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• The Whitney Museum of American Art Presents Exhibiton Exploring Its Founding Collection
• 'The Orient Expressed: Japan's Influence on Western Art, 1854-1918' On View at the Mississippi Museum of Art
• The Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna To Exhibit 'Norbert Bittner's Egypt: Imaginary Visions From the Land of the Nile'
• Henri Cartier-Bresson ~ The Modern Century at The High Museum
• The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Shows 'Lin Hung-Ming ~ Painting My Imagination'
• Salvador Dalí Exhibition At The Georgia Museum of Art
• Prado Museum Presents The Young Jose de Ribera's Unknown Career
• International Concern About "Missing" Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei
• Artsicle Website Launches "Try Before You Buy" Contemporary Art Gallery
• The University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art presents "Heartland"
• The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to showcase Impressionist Giovanni Boldini
• DeCordova Museum Announces $1 Million Hamilton James Sculpture Park Acquisition Fund
• Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico Presents René Magritte Exhibition
• Migros Museum showcases the Art & Theatre of Tadeusz Kantor
• Exhibition at the Zentrum Paul Klee Focuses on Klee's Biography
• Richard Levy Gallery Shows Horst and Daniel Zielske & Nancy Rubins
• The Elms Lesters Painting Rooms Book and Exhibition presented in London
• Exhibition at the MdM Mönchsberg shows Collection FOTOGRAFIS Bank Austria
• Katrina Brings Monet, Degas and Others to Louisiana Art & Science Museum
• Cheim & Read shows New Work by William Eggleston and Rare Photos by Diane Arbus

The Whitney Museum of American Art Presents Exhibiton Exploring Its Founding Collection Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:10 PM PDT New York, NY - At the turn of the twentieth century, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, an heiress and sculptor born to one of America's wealthiest families, began to assemble a rich and highly diverse collection of modern American art. This group of objects, combined with a trove of new works purchased around the time of the Whitney Museum's opening in 1931, came together to form the founding collection. 'Breaking Ground: The Whitney's Founding Collection' is the first in a multiyear series of exhibitions aimed at reassessing the museum's collection. Unfolding in chronological order over a two year period, these exhibitions will explore overlooked developments in American art and reconsider iconic figures and masterworks within new frameworks and contexts. This exhibition features a selected group of works from the approximately 1,000 objects in the Whitney's founding collection, including iconic paintings by artists such as Stuart Davis, Charles Sheeler, George Bellows, Rockwell Kent, Edward Hopper, and Georgia O'Keeffe, as well as works by lesser-known artists. The exhibition will be on view from April 28th to September 18th 2011. As the preeminent institution devoted to the art of the United States, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the full range of twentieth-century and contemporary American art, with a special focus on works by living artists. The Whitney is dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting American art, and its collection—arguably the finest holding of twentieth-century American art in the world—is the Museum's key resource. The Museum's signature exhibition, the Biennial, is the country's leading survey of the most recent developments in American art. Innovation has been a hallmark of the Whitney since its beginnings. It was the first museum dedicated to the work of living American artists and the first New York museum to present a major exhibition of a video artist (Nam June Paik in 1982). Such figures as Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, and Cindy Sherman were given their first museum retrospectives by the Whitney. The Museum has consistently purchased works within the year they were created, often well before the artists became broadly recognized. The Whitney was the first museum to take its exhibitions and programming beyond its walls by establishing corporate-funded branch facilities, and the first museum to undertake a program of collection-sharing (with the San Jose Museum of Art) in order to increase access to its renowned collection. Visit the museum's website at ... www.whitney.org

'The Orient Expressed: Japan's Influence on Western Art, 1854-1918' On View at the Mississippi Museum of Art Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:09 PM PDT Jackson, MS.- 'The Orient Expressed: Japan's Influence on Western Art, 1854-1918', will be on display at the Mississippi Museum of Art through July 17, 2011. Visitors to this eleventh exhibition in 'The Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin Memorial Exhibition Series' will learn about the cultural phenomenon known as Japonisme, through the presentation of more than 200 works of art from the 19th and early 20th centuries. First identified by French art critic Philippe Burty in 1872, Japonisme became a worldwide movement that deeply impacted the visual arts. The resulting influence of these pieces on the visual and decorative arts as well as architecture, music, theater, literature, graphic design, and even fashion was overwhelming and continues to this day. According to Mississippi Museum of Art Director Betsy Bradley, "The Museum has secured works from some of the most prestigious collections in France, Belgium, and throughout the United States. With the high caliber of' The Orient Expressed', we expect to host more visitors than any other exhibition the Museum has had previously."

The Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna To Exhibit 'Norbert Bittner's Egypt: Imaginary Visions From the Land of the Nile' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:08 PM PDT Vienna, Austria - The Liechtenstein Museum presents 'Norbert Bittner's Egypt: Imaginary Visions From the Land of the Nile' from May 27th to September 20th in the library. In the early part of the nineteenth century, Norbert Bittner (1786–1851) executed 56 views of a journey to Egypt – without ever having set foot in the country himself. Using French and German volumes of engravings, he made imaginative use of the details he found there, combining them to create his own personal vision of the Land on the Nile. This series of watercolours was left as a legacy to the Kupferstichkabinett of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in 1839. Twenty-six of these views, arranged in topographical order from north to south and juxtaposed with modern photographs of the same sights, will be shown in the Neoclassical Library of the Liechtenstein Museum.

Henri Cartier-Bresson ~ The Modern Century at The High Museum Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:07 PM PDT Atlanta, GA - Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) is one of the most accomplished figures in the history of photography. For more than three decades Cartier-Bresson was the keenest observer of global human affairs and one of the great portraitists of the twentieth century. His groundbreaking work of the early 1930s redefined the role of photography in the modern world, straddling the divide between art and photojournalism. From ancient traditions in foreign lands to urban post-war Europe, Cartier-Bresson demonstrated his uncanny ability to create telling images from fleeting moments in everyday life. A masterful storyteller, he created picture stories by combining a series of photos and captions and building narratives from many small, individual observations. On exhibit through 29 May at the High Museum.

The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Shows 'Lin Hung-Ming ~ Painting My Imagination' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:06 PM PDT Taiwan.- The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts presents 'Lin Hung-Ming ~ Painting My Imagination', on view until 22nd May 2011. Describing his work, Lin Hung-Ming says: "Art creation has always been personal. It is free; free expression and presentation of own thoughts and ideas. At the same time, there is no limitation to what media to use; as long as one can manipulate the chosen media with comfort. As for the form of art, it depends on personal preferences rather than other people's point of view. That is, the forms and medias of art should be free, boundless and limitless. Artists should be able to manipulate them with ease to express the inner feelings at a specific moment. Artists' expressing of own inner emotions should not be intervened, nor limited.

Salvador Dalí Exhibition At The Georgia Museum of Art Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:04 PM PDT Athens, Georgia - In 1957, the Italian Government commissioned Salvador Dalí to illustrate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Dalí's 100 watercolors were to be reproduced as wood engravings and released as a limited edition print suite in honor of the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. When the project was announced to the public, Italians were outraged that a Spaniard had been chosen to honor the anniversary of Dante's birth and the commission was rescinded. Dalí, confident that a publisher could be found, continued to work on the project. In order to translate Dalí's watercolors into printed plates, two artists hand-carved 3,500 blocks, a process that lasted five years. On exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art from 10 April through 19 June.

Prado Museum Presents The Young Jose de Ribera's Unknown Career Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:02 PM PDT MADRID.- The Museo del Prado presents The Young Ribera, a survey of Jose de Ribera's activity during his period in Rome and in the years following his arrival in Naples in 1616. The exhibition runs from April 5 through July 31, 2011. This is a period of Ribera's career that was almost completely unknown until recently and one that is the subject of an extremely interesting debate among art historians. Featuring more thirty two works, the exhibition allows for comparisons between the most important paintings currently considered to date from the period in question and focuses on their dating and role in the development of Roman Caravaggesque painting in the second and third decades of the 17th century. Among the works on display is The Raising of Lazarus, acquired by the Museo del Prado in 2001 and now considered to be one of the key reference points in the debate on Ribera's early artistic activities.

International Concern About "Missing" Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:02 PM PDT London ( Guardian) - France and Germany are leading calls for the release of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who remains missing more than 36 hours after his detention. "I appeal to the Chinese government to urgently provide clarification, and I expect Ai Weiwei to be released immediately," the German foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, said in a statement. Earlier this week, Ai said that he was building a studio in Berlin, partially in response to the increasing pressure he faced in China. French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said his country was very concerned and hoped the artist would be released as soon as possible, Agence France-Presse reported. A state-run Chinese newspaper on Wednesday brushed aside international concerns over the fate of a prominent artist and activist missing since the weekend, calling him a maverick who lacks respect for the country's laws.

Artsicle Website Launches "Try Before You Buy" Contemporary Art Gallery Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:01 PM PDT New York, NY - Artsicle is a new virtual contemporary art gallery that allows buyers to rent artworks, before buying them, or returning them if they don't match the decor. They provide invitation-only access to some of New York's top emerging artists, adding selected pieces to a collection that can be browsed on-line. With Artsicle, For $50 a month, art lovers can choose a painting, sculpture or print they like from the collections of 30 emerging and more established artists, hang it in their homes and decide whether they like it or not. If they do, they can purchase the art, prices range from $500 to $5,000. If they don't, they can send it back or rent another one. Artsicle believe in supporting today's artists today, and helping them to grow their careers. All of their artists are hand-selected for their talent and unique style in New York's ever changing art scene. Collecting their work allows you to support these talented individuals and own a piece of tomorrow's art history. Alexis Tryon says that so far about 90% of customers are renting and 10% are buying the art immediately, with 20% of renters deciding to purchase the piece within the first month of living with it. Where would you go to buy original art that you could afford? This was the question that followed Scott Carleton and Alexis Tryon, tired of blank walls and mass-produced prints, as they set out across New York to start collecting. Unfriendly gallery encounters and overwhelming online marketplaces left them empty handed, but with an idea. What if you could find work by today's emerging artists in one, curated place online? This work was previously only available to the well connected who ventured directly to artists' galleries with cash in hand. Alexis and Scott set out to build Artsicle so that everyone could have access to more of the amazing art being created everyday. Alexis tryon is the co-founder and CEO of Artsicle and the site's connector guru – finding collectors and artists wherever she can. She's also at the other end of customer service calls and organizes their marketing efforts. Prior to founding Artsicle, Alexis developed a love for contemporary art through her work with the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. At the ICA she student-curated a show, Crimes of Omission, and worked with web marketing. After leaving Philadelphia for NYC, Alexis worked for American Express where she developed a deep passion for customer service and hospitality. Artsicle has allowed Alexis to combine these passions – sharing great, contemporary art with best-in-class service. She holds a B.A. in Art History & Communication Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Scott Carleton is the co-founder and CTO of Artsicle, and their IT guy. Prior to founding Artsicle, Scott was a nuclear engineer for Westinghouse in Pittsburgh. He simultaneously applied his creative skills to found Breakout Developments, where he designed a modern-mix tape for iPods. Scott next turned to web development, joining the SpeakerText team while teaching himself Ruby on Rails. It was official – he had the tech startup bug. Shortly after, Scott left his job with Westinghouse to develop Artsicle fulltime. The rest is history. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Visit the website at ... http://www.artsicle.com

The University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art presents "Heartland" Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:53 PM PDT CHICAGO, IL.- The University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art presents Heartland, a new exhibition that examines innovative forms of artistic creation taking place in the geographic center of the United States. Organized by the Smart Museum and the Van Abbemuseum, one of Europe's premier contemporary art institutions, the exhibition illuminates a diverse assembly of artists who are responding to the world around them and reshaping it in unexpected ways. On view from October 1, 2009 to January 17, 2010

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to showcase Impressionist Giovanni Boldini Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:51 PM PDT WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- During his lifetime, the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini (1842–1931) achieved tremendous popularity in Europe and the United States, where he was celebrated for his vibrant brushwork and striking portraits. The exhibition Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris illuminates Boldini's early career when he lived in Paris and painted the city's bustling streets, cafes, and concert halls, as well as charming scenes of its sunny suburban landscapes, while developing his unique style. Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris, the first Boldini exhibition in the United States in twenty years, opens at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on February 14, 2010.

DeCordova Museum Announces $1 Million Hamilton James Sculpture Park Acquisition Fund Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:50 PM PDT LINCOLN, MA.- Dennis Kois, Executive Director of the DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum, announced the creation of the Hamilton James Sculpture Park Acquisition Fund with a gift of one million dollars. Given by Tony James in honor of his late father Hamilton R. James, the grant consists of a one million dollar gift and a potential future gift of five hundred thousand dollars upon completion of a challenge for the acquisition or commission of seminal major works for DeCordova's Sculpture Park. This gift, the largest ever given specifically for the Park, recognizes the service and philanthropy of Hamilton R. James, a long-time supporter and former Trustee to the Museum. His widow, Waleska James, continues to be involved as a Museum Guide and member of DeCordova's Education Committee.

Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico Presents René Magritte Exhibition Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:47 PM PDT MEXICO CITY.-The Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes is presenting the exhibition about the Belgian painter René Magritte to be held from March 17 through July 11, 2010. The main purpose is to display for the first time in Latin America the work of such a unique artist.Being a landmark in the heart of Mexico City, the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes has been standing since 1934 as the greatest forum of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA) housing the celebrated masterworks of the muralists —Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Rufino Tamayo.

Migros Museum showcases the Art & Theatre of Tadeusz Kantor Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:45 PM PDT   Zurich, Switzerland - Tadeusz Kantor (born 1915 in Wielopole Skrzyńskie, died 1990 in Krakow) is regarded as one of the most significant Polish artists of the 20th century. Alongside his work as a visual artist he was also a theatre reformer influenced by avant-garde artists Antonin Artaud and Alfred Jarry, and also attracted by the Bauhaus theatre. Kantor was particularly interested in breaking the illusion created by classical theatre, and used alienation or defamiliarisation techniques revealing the artificiality of classical stage production, thus forcing an opening through to real life. On exhibit at Migros Museum until 16 November.

Exhibition at the Zentrum Paul Klee Focuses on Klee's Biography Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:44 PM PDT Bern, Switzerland - This new exhibition at the Zentrum Paul Klee focuses on Klee's biography – Paul Klee. Life, Work and Responses. In this biography in pictorial form – a wonderfully artistic biographical narrative – Klee's pictures tell of his family, his travels and his ambivalent attitude toward politics and world affairs. The presentation – thanks to a generous gift from the Klee family – will be the first time that the Zentrum Paul Klee archives are being made available to the wider public. It also provides an insight as to the ongoing influence of Klee's personality and work.

Richard Levy Gallery Shows Horst and Daniel Zielske & Nancy Rubins Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:43 PM PDT   Albuquerque, NM - The Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of photographs by Horst and Daniel Zielske and a print folio of studies for monumental sculpture by Nancy Rubins. On exhibition June 1 – July 16, 2007. Horst and Daniel Zielske depict a new type of city born of a technologically fueled, frenetic, twenty-first century.  They track the uneven development of time and space through the built environment in a series titled Megalopolis Shanghai.  In this city the lights never dim and the streets never quiet, whether the hum is human, electronic, or something in between, is uncertain.  These photographs convey the beauty and speed of such a vision, as well as its phantasms and pitfalls.  The exhibition includes a selection of photographs from this series, which has been in production since 2002, and premiered at the Museum for Art and Trade (MKG) in Hamburg, Germany in 2006. Horst was born in 1946, Daniel in 1972.  Both live and work in Göttingen, Germany.  A father son team, they have been collaborating on photography since 1993.  Their work is featured this year at MKG.  A book of this series is available.

The Elms Lesters Painting Rooms Book and Exhibition presented in London Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:40 PM PDT   LONDON - The Elms Lesters Book, a 25th anniversary limited edition book, showcasing the very best exhibitions and artists from one of the most exciting galleries in the world will be accompanied by major exhibition December 5th – 20th. From Adam Neate to Stash, this superlative volume presents some of the most exciting international contemporary artists of the age and provides documentation of an art historical moment Nearly two years in the making, and with almost 600 images printed across 500 pages, this monumental, hardbound and boxed limited edition book covers 17 selected exhibitions and the work of fourteen of the most high profile contemporary artists.

Exhibition at the MdM Mönchsberg shows Collection FOTOGRAFIS Bank Austria Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:38 PM PDT Salzburg, Austria - This exhibition at the MdM Mönchsberg presents almost the entire FOTOGRAFIS collection which was provided to the MdM Salzburg as permanent loan by Bank Austria and integrated into the MdM's photographic collection in July 2008. The FOTOGRAFIS collection, established in 1976, is one of the earliest and most outstanding photographic collections in Europe. In 1987 it was presented temporarily at the Rupertinum and now it returns to Salzburg. On exhibition at the MdM Mönchsberg  through 26 October, 2009.

Katrina Brings Monet, Degas and Others to Louisiana Art & Science Museum Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:35 PM PDT BATON ROUGE, LA - Impressionists and Modern Masters from the New Orleans Museum of Art at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum.  More than 60 paintings and works on paper from NOMA's collection, including several rarely seen works, will be on view through January 7, 2007, as a symbol of NOMA's gratitude for Baton Rouge's hospitality and kindness in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.  The exhibition marks the first time that so many works of art by renowned artists such as Monet, Degas, and Picasso on display together in Baton Rouge.

Cheim & Read shows New Work by William Eggleston and Rare Photos by Diane Arbus Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:34 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Cheim & Read present two concurrent photography exhibitions featuring, respectively, a selection of rarely shown photographs by Diane Arbus and new work by William Eggleston. The installation of Arbus's work, shown here under the title "In the Absence of Others", brings together a group of photographs of empty interiors and artificial landscapes spanning the 1960s. The Eggleston exhibition is titled "21st Century". A presentation of this work is also on view at the Victoria Miro Gallery in London. Both exhibitions on view through 13 February, 2010.

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