The new Lewis Library at Princeton University opens in time for the start of the academic year on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. Designed by Frank Gehry, the multi-story, 87,000-square-foot science library combines many of the University's science collections and technology spaces, and also includes study, research and classroom space. Photo: Brian Wilson, Princeton University Office of Communications.
PRINCETON, NJ.- The curtain of aluminum-glazed windows falling from the curved steel roofline that frames the Lewis Library is a reflection of the architect's homage to the beauty of the lines and curves he sees in everyday life.
Sheer glass walls of two rising wings play with spatial boundaries that typically ... More
250,000 People Visit the Renaissance Portrait Exhibition at the Prado
Over 250,000 people have visited the Prado Museum to see one of the year´s
most important exhibitions, The Renaissance Portrait. The collection included
126 works of art from 70 artists. The Prado Museum brought Giovanni Battista´s "The
Tailor" to Spain for the first time and is on loan from the National
Gallery in London. Half of the works of art come from other museums and
collections. One of the exhibition´s surprises was a number of almost
identical paintings.
The Renaissance portrait was an excellent opportunity to see
classics from Raphael, Tiziano, Boticelli, El Greco and Durero under the
same roof. The exhibition closes today, then it will be taken to London
to be put on display at the National Gallery.
Video: EFE.
Quote The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read. Paul Cézanne
Jon Gould. Copyright Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
PRESQUE ISLE .- The University of Maine at Presque Isle will host the debut exhibition in Maine of recently gifted Andy Warhol photographs with the exhibition Andy at UMPI, which will be on public display through October 11.
Last spring, the University received 153 silver gelatin prints and Polaroid ... More
Sir Paul Nurse by Jason Brooks, 2008. Copyright: Jason Brooks / National Portrait Gallery, London.
LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery unveiled a commissioned portrait of the Nobel Prize winning scientist, Sir Paul Nurse. The portrait, by acclaimed British artist Jason Brooks, is the largest realist painting that the National Portrait Gallery has acquired. ... More
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), 1978 BMW 320 Art Car, 26.7 x 96.5 x 40.6 cm. Executed in 1978. Estimate: $250,000 - $350,000. Christie's Images Ltd. 2008
NEW YORK.- Christie’s New York leads its fall season with the eighth edition of First Open on September 9, which includes over 230 lots of Post-War & Contemporary Art and is expected to realize in excess of $6-8 million. First Open displays another stunning array of works for this highly anticipated and successful sale. Highlights of the sale include an exciting assortment of paintings, sculpture, ... More
Odili Donald Odita, Installation view at the 52nd Annual Venice Biennale at the Italian Pavilion curated by Robert Storr, 2007. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, NY
PHILADELPHIA.- Odili Donald Odita’s large-scale, abstract wall paintings operate at the intersection of Western modernism and African culture. Borrowing strategies of destabilized perception from Op art—a tradition condemned by formalist criticism—and adding narrative and multicultural inflection, Odita both embraces and critiques the modernist tradition. His vast, animated expanses of ... More
Mahssene, Fabiola, 1947. Photo: Francesca Esmay. Courtesy Francis Alys.
LOS ANGELES.- Commissioned by Dia Art Foundation and curated by Lynne Cooke, Francis Al˙s: Fabiola was first installed at the Hispanic Society of America in northern Manhattan from September 2007 to April 2008. Francis Al˙s, a Belgian artist who relocated to Mexico City in the early 1990s, has assembled a significant collection of nearly identical paintings and other depictions of fourth- ... More
Titled "Si j'avais des ailes" (If I Had Wings), the mobile sculpture sponsored by ADM is an original work by the artist that was created as part of his Projet Espace Enfant. Photo: Aeroports de Montreal.
MONTREAL.- Aeroports de Montreal (ADM) is proud to present a new mobile sculpture by fine arts enamel painter Bernard Seguin-Poirier, on exhibit in the atrium on the transborder departures level of the Montreal-Trudeau airport terminal. This new permanent artwork, 27 feet long and 16 feet wide, depicts an airplane taking off with passengers of different nationalities on board. ... More
CHICAGO.- The MCA's adult programs reflect their commitment to lifelong learning and a continued interest in exploring visual culture and contemporary issues in our community. Every first Saturday of the month from 1 to 4 pm the MCA offers an opportunity to cultivate one's creative core with these low cost, three hour art-making workshops. They allow participants to make ... More
NEW YORK.- Salvador Dalí first arrived in New York in 1934 and immediately became a flamboyant part of the city's life and art scene. Engaging with the artists and celebrities who helped create the spirit of the city at the time, Dalí pursued his interests in art and commerce, the urban streets, and friendships with members of polite society and those in the rebellious underground. This ... More
Alan Tyer’s painting of Swanage harbour which won at last year’s exhibition.
COVENTRY.- Award-winning artists from across Coventry and Warwickshire are urging young artists to develop their talents by joining forces with local art societies.
The artists, who are all members of one of the four societies which make up the ... More
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Glenbow Museum and TORODE Install Upside Down Church in Calgary CALGARY.- Glenbow Museum is thrilled to announce Dennis Oppenheim's sculpture, Device to Root out Evil has a new home in Calgary! With help from major art sponsors, the TORODE Group of Companies, the sculpture is being resurrected in Ramsay - Calgary’s most creative neighbourhood. ... More
Death of French Pop Artist Alain Jacquet NEW YORK.- French artist Alain Jacquet died of cancer on September 4 at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York, at the age of 69. Born on February 22, 1939, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, he was a leading proponent of the pop art movement in France. This artistic movement emerged in the 1950s and drew its inspiration and techniques from popular mass culture, such as comics and ads. ... More
Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff at Yale NEW HAVEN.- At the forefront of the postwar phenomenon known as tropical modernism, Vladimir Ossipoff (1907–1998) won recognition as the “master of Hawaii modern architecture.” Born in Russia and raised in Japan, Ossipoff was instrumental in transforming the built landscape of Hawaii from a territorial plantation outpost to a modern U.S. state. While prolific, with more than 1,000 ... More
Evolution of a Sacred Space: Días de los Muertos 2008 OAKLAND, CA.- Bring on the dancing skeletons and sugar skulls—Días de los Muertos returns to the Oakland Museum of California for its 15th annual celebration of the dead. The exhibition opens Wednesday, Oct 8 (through Dec 7, 2008). The Community Celebration is Saturday, Oct 25. ... More
Ilya Bolotowsky and Esphyr Slobodkina: Advocates of Abstract Art at Hillwood Art Museum BROOKVILLE, NY.- Remarkable artists and innovators, Ilya Bolotowsky and Esphyr Slobodkina both played an important role in the development of abstract art in the United States. Displaced by the Russian Revolution of 1917 and subsequent Civil War of 1918, Bolotowsky and Slobodkina arrived in New York City in the 1920s. They studied art at the National Academy of Design: Bolotowsky ... More
Serious Drinking: Vases of the Greek Symposium on View at Kemper Art Museum ST. LOUIS.- Organized in conjunction with Professor Susan Rotroff's course on ancient Athens offered through the Department of Classics, this exhibition presents a series of vases from the ancient Greek symposium--a highly choreographed, artistocratic, all-male drinking party that often drew to a close with a riotous parade about the shuttered streets of town. Yet intoxication was not ... More
Dr. Sabine Haag to Become New General Director of the Kunsthistorisches Museum VIENNA.- Dr. Sabine Haag, Head of the Kunstkammer, and of the Secular and Sacred Treasury of the Kunsthistorisches Musuem, will become General Director of the Kunsthistorisches Museum from January 1, 2009. The announcement was made today by the Austrian Minister of Culture, Dr. Claudia Schmied, after a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Kunsthistorisches ... More
Smithsonian's Archives of American Art Announces Recipients of Archives of American Art Medal WASHINGTON.- The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art will honor the distinguished careers of artists Ellen Phelan and Joel Shapiro, and art dealers Joan T. Washburn and Virginia M. Zabriskie, with the Archives of American Art Medal at its annual benefit gala Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. The Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in ... More
