems to be growing numb to the daily bloodshed.

The Adirondack Museum Celebrates Hobart Vosburg Roberts' Wildlife Photography

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:16 PM PDT

artwork: Hobart Vosburg Roberts - "Great Blue Heron Taking His Own Photo", circa 1920 - Photograph. Courtesy of the Adirondack Museum. On view in "Night Vision: The Wildlife Photography of Hobart Vosburg Roberts" until October 17th.

Blue Mountain Lake, NY.- The Adirondack Museum is pleased to present "Night Vision: The Wildlife Photography of Hobart Vosburg Roberts", on view until October 17th. The exhibition will introduce the pioneering work of this Adirondack photographer. Roberts (1874-1959) was one of a small corps of amateur photographers who developed ingenious techniques for doing what no one had done before: capturing birds and animals in their natural habitat without disturbing or distracting them with a human presence. Most notably, the Utica native was a participant in the early 20th century conservation movement, led by President Theodore Roosevelt, who advocated for the careful stewardship of the country's natural resources.


The Famous Barnes Art Collection Nears Final Days at Old Home

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:00 PM PDT

artwork: In 2011, The Barnes Foundation will move its celebrated art collection from its current location in Merion, Montgomery County to grand new digs on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City. The more than 3,000-piece collection focuses on fine French Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, American and African art and sculpture. - Credit: Photo Courtesy of the Barnes Foundation - Rendering of new Barnes Foundation building.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- After nearly a decade of lawsuits and bitter debate, the world famous Barnes art collection is about to move from its original wooded, suburban setting outside Philadelphia to a bustling boulevard in the city's cultural district. Workmen are still busy constructing the Barnes' new, modern building in an area of Philadelphia known as Center City that is home to government offices, shops, museums and open-air spaces modeled after the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Once it debuts in spring 2012, the new home is expected to cost $150 million, including expenses to move the collection.


The Picasso Museum in Barcelona Focuses On Picasso's Artistic Development

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:42 PM PDT

artwork: Pablo Picasso - "Le Moulin de la Galette. Paris", 1900 - Oil on canvas, 88,2 x 115,5 cm. - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Thannhauser Collection, gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978 - © Succession Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid

BARCELONA.- The exhibition focuses on Pablo Picasso's artistic development from his arrival in Paris in 1900, where he discovered a thriving international art community, until 1907, when he had established himself as the leading figure on the avant-garde art scene in Paris. His first direct exposure to the work of painters such as Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlen and Forain was a revelation to the young artist. His response was immediate, and was reflected in the discovery of new painting and drawing techniques and his embrace of a new subject matter, centered on his own experiences of modern life and modern art. For instance, the suicide in Montmartre of his Barcelona friend Carles Casagemas prompted works that deliberately evoked the palette and brushstrokes of Van Gogh.

The Orlando Museum of Art Presents American Landscapes

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:27 PM PDT

artwork: Georgia O'Keeffe - "Datura and Pedernal", 1940 - Oil on board - 11" x 16 1/8" -  © 2010 Georgia O'Keeffe Museum/Artist Rights Society (ARS), NY. On view at the Orlando Art Museum in "Common Ground: Art of the American Landscape" until June 2012.

Orlando, FL.- The Orlando Museum of Art is pleased to present "Common Ground: Art of the American Landscape", on view at the museum until June 2012. The landscape has been a subject of enduring interest for American artists. Common Ground: Art of the American Landscape brings together paintings and sculptures by artists from the mid-19th century to the present and explores themes that have continued to interest artists over time. These shared themes include documenting celebrated landmarks associated with America's national identity such as the Hudson River and Rocky Mountains, the use of light and atmosphere to convey ideas about spirituality and the transcendent qualities of nature, and the impact of the development and use of natural resources as seen in the paintings of the Hudson River School and works by contemporary artists. The exhibition includes paintings by George Inness, Thomas Moran, Georgia O'Keeffe, April Gornik, Joseph Raffael and Frank Moore and sculpture by Thomas Ridgeway Gould, Hermon Atkins MacNeil and Bryan Hunt.


Scientists Show Some Never-Before-Seen Dramatic 3-D Images of the Sunken "Titanic"

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:44 PM PDT

artwork: The last davit remaining on the wreck of RMS Titanic. These lifeboat cranes were used to hoist the Ship's wooden lifeboats over the side and into the water during Titanic's sinking - Photo: AP

NORFOLK, VA (AP).- Scientists showed some never-before-seen images of the Titanic in a Virginia courtroom Thursday, unveiling dramatic three-dimensional views of the rusting hulk and the ghostly images of the sea floor where the ship sank almost a century ago. The Titanic struck ice while making its maiden voyage on April 12, 1912, about 400 miles off Newfoundland, Canada. More than 1,500 of the 2,228 passengers and crew perished as the liner plunged into the deep. The images taken from a remote-controlled submersible vehicle were shown to a judge Thursday amid an ongoing salvage claim involving the world's most famous shipwreck.

The Kreeger Museum Is Showing "Tom Wesselmann Draws"

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:43 PM PDT

artwork: Tom Wesselmann - "Still Life #61", 1976 - Oil on shaped canvas - 104 1/2" x 79" - Courtesy of Tom Wesselmann Estate, 2011. On view at the Kreeger Museum, Washington DC in "Tom Wesselmann Draws" until July 30th.

Washington, DC.— The Kreeger Museum is pleased to announce that "Tom Wesselmann Draws" will be on view through July 30th. In the 1960s, Tom Wesselmann was one of the key figures in the Pop Art Movement along with Andy Warhol, Roy Lichenstein, James Rosenquist and Robert Indiana. He was a brilliant colorist, superior draftsman and innovator of new techniques, who devoted his life to his art and his family. Tom Wesselmann Draws is the most comprehensive exhibition of drawings by the artist that has ever been assembled. The exhibition includes over 60 works, many of them large in scale and created from materials not usually associated with drawing, including steel, aluminum, fabric, and molded plastic. In addition, many of the pieces on view have never been seen outside the artist's studio in New York City.


The exhibition, which covers drawings from his entire career spanning 1959-2004, was originally curated in 2003 by Wesselmann and his wife Claire and encouraged by Emilio Steinberger, Director of the Haunch of Venison Gallery in New York City. Wesselmann passed away in 2004 at the age of 73 and the show was put on hold. Five years later, Claire felt ready to revisit the project. "Working in collaboration with the Museum on the installation of the exhibition, his wife Claire will apply her own aesthetic sensibilities to capture the essence of her husband's oeuvre," says Greenberg. As stated by Aimee Walleston in the December 2009 issue of Art in America, "Claire Wesselmann is as alive as in Wesselmann's drawings, with a keen intellect and a uniquely personal take on her husband's practice. Some supporters have urged me to put together a drawing show because I have never had a major drawing show. The project interests me from another point of view in that I have made drawings in ways more adventurous than what many envision...The scope of the show will be to present a well edited selection of the best drawings available covering the full range of my varied production. I don't view the show as delineated by decades in any way, but as a continuity of drawings as they occurred...A show that will enlarge the common perception of what a drawing is to a surprising and rewarding degree."  – Tom Wesselmann, New York City, 2003. The exhibition opened at Haunch of Venison in November 2009 and travelled to the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University in October 2010. The Kreeger Museum will complete the run of the show. The catalogue, Tom Wesselmann Draws, Haunch of Venison, New York, 2009 accompanies the exhibition.

artwork: Tom Wesselmann - "Drawing Version of Bedroom Painting #24", 1972 Charcoal on gesso on canvas - 75 ¼ x 93 ¼ x 19 5/8 inches. Courtesy of Tom Wesselmann Estate, 2011. - On view at the Kreeger Museum.

One of the greatest legacies of David and Carmen Kreeger is the museum that bears their name. In 1959, Mr. and Mrs. Kreeger began to amass a formidable collection of modern art. For the next fifteen years they assembled most of the museum's holdings. The collection of The Kreeger Museum reflects the spirit of the Kreegers. It is important to note that the collection represents a shared vision. Mr. and Mrs. Kreeger both agreed on every piece in the museum. The Kreeger's approach to collecting was a personal one. As David Kreeger said "I never bought art as an investment. I bought it for love and I was lucky. Art that embodies the creative spirit of men transcends the value of money." At first glance the collection may seem eclectic, but the astute viewer will note that the unifying elements are color and texture. There is also a musical quality to many of the works. The Kreeger Museum opened its doors to the public on June 1, 1994. The Board of Directors appointed Judy A. Greenberg as the Director of The Kreeger Museum. As the founding Director, Ms. Greenberg has provided vision and conceptual leadership and has been responsible for originating innovative programs involving art, architecture and music for the museum and the Washington, DC community. The mission of The Kreeger Museum is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of art, music and architecture. The goal is to continually strive for excellence by presenting temporary exhibitions, public programs, educational initiatives and collaborations that relate to the Museum's mission. The collection is mainly comprised of works from the 1850s to the present. The Impressionists are represented by nine Claude Monet paintings, as well as works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Camille Pissarro. From his early work to the end of his life, the career of Pablo Picasso can be traced through his paintings at the Kreeger. Other 20th century European artists include Edvard Munch, Max Beckmann, Wassily Kandinsky, and Joan Miró. The American artists are introduced by the graceful motion of an Alexander Calder mobile. Visitors can either lose themselves in the infinite space of a painting by Clyfford Still, or enjoy the sly Pop humor of James Rosenquist's Bowling Ball Diptych. The permanent collection also includes a collection of traditional works of art from west and central Africa. There are also a few Indian and Pre-Colombian pieces. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.kreegermuseum.org/







The Museum Of Contemporary Art Sydney (MCA) ~ Twenty Years Young ~ With Many Highly Regarded Art Collections

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:29 PM PDT

Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) seen from Circular Quay Station, Sydney, Australia. The former Maritime Services Board building was donated by the NSW government in 1989 and after extensive renovation opened to the public in 1991. - Photo copyright Greg O'Beirne

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia (MCA) is celebrating its 20th anniversary in November 2011. Originally established using a bequest left by Australian artist John Power to the University of Sydney to "inform and educate Australians in the contemporary visual arts", the museum was opened to the public in 1991. The Museum of Contemporary Art is Australia's only museum dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art from across Australia and around the world. With a continually changing program of exhibitions there's always something new, exciting and inspiring to see at the MCA. The land on which the MCA building is situated has great historical significance, originally owned by the Eora people of the Gadigal nation, the site also marks the landing place of the First Fleet in Port Jackson in 1788. In 1802 Sydney's first hospital and wharf were built nearby, with commissariat stores built by Colonel Foveaux in 1812. In the 1930s the commissariat stores and taxation building were demolished to make way for a new Maritime Services Board (MSB) building (the previous MSB offices were displaced by the Cahill Express Way and Circular Quay railway development). Government architect W.H. Withers began work on the building plans in 1939. Work resumed in 1944 under government architect W D H Baxter after a postponement of four years from 1940 due to Australia's involvement in World War II. Builders were appointed in 1946 but difficulties in securing labor and material due to post war shortages delayed construction. The foundation stone was laid in 1949 and in 1952 the MSB building opened. With the relocation of the MSB to larger premises in 1989 the building was gifted by the NSW State Government to the Museum of Contemporary Art. Funded by the University of Sydney and the Power Bequest, restoration and refurbishment of the building commenced in 1990 under the direction of Andrew Andersons of Peddle Thorpe/John Holland Interiors and in November 1991 the Museum of Contemporary Art officially opened. The MCA is currently in the middle of building works to create a new northern wing, however, disruption is minimal and the potential visitor should not be put off. The museum hosts over 750,000 visitors annually. Be sure to visit the museum's website at . . http://www.mca.com.au/

British Art Market Warns Against Proposed European Union Levy

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:28 PM PDT

artwork: Salvador Dalí - "Temptation of Anthony", 1946 - Oil on canvas, 90 x 120 cm. - Musées Royaux, Brussels

LONDON (REUTERS).- British auction houses fear that an EU levy on works of art by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, due to be introduced in 2012, could undermine their position as world leaders in the field. The British government has a temporary exemption from the EU's "droit de suite" levy on the re-sale price of works of art payable to the artist or the artist's inheritors for 70 years after his or her death. Extending the artists' resale right beyond living artists to those who have died in the last 70 years would increase the number of sales liable to the levy by four times, according to estimates from the British Art Market Federation.

"Rome After Raphael" at The Morgan Library & Museum

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:27 PM PDT

artwork: "Illuminated" by Giulio Clovio (1498–1578) - "The Crucifixion of Christ, Moses and the Brazen Serpent," Farnese Hours, Italy, Rome, 1546. Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1903; MS M.69 (fols.102v–103r)

NEW YORK, NY.-In the early 1500s, Rome's majesty was a distant memory: its marble temples and palaces had been ransacked; its population was a fraction of what it had been in antiquity. Yet, over the course of the next hundred years, the Eternal City would experience an amazing rebirth, as a series of popes rebuilt and revitalized Rome and its population doubled. At the center of this metamorphosis was an unprecedented influx of artistic talent and creative exchange. Rome After Raphael is organized by Rhoda Eitel-Porter, Charles W. Engelhard Curator and Department Head of Drawings and Prints at The Morgan Library & Museum. On view through 9 May, 2010.

Comprehensive Retrospective Dedicated to the German Painter Eugen Schönebeck at the Schirn In Frankfurt

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:26 PM PDT


artwork: Eugen Schoenebeck - "Mao Tse-tung" part of a comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the German painter Eugen Schönebeck, which will feature almost all of his surviving paintings and his most important drawings at The SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT


FRANKFURT, GERMANY
- From February 23 to May 15, 2011, the Schirn museum  presents a comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the German painter Eugen Schönebeck, which will feature almost all of his surviving paintings and his most important drawings. After devoting himself to Tachist drawing in his beginnings, Schönebeck turned to figurative drawing and painting and was one of the first German artists to thematize the traumatic experiences of World War II. He created unique works combining the abstract and the figurative. In 1961 and 1962, he and Georg Baselitz pilloried the jaded bourgeois art world in their two "Pandemonic Manifestos". In the mid-1960s, Schönebeck's growing awareness of the Socialist intellectual world inspired the artist to create timeless portraits of various "Heroes of the East," none of which were produced for propaganda purposes. In these pictures, Schönebeck not only examined the character and behavior of revolutionaries such as Lenin, Trotsky, and Mao, but also fathomed the significance of the artist's willingness to take risks. Schönebeck's paintings and drawings were indeed ahead of their time, and to this very day the issues they deal with have retained their topicality. Comprising thirty paintings and an equal number of drawings, the exhibition at the Schirn shows the first extensive survey of Schönebeck's oeuvre after the retrospective prepared by the Kestnergesellschaft Hannover in 1992.

'Angry Young Men' ~ Picasso, Miró, Dalí at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:25 PM PDT


artwork: Salvador Dali - "Neo-Cubist Academy (Composition with Three Figures)", 1926 - Oil on canvas - 190 x 200 cm. Museu de Montserrat, Spain. Currently on view at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, part of the 'Angry Young Men: Picasso, Miró, Dalí' exhibtion until 17 July 2011.

Florence, Italy.- From March 2011 until 17th July 2011, the Palazoo Strozzi in Florence is showing "Angy Young Men: Picasso, Miró, Dalí'. The exhibition, which was previously at the Kunstahalle in Bonn, is dedicated to the early work of Picasso, Mirò and Dalí, which played a decisive role in the beginning of modern art in Spain. The exhibition concentrates on Picasso's pre-cubist period 1900 – 1905, whilst Juan Mirò's works of 1915–1920 are presented along with Salvador Dali's from 1920–1925, both artists painting in the period before the discovery of surrealism.


The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest opens "From Botticelli to Titian"

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:24 PM PDT

artwork: Alessandro Botticelli - The Story of Virginia. c.1496-1504 - Tempera on panel - Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - The most comprehensive exhibition to date dedicated to the Italian Renaissance will run in the Museum of Fine Arts from 28 October through 14 February, 2010. The large-scale exhibition entitled "From Botticelli to Titian: Masterpieces of Two Centuries of Italian Painting" will display paintings on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts from over fifty museums, including the Uffizi in Florence, the Louvre in Paris, the national galleries of London and Washington, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Galleria Borghese in Rome and the Prado in Madrid.

Wadsworth Atheneum to Feature Exhibition of its Modern American Works on Paper

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:23 PM PDT

artwork: John Marin (1870–1953) - "From the Bridge, N.Y.C," 1933 - Opaque & transparent watercolor with charcoal & collage on thick wove paper. © Estate of John Marin/ Artist Rights Society (ARS). Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1948.479

HARTFORD, CT.- The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art has organized the first major exhibition of its American works on paper from the years 1910 to 1960. American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art will include more than 100 exceptional works from the museum's permanent collection—including a recently-acquired Georgia O'Keeffe pastel—providing a groundbreaking new look at the diverse directions pursued by modern artists in America. The exhibition will tell the story of the Wadsworth's acquisition of works by artists from Edward Hopper and Charles Demuth to Salvador Dali and Ellsworth Kelly, and will reveal how the museum was at the forefront of introducing modern art to America.

Spencer Museum of Art shows Big Shots ~ Andy Warhol, Celebrity Culture, and the 1980s

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:22 PM PDT

artwork: Bud Lee -  Warhol's Factory, New York, 1969 - Published in Esquire magazine, December 1969 Chromogenic color print, Height/Width: 23.7 x 16.3 cm. - Gift of Esquire, Inc. 1980

LAWRENCE, KS.- Joan Collins and Wayne Gretzky. Jean-Michel Basquiat and Liz Taylor. Chris Lawford and William S. Burroughs. What do these seemingly dissimilar individuals have to do with each other? The answer is simple: They were among the many celebrities whose images were captured by Andy Warhol with either his Big Shot Polaroid or a pocket-sized 35mm camera. And now, those photographs are coming together at the Spencer Museum of Art along with a host of others in a big, bold celebration of Warhol, celebrity, and the 1980s. "Warhol put it this way: 'A good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous." On view 15 August through 13 December, 2009.

Art of Modern India on View at Institut Valencia d'Art Modern (IVAM)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:21 PM PDT

artwork: Rameshwar Singh - Dreams and Fantasies, 1996 - Oil on Board - 28 x 36 inches 

VALENCIA, SPAIN - The exhibition Art of India Moderna (Modern India), which has materialised thanks to the agreement between Casa Asia and the IVAM, presents in Valencia the most important exhibition on an international scale of modern and contemporary art in India, one of the most dynamic countries from a cultural point of view. The exhibition, which comprises over 500 works made by over 100 artists, covers a period of more than two centuries and when it closes in February it will coincide with the contemporary art fair ARCO, in whose 2009 edition India is to be the guest country.

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Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:21 PM PDT

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