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• The National Art Museum of Romania Shows Hokusai's Mount Fuji Views In Solidarity With the Japanese People
• Art Amsterdam This May Promises to be the Most International Yet
• Jack Rutberg Fine Art Displays "Some Assembly Required" Through 31 May
• 'Gideon Rubin ~ Shallow Waters' Exhibition at the Hosfeldt gallery in New York
• The Rijksmuseum, Closed Since 2003, Won’t Completely Reopen Until 2012
• Roman Mosaic from Lod In Israel at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco
• 'The Dutch East Indies at Home' at Amsterdam's Museum Geelvinck
• High Museum to Host Sixteen Premier Print Dealers for the First Ever Print Fair
• The Art Gallery on the Portland Campus of the University of New England Shows "Critters"
• The Traditional Wallraf-Richartz Museum In Cologne, Germany Is Re-Visited By Our Editor
• Tate Liverpool to show 'William Blake ~ The River of Life'
• Exhibition Spotlights Queens of Egypt at Grimaldi Forum Monaco
• Nassau County Museum of Art Showcases the Romantic Fascination of the Sea
• Don Doe Solos at Mireille Mosler, Ltd.
• "I Found it a Pigstye; I Turned it into a Palace" at The Fitzwilliam Museum
• ACME Fine Art, Boston showcases DAYS LUMBERYARD STUDIOS 1915-1972
• Wassily Kandinsky’s Epic "Battle" at The National Gallery in Prague
• The Israel Museum has Reopened and Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary
• Katonah Museum of Art hosts Walt Whitman and American Art
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

The National Art Museum of Romania Shows Hokusai's Mount Fuji Views In Solidarity With the Japanese People Posted: 24 Apr 2011 10:57 PM PDT Bucharest.- As a demonstration of support for the Japanese people in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami, the National Art Museum of Romania has organised a special exhibition of Katsushika Hokusai's Mount Fuji prints entitled "Pilgrimage to Mount Fuji: Katsushika Hokusai engravings". The exhibition opens on Thursday, April 28 at the National Art Museum of Romania (MNAR), 49-53, Victoriei Street in Bucharest. During the exhibition the full "Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji", plus the additional ten later added by the artist, will be on view. Alongside the Hokusai works, 38 pieces of the best early twentieth century Romanian print making from the museum's colleciton will be exhibited. The exhibition will run until July 31st. Katsushika Hokusai (October or November 1760 – May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. In his time, he was Japan's leading expert on Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best-known as author of the woodblock print series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" which includes the internationally recognized print, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa", created during the 1820s. Hokusai was known by at least 30 names during his lifetime. Although the use of multiple names was a common practice of Japanese artists of the time, the numbers of names he used far exceeds that of any other major Japanese artist. At the age of 12, he was sent by his father to work in a bookshop and lending library, a popular type of institution in Japanese cities, where reading books made from wood-cut blocks was a popular entertainment of the middle and upper classes. At 14, he became an apprentice to a wood-carver, where he worked until the age of 18, whereupon he was accepted into the studio of Katsukawa Shunsho. Shunsho was an artist of ukiyo-e, a style of wood block prints and paintings that Hokusai would master, and head of the so-called Katsukawa school. Ukiyo-e, as practiced by artists like Shunsho, focused on images of the courtesans and Kabuki actors who were popular in Japan's cities at the time. After a year, Hokusai's name changed for the first time, when he was dubbed Shunro by his master. It was under this name that he published his first prints, a series of pictures of Kabuki actors published in 1779. During the decade he worked in Shunsho's studio, Hokusai was married to his first wife, about whom very little is known except that she died in the early 1790s. He would marry again in 1797, although this second wife also died after a short time. He fathered two sons and three daughters with these two wives, and his youngest daughter Sakae, also known as Oi, eventually became an artist like her father. Upon the death of Shunsho in 1793, Hokusai began exploring other styles of art, including European styles he was exposed to through French and Dutch copper engravings he was able to acquire. He was soon expelled from the Katsukawa school by Shunko, the chief disciple of Shunsho, possibly due to studies at the rival Kan school. This event was, in his own words, inspirational: "What really motivated the development of my artistic style was the embarrassment I suffered at Shunko's hands." Hokusai also changed the subjects of his works, moving away from the images of courtesans and actors that were the traditional subjects of ukiyo-e. Instead, his work became focused on landscapes and images of the daily life of Japanese people from a variety of social levels. This change of subject was a breakthrough in ukiyo-e and in Hokusai's career. "Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge" (1790) dates from this period of Hokusai's life. In 1811, at the age of 51, Hokusai changed his name to Taito and entered the period in which he created the Hokusai Manga and various etehon, or art manuals. These etehon, beginning in 1812 with Quick Lessons in Simplified Drawing, served as a convenient way to make money and attract more students. The first book of Hokusai's manga, sketches or caricatures that influenced the modern form of comics known by the same name, was published in 1814. Together, his 12 volumes of manga published before 1820 and three more published posthumously include thousands of drawings of animals, religious figures, and everyday people. They often have humorous overtones, and were very popular at the time. In 1820, Hokusai changed his name yet again, this time to "Iitsu," a change which marked the start of a period in which he secured fame as an artist throughout Japan (though, given Japan's isolation from the outside world during his lifetime, his fame overseas came after his death). It was during the 1820s that Hokusai reached the peak of his career. His most famous work, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, including the famous Great Wave off Kanagawa, dated from this period. It proved so popular that Hokusai later added ten more prints to the series. Hokusai created the "Thirty-Six Views" both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically "The Great Wave" print and "Fuji in Clear Weather", that secured Hokusai's fame both within Japan and overseas. While Hokusai's work prior to this series is certainly important, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition and left a lasting impact on the art world. It was also "The Great Wave" print that initially received, and continues to receive, acclaim and popularity in the Western world. Among the other popular series of prints he published during this time are "A Tour of the Waterfalls of the Provinces" and "Unusual Views of Celebrated Bridges in the Provinces". He also began producing a number of detailed individual images of flowers and birds, including the extraordinarily detailed "Poppies" and "Flock of Chickens". In 1839, disaster struck as a fire destroyed Hokusai's studio and much of his work. By this time, his career was beginning to wane as younger artists such as Ando Hiroshige became increasingly popular. But Hokusai never stopped painting, and completed Ducks in a Stream at the age of 87. Constantly seeking to produce better work, he apparently exclaimed on his deathbed, "If only Heaven will give me just another ten years... Just another five more years, then I could become a real painter." He died on May 10, 1849, and was buried at the Seikyo-ji in Tokyo (Taito Ward). The National Museum of Art of Romania hosts three art galleries and has a short, but impressive royal past. The European Art Gallery, the Romanian Medieval Art Gallery and the Romanian Modern Art Gallery bring together art works exhibited in an attractive, modern manner, thus turning a visit to the museum into an enjoyable and instructive way of spending time. The National Museum of Art of Romania is located in the former royal palace in Revolution Square, central Bucharest, Romania, completed in 1937. It features notable collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as the international collection assembled by the Romanian royal family. The museum was damaged during the 1989 Romanian Revolution that led to the downfall of Nicolae Ceaucescu. In 2000, part of the museum reopened to the public, housing the modern Romanian collection and the international collection. The comprehensive Medieval art collection, which now features works salvaged from monasteries destroyed during the Ceaucescu era, reopened in spring 2002. There are also two halls that house temporary exhibits. The modern Romanian collection features sculptures by Constantin Brâncusi and Dimitrie Paciurea, as well as paintings by Theodor Aman, Nicolae Grigorescu, Theodor Pallady, Gheorghe Petrascu, and Gheorghe Tattarescu. In 2007, after almost six months of redecoration works, the European Art Gallery was reopened to the public on June, 21st. Important art works that have been recently restored are on display again, including "The Annunciation" by Tintoretto, "The Return of the Prodigal Son" by Bernardino Licinio, "Venus and Cupid by" Lucas Cranach the Elder and "The Triumph of the Virgin Surrounded by Angels" by Pedro Campaña. The museum also took the opportunity provided by the redecoration works to rehang the galleries, providing a first opportunity to see other important works including "Hercule's Fight with the Centaurus Nessus" by Luca Giordano, "The Holy Family" by Giorgio Vasari, "Jacob's Escape" by Jean Tassel, "Jesus and the Penitent Sinners" credited to Anton van Dyck, and "Virgin and Child" by Francesco Raibolini (called Il Francia). Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.mnar.arts.ro

Art Amsterdam This May Promises to be the Most International Yet Posted: 24 Apr 2011 10:02 PM PDT Amsterdam,- From the 11th until the 15th of May 2011, the 27th edition of Art Amsterdam will take place in the Amsterdam RAI Parkhal. With 133 galleries participating from throughout Europe, North America and Asia, Art Amsterdam is the largest contemporary and modern art fair in the Netherlands. The fair is a springboard for up-and-coming talent and a platform for famous names from post-war visual art. The selection of work is more international than ever: more than a third of the galleries are from outside the Netherlands. Art Amsterdam will be held in the Parkhal (hall 8) of the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre.

Jack Rutberg Fine Art Displays "Some Assembly Required" Through 31 May Posted: 24 Apr 2011 09:43 PM PDT Los Angeles, CA –An ambitious museum-scale exhibition entitled "Some Assembly Required - Assemblage & Collage" presented by Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles is currently on view through May 31, 2011. The exhibition is also viewable by way of an on-line catalogue available at www.jackrutbergfinearts.com "Some Assembly Required - Assemblage & Collage" features some of the most widely acknowledged contemporary and modern artists associated with the ascent of collage and assemblage.

'Gideon Rubin ~ Shallow Waters' Exhibition at the Hosfeldt gallery in New York Posted: 24 Apr 2011 09:42 PM PDT New York City - Israeli artist Gideon Rubin presents twenty-two new paintings and his first video animation in his second solo show in New York, hosted by the Hosfeldt Gallery from 5th May to 18th June. This new body of work, originating from early twentieth-century found photographs, shows figures on the shoreline, capturing private moments of a family on holiday. They are intimate and serene images that belie darker events on the horizon. Rubin's obsession with old European family photo albums derives from his own lost history as a result of the Holocaust, as well as an effort to reclaim his European heritage. Rubin's first animated video, 'To Change Air a Little,' was inspired by Chaim Nachman Bialik, Israel's national poet. The work refers to Bialik's fondness for long walks and captures the meditative aspect of this solitary practice.

The Rijksmuseum, Closed Since 2003, Won’t Completely Reopen Until 2012 Posted: 24 Apr 2011 09:15 PM PDT Amsterdam.- Sad news this week for Amsterdam museum-goers as the city announced that the Rijksmuseum, which was most recently scheduled to reopen after a renovation in 2010, now won't complete the massive overhaul until late 2012 or early 2013. The country's most impressive "State Museum" has been mostly closed to the public since 2003, so now it appears that the upgrade will be a 10-year project even if things stay on this new schedule. However during the large-scale rebuilding of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam till 2013, the finest works from the 17th century in the Rijksmuseum will continue to be on view under the title 'The Masterpieces'.

Roman Mosaic from Lod In Israel at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco Posted: 24 Apr 2011 08:55 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- First unearthed in 1996 in a rescue excavation in Lod, ancient Diospolis, Israel, a large and extraordinarily detailed floor mosaic was recently lifted from its site and conserved. Found in a large villa believed to belong to a wealthy Roman, the exquisitely preserved floor dates to about AD 300. This glorious mosaic is in the United States for a limited time before it returns to Israel to become the focus of the Shelby White and Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Center. The Legion of Honor is one of only four museums to display this treasure before its final and permanent installation in Lod.

'The Dutch East Indies at Home' at Amsterdam's Museum Geelvinck Posted: 24 Apr 2011 08:07 PM PDT AMSTERDAM.- Amsterdam's Museum Geelvinck presents the third exhibition in the series Asia from the Heart. 'The Dutch East Indies at Home – traces of a colonial past' will run from April 21 to October 10. The exhibition focuses on those traces of the former Dutch East Indies colony, which still linger in Dutch homes; remnants discernible in many aspects of Dutch culture. The exhibition features an array of tangible memories, many of them collected in the days when the island archipelago of today's Indonesia was known as the Dutch East Indies.

High Museum to Host Sixteen Premier Print Dealers for the First Ever Print Fair Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:39 PM PDT ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art will host its first ever Print Fair on Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8, at the High, with a "First Look" preview reception on Friday, May 6. Co-sponsored by the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA), the event will feature 16 premier print dealers from across the country. Prints available for purchase―with affordable works for all budgets―will range from Old Masters such as Rembrandt and Dürer to American artists, including John Sloan and Robert Rauschenberg, to contemporary masters such as Kiki Smith and Chuck Close.

The Art Gallery on the Portland Campus of the University of New England Shows "Critters" Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:38 PM PDT Portland, ME.- The Art Gallery on the Portland Campus of the University of New England in Portland, Maine presents "Critters", a mammoth show that fills all three floors of the gallery, the foyer and the grounds. It includes about 300 works by almost 100 artists. "Critters" represents three groups of work – wildlife, farm animals, and pets – in situations that may be heartwarming, entertaining, or even poignant for the viewer. The exhibition is on view through 20 July. The show not only includes the "critters" we interact with every day, but also those that may have been forced from their habitats as our human territory expands, and others that may soon disappear forever. "Critters" features local artists from Maine beside works from artists from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Florida. The exhibition includes a broad selection of indoor and outdoor sculptures by Jeff Barrett, Lise Becu, Peter Beerits, Rush Brown, James Budish, Clara Cohan, Nantz Comyns, Squidge Davis, Donna Dodson, Dan Falt, Edwin Gamble, Eva Goetz, Don Gove, Craig Berube Gray, Carole Hanson, Charles Jenkins, Mark Kendschi, Nance Kahn,  Al Kronk, Bernard Langlais, Cheryl Lichwell, Steve Lindsay, Lin Lisburger, Cabot Lyford, Lou Mastro,  Andy Moerlin, Marjorie Moore, Bryce Muir, Jean Noon, Leo Osbourne, Elizabeth Ostrander, Patrick Plourde, Roger Prince, Riv Pyne, Andy Rosen, Merle Ruth, Sharon Townsend, Edith Tucker, Tacha Vosburgh, Kitty Wales, Sharon Wandell, Rebekah Raye, John Wilkinson and many more. The Art Gallery on the Portland Campus of the University of New England in Portland, Maine, sometimes called "the Little Jewel," was built in 1977. The Art Gallery mounts six exhibitions annually, ranging from contemporary fine art photography, international themes to works by women and Maine artists, in a variety of mediums. In addition, from June through October, an Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational is featured around the Gallery's exterior.  On occasion, exhibitions are arranged at other locations on both campuses, such as the current installation, "Into the Present," featuring works on long-term loan from Dr. Gary D. Astrachan in and around the Parker Pavilion. The Art Gallery also houses a permanent collection of paintings, drawings, photographs and sculpture by nationally and internationally known artists.  Selections are shown on a rotating basis on the Gallery's Lower Level as well as in special exhibitions every 3rd year. The University of New England's Art Gallery at the Portland Campus has a diverse and eclectic permanent collection of works of art. Acquired over the years by Westbrook College and, more recently, by the University, most of the collection has been the result of the generosity of artists, collectors and Westbrook College alumni who have donated these works to the College and University. The collection ranges from a pair of primitives, circa 1840 of unknown origin, and two nineteenth century Franklin Stanwood oils to contemporary work by artists Maggie Foskett and Louise Peabody. The collection also includes works from the mid-twentieth century by such Maine artists as Thomas Crotty, George deLyra, Stephen Etnier, Vincent Hartgen, Dahlov Ipcar, John Muench and Laurence Sisson. There are bronze plaques by William Zorach, paintings by Alexander Bower and Maurice Utrillo, and works on paper by Hans Hofmann, Paul Klee, Kaethe Kollwitz, Leonardo Lasansky, Leo Meissner, and James McNeill Whistler. The Art Gallery also has a fine photography collection with works by Berenice Abbott, Todd Webb, Verner Reed, Lotte Jacobi, Lisette Model, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Arthur Rothstein, Lewis Hine, and Eugene Atget, among many others, including a number of contemporary Maine fine arts photographers. Visit the university gallery's website at ... http://www.une.edu/artgallery

The Traditional Wallraf-Richartz Museum In Cologne, Germany Is Re-Visited By Our Editor Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:38 PM PDT The Wallraf-Richartz Museum is one of the great traditional art galleries in Germany. It is located in Cologne, Germany and houses a collection of fine art from the medieval period to the early twentieth century. Part of its collection was used for the establishment of Museum Ludwig in 1976. The museum lies at the heart of the Old Town, within view of the cathedral, right next to the historical city hall. Virtually every school of style and historical period of European painting is also represented here, from the Dutch masters to the late Impressionists of France. The Cologne merchant Johann Heinrich Richartz (1795-1861), who gave his name to the museum, supported the first public museum building which was opened in 1861. After the destruction of the building in the Second World War the museum was housed in 1957 in a new building designed by Rudolf Schwarz and Josef Bernard. After a few years in a modern museum building, which from1986 housed both the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and the Museum Ludwig, at the beginning of 2001 the museum moved into a new building designed by Oswald Mathias Ungers. A "permanent loan" of numerous Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings by the Swiss collector Gerard Corboud was made a short time later. The new building in the quarter between the town hall and Gürzenich stands on an important site in the history of art: In the Middle Ages this was the artistic centre of the cathedral city with the workshops of the goldsmiths and painters of Cologne. Once the museum moved into their modern new building in 2001 the name was changed for marketing purposes to: "Wallraf, The Museum." Visitors approaching the museum from the cathedral come up against a quiet façade of classical proportions, built on the basis of the ancient canons on a massive basalt base, marked with a series of windows. The facade is then developed toward the top as a blind wall with only a few panoramic windows all in a row in one corner. The smooth, clear upper wall, corresponding to the exhibition halls, is the result of geometric partitioning of the artistic work of Ian Hamilton Finlay. Rectangular slabs of slate arranged in two parallel rows are repeated at intervals all over the tuff block of the complex, revealing to passers-by the names of the artists whose works are kept in that area. On the western side, the building is divided into three staggered towers echoing the church bell tower: they house offices and a multifunctional hall and are clearly separated from the museum block itself. The entrance immediately evident from outside, follows the path of the old medieval road where artist Stefan Lochner lived and on the underground floor.

Tate Liverpool to show 'William Blake ~ The River of Life' Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:38 PM PDT LONDON.- At the end of 2008, Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture, Tate Liverpool is presenting a display of major works by William Blake (1757-1827), the renowned painter, printmaker, poet and mystical philosopher. Largely ignored in his own lifetime, Blake is today regarded as one of the great geniuses of British art, appealing to a universal audience. On view from 12 December 2008 until 22 March 2009, the Wolfson gallery will house selected William Blake masterpieces, in a spellbinding display that re-considers the cycle of life, death and rebirth.

Exhibition Spotlights Queens of Egypt at Grimaldi Forum Monaco Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:38 PM PDT   MONACO.- Although endless exhibitions have been devoted to the subject, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco is going one unprecedented step further by being the first to turn the spotlight on those women who were Queens of Egypt through a 4000m² exhibition. The exhibition curator, Christiane Ziegler has collected together nearly 250 incomparable exhibits to illustrate the subject exhibits loaned by the world's most important museums in Cairo, New York, Berlin, Munich, London, Turin, Moscow etc and of course by the Louvre, where until May 2007 Ms Ziegler ran the prestigious Egyptian antiquities department.

Nassau County Museum of Art Showcases the Romantic Fascination of the Sea Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:38 PM PDT ROSLYN HARBOR.- Nassau County Museum of Art's (NCMA) newest exhibition portrays the magnetism we feel for bodies of water alongside the dangers, even the terror, that seas often present. This exhibition examines the romantic fascination artists have always had for expanses of water through American and European artists working in many styles from the mid-19th century to the present. Organized by Director Emerita Constance Schwartz, the exhibition opens on Saturday, June 5 and remains on view through Sunday, September 12. The Sea Around Us is sponsored by David Lerner Associates with additional sponsorship by Astoria Federal Savings.

Don Doe Solos at Mireille Mosler, Ltd. Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:38 PM PDT   New York City - Mireille Mosler, Ltd. announces New Mothers, Don Doe's second solo exhibition with the gallery, comprised of vibrant and classically composed new work on paper.  Responding to popular culture and stylistically quoting fashion photography, WWII-era pinup girls, and painters such as Perugino, Hans Baldung Grien, Rubens, Raphael, and Gustave Moreau, Doe depicts the torrential conflict of parenthood as the ultimate act of creation. On view through 20 December, 2009.

"I Found it a Pigstye; I Turned it into a Palace" at The Fitzwilliam Museum Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:38 PM PDT CAMBRIDGE, UK - The Fitzwilliam Museum's most spectacular treasures are brought together for the first time in a major new exhibition celebrating one of the most dynamic periods in the Museum's history: the Directorship of Sir Sydney Cockerell from 1908 to 1937. 'I turned it into a palace': Sir Sydney Cockerell and The Fitzwilliam Museum explores the life and work of scholar, collector and Director Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962), who boasted that he found the Museum 'a pigstye' and 'turned it into a palace'. Cockerell's connoisseurship, ambition and innovation transformed not just the Fitzwilliam and its collections, but the display and interpretation of art in museums and galleries all over the world.

ACME Fine Art, Boston showcases DAYS LUMBERYARD STUDIOS 1915-1972 Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:38 PM PDT Boston, MA - DAYS LUMBERYARD STUDIOS 1915-1972 opened at ACME Fine Art, Boston. This comprehensive exhibition features work spanning almost one hundred years that has been completed by artists who once had studios at Days Lumberyard. A broad and eclectic mix of artwork in a variety of media by over thirty artists will be on view. The gallery has mounted a large group exhibition of artwork by more than thirty of the artists who worked at Days Lumberyard during the previous century. The group of works that will make up the exhibition come from private collections, the estates of artists, from our colleagues at cooperating galleries, and from ACME Fine Art inventory. A handful of artworks are also being lent by local museums from their permanent collections. On view through 22 August, 2009.

Wassily Kandinsky’s Epic "Battle" at The National Gallery in Prague Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:38 PM PDT Prague, Czech Republic.- Wassily Kandinsky's painting "Battle (The Cossacks)" is now on display at the Czech National Gallery's collection of modern art at Veletržní palác. The painting is a loan from London's Tate Modern gallery and will be exhibited in Prague until June 12. Normally, the loan of a single painting does not garner much attention, but 'Battle' is a milestone not only in the Russian painter's development, but in the emergence of abstract art in the early 20th Century. Painted in 1910 or 1911, just around the time Kandinsky experienced a breakthrough after having heard the atonal music of his contemporary Arnold Schoenberg, it shows him coming to the verge of pure abstraction, with only traces of the figural elements such as Cossacks hats and birds, being visible in the painting.

The Israel Museum has Reopened and Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:38 PM PDT Jerusalem, Israel  — In the late 1950s, when Teddy Kollek took on the challenge of establishing a major art museum in Jerusalem, he might have been whistling in the desert wind. The state of Israel had yet to come of age and Kollek, then director-general of the prime minister's office under David Ben-Gurion, had yet to become mayor of the historic city. Kollek thought his fledgling nation had to have a prestigious showcase for art of high quality and global reach, on par with the best museums in cultural capitals around the world. There weren't many believers in his dream, but he persevered, and the Israel Museum opened in 1965 — the same year Kollek launched his 28-year career as Jerusalem's mayor and his 31-year tenure as the museum's president.

Katonah Museum of Art hosts Walt Whitman and American Art Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:38 PM PDT KATONAH, NY.- The Katonah Museum of Art is presenting Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era through January 24, 2010. Through excerpts of Whitman's writing paired with some of the most important artworks of the mid-nineteenth century, "Bold, Cautious, True" creates an authentic window to America's social and art history, with a poignant view of its bloodiest war. The exhibition includes a handsome 180-page hardcover catalogue written by Kevin Sharp, Director of the Dixon. On exhibition through 24 January, 2010.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:37 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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