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• Yves Tangue & Kay Sage Together in "Double Solitaire" at the Katonah Museum
• MOCA Presents Comprehensive Survey Exhibition of Graffiti & Street Art
• "In His Sixth Decade ~ Prints by Peter Milton" at Jane Haslem Gallery in Washington D.C.
• Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht Shows Modern Masterpieces from the Liege Collections
• The Ukrainian Museum Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster
• A Journey Through Renaissance Italy at the Denver Art Museum
• Multifaceted Artist Niki de Saint Phalle Exhibition at Kunsthalle Würth
• Deutsche Guggenheim Honors the "Artist of the Year" 2011 ~ Yto Barrada
• Philadelphia Museum of Art to Survey Picasso and His Circle in Paris
• Forum Gallery NYC to feature New Works of Steven Assael
• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to exhibit J.W. Waterhouse ~ The Modern Pre-Raphaelite
• Kemper Museum to show Dan Christensen: Forty Years of Painting
• Scream Gallery to Feature Works by R. Crumb During London Comic Festival
• Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi Unveils Middle Eastern Women in Walgreens' Window
• The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art displays "The Poetics of Space"
• Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Marks the 80th Anniversary of the Exhibition "Film und Foto"
• Norton Museum of Art to feature Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism
• Philbrook Museum of Art to screen "The Gates"- Christo & Jeanne-Claude to Attend
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Yves Tangue & Kay Sage Together in "Double Solitaire" at the Katonah Museum Posted: 18 Apr 2011 10:50 PM PDT Katonah, New York.- The Katonah Museum of Art takes visitors on a journey through the subconscious as it presents "Double Solitaire: The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy" from June 5 through September 18, 2011. Organized in partnership with the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, "Double Solitaire" is the first major touring exhibition to explore the dynamic exchange of ideas that shaped the astonishing landscapes of these Surrealist artists and to reveal, in particular, Sage's influence on Tanguy's later work. Double Solitaire features approximately 25 paintings by each artist, dating from 1937 to 1958, as well as selected ephemera, providing a window into the couple's personal lives. Sage and Tanguy were inseparable throughout their 15-year marriage, sharing a studio in Woodbury, Connecticut and communicating only in French until Tanguy's untimely death in 1955. Both artists sought to create paintings that the French poet André Breton called "peinture-poésie," a style influenced by poetry and dream-like imagery. However, in spite of their intimacy, the two artists never wanted to be considered a "team of painters." With the condition that they be placed in separate galleries, a 1954 exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the closest their works ever came to being shown together. Initially, Tanguy's influence on Sage was stronger, as she was just beginning to paint professionally when they met.  His paintings from the early 1940s initiate a new direction in her work, a turn towards the geometric imagery that became the hallmark of her mature style.  But Sage's art also affected Tanguy's, something that has heretofore gone unrecognized.  Distinct changes in Tanguy's paintings—including shifts in compositional strategies, the adoption of a muted color palette, and the introduction of a dominant "figure"—came directly from working in close proximity to his wife. The "Double Solitaire" exhibition is divided into three primary themes: The art each produced when Tanguy was already an established member of the Surrealist movement and Sage was first entering the group's orbit; the numerous ways in which each influenced the other's compositions, motifs and subject matter while living and working together in the United States; and an examination of their art's personal and social influence, including the impact that Tanguy's death had upon Sage and her later work. "This is a wonderful opportunity for us on so many levels.  It's been a long time since either of these important artist has had a major exhibition. Through the generosity of our lenders, we've been able to bring together many of their finest paintings.  By examining the works side-by-side for the first time ever, visitors will come away with a new appreciation of the intimacy of their professional and personal relationships," said Nancy Wallach, Director of Curatorial Affairs. Double Solitaire: The Surrealist Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy is curated by Stephen Robseon Miller and Jonathan Stuhlman, two of the country's foremost scholars of Surrealism. Miller, an independent curator and art historian, has assembled an archive containing thousands of documents chronicling the lives of the two artists and is in the final stages of a book on Sage, which will be published in the Summer 2011. Stuhlman, Curator of American Art at The Mint Museum, is currently developing a three-part project on Surrealism of which this exhibition is the centerpiece. He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia where his research focus is Yves Tanguy. Yves Tanguy was born in Paris on January 5th 1900 and spent much of his childhood on the Brittany coast at Locronon, whose landscape was comprised of the prehistoric Celtic rock formations which were of great influence to his painting. As a teenager he moved to Paris, where he entered Secondary School at Lycée Montaigne in 1912 and further pursued his studies at Lycée St Louis. Greatly affected and discouraged by World War I and the disappearance of his beloved brother Henri, he took to alcohol and the bohemian life. When in 1916 his mother retired at the Prieuré, an ancient house in Locronan, Yves remained in Paris on Coëtlogon street in the Sixth Arrondissement, under the supervision of his sister Emilie, a teacher. It was Tanguy's desert-like scenes, melding the land and sky which Andre Breton saw as the most poetic of Surrealist painting. Kay Sage (1898-1963), was born in upstate New York to an upper class East Coast family and raised in Italy, began painting professionally in the mid-1930s. After a bumpy youth spent in Europe and the USA, a first unhappy marriage to an Italian prince, she met Yves in Europe just before WW II and convinced him to join her in New York. She created what is considered by many as the most geometrically-oriented imagery in Surrealism. Tanguy was among several French artists for whom Sage arranged refuge in the United States following the outbreak of World War II. The couple settled in Woodbury, Connecticut where each one had their own studio. Badly affected by the sudden death of Yves in 1955, Kay went blind, little by little, but nevertheless did finish the Complete Catalogue of Yves' work before committing suicide in 1963. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Katonah Museum of Art originates ten to twelve exhibitions annually, covering a broad range of art and humanities topics. As a non-collecting Museum, the KMA has the opportunity to develop an aspect of art historical concern from a focused and original point of view, and presents it within a fully developed educational context. Committed to making itself accessible and relevant to its community, the Museum offers lectures, symposia, films, workshops, concerts and other events for a general audience; and presents innovative and substantive programs for its member schools. The Children's Learning Center, which is open to the public free of charge, is the only interactive space in the community where children can come on a daily basis to explore, interpret, and create art. The Katonah Museum of Art serves a primary population of 850,000, with an annual attendance of approximately 40,000 people. Visit the museum's website at ... www.katonahmuseum.org

MOCA Presents Comprehensive Survey Exhibition of Graffiti & Street Art Posted: 18 Apr 2011 09:45 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Art in the Streets, the first major U.S. museum exhibition on the history of graffiti and street art, April 17 through August 8, 2011, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. The exhibition traces the development of graffiti and street art from the 1970s to the global movement it has become today, concentrating on key cities where a unique visual language or attitude has evolved. Following MOCA's presentation, the exhibition will travel to the Brooklyn Museum, where it will be on view March 30–July 8, 2012.

"In His Sixth Decade ~ Prints by Peter Milton" at Jane Haslem Gallery in Washington D.C. Posted: 18 Apr 2011 09:27 PM PDT Washington D.C.- The Jane Haslem Gallery is pleased to present "In His Sixth Decade: Prints by Peter Milton" until June 30th. Peter Milton is now in his sixth decade as an artist. His most recent prints, which embrace digitally produced imagery, have sent him in another new and perhaps unexpected direction. These new prints are more luminous and three dimensional. Proving, once again, that Milton continues to reinvent himself by pushing his art to another level of visual experience.

Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht Shows Modern Masterpieces from the Liege Collections Posted: 18 Apr 2011 09:26 PM PDT Maastricht, NL - Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht presents Wintertuin / Wintergarden a selection of modern masterpieces from the Liège collections on view through 19 June 2011. In Wintertuin, the Bonnefantenmuseum is presenting forty classic masterpieces from the collections of the city of Liège and the French Community of Belgium, including seven works of exceptionally high quality known as 'Belgian national treasures' (Chagall, Ensor, Gauguin, Kokoschka, Liebermann, Marc and Picasso).

The Ukrainian Museum Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:56 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- The world's worst nuclear disaster took place at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine on April 26, 1986. Following an explosion in one of the plant's reactors, a plume of radioactive fallout contaminated a huge area surrounding the plant and drifted across parts of the western Soviet Union and nearly all of Europe. After the accident, nearby towns and villages were evacuated and later abandoned. Some 350,000 people lost their homes. In the subsequent clean-up, 850,000 workers were exposed to radiation. Exhibition on view 17 April until 8 May.

A Journey Through Renaissance Italy at the Denver Art Museum Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:55 PM PDT DENVER. CO.- Cities of Splendor: A Journey Through Renaissance Italy invites visitors to explore more than 50 paintings, textiles and decorative arts that defined the style that became known as the Italian Renaissance. The artworks and sumptuously designed settings create a "passport to travel" to Italy during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Visitors have the chance to experience the distinctive creative contribution of each featured city to the birth of the Renaissance style. Coming from the museum's own collection and select loans, the exhibition is on view at the Denver Art Museum through July 31, 2011.

Multifaceted Artist Niki de Saint Phalle Exhibition at Kunsthalle Würth Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:46 PM PDT KUNZELSAU, GERMANY - The Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall shows the wide-ranging œuvre of the multifaceted artist Niki de Saint Phalle, undoubtedly one of the most important artists of the 20th century, in a large survey exhibition. Through her paintings, assemblages, shooting paintings (tirs), sculptures and installations, this artist created a unique cosmos which established her international reputation. On exhibition 17 April through 16 October.

Deutsche Guggenheim Honors the "Artist of the Year" 2011 ~ Yto Barrada Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT BERLIN.- "Riffs" is the first large-scale exhibition in Germany of the work of Yto Barrada, whose photographs, films, publications, installations and sculptures engage with the peculiar situation of her hometown of Tangier, Morocco. With Yto Barrada, Deutsche Bank has elected a woman as "Artist of the Year" 2011 whose work has been closely involved with the political and social realities in North Africa for over a decade. The "Artist of the Year" is presented in a solo exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim from 15 April until 19 June. In her first series A Life Full of Holes: The Strait Project, ten years ago, Barrada evokes a Tangier where postcolonial history has materialized one of its dead-ends. Her recent project Iris Tingitana extends this inquiry to the fast-growing outer edges of the city, where the monocultural vision of planners and developers threaten to homogenize landscape and human lives. The show, featuring selected works from these past series as well as new photos and films is conceived as a construction in 3-dimensional space and a deliberate juxtaposition of works. It plays on the varying distances between Barrada's lens as a photographer and her subjects, and displays the full range media in which she works. The show's title is inspired by music, where "Riff" stands for a rhythmic figure, a musical phrase that some players add to a written score. Riff relates also to the rugged Rif mountains of Morocco, home to insurgencies and a splinter Republic, and to the art deco Rif Cinema, which houses the Tangier Cinémathèque. The three films, Beau Geste, Playground and Hand-Me- Downs, are also "riffing"—rearticulating spaces, sounds, and meanings. One of the recurring figures of the show is that of the tree—physical trees and family trees. Trees serve as metaphors of resistance and strength, of developing levels of vision, of generational transmission, of changing times, of shelter, regeneration and nutrition, but also of decor and tourism. Memory and obliviousness, history and unreliable narratives, as the details and fragmentation of every day life, are strongly involved in this show, and these themes are refracted between the pieces. The visitor, also, changes perspectives and levels—by mounting a mezzanine; moving from intimate projection spaces to a balcony that overlooks large walls of photos; sitting down in a screening room to watch the cinema program, presented by the Cinémathèque. Yto Barrada grew up between Tangier and Paris, where she studied history and political science at the Sorbonne, and subsequently attended the International Center of Photography in New York. Her practice, combining the strategies of documentary with a more meditative approach to images, drove her to return home after sixteen years abroad. Now based in Tangier, she continues to engage the complex realities around her, avoiding the rigidity of any ideological discourse, and without recourse to the spectacular or melodramatic. Another of Barrada's responses to the dynamics of the region was to co-found the Cinémathèque de Tanger, North Africa's first cinema cultural center, which she now directs. The Cinémathèque's film programs, workshops, archive, and traveling presentations are another investment in the unique status of images and representations in the contemporary Arab world and beyond. Artist of the Year The artist, who was born in Paris in 1971 and lives in Tangier, was selected on the recommendation of the Deutsche Bank Global Art Advisory Council, comprised of the curators Okwui Enwezor, Hou Hanru, Udo Kittelmann, and Nancy Spector. The selection of Yto Barrada as "Artist of the Year" 2011 reflects equally important focuses of Deutsche Bank's art activities: internationalism, diversity and a connection between artistic themes and social issues. Unlike many other prizes, the "Artist of the Year" award does not include prize money, but is firmly embedded in Deutsche Bank's art program, with which the bank has made contemporary art accessible to the public worldwide for 30 years. When the bank promotes young artists, it is not a matter of one-off financial support, but of conveying new and noteworthy artistic positions to a wide public and providing long-term impetus to the artist's career. Therefore, the "Artist of the Year" is presented in a solo exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim. In addition, a selection of the artist's works is purchased for the Deutsche Bank Collection. The focus is on young artists who have already amassed an unmistakable and extraordinary oeuvre, in which works on paper or photography play an important role. Moreover, works by Barrada can be seen on a floor devoted to the artist as part of the new art concept for the modernized towers of Deutsche Bank's Frankfurt headquarters.

Philadelphia Museum of Art to Survey Picasso and His Circle in Paris Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA, PA.-One of the most innovative and influential artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) was at his most inventive between 1905 and 1945.The Philadelphia Museum of Artwill present Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris (February 24 - April 25, 2010) surveying Picasso's remarkable output during these years, from the pioneering role he played in the development of Cubism to his dialogue with Surrealism and other important art movements in the 1920s and 1930s. The exhibition also explores the pivotal role that the city of Paris played in the history of modern art, where artists from around the world made the French capital a center of innovation. It will include nearly 200 paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, Joan Miró, and many others, who collectively formed a vibrant, international avant-garde group that became known as the School of Paris.

Forum Gallery NYC to feature New Works of Steven Assael Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT New York, NY – Steven Assael, the New York artist hailed by The Art Newspaper as "the foremost figurative painter of his generation", will exhibit his latest paintings and drawings at Forum Gallery, New York, from March 19 through May 2, 2009. The exhibition, Assael's seventh since joining the Gallery in 1998, focuses on public and private aspects of urban life and explores issues of intimacy, gender and personal identity. The portraits and narratives the artist paints touch on contact, isolation, sexuality and the journey through life.

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to exhibit J.W. Waterhouse ~ The Modern Pre-Raphaelite Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT MONTREAL.- The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will host the largest-ever retrospective of works by the celebrated British artist John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). J. W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite is the first large-scale monographic exhibition on Waterhouse's work since 1978 and the first to feature his entire artistic career. This retrospective features some eighty paintings that are among the finest and most spectacular of the artist's production, on loan from public and private collections in Australia, England, Ireland, Taiwan, the United States and Canada. It will also present many of the artist's attractive studies in oil, chalk and pencil. Several of these works have not been exhibited since Waterhouse's lifetime. The exhibition has been organized by the Groninger Museum, the Netherlands, with the collaboration of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition, which premiered at the Groninger Museum  and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will be presented until February 7, 2010.

Kemper Museum to show Dan Christensen: Forty Years of Painting Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT   KANSAS CITY, MO - For more than forty years, American artist Dan Christensen—long associated with the Color Field movement—experimented with colors, shapes, and forms in his large-scale paintings. Featuring 35 of the artist's works of art from 1966 to 2006, the exhibition Dan Christensen: Forty Years of Painting is the first comprehensive Museum retrospective of the artist's work since his death in 2007. The exhibition is on view May 15 through August 30, 2009, at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.

Scream Gallery to Feature Works by R. Crumb During London Comic Festival Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT LONDON.- Robert Crumb, otherwise known as R. Crumb, is one of the leading figures of the 1966/67 hippy underground comic movement. Philadelphia-born Crumb exploded onto the scene in the late 60's, heralding a renaissance of underground sex and drug comics. His LSD-inspired characters Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural quickly established him as a counter-culture icon. His drawings are exhibited in blue-chip galleries and museums all over the world.

Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi Unveils Middle Eastern Women in Walgreens' Window Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT MIAMI BEACH, FL.- Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi unveils a new side of her work at Walgreens Windows, an opportunity made possible by ArtCenter/South Florida. Known for her signature use of found objects in creating eerie, yet poignant assemblages, Yaghoubi shares a series of mixed media paintings that exude an unexpected calm. Representations of Middle-Eastern women hang today in the storefront of the Collins Avenue at 67th Street location in Miami Beach. This context is both appropriate and ironic, as Yaghoubi's friendly women in hijabs are set to reach thousands of passerbys through the facades of Walgreens, America's quintessential drugstore.

The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art displays "The Poetics of Space" Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT KANSAS CITY, MO - The exhibition The Poetics of Space is on view April 10, 2009 through March 14, 2010, at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Through photographs by William Christenberry, Lynn Davis, Walker Evans, Todd Hido, Anthony Lepore, and Mike Sinclair, among others, the exhibition reveals the mysterious and poetic worlds dwelling within domestic, urban, and natural spaces. The exhibition includes more than 20 photographs by 17 artists from the Kemper Museum's permanent collection.

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Marks the 80th Anniversary of the Exhibition "Film und Foto" Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT STUTTGART, GERMANY - In 2009, the year marking the eightieth anniversary of the exhibition »Film und Foto« originally presented in Stuttgart in 1929, the Staatsgalerie is commemorating that show with a selection of more than sixty works from its collection. Organised by the German Werkbund (an association of artists, architects, designers, and industrialists), the exhibition opened at the New Exhibition Hall on Interim Theatre Square. »Film und Foto« (FIFO) presented some 1200 works by 200 authors and provided the first systematic overview of international developments in film and photography in a wide range of areas comprising art, advertising, propaganda and the press.

Norton Museum of Art to feature Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT   West Palm Beach, FL - This exhibition of some 37 paintings includes many of the finest examples of mid-nineteenth through early twentieth-century French and American landscape in the Brooklyn Museum's collection. The works presented offer a broad survey of landscape painting as practiced by such leading French artists as Gustave Courbet and Claude Monet and their most significant American followers including Frederick Childe Hassam and John Singer Sargent. On view at the Norton Museum of Art from February 6–May 10, 2009.

Philbrook Museum of Art to screen "The Gates"- Christo & Jeanne-Claude to Attend Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT TULSA, OK.- Philbrook Museum of Art and Circle Cinema announce the regional premier of the film The Gates: A Film about The Gates in Central Park, New York City will be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, July 11, 8–10:30 pm at Philbrook Museum of Art. Christo and Jeanne-Claude created a masterpiece—a piece of art that not only inspired the mind, but touched the soul. For 16 days in February 2005, over 7,500 gates covered more than 23 miles of Central Park walkways. Special guests, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, will be in attendance for a question and answer session.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:44 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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