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• Andy Warhol Museum Features the Iconic Comic Book Artist ~ Alex Ross
• Touring Exhibition of Photographs by André Kertész opens in Budapest
• The National Gallery of Denmark Presents "Toulouse-Lautrec: The Human Comedy"
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Shows Iconic African Sculptures
• Sotheby's to Offer Works from the Collection of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem
• The Philadephia Museum of Art Shows Works on Paper by Ten Philadelphia Artists
• Georg Baselitz as Sculptor opens at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
• The Oceanside Museum of Art Presents "Remember Your Mortality"
• Botero Retrospective at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art
• The London Original Print Fair To Celebrate 25th Anniversary
• Christopher Henry Gallery Shows Licensing Company Ignite Exhibit
• Michener Art Museum to show R.A.D. Miller ~ "An Independent Spirit"
• Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan at The British Museum
• Legendary Painter Grace Hartigan Bequeaths More Than $1 Million to Maryland Institutions
• Brevard Art Museum hosts Leo Monahan ~ World-renowned Paper Sculptor
• Michael Rosenfeld Gallery Honors the Work of Charles Seliger
• "HOLY MOSES! A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS"
• Smithsonian American Art Museum to Display the “The Art of Gaman”
• The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Hosts Two Exhibitions of the Chicago Imagists
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Andy Warhol Museum Features the Iconic Comic Book Artist ~ Alex Ross Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:22 PM PDT PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Andy Warhol Museum presents its latest special exhibition, Heroes & Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross. Heroes & Villains is the first museum exhibition celebrating the artwork of Alex Ross, today's foremost comic book artist. Ross, acclaimed for the photorealism of his work is often referred to as "the Norman Rockwell of the comics world." Heroes & Villains features over 130 works represented as paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures from Ross's personal collection. The pieces range from a crayon drawing of Spider-Man that he created at the age of four through to today's paintings. On view through the 8th of January. This exhibition outlines Ross's career of redefining comic books and graphic novels for a new generation of followers of Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and other classic comic book superheroes. The exhibition also includes original artwork by Frank Bez, J.C. Leyendecker, Andrew Loomis, Norman Rockwell, and Lynette Ross (Ross's mother and a successful commercial illustrator), as well as artworks and archival material from The Andy Warhol Museum collection. Born in Portland, Oregon in 1970 and raised in Lubbock, Texas, Alex Ross grew up in a world of colorful, painted images. Ross's mother, Lynette, was a successful illustrator in the 1940s and 1950s, the same time that Warhol was creating his commercial illustrations in New York City. By the time Ross was 13 years old he was drawing and scripting comic books. At the age of 17, Ross went on to study painting at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he was influenced by Salvador Dali's hyperrealism, as well as by such classic American illustrators as Rockwell and Leyendecker. Ross began his professional career as a storybook artist for an advertising agency. At the age of 19 Ross received his first comic assignment from Marvel Comics – a comic titled Terminator: The Burning Earth. Five years later, Ross created the illustrations and cover art for Marvels, a full feature comic book, co-written by Kurt Busiek. Ross's photorealistic gouache technique showcases superheroes and villains such as Spider-Man, the Human Torch, Captain America and Galactus. His sophomore project, Kingdom Come, is a comic in which an alternate DC Universe is filled with aging superhero forces including Superman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern, who come out of retirement to fight modern superhumans. Thanks to his talents, Ross would go on to win the Comic Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Painter seven times in a row, resulting in the retirement of the category. Visit The Andy Warhol Museum at : http://www.warhol.org/

Touring Exhibition of Photographs by André Kertész opens in Budapest Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:59 PM PDT BUDAPEST.- André Kertész (1894-1985) is today famous for his extraordinary contribution to the language of photography in the 20th century. This retrospective, the touring exhibition of the Jeu de Paume, which travels after Winterthur and Berlin to Budapest, marshals a large number of prints and original documents that highlight the exceptional creative acuity of this photographer, from his beginnings in Hungary, his homeland, to Paris, where between 1925 and 1936 he was one of the leading figures in avant-garde photography, to New York, where he lived for nearly fifty years without encountering the success that he expected and deserved.

The National Gallery of Denmark Presents "Toulouse-Lautrec: The Human Comedy" Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:34 PM PDT Copenhagen.- The National Gallery of Denmark is proud to present "Toulouse-Lautrec: The Human Comedy" on view through February 19th 2012. This exhibition will present a wide range of works, focusing mainly on Toulouse-Lautrec's prints housed at the Gallery's Department of Graphic Arts. Pivotal points of the exhibition will include the urban space and how it stages gender and identity. A cripple descended from aristocratic stock who became the controversial chronicler of modern-day Paris and ended his brief life ravaged by syphilis and alcoholism. The story of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec can very easily simply become the oft-told tale of this quirky artist who, for better or worse, became as one with his own art and circle of motifs.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Shows Iconic African Sculptures Posted: 02 Oct 2011 07:48 PM PDT NEW YORK, N.Y.- An ambitious exhibition—sweeping in scope and challenging conventional perceptions of African art—opened at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bringing together more than 100 masterpieces drawn from the premier collections in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, and the United States, Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures considers eight landmark sculptural traditions that flourished in West and Central Africa between the 12th and the early 20th century. These works were created by some of the regions' most gifted artists, who were charged with producing enduring visual monuments dedicated to the legacies of revered leaders. On exhibition through 29 January.

Sotheby's to Offer Works from the Collection of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem Posted: 02 Oct 2011 07:30 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby's announced that it will offer a group of works from the collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem across a series of sales throughout the upcoming autumn and winter auction seasons, in both New York and London. The group will be led by works in the New York sales of Impressionist & Modern Art this November, including canvases by René Magritte, Camille Pissarro, Chaïm Soutine and Georges Braque, among others. The Israel Museum, founded in 1965, houses encyclopedic collections spanning from prehistory to the present day, and features the most extensive holdings of biblical and Holy Land archaeology in the world. In July 2010, the Israel Museum completed a three-year renewal project that included the first comprehensive re-evaluation of its nearly 500,000 object collection since its founding, together with the complete re-installation of its collection galleries, which, in turn, catalyzed a carefully focused process of collection refinement. Proceeds from the works on offer will benefit future acquisitions.

The Philadephia Museum of Art Shows Works on Paper by Ten Philadelphia Artists Posted: 02 Oct 2011 07:29 PM PDT Philadephia, PA.- The Phildelphia Museum of Art is proud to present "Here and Now: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs by Ten Philadelphia Artists", on view through December 4th. The works featured in this exhibition are a lively, arresting, and timely celebration of ten Philadelphia artists, ranging in age from 25 to 50, who are currently making art on paper. presents a selection of works on paper by ten Philadelphia artists who reflect the remarkable strength and diversity of talent that exists in this city's cultural community. The artists represented in the exhibition — Astrid Bowlby, Steven and Billy Blaise Dufala (who operate in collaboration), Vincent Feldman, Daniel Heyman, Isaac Tin Wei Lin, Virgil Marti, Joshua Mosley, Serena Perrone, Hannah Price, and Mia Rosenthal — range in age from 25 to 50 and utilize a broad range of pictorial strategies. Several also share an interest in addressing contemporary social and political problems in their work, from the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib to the challenges of everyday life in this city's neighborhoods. In some cases, such issues are confronted in a direct and unflinching way, while others are addressed with edgy humor or ironically masked by great beauty.

Georg Baselitz as Sculptor opens at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Posted: 02 Oct 2011 07:12 PM PDT PARIS.- The Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is organising an exhibition of the sculptures of Georg Baselitz (b. 1938). This retrospective interpretation of one facet of the German artist – initially a painter and engraver – includes almost his entire sculptural output, covering a period of more than thirty years. Few of these works have been shown in France. Now recognised as a part of his oeuvre in its own right, Baselitz's sculpture gradually became more and more monumental in scale. Forty painted wood pieces dating from 1979 to 2010 illustrate the itinerary of an artist who has made a powerful contribution to the language of contemporary sculpture. On exhibition until the 29th of January.

The Oceanside Museum of Art Presents "Remember Your Mortality" Posted: 02 Oct 2011 07:11 PM PDT Oceanside, CA.- The Oceanside Museum of Art is proud to present "Memento mori: Remember Your Mortality", on view from October 15th through October 30th. Throughout history artists have used symbols such as skulls, decaying flowers and clocks to reference death and the fleeting nature of earthly life. This juried exhibition explores concepts surrounding mortality, life, renewal, inner darkness, and cultural and historical understandings of death. Organized in conjunction with Art After Dark Death on October 28, this special two-week exhibition is a visual complement to its dark tableaux of programming. Memento Mori is a Latin phrase that translates to "remember your mortality," and was intended to inspire artists to meditate on their understanding of death and what becomes of us all.

Botero Retrospective at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:40 PM PDT   Oklahoma City, OK – The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is pleased to present The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, opening September 13 through December 2, 2007. This retrospective exhibition, drawn from the collection of the artist and assembled over the last fifty years, has been organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia. The exhibition's 100 paintings, sculptures, and drawings were selected by Dr. John Sillevis, curator of the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. Fernando Botero (b. 1932) is a painter, sculptor, and draftsman who depicts the comedy of human life – moving or wry, baroque in expression, sometimes with a mocking observation, sometimes with a deep, elementary emotion. Working in a broad range of media, Botero has created a world of his own, at once accessible and enigmatic, with a particular blend of violence and beauty. Fernando Botero has spent most of his years as an artist away from his native country, Colombia, but his art has maintained an uninterrupted link to Latin America. In fact, the key to understanding the work of Fernando Botero is to realize that his roots are in Medellín, and that his earliest artistic impressions were molded in a Colombian town close to the Andes mountains. His first images drew upon the Spanish colonial baroque – the sumptuous decorations that flourish on the walls of every church in South America, with gaudy angels, tormented saints, the physical agony of Christ, and the pearly tears of the immaculate Virgin. The Spanish baroque, already a movement of extravagant richness, became in the hands of its Latin American followers a superior universe, which transformed church interiors into something like the Gates of Heaven – or Hell. While it remained remote from everyday life outside church walls, it also hovered uncomfortably close. Latin American baroque imagery is reflected in Botero's work when portraying himself as a small boy in the arms of Our Blessed Lady of Colombia, carrying a diminutive flag with the national colors, or in depictions of his mother as a widow, in her desperate struggle to survive with her three young children. Like his mother, the Madonna in the former work is weeping. These are key works in the art of Fernando Botero, connecting his own past with the present of his homeland, Colombia. But Botero can be even more explicit. He presents shocking images of terror and violence, referring to the political instability, the attacks, the kidnappings, and the torture prevalent in his country. These paintings should give pause to those whose criticism of his work centers on the corpulence of his ladies. The Baroque World of Fernando Botero presents a selection of the best works from various stages in his development as an artist, with occasional "flashbacks" to the early works of the 1950s, when Botero devised images of children that resembled giant dolls with frightening expressions. Here his struggle to define his own style is still evident. In 1957 he painted "Still Life with a Mandolin," enlarging the volume of the musical instrument in a manner that we now identify with Botero's style. He continued in this vein, painting a figure of a young girl inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." This painting was acquired – against the current of abstract expressionism that was dominating the art world in the United States at the time – by Dorothy Miller, Curator at the Museum of Modern Art for that collection. After her initial support of Botero, museum curators the world over soon followed suit, presenting Botero's works in major solo exhibitions. The exhibition follows Botero in his extensive studies of the history of European art. In Spain he was particularly entranced by Velázquez's Infantes – the daughters of the Spanish king – in their elaborate court dresses. In France he studied Ingres, the nineteenth-century master of neoclassical perfection in line, and Delacroix, the master of romantic color. The teachings of Courbet concerned the complex concept of realism. In Italy Botero would find his inspiration through artists from the Renaissance, including Uccello and Piero della Francesca. As a young boy he had already admired some contemporary artists, such as Pablo Picasso. He was now confronted with the paintings and sculptures of Giacometti, who was in the habit of reducing his figures to an extreme slimness. These encounters were important for Botero's development. He was inspired by European art, but not seduced. He turned his attention to Mexico, where the monumental murals by Diego Rivera and David Siqueiros had a profound impact. Botero absorbed the dramatic self-portraits of Frida Kahlo and her idiosyncratic interpretation of Latin American folklore, and was intrigued by the mysteries of Precolumbian artifacts. Another important theme illustrated in the exhibition is the pomposity and misery of contemporary life in Latin America, including the pretentious affectation of presidents and first ladies as observed by Botero's satirical eye. Also represented is the glitter and the glory of the corrida – the bullfight – another remnant of Spanish colonial history. Yet, Botero does not avoid the "hour of truth" – the death of a famous torero. The exhibition also presents a section on everyday life in South America: women observed in the intimacy of their boudoir, street scenes, dance halls, and the suggestion of houses of ill repute. In a quiet picnic scene, Botero is capable of introducing a hint of menace, the foreboding of an impending disaster. Even in his still-life paintings, Botero creates a sense of uneasiness which is difficult to define: flies hover around pineapples, creating a putrid atmosphere; worms eat away a large pear, subverting its ripeness; and the sensuous modeling of a chocolate cake transforms it into a sinful object. Botero's superb craftsmanship may be most evident in his drawings, especially those executed in pastel. His pastels have a thoroughly finished look and a richness of color and structure rarely seen in modern art, and have been compared to the master drawings of Ingres, as well as the Vollard Suite and early etchings by Picasso. Botero also found the opportunity to convert his ideas into bronze and marble sculpture, which have become a seminal element in his oeuvre. His monumental bronzes were seen by perplexed strollers along the Champs Elysées in Paris, in front of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, and along Park Avenue in New York. The large figures transform their surroundings into a world of fantasy, as seen in Venice where his bronzes adorned the squares along the Grand Canal, or when his sensuous nudes were mirrored in the reflecting pools in front of the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague. This exhibition will include a selection of recent sculptures never before shown in North America. The exhibition will be presented in eight sections that correspond to the themes described above. Drawn from the collection of the artist and assembled over the last fifty years, the show includes favorite works that Botero was unable to part with, as well as pieces reacquired years after they left his possession. Many have never before been exhibited in public. Thus, this exhibition provides a long overdue opportunity to investigate the complex workings of this talented artist not only by viewing some of his most renowned masterpieces, but also by studying his most personal works of art. Admission is $9 adults, $7 seniors and students, children five and under and museum members get free admission. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, Thursdays 10am-9pm, Sundays noon-5pm, and closed Mondays and major holidays. For Sunday, October 14 the museum will be open from 9am-6pm due to the Oklahoma Centennial parade in downtown. For more information call (405) 236-3100, ext. 237 or visit online at www.okcmoa.com

The London Original Print Fair To Celebrate 25th Anniversary Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:39 PM PDT LONDON.- Spring 2010 sees the return of the longest running print fair in the world, the London Original Print Fair, 29 April – 3 May 2010. The 25th Fair will take place in the main galleries at the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly. It will be the largest ever, with some 60 exhibitors including new participants from America and a specialist in Japanese prints. Dealers, Print Workshops and Publishers come from France, Germany, Ireland and America as well as Britain. In 2009 attendance rose from 6,000 to 10,000 and strong sales were reported in all areas, old master, modern and contemporary.

Christopher Henry Gallery Shows Licensing Company Ignite Exhibit Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:38 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- T MINUS 20 is organized by IGNITE, the artist representation and licensing company founded by Jason LeBlond and Ves Pitts, coinciding with the launch of Ignite's website plus on-line store: www.ignitelicensing.com   Christopher Henry Gallery describes itself as "a center of discovery, stimulation, and enlightenment - an ever-evolving space dedicated to changing the way people feel about art and the gallery environment." The gallery showcases work by a emerging and mid-career artists.

Michener Art Museum to show R.A.D. Miller ~ "An Independent Spirit" Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:37 PM PDT DOYLESTOWN, PA.- Robert Alexander Darrah Miller was one of the most accomplished landscape painters in Bucks County, although he resisted being labeled as such; indeed, resisted any labels at all. Some of Miller's finest work has been assembled in An Independent Spirit: The Art and Life of R.A.D. Miller, on exhibit at the Michener Art Museum from August 15, 2009 – January 3, 2010. Beyond the sensationalized aspects of Miller's life, we find a complex man who forged his own personal style, rather than subscribing to the traditions and trends set by others. With this renewed interest in the artist, Miller emerges as deserving of more attention and wider recognition.

Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan at The British Museum Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:36 PM PDT   LONDON - Japan has a long tradition of making, using and appreciating beautiful craft objects and this tradition is closely integrated into people's lives. A respect for the beauty of these objects and the materials and techniques used to create them is embedded in Japanese social attitudes and culture. This exhibition celebrates the best of the last fifty years of the annual 'Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition', with each of the 112 works created by a different leading artist, past and present. On exhibition through 21 October, 2007.

Legendary Painter Grace Hartigan Bequeaths More Than $1 Million to Maryland Institutions Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:35 PM PDT BALTIMORE, MD.- The late Grace Hartigan, a celebrated Abstract Expressionist painter who served as director of MICA's Hoffberger School of Painting since its inception in 1965, has left more than $1 million in paintings combined to the College and Maryland Art Place (MAP), according to both institutions' Boards of Trustees. Hartigan, who died on Nov. 15, 2008 at the age of 86, had deep connections to MICA and MAP for many years, said MICA faculty Rex Stevens, Hartigan's former student, longtime friend, studio assistant and personal representative. Hartigan's gift will provide funds for Maryland Art Place's future projects, said Cathy Byrd, executive director of MAP.

Brevard Art Museum hosts Leo Monahan ~ World-renowned Paper Sculptor Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:34 PM PDT Melbourne, FL – As a pioneer in the realm of paper sculptures, Leo F. Monahan blends impressionism and surrealism to create unique, intricate reliefs. For close to 50 years Monahan has immersed himself in the paper sculpture-collage medium, as a graphic designer and as an artist.  He and his most recent exhibition come to the Brevard Art Museum April 25 to June 15, 2008.  Monahan will personally lead a demonstration and gallery walk on Friday, April 25 at 4 p.m. followed by the opening reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery Honors the Work of Charles Seliger Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:33 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- For its inaugural exhibition of 2010, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presents a retrospective honoring the life and work of Charles Seliger. Scheduled to be on view from January 9 to February 27, "Charles Seliger (1926- 2009): A Memorial Exhibition, A Retrospective of Paintings" features approximately thirty-five paintings covering the full span of Seliger's career.

"HOLY MOSES! A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS" Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:32 PM PDT Washington, DC - Jenna Weissman Joselit, a Princeton University professor who spent the summer as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the John W. Kluge Center, will wrap up her research with a lecture titled "Holy Moses! A Cultural History of the Ten Commandments in Modern America." Joselit will present the talk at the Library of Congress at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, in Room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. The event, sponsored by the Library's Kluge Center, is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.

Smithsonian American Art Museum to Display the “The Art of Gaman” Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum will present "The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946" at its branch museum for craft and decorative arts, the Renwick Gallery, from March 5, 2010, through Jan. 30, 2011. "The Art of Gaman" is organized by San Francisco-based author and guest curator Delphine Hirasuna with the cooperation of the San Francisco chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. It features more than 120 objects, the majority of which are on loan from former internees or their families. This exhibition presents an opportunity to educate a new generation of Americans about the internment experience and will provide a historical context through archival photographs and artifacts.

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Hosts Two Exhibitions of the Chicago Imagists Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:30 PM PDT Madison, WI.- The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is proud to present two exhibtions featuring the works of the Chicago Imagists. Both exhibitions open on September 10th. In the museum's main galleries, they will be showing "The Chicago Imagists" (until January 15th 2012), while the State Street Gallery will be showing "Chicago School: Imagists in Context" (until December 30th). In the late 1960s, art audiences were introduced to a vibrant new generation of artists who would soon be identified collectively as the Chicago Imagists. Like the Pop artists in New York, Los Angeles, and London, who were somewhat older, these young artists drew inspiration from the everyday urban world and popular culture. But despite these common interests, the Chicago Imagists were more focused on a fantasy art of brilliant color, graphic strength, and free line. With sources and inspirations that ranged from comic books to Surrealism, the Chicago Imagists trafficked in exuberant and irreverent satire that spoke to the political and social foibles, as well as the whimsy, of contemporary life at the end of the tumultuous 1960s and into the 1970s. "Chicago Imagists" at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art will include more than 75 works by Roger Brown, Sarah Canright, Ed Flood, Art Green, Philip Hanson, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Christina Ramberg, Suellen Rocca, Barbara Rossi, and Karl Wirsum, as well as their friend and mentor Ray Yoshida. The exhibition is being organized by the museum's curator of collections, Richard H. Axsom; director, Stephen Fleischman; and former curator of exhibitions, Jane Simon, and will be accompanied by a major publication. Titled 'Chicago Imagists', this richly illustrated book will include essays by Lynne Warren, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Cécile Whiting, professor of art history at the University of California, Irvine; and the exhibition curators. Together, these writings will comprise the most extensive examination to date of the Imagist artists, their influences, and their place within American history and art history. "Chicago School: Imagists in Context" offers a cultural framework in which to consider the work of the Chicago Imagists. Drawing from the museum's permanent collection, this exhibition presents works by artists who influenced the Imagists or were influenced by them--from the expressionistically rendered human figures of Leon Golub to the sexually charged, surrealist watercolors of Robert Lostutter. Other artists represented include Robert Barnes, Phyllis Bramson, Don Baum, Miyoko Ito, Ellen Lanyon, June Leaf, Peter Saul, Hollis Sigler, and H.C. Westermann, among others. The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is a nonprofit, independent organization that exists to exhibit, collect, preserve, and interpret modern and contemporary art. After a distinguished 105-year history in borrowed and refurbished spaces, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art opened to the public on April 23, 2006, in a new facility within the Overture Center for the Arts. Designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli, the museum's exhilarating facility offers 51,500 square feet of space for the study, presentation, and conservation of modern and contemporary art, as well as a 7,100-square-foot rooftop sculpture garden. Public amenities include spacious galleries, a 230-seat lecture hall, a children's classroom, a new-media gallery, and a study center for drawings, prints, and photographs. Like the rest of Overture Center, the facility was made possible by the extraordinary generosity of W. Jerome Frautschi, a long-time friend of the museum. The museum's collection traces its origins to a major gift from Rudolph and Louise Langer in 1968. Through donations and museum purchases, the collection has grown to become an important community resource. Works span the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and include paintings, sculpture, photography, prints, and drawings. Romare Bearden, Deborah Butterfield, John Steuart Curry, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Cindy Sherman are among the many esteemed artists represented in the collection. Exhibitions are the cornerstone of MMoCA's public programs and have featured many of the most respected artists of the last century, including Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Chuck Close, Sol LeWitt, George Segal, Jim Dine, Rodney Graham, Georgia O'Keeffe, Claes Oldenburg, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and John Wilde. The main galleries, located on the second floor, host the museum's major exhibitions. The Henry Street Gallery presents exhibitions from the museum's permanent collection while the State Street Gallery offers a changing roster of exhibitions and installations. MMoCA's rooftop sculpture garden presents major works on a rotating basis in an illuminated garden setting. Visit the museum's website at ... http://mmoca.org

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:29 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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