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• A Fascinating Collection of Modern & Contemporary Art ~ The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin
• Major Surrealism Exhibition To Open At Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art
• Art Chicago Atracts International Modern & Contemporary Galleries
• Nelson-Atkins Museum Reunites Claude Monet's 'Water Lilies' Tryptich
• The Gemeentemuseum Presents Picasso in The Hague
• Headbones Gallery in Toronto shows " FRESH POP NYC "
• Morris Museum of Art features Paintings by Jeffrey Kronsnoble
• High Museum of Art to Explore Salvador Dalí's Late Work
• Gagosian Gallery announces Exhibition of New Bronze Sculptures by Cy Twombly
• National Gallery of Australia Presents Major Retrospective on Richard Larter
• Hirshhorn Museum Present First U.S. Retrospective of Yves Klein's Work
• Scott P. Ellis exhibits at Galerie Samuel Lallouz
• Tony Clark & John Wolseley at Art Gallery of New South Wales
• Museo Picasso Málaga Opens Sophie Taeuber-Arp Retrospective
• Jan Senbergs opens at Art Gallery of New South Wales
• HISTORIC RAJ PICTURE SELLS FOR WORLD RECORD £602,400 AT BONHAMS IN LONDON
• 9 SHADES OF WHITELEY At Brett Whiteley Studio
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

A Fascinating Collection of Modern & Contemporary Art ~ The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:27 PM PDT The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) was established by the Government of Ireland in 1990 as Ireland's first national institution for the presentation and collection of modern and contemporary art. The museum was officially opened on 25 May 1991 by the, then Taoiseach Charles J Haughey. Since its opening the museum has rapidly established itself as a significant and dynamic presence in the Irish and international arts arena. It is widely admired by its peers throughout the world for the range and relevance of its exhibitions, for its innovative use of its growing Collection, for its award-winning education and community program and for its visitor-centered ethos and facilities. The IMMA is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. The museum presents a wide variety of art in a dynamic program of exhibitions, which regularly includes bodies of work from its own Collection and its award-winning education and community department. It also creates more widespread access to art and artists through its Studio and National programs. The museum is housed in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, the finest 17th-century building in Ireland. The Royal Hospital was founded in 1684 by James Butler, Duke of Ormonde and Viceroy to Charles II, as a home for retired soldiers and continued in that use for almost 250 years. The style is based on Les Invalides in Paris with a formal facade and a large elegant courtyard. The Royal Hospital in Chelsea was completed two years later and also contains many similarities in style. The Royal Hospital Kilmainham was restored by the Government in 1984 and opened as the Irish Museum of Modern Art in May 1991. The museum's mission is to foster within society an awareness, understanding and involvement in the visual arts through policies and programs which are excellent, innovative and inclusive. IMMA has proved to be a valuable and popular addition to the country's cultural infrastructure, attracting more than 400,000 Irish and overseas visitors each year, both to the Museum itself and to events organized throughout Ireland by its National program. It is hoped that in the future the Museum will be provided with more space, allowing its current activity to be complimented by an encyclopedic permanent display of contemporary art, something Ireland lacks. The IMMA has an excellent museum shop, with a strong emphasis on publications relating to modern Irish artists and a highly regarded café. Entry to the museum is free, and the museum's Mediator Team (gallery staff) provide free guided tours every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 2:30pm. Visit the museum's website at … http://www.imma.ie

Major Surrealism Exhibition To Open At Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:26 PM PDT Brisbane, Australia (ABC Limelight).- Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art have announced a major new exhibition of Dali, Magritte, Miró, Picasso, Man Ray and other surrealists. "Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams" opens in June and showcases Europe's most important and extensive collection of surrealist works from the Musée National d'Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The Gallery of Modern Art, which opened in December 2006, complements the Queensland Art Gallery building. Situated at Kurilpa Point only 150 metres from the Queensland Art Gallery building, the Gallery of Modern Art focuses on the art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Musée National d'Art Moderne, housed in Paris's iconic Centre Pompidou, is one of the world's best museum collections of modern and contemporary art. Its Surrealism collections are the finest in Europe — and the core of this collection is coming to the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane. This exhibition presents more than 180 works by 56 artists, including paintings, sculptures, 'surrealist objects', films, photographs, drawings and collages. 'Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams' is an opportunity to see important art works that rarely leave Paris, in an exhibition that will provide a fascinating and comprehensive overview of this important artistic movement. The exhibition presents a historical overview of Surrealism, charting its evolution from Dada experiments in painting, photography and film, through the metaphysical questioning and exploration of the subconscious in the paintings of Giorgio De Chirico and Max Ernst; to the readymade objects of Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray's photographs. Gaining traction in the early 1920s, the movement's development is explored through the writings of Surrealism's founder André Breton and key early works by André Masson. Also included is a remarkable selection of paintings and sculptures by surrealists Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Victor Brauner, Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Max Ernst, Fernand Léger and Paul Delvaux. Film and photography are also represented throughout the exhibition, including films by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, René Clair and Man Ray. Important photographic works by Hans Bellmer, Brassaï, Claude Cahun, Dora Maar, Eli Lotar and Jacques-André Boiffard also feature. The exhibition is rounded out with late works that show the breadth of Surrealism's influence, and includes major works by Jackson Pollock, Arshile Gorky and Joseph Cornell. 'Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams' will be accompanied by an innovative Children's Art Centre program, an exciting range of public programs, including talks, discussions and performances, and a full-colour exhibition catalogue. The popular Up Late program will return on Friday nights from July, as well as an amazing film program at the Gallery's Australian Cinémathèque. The Queensland Gallery of Modern Art was briefly closed after the Brisbane floods of January 2011, but reopened in March. In July 2002, Sydney-based company Architectus was commissioned by the Queensland Government following an Architect Selection Competition, to design the Gallery. A main theme of Architectus's design is a pavilion in the landscape, one which assumes its position as both hub and anchor for this important civic precinct. Critical to this is the building's response to the site, its natural topography, existing patterns of urban generation, and the river. The Gallery's flagship project is the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art series of exhibitions, now a major event on the national and international arts calendar. The expertise developed from staging the Triennial for over a decade has led to the establishment of the Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art (ACAPA), to foster alliances, scholarship and publishing, and the formation of an internationally significant collection of art from the Asia-Pacific region. Similarly, the Gallery is committed to profiling Indigenous Australian art and strengthening relationships with Queensland's Indigenous communities. The Gallery is also recognised as an international leader in presenting innovative museum-based learning programs for children. These programs are coordinated through the Children's Art Centre. Visit the museum's website at ... http://qag.qld.gov.au/

Art Chicago Atracts International Modern & Contemporary Galleries Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:26 PM PDT Chicago,IL - Art Chicago was founded as an American version of the Art Basel contemporary art exposition in 1980. It was the first such in North America. For years it was held in the long barnlike sheds on Chicago's Navy Pier. In 1989 the leaky old sparrow-infested sheds on the pier were demolished and replaced by a mall, theatres, entertainment venues and convention exhibition halls. In the 1990s Art Chicago was called "the nation's leading fair of 20th-century art, second only to Art Basel in Switzerland in global importance". Art Chicago 2011 will take place April 29 - May 2, with an Opening Preview on April 28. Art Chicago will be held on the 12th floor of Chicago's iconic Merchandise Mart and will use the full 200,000 square feet floorplan for special exhibition areas, gourmet café services, exhibitor and VIP lounges, and other amenities. In addition, Art Chicago will extend to the first-floor and exterior of The Merchandise Mart, to showcase large-scale contemporary sculptures and two-dimensional works. Art Chicago 2011, the international fair of contemporary and modern art, is the largest, most important art event in the Midwest, providing collectors, curators and art enthusiasts a comprehensive survey of current and historic work, from cutting-edge to modern masters. Art Chicago is proud to be North America's premier fair committed to intelligent and relevant educational programming, exhibitions, and special events, while also providing a unique showcase for artists, museums and cultural institutions from key regional and other US cities. Art Chicago is the centerpiece of an expanded art program and a city-wide celebration of the arts, 'Artropolis', anchored by partnerships with leading cultural institutions across the city. In 2010, Art Chicago attracted nearly 52,000 visitors. Art Chicago® 2011, the annual international fair of contemporary and modern art, brings together the world's leading emerging and established galleries. Art Chicago offers curators, collectors, artists and art enthusiasts a comprehensive survey of current and historic work, from cutting-edge to modern masters in a wide variety of media including: painting, photography, drawings, prints, sculpture, video and special installations. For 2011, exhibitors are coming from all over the US as well as further afield. Overseas galleries an art dealers at Art Chicago 2011 include the Adam Gallery, Bicha Gallery, Browse & Darby, Mark Jason Gallery, W. H. Patterson, Catto Gallery, Woolff Gallery, the Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Quantum Contemporary Art, Jill George Gallery, Anya Stonelake/White Space Gallery and Unix Fine Art (London), MISOOLSIDAE, Chosun Art Gallery, Gallery H.A.N. and Galerie Bhak (Seoul), Art-Kvartal (Moscow), BlueLeaf Gallery (Dublin), Galeria Ferran Cano and Villa del Arte galleries (Barcelona), Cube Gallery (Bristol), the Christopher Cutts Gallery and Nikola Rukaj Gallery (Toronto), Envie d'Art, Galerie Mark Hachem, Martin du Louvre, Galerie Richard and Galerie Olivier Waltman (Paris), La Ribera Galería de Arte (Murcia), Licht Feld (Basel), Newzones (Calgary), PaciArte Contemporary (Brescia), Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels (Vienna), Rize Art Gallery (Naarden), Wada Garou (Tokyo), West Hill Gallery (Nassau), Wilde Gallery (Berlin) and the Winsor Gallery (Vancouver). Almost 70 of the finest galleries from the US will also be in attendance. Visit the Art Chicago website at ... http://www.artchicago.com

Nelson-Atkins Museum Reunites Claude Monet's 'Water Lilies' Tryptich Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:24 PM PDT KANSAS CITY, MO (AP).- One of impressionist master Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" triptychs, separated 50 years ago and sold to three museums, has been reunited in a multifaceted exhibit that highlights not only the three-panel artwork, but the artist too. "I think all of us think of Monet as this father of Impressionism, as this painter who was spontaneous, who painted outdoors in his garden," said Nicole Myers, associate curator at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, where "Monet's Water Lilies" opens April 9. "That was certainly true. He presented himself that way publicly, really to the end of his life." But Claude Monet had another side that's also detailed in the exhibition, which ends Aug. 7 before moving on to the St. Louis Art Museum and then to the Cleveland Museum of Art. "With these later paintings from the 20th century that he's working on, you see the sort of obsessive, almost obsessive-compulsive, artist who came indoors and worked tirelessly making revisions again and again in this kind of obsessive way," she said. It's unclear if Monet ever considered the three panels finished, she said. "And it really blows out of the water this impression we have of this man who just sort of dashed off his first thoughts and left things alone. He worked on them almost consistently from 1915 to 1926," Myers said. The three panels, each 6-feet tall and 14-feet wide, languished in Monet's studio at Giverny outside Paris after his death in 1926, Myers said. The pieces on display at the Nelson-Atkins comprise one of two of Monet's Water Lily triptychs in the U.S. The other is at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where they are a steady, popular selection. "What's amazing about them is the mood they create in the room where they're installed," said Ann Temkin's, MoMA's chief curator of paintings and sculpture. "It's a magical one. It becomes a very quiet place. The visitors become quite contemplative." The triptych at the Nelson-Atkins was brought to New York in the 1950's. It was then separated, and the individual panels were sold to the St. Louis Art Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Nelson-Atkins. It has been more than 30 years however, since they were shown as Monet intended for them to be seen — together. "So for a new generation this is really a first time to get the chance to see these great paintings come together," Myers said. The paintings, alone in the exhibit's main room where they provide a serene and powerful display of water, light and nature, are clearly the centerpiece. But the artist and his process are also crucial elements of the installation, which includes brief film footage of Monet at work in his garden in 1915, dressed in a white suit and straw hat, a cigarette dangling from his mouth. "We think we know this painter, and yet really ... he was ... more of what we consider today almost to be a conceptual painter," Myers said. "If you didn't know this was a "Water Lily" series would you think that's what these paintings are about? "And is that as important as this experience of viewing them, which is of course, what he really intended." A separate room also has displays about the artist's process, among them detailed cross sections of the panels that show the layers of paint Monet added over the years, changing the painting from its original to its current state.  Each of the museums also collaborated to X-ray for the first time sections of their panels, giving a better sense of what each painting looked like in 1921, and what they look like today, showing substantial changes. Visitors can also use touch screen panels to "make your own Monet," which can then be displayed on the museum's web site. Another display allows visitors to get a close-up look at — and touch — versions of the artist's short, loose brush strokes, and yet another gives visitors the chance to type a word or two describing their experience. Those words are then projected in light on the walls of that room. In the "Water Lily" series, Monet said he wanted to create "an asylum of peaceful meditation in the midst of a flowered aquarium."

The Gemeentemuseum Presents Picasso in The Hague Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:23 PM PDT THE HAGUE, NL - If anyone deserves to be called the 'artist of the twentieth century', that man is Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973). The exhibition Picasso in The Hague covers his entire career and reveals his untiring urge to experiment. The works on show will include not only oil paintings, but sculpture, drawings, prints and ceramics. In addition, Roberto Otero's photographs of the mediagenic artist will provide an intimate insight into his turbulent life, in which work and private life were invariably closely intertwined. On exhibition through 30 March, 2008.

Headbones Gallery in Toronto shows " FRESH POP NYC " Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:21 PM PDT   Toronto, ON – Two New York City POP collage/painter artists Billy Copley and Jesse McCloskey will share Headbones Gallery in the exhibition titled FRESH POP NYC with several new works by NYC sculptor Edward Giordano Jr. On exhibition September 11 until October 25, 2008.

Morris Museum of Art features Paintings by Jeffrey Kronsnoble Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:20 PM PDT AUGUSTA, GA - Notes on the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries: Paintings by Jeffrey Kronsnoble opens to the public on Saturday, June 7, and remains on view through Sunday, August 10, at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia. Organized by Morris Museum of Art curator Jay Williams, the exhibition includes forty paintings and mixed-media constructions by artist Jeffrey Kronsnoble.

High Museum of Art to Explore Salvador Dalí's Late Work Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:19 PM PDT 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 explore the artist's enduring fascination with science, optical effects and illusionism as well as his connections to such artists of the 1960s and 1970s as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Willem de Kooning. The High will be the sole venue for the exhibition, where it will be on view from August 7, 2010, through January 9, 2011.

Gagosian Gallery announces Exhibition of New Bronze Sculptures by Cy Twombly Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:18 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian Gallery announced an exhibition of new bronze sculptures by Cy Twombly. This exhibition will coincide with the inauguration of Gagosian's Athens gallery with an exhibition of new paintings by Twombly entitled "Leaving Paphos Ringed with Waves". Two major museum exhibitions, "Cy Twombly: The Natural World, Selected Works 2000-2007' that inaugurated the new wing of The Art Institute of Chicago, and "Cy Twombly: Sensations of the Moment" at Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, run through October 2009. The sculpture exhibition on view from 15 August through 31 October, 2009.

National Gallery of Australia Presents Major Retrospective on Richard Larter Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:17 PM PDT CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - A major retrospective exhibition on Australian artist Richard Larter, featuring approximately 90 works from public and private collections and brought together for the first time, opened at the National Gallery of Australia. Featured in the exhibition are the works that Larter painted of the Canberra bushfires as well as other paintings inspired by journeys from Yass to Sydney. Canberra has been home to Larter for the past 8 years and prior to this, he lived in Yass for 18 years.

Hirshhorn Museum Present First U.S. Retrospective of Yves Klein's Work Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON, DC.- One of the 20th century's most influential artists, Yves Klein (French, b. Nice, 1928; d. Paris, 1962) took the European art scene by storm in a prolific but brief career that lasted only from 1954 to 1962. "Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers," on view at the Hirshhorn Museum from  May 20 through September 12, 2010, is the first major retrospective of the artist's work in the United States since 1982. Co-curated by the Hirshhorn's deputy director and chief curator Kerry Brougher and Dia Art Foundation director Philippe Vergne, formerly chief curator and deputy director at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, the exhibition is co-organized by the Hirshhorn and the Walker and developed in full collaboration with the Yves Klein Archives in Paris.

Scott P. Ellis exhibits at Galerie Samuel Lallouz Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:14 PM PDT   Montreal, Canada – Toronto artist Scott P. Ellis will be exhibiting his recent collages at Galerie Samuel Lallouz from September 25 through October 30, 2007. The vernissage will be held on Tuesday, September 25 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The artist will be present. All are welcome.

Tony Clark & John Wolseley at Art Gallery of New South Wales Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:13 PM PDT Sydney, Australia - The exhibition A Bird in the Hand contrasts the work of Tony Clark and John Wolseley, two contemporary artists of standing, who are at the moment both doing 'bird paintings'.  From very different backgrounds and artistic positions, they approach the subject of birds in very different ways, exploring their many charms.  On exhibition 14 December 2006 to 28 January 2007, at Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Museo Picasso Málaga Opens Sophie Taeuber-Arp Retrospective Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:11 PM PDT MALAGA, SPAIN - In 1915, Sophie Taeuber and Jean Arp met for the first time, in Zurich . They met quite by chance, and Arp, who was later to become her husband and collaborator, was fascinated by this "serene and amiable" woman, who lived her life "like a character from a Book of Hours, studious both at work and in sleep". At this time, Taeuber was a teacher at the city's School of Arts and Crafts and an outstanding pupil of the expressive dance classes run by Hungarian choreographer Rudolf Laban and the revolutionary dancer Mary Wigman. From the Surrealist Hugnet to the Dada poet Huelsenbeck, from painter and filmmaker Richter to performer Emmy Hennings, and other artists such as Kandinsky himself, the members of the Avant-garde movement spoke of Taeuber with astonishment and admiration. On view 19 October through 24 January, 2010 at the Museo Picasso Málaga.

Jan Senbergs opens at Art Gallery of New South Wales Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:10 PM PDT   SYDNEY, AU - The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents Jan Senbergs – From Screenprinter to Painter, on view through 25 May 2008. This is the first survey of the development of the work of Jan Senbergs, whose beginnings as an apprentice screenprinter after he left school at fifteen (rather than attending art school), provided him with the initial means to make art. Born in Latvia in 1939, he came to Australia in 1950 as a refugee, with his mother, grandmother and younger sister, and has lived and worked in Melbourne since.

HISTORIC RAJ PICTURE SELLS FOR WORLD RECORD £602,400 AT BONHAMS IN LONDON Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:08 PM PDT   London - A picture which speaks eloquently of the Raj, linking Buckinghamshire with Madras, painted by an Indian aristocrat of an English aristocrat, sold for the astonishing price of £602,400 at Bonhams Indian and Islamic Art Sale in London on October 25 – the auction made a total of £3.2m from 600 items in the sale.

9 SHADES OF WHITELEY At Brett Whiteley Studio Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:06 PM PDT Sydney Australia - 9 Shades of Brett Whiteley is a mini-retrospective exhibition tracing the artist's life and career from his earliest work in 1955 with Self Portrait at Sixteen to just a few months before his death with Port Douglas, Far North Queensland 1992.  The exhibition includes 9 phases of Whiteley's art: Early Works, Abstraction, Bathroom Series, Christie and London Zoo Series, Lavender Bay, Portraits, Birds, Landscapes and Late Works.  It is an astonishing body of work which displays all the dexterity, imagination and ambition of a prodigious talent.  On exhibition 2 December 2006 to Sunday 29 April 2007.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:05 PM PDT This is a new feature for the subscribers and visitors to Art Knowledge News (AKN), that will enable you to see "thumbnail descriptions" of the last ninety (90) articles and art images that we published. This will allow you to visit any article that you may have missed ; or re-visit any article or image of particular interest. Every day the article "thumbnail images" will change. For you to see the entire last ninety images just click : here . When opened that also will allow you to change the language from English to anyone of 54 other languages, by clicking your language choice on the upper left corner of our Home Page.  You can share any article we publish with the eleven (11) social websites we offer like Twitter, Flicker, Linkedin, Facebook, etc. by one click on the image shown at the end of each opened article.  Last, but not least, you can email or print any entire article by using an icon visible to the right side of an article's headline.

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