By: Mary Foster, Associated Press
KENNER, LA (AP).- They came in T-shirts and jeans to bid on crowns, scepters and capes of Mardi Gras kings and queens, or the jewels and coins tossed to their eager subjects. The glitzy pageantry and history of New Orl…
NEW YORK, NY.- The June Kelly Gallery will celebrate its 25th anniversary in March with a group exhibition of outstanding contemporary art by gallery artists, including several who have been with the gallery since its earliest days. The exhibition wil…
LONDON.- Eminent London artist Antony Micallef graces The Outsiders London gallery this spring with a special exhibition of his acclaimed ‘Head’ portraits, opening 9 March 2012. Following the runaway success of 2011’s sold-out show Happy…
BREMEN.- “How to know?” sings German-Irish artist Mariechen Danz (born 1980 in Dublin, currently living in Berlin) in one of her performances. This question turns out to be central to her entire artistic practice. Knowledge in all its myriad …
NEW YORK, NY.- D’Amelio Gallery presents a new project by New York artist Zak Kitnick. In this work, Kitnick employs unfinished steel shelving components, nuts, bolts and welded steel—materials typically associated with the industrial realm o…
STOCKHOLM.- This spring’s big exhibition, Passions, explores how artists have depicted various emotions over the centuries, from the Renaissance to the present day. The artists represented include such names as Dürer, Munch, Rembrandt, Tony Oursl…
DETROIT, MI.- Two Figures and Landscape, a 1954 painting from renowned artist Hughie Lee-Smith (1915–1999), recently joined six other works by Lee-Smith in the Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) “New Art for a New Self-Awareness” gall…
KARLSRUHE.- “We’re ready to go”, said Britta Wirtz, spokeswoman for the management of Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH, pleased that “all the planning for the ninth art KARLSRUHE is now done and we can look forward to the 222 exh…
HOUSTON, TX.- Concluding a national search, Josef Helfenstein, director of the Menil Collection, has named Sheryl Kolasinski as the museum’s Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer. In this position – a new one at the Menil – Ms. Ko…
NEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum will present Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel, from March 9 through July 29, 2012. A new acquisition by the contemporary American artist Kehinde Wiley (born 1977, Los Angeles) served as impetus for the exhibition. …
